5.1.23
USA Today—Dust stormm leads to massive highway accident in Illinois that kills several and injures dozens more
ABCnews.com—JPMorgan Chase to take over the failed First Republic Bank
CBS News—Biden administration ending Covid vaccine mandate for federal workers
NBC News—ACLU sues Montana over the state legislature's censure of a trans lawmaker that prevented her from officially speaking about bills related to transgender issues
CNN.com—Aerosmith announce their farewell world tour
BBC News—Adidas sued by investors over its deal with Kanye West

5.2.23
USA Today—Fed signals that it will likely raise interest rates again, but could pause if inflation flattens
CNN.com—TV and film writers go on strike
ABCnews.com—"Godfather of AI" leaves Google to warn about the dangers of the technology
CBS News—Bipartisan group of lawmakers introduce bill that would ban members of Congress from owning stocks
NBC News—McCarthy and McConnell will meet with Biden to discuss the debt limit
BBC News—1500 troops to be deployed to the US-Mexico border

5.3.23
ABCnews.com—Atlanta gunman opens fires in medical center, killing one and wounding four others
CNN.com—Trump's legal team does not plan to present a defense in the defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll
USA Today—Eli Lily says new Alzheimer's drug slows the progress of the disease by 35%
CBS News—Patrick Mahomes younger brother Jackson arrested on sexual battery charges
BBC News—New York bans natural gas in new construction
NBC News—Weight loss company Jenny Craig shutting down

5.4.23
CBS News—Proud Boy leader and three other members of the group are found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their part in the Jan 6 insurrection
NBC News—In addition to providing lavish vacations for Clarence Thomas and buying properties he owned, billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow also paid for the private school tuition for one of Thomas' relatives (which likely exceeded $150,000)
CNN.com—Kroger will pay $86 million settlement in West Virginia opiod case
ABCnews.com—New York and California are investigating the NFL over allegations of discrimination and hostile work environments
USA Today—Gmail is adding blue checkmarks for verified business accounts
BBC News—Ed Sheeran wins copyright case that accused him of plagiarizing Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On"

5.9.23
CBS News—Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of E. Jean Carroll and orders him to pay her $5 million in damages
CNN.com—DOJ files formal charges against GOP rep George Santos in probe into his campaign finances
ABCnews.com—Tucker Carlson to host new show on Twitter after being fired by Fox News
USA Today—Texas House expels Republican rep for sexual misconduct involving his 19 year old aide
NBC News—Texas mall shooter was expelled from the military over mental health concerns
BBC News—Goldman Sachs will pay $215 million to settle claims of discrimination against women

5.10.23
BBC News—Diane Feinstein returns to the Senate after an extended absence due to illness
ABCnews.com—GOP rep George Santos arrested and charged with 13 felonies ranging from money laundering to wire fraud to lying to Congress
NBC News—Google announces that it will incorporate AI into its search engine
USA Today—FDA panel recommends that birth control pills be sold over the counter
CNN.com—Disney wants to squeeze Disney+ subscribers by reducing content, increasing advertising, and raising subscription rates
CBS News—Sesame Street introduces its first Filipino-American muppet

5.11.23
BBC News—US ends ban on blood donations from gay men
ABCnews.com—Georgia's Fort Benning renamed Fort Moore
CNN.com—Peloton recalls over 2 million exercise bikes
NBC News—Appeals court overturns fraud convictions for two parents involved with the college admissions scandal
USA Today—Microsoft will not give pay raises to employees this year
CBS News—Australian scientists vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia

5.17.23
NBC News—Some Democrats urge Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment to deal with the debt ceiling limit rather than cut vital programs to appease the GOP
CNN.com—After multiple delays and appeals, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison to serve her 11 year sentence by May 30
ABCnews.com—Trump's lead attorney defending him in the classified documents probe announces that he is leaving Trump's legal team
CBS News—Supreme Court declines to block Illinois' ban on assault weapons
USA Today—Google announces that it will delete Gmail accounts that have been inactive for two years or more by the end of the year
BBC News—New Zelda game sells 10 million copies in 3 days

5.18.23
BBC News—Oldest and most complete version of the Hebrew Bible becomes world's most valuable book after selling for $38 million at auction
CNN.com—Disney abandons plans for new $1 billion campus in Florida primarily due to the GOP governor's hostility towards the company
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court unanimously sides with social media companies in case that attempted to hold them liable for content posted on their platforms
CBS News—Feinstein's health issues more serious than previously revealed
NBC News—Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok for all its citizens
USA Today—Disney ending its Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience at Disney World

5.30.23
BBC News—Experts issue statement warning of the existential threat of unchecked AI
ABCnews.com—Drones attack residential area of Moscow
NBC News—Attorneys file lawsuit that was written by ChatGPT that included bogus citations of non-existent cases
CNN.com—Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reports to federal prison to serve her 11 year sentence for fraud
USA Today—Air New Zealand will ask passengers to be weighed before boarding
CBS News—Trump vows to end birthright citizenship if elected in 2024. Of course, this is a constitutional issue and not one that the president gets to decide unilaterally.

5.31.23
BBC News—Every cigarette sold in Canada will contain a printed health warning on the cigarette itself
CNN.com—House approves suspension of the debt limit until January 2025
CBS News—Actor Danny Masterson found guilty of two counts of rape
USA Today—State Farm will no longer insure new homes in California due to wildfire risks
ABCnews.com—Fidelity estimates that Twitter is now worth only one third of what Elon Musk paid for it
NBC News—83 year old Al Pacino expecting a new baby with his 29 year old girlfriend