YouTube sensation MrBeast ends PewDiePie’s near 10-year reign as the world’s top YouTuber

TODAY
While some companies market ‘natural’ MSG, my restaurant will stick with the original
Eric Huang, chef-owner of Pecking House, had a visceral reaction to Noma Projects' marketing of its mushroom garum.
TODAY
The stingray who got pregnant without a male has a ‘reproductive disease,’ aquarium says
Charlotte, a California round stingray, self-impregnated according to the Aquarium & Shark Lab by Team ECCO in Hendersonville, North Carolina. But the aquarium now says she has a "reproductive disease."
NBC News
Special counsel again asks for modified release conditions for Trump in classified documents case
Special counsel Jack Smith asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida to bar him from making statements that endanger law enforcement.
Associated Press
15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war live in fear — and disempowerment
At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Singaram Soosaimuthu fishes every day with his son, casting nets and reeling them in. The former Tamil fighter lost both legs in 2009 as the nation’s generation-long civil war drew to a close and the Tamils retreated in defeat.
AFP
Hindu holy city votes as India's six-week election ends
India's six-week election reached its final day of voting Saturday, including in the holy city Prime Minister Narendra Modi has used as a staging post for his Hindu nationalist agenda.It is one of the final cities to vote in India's gruelling election and where public support for Modi's ever-closer alignment of religion and politics burns brightest.
Reuters
Florida deputy who shot Black airman is fired, sheriff says
A Florida sheriff's office on Friday fired a deputy who had shot and killed a Black airman with the U.S. Air Force, saying the use of deadly force was not reasonable. That was the conclusion of an internal affairs investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office into the May 3 killing of Roger Fortson, 23, in Fort Walton Beach, the sheriff's office said in a statement. A criminal investigation into former deputy Eddie Duran, who shot and killed Fortson, is ongoing, the sheriff's office said.
The Conversation
Yes, Donald Trump has a point about political prosecution
A former government prosecutor examines the choice to prosecute a polarizing former president.
CNN
Meet the veteran astronauts riding aboard Starliner’s historic first crewed launch Saturday
Boeing’s historic Crew Flight Test of the Starliner spacecraft is expected to launch Saturday carrying veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
AFP
Austin says US 'can be secure only if Asia is'
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday the Asia-Pacific region remained a "priority" for Washington, saying the United States was secure "only if Asia is".Despite the historic conflicts taking place in Europe and the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific "remained our priority theatre of operations", Austin said.
NBC News
Ohio K9 officer on leave after video appears to show police dog attacking man lying on stomach
An Ohio K9 officer is under investigation after police body camera video captured the officer’s dog appear to attack a man on his stomach with his hands behind his back, authorities said Friday.
Associated Press
Donald Trump’s attorney says he was 'shocked' the former president took the verdict with 'solemness'
Donald Trump's lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at Trump’s stoic demeanor as he listened to the verdict that made him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Todd Blanche was sitting to Trump’s left in the Manhattan courtroom as the verdict was read — the jury foreman repeating the word “guilty” 34 times. "I was shocked at how he took the verdict," Blanche said.
Associated Press
Voting begins in the last round of India's election, a referendum on Modi's decade in power
Indians began voting Saturday in the last round of a six-week-long national election that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade in power. The election is considered one of the most consequential in India’s history. If Modi wins, he’ll be only the second Indian leader to retain power for a third term after Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister.
AFP
El Salvador's 'all-powerful' Bukele starts second term
El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele will be sworn in for a second term Saturday, more popular -- and more powerful -- than ever.- Gangs as a 'cancer' - With his preferred getup of jeans and a baseball cap, millennial Bukele came to power in 2019 promising to crush the country's gangs, to which he attributes some 120,000 murders over three decades -- more than the 75,000 lives lost in El Salvador's civil war from 1980 to 1992.
AFP
Boeing will try to launch its first crew on Starliner, again
Troubled aerospace giant Boeing will try once more to fly its first crew to the International Space Station aboard a Starliner spaceship on Saturday, after the last attempt was scrubbed hours before liftoff.- Urine pump - Since then, a small helium leak located in one of the spacecraft's thrusters came to light -- but rather than replace the seal, which would require taking Starliner apart in its factory, NASA and Boeing officials declared it's safe enough to fly as is.
NBC News
Trump may have violated the hush money gag order while ripping his guilty verdict
Donald Trump discussed two witnesses in the criminal case against him Friday while complaining about his conviction, comments that could violate the judge's gag order against him.
Associated Press
World War II veterans take off for France for 80th anniversary of D-Day
More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The group ranges from 96 to 107 years old, according to American Airlines, which is flying them first to Paris. The flight is one of several that are taking veterans to France for the commemoration.
Associated Press
Oregon defendants without a lawyer must be released from jail, US appeals court says
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that Oregon defendants must be released from jail after seven days if they don’t have a defense attorney. In its decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called Oregon's public defense system a “Sixth Amendment nightmare,” OPB reported, referring to the part of the U.S. Constitution that guarantees people accused of crimes the right to a lawyer. The opinion said Oregon is responsible for upholding legal protections for criminal defendants.
TODAY
EXCLUSIVE: Teen’s heart stopped 400 times in a week. Doctors were stunned to find out the cause
Teen with Carney-Starakis Syndrome recalls how the tumor disorder affected her heart. She had open heart surgery to deal with symptoms, may need more treatment.
NBC News
Michelle Troconis sentenced to more than 14 years for helping boyfriend murder his wife
Michelle Troconis, the Connecticut woman convicted of helping her boyfriend murder his estranged wife in 2019, was sentenced to 14 1/2 years in prison Friday following an emotional, hours-long hearing.
AFP
Trump campaign announces $53 mn raised after conviction
Donald Trump's campaign said Friday it had raised nearly $53 million in online small-dollar donations after he was convicted in his New York hush money trial, boasting that the verdict had galvanized his support "like never before."Calling the Thursday court decision a "sham trial verdict" the advisors reported that the "digital fundraising system was overwhelmed with support" despite temporary online delays "because of the amount of traffic" from small-dollar donors.

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