CEOs at Trump meeting: Ex-president ‘meandering’ and ‘doesn't know what he's talking about’ (www.cnbc.com)
Among the topics on which Trump offered scant details were how he would reduce taxes and cut back on business regulations, according to two other people in the room who spoke to CNBC....
Citing health concerns, some Jewish New Yorkers push back against proposed mask ban (www.motherjones.com)
Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum' (www.msn.com)
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender....
Homophobic neighborhood signs removed after 27 years (www.lgbtqnation.com)
In a single hour, Israeli snipers killed seven bystanders at the Jenin refugee camp (www.haaretz.com)
Jenin has endured plenty of rough days lately, but May 21 outdid them all. In the course of one hour in the morning, snipers killed seven of the city's residents, all of them innocent passersby, even though the streets were quiet and the soldiers had no cause to open fire....
These Common Medications Can Make Heat Waves More Dangerous (www.nytimes.com)
US supreme court sides with Starbucks in union case over fired employees (www.theguardian.com)
Indiana Weighs Hospital Monopoly as Officials Elsewhere Scrutinize Similar Deals (kffhealthnews.org)
Washington Post Publisher and Incoming Editor Are Said to Have Used Stolen Records in Britain (www.nytimes.com)
"People are angry": Mike Johnson faces bipartisan uproar over Intelligence Committee picks (www.axios.com)
Both picks were bound to be inflammatory:...
Men-Only, Christian-Only Secret Society Gets More Secret (talkingpointsmemo.com)
Judge Orders Sale of Alex Jones’s Personal Assets but Keeps Infowars in Business (www.nytimes.com)
Murder conviction of Missouri woman overturned after 43 years in prison (www.theguardian.com)
Jewish students told "go back to Poland" at campus rallies (www.newsweek.com)
Jewish students told Newsweek they faced antisemitic abuse and intimidation at some of America’s most-prestigious universities.
COVID is coming for California, and it's already hitting the SF Bay Area the hardest (www.sfgate.com)
Romania denies visas for entire Russian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest over "aggression against Ukraine" (en.rua.gr)
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Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax....
Maker of Jeep and Dodge plans to kill chrome on cars, citing risks to those who make it (www.cnn.com)
US Supreme Court lifts ban on gun bump stocks (www.bbc.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk....
Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to help pay Sandy Hook debt as judge decides Infowars’ fate (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets and was still deciding on his company’s separate bankruptcy case. The decision could determine the future of his Infowars media platform, as Jones owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School...
Telehealth executives accused of $100m Adderall scheme (www.bbc.com)
US investigators have arrested the founder and CEO of a telehealth company who is accused of a running a $100m (£78m) scheme to fraudulently distribute over 40m pills of Adderall and other controlled substances....
Woman dies after being hit by police truck on S.C. beach (www.wrdw.com)
Boeing and Airbus may have used 'counterfeit' titanium in planes, FAA says (www.nbcnews.com)
The Federal Aviation Administration said it would investigate allegations that titanium had entered the supply chain via falsified documents....