5.1.24
NBC News—Many high school students unable to make decision about college as issues with the federal FAFSA financial aid system continue
CNN.com—United Methodist Church lifts 40 year ban on gay clergy members
ABCnews.com—The Fed holds interest rates steady
CBS News—Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force vote on ouster of House Speaker (and fellow Republican) Mike Johnson
BBC News—Elon Musk fires entire Supercharger team at Tesla
USA Today—Nickolodeon producer Dan Schneider sues makers of behind-the-scenes docuseries for defamation

5.2.24
NBC News—Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly from an illness only weeks after another whistleblower was found dead in his truck in the midst of his depositions
CBS News—Wild orangutan observed using a medicinal plant to treat a wound
BBC News—TikTok and Universal Music reach agreement over royalties, meaning Universal's music catalogue is once again available for use on the platform
USA Today—Arsonist burns over a dozen Portland police cars
CNN.com—Apple plans historic $110 billion stock buyback
ABCnews.com—Peloton president announces he is stepping down amid another wave of layoffs for the company

5.7.24
CBS News—Unqualified and biased judge who was appointed by Trump indefinitely delays his classified documents case
USA Today—Stormy Daniels testifies to the sexual encounter with Trump that is at the heart of the hush money criminal case in New York
CNN.com—Boy Scouts of America changing their name to Scouting America
ABCnews.com—Panera dropping charged lemonade from its menu after two people die from overconsuming the sugar and caffeine-heavy drink
NBC News—Vermont passses bill that would charge high-emissions companies a fee for damage caused by climate-fueled extreme weather
BBC News—Security guard shot in front of Drake's mansion as his feud with Kendrick Lamar escalates

5.8.24
CBS News—RFK Jr. says he suffers from cognitive issues including short and long term memory loss due to parasitic brain worm and mercury poisoning
CNN.com—The House votes overwhelmingly to block Marjorie Taylor Greene's motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, with most Democrats also voting against the motion
ABCnews.com—34 year old man sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for purposely spreading HIV through sexual contact with other men and teenage boys
USA Today—Legendary indie rock producer Steve Albini dies at 61 from a heart attack
NBC News—Disney and Warner to bundle their streaming services
BBC News—Microsoft shuttering four indie games studios that it bought in 2020 as part of its Bethesda acquisition

5.9.24
BBC News—Baltimore shipping channel that has been closed due to a collapsed bridge due to reopen by the end of May
CBS News—Neuralink reveals that the first of its chips implanted in a human subject started experiencing issues shortly after it was surgically installed
ABCnews.com—Judge rules that Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys needs a court-appointed conservator to make his medical and financial decisions
CNN.com—Chevy ending production of the Malibu, its last sedan that's currently on the market
NBC News—Virginia school board to consider the restoration of the names of Confederate generals to two schools in their district
USA Today—Amazon to start showing static ads when users pause a show on the Amazon Prime streaming service

5.14.24
BBC News—Biden quadruples the tariffs on electric cars imported from China
ABCnews.com—NTSB releases preliminary report on Baltimore bridge crash
USA Today—AMC and Gamestop meme stocks come back to life after social media personality Roaring Kitty reappears online
CBS News—Author and Nobel laureate Alice Munro dies at 92
CNN.com—Orcas sink a sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar
NBC News—Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker goes on anti-LQBTQ and anti-Choice tirade during commencement address at a small Catholic college

5.15.24
NBC News—Supreme Court will allow Louisiana to use a new election map that creates a second majority-Black district
CNN.com—Biden and Trump agree to two debates, with the first coming on June 27 in Atlanta without a live audience
USA Today—Barge in Texas hits bridge, causing an oil spill and damage to the structure
ABCnews.com—US to send an additional $2 billion in aid to Ukraine
BBC News—Slovak PM is near-death after assassination attempt
CBS News—Former worker at Augusta National Golf Course admits to stealing more than $5 million in Masters merchandise, including a green jacket awarded to Arnold Palmer

5.16.24
BBC News—Boeing may face criminal prosecution over 737 Max crashes
CNN.com—The Dow briefly tops 40,000 for the first time
CBS News—Supreme Court upholds funding structure for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fending off the opening salvo from a conservative attack on federal power
ABCnews.com—New York considering a ban on legacy college admissions
USA Today—Texas governor Greg Abbott pardons man who murdered a BLM protestor in 2020
NBC News—Comcast to release bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+ at a reduced cost for subscribers to its cable tv services

5.21.24
CBS News—Trump shares video on social media calliing for "unified reich" if he is reelected
ABCnews.com—Giuliani served with indictment in Arizona fake electors case at his 80th birthday after taunting prosectors on social media
USA Today—Testimony in Trump's criminal trial in New York ends without him taking the stand despite numerous public pledges to do so
NBC News—New York considering a ban on legacy college admissions
CNN.com—Transgender female athlete booed after winning girls state champtionship track meet
BBC News—Actor Dabney Coleman dead at 92

5.22.24
BBC News—Even more classified documents were discovered hidden in Trump's bedroom months after the initial FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
NBC News—Warner Discovery and ESPN reach five year deal to air College Football Playoff games
CBS News—Nikki Haley licks the boot and says she will vote for Trump for president, despite previously calling him unhinged and unqualified
CNN.com—FCC considering AI rules for political ads
ABCnews.com—Vials of blood addressed to Trump mailed to RNC headquarters
USA Today—Red Lobster files for bankruptcy

5.23.24
CNN.com—US sues Ticketmaster for antitrust violations and wants to split Live Nation from the ticket selling part of the business
ABCnews.com—NCAA and the five biggest college sports conferences agree to pay $2.8 billion to settle multiple antitrust claims from college athletes
CBS News—Louisiana set to classify Plan B pills as controlled substances that cannot be sold over the counter
NBC News—FDA panel recommends approval of a new blood test for colon cancer
BBC News—Ohio election officials threaten to leave Joe Biden off the ballot
USA Today—Six time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion retires from competitive eating

5.28.24
CNN.com—Closing arguments wrap up in Trump's New York criminal trial
ABCnews.com—DNC will virtually nominate Biden before Ohio's absurd Aug 7 deadline in order to make sure the GOP can't keep him off the ballot in that state
BBC News—Heavy seas damage pier built by US to deliver supplies and aid to Gaza
NBC News—Negro Leagues stats to be incoporated into official MLB historical record
USA Today—Lego unveils 2500 piece Legend of Zelda set
CBS News—Former mayor of South Dakota town charged with murdering three people

5.29.24
CNN.com—Alito refuses to recuse himself from Jan 6 cases despite evidence that he believes the election was stolen
ABCnews.com—Jury deliberating Trump's fate in his New York criminal trial
CBS News—Feds take down one of world's largest botnets
USA Today—Melinda Gates to donate $1 billion to women's rights groups
NBC News—Man with a suspended license logs into Zoom hearing with judge about a case where he is accused of driving without a license while driving his car
BBC News—The National Zoo in DC to receive new pair of giant pandas from China

5.30.24
ABCnews.com—Jury finds Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges in his New York criminal case
NBC News—Trump to be sentenced on July 11, four days before the scheduled start of the Republican National Convention
CNN.com—Senate Democrats urge DOJ to investigate collusion among the big oil producers
CBS News—Cybercrime ring claims that it has stolen the personal data of over 500 million Ticketmaster customers
BBC News—Queen negotiating to sell their music catalogue to Sony for $1 billion
USA Today—Buc-ee's opening its largest store yet in Texas