On today’s 5 Things podcast:
1️⃣ 8 dead after SUV slams into crowd
2️⃣ Yellen issues debt limit warning
3️⃣ GOP plan would cut SNAP benefits
4️⃣ Proposed rules to compensate airline passengers
5️⃣ Driverless cars
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Seven people were killed and at least 10 were injured after an SUV slammed into a crowd at a bus stop near a migrant shelter in Texas.
Updates.
President Joe Biden will deliver commencement addresses to the class of 2023 at Howard University and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Updates.
After Republicans flipped four House seats in deep blue New York, Democrats are looking to reclaim House control in 2024.
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With all eyes on Princes William and Harry at their father's coronation, here's a refresher on how their relationship has grown complicated.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced tougher measures Friday to "end the fraud and dysfunction that have become the hallmarks of cryptocurrency," a move likely to bring more focus nationally on the multi-billion dollar crypto industry.
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President Joe Biden can declare the debt limit unconstitutional through the 14th Amendment, some legal experts argue.
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Richard Glossip was scheduled to be executed May 18 in Oklahoma, but the U.S. Supreme Court granted him a stay while it reviews the case.
Updates.
House Republicans are going after the White House and disputing its claims the GOP-led debt ceiling proposal would cut into Veterans Affairs benefits.
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The blunt force injuries to Tyre Nichols' head left him with hemorrhaging in his brain, an autopsy report released Thursday found.
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“(Husband Ben Affleck is) a wonderful, wonderful father,” Jennifer Lopez said in a recent TV appearance. “And a father figure to (her twins Max and Emme, 15) as well, because he has his own three beautiful children, and then there's us."
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New York is banning natural gas stoves and furnaces in new buildings. The measure was in the state budget passed by Democrats and Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Waves filled with sargassum continue washing up on beaches in the Caribbean Sea and southern Florida and the stacks of seaweed are expected to get worse in the weeks ahead.
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The three teenagers have been formally charged with committing murder with extreme indifference and a dozen other counts.
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Pornhub, one of the world's most-visited adult websites, is blocking users from Utah, citing concerns with a new age verification law.
Updates.
Los Angeles police say former lightweight champ Tony Ferguson was arrested early Sunday after crashing his pickup into two parked cars.
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Season 4 of USA TODAY's true crime podcast, Unsolved, covers the cold case of missing child Alexis Patterson.
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Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby by a length, making it seven in all and casting a shadow over the 149th edition of the world's most famous race
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UPDATE: A gunman killed eight people and wounded seven others – three critically – in a shooting at a Dallas-area mall before being fatally shot by a police officer who happened to be nearby.
DEVELOPING STORY: Multiple people were shot at an outlet mall in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas, sending hundreds of shoppers fleeing in panic.
Updates.
What happened this week in politics?
👉️1,500 troops head to southwest border ahead of Title 42 lapse
👉️4 Proud Boys guilty of seditious conspiracy, one acquitted
👉️More alleged ethics violations against Clarence Thomas
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Top federal contractors like Dell, Lockheed Martin refused to make diversity data public. Some have paid to settle employment discrimination claims.
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The late-April heat wave in southern Europe and northern Africa was made 100 times more likely because of climate change, the study found.
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King Charles' wife Camilla will be crowned alongside her husband at coronation. We look at her evolution from "homewrecker" to respected queen.
Updates
A Delta Air Lines flight out of Houston was delayed by about three hours Wednesday when a swarm of bees took over the plane's winglet.
Updates
"I did hear and have read about some of the decisions that have been made in government here and I do not agree with it and I do not support it," Lewis Hamilton said ahead of Sunday's Miami Grand Prix.
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Jane Schneck, mother of Nick and Aaron Carter, was arrested for domestic battery following a dispute over the volume of a TV in her Florida home.
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Jamie Foxx is speaking out for the first time since he suffered a medical complication last month.
Read his heartwarming post here.
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's former political strategist, appealed his conviction for contempt of Congress by arguing executive privilege.
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A teenage boy killed 8 children and a guard at a school in Belgrade, Serbia, in the country's first mass shooting in 10 years
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In Wednesday's paper:
–'It's a tragic day': The search for missing teens leads to 7 bodies in Oklahoma
–Inflation is hitting hard in prisons
–Deadly Illinois pileup could be a dire warning
–'So Many Steves' gives insight into Steve Martin's life