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Yahoo Finance
- Peloton Tumbles to Record Low After Announcing CEO Exit, Layoffs
- Best Dividend Stock: Verizon Stock vs. AT&T Stock
- Qorvo Stock Is Tumbling After Earnings. There’s More Bad News for Apple
- Moderna Stock Jumps After Scoring an Earnings Beat. Next Up? Its RSV Shot
- Bill Gross Says ‘Total Return’ Strategy He Pioneered Is ‘Dead’
- Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy Sales More Than Doubled. Why the Stock Is Falling
- Janet Yellen Says It's 'Almost Impossible' For First-Time Homebuyers To Enter Housing Market
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Google Business
- Jay Powell's dilemma: the US economy is too strong to cut rates
- Tampa, 2 other Florida cities among top 100 places to live, report says
- Jim Cramer's thoughts on 5 stocks: Carvana, Etsy, Cigna, Wayfair, Trade Desk
- Bitcoin and Ethereum Rebound as Interest Rates Remain Unchanged in US
- T-Mobile finally owns Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile
- The Richest Person In Every State 2024
- "Big Nude Boat" offers a trip to "bare-adise" on a naked cruise from Florida
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Tipranks
- Air Canada (TSE:AC) In a Nosedive After Earnings
- INMD Earnings: Buybacks Aren’t Enough to Overcome Earnings Miss
- Shutterstock Announces Major Acquisition and Secures Financing
- Kerry Group plc Announces Successful AGM Outcomes
- Schroders Capital Buyback Reduces Share Count
- Epwin Group Executes Share Buyback Plan
- Enwell Energy Shareholders Approve Key Resolutions
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- Average long-term US mortgage rate rises for again, reaching highest level more than five months
- Qualcomm, Carvana rise; DoorDash, Qorvo fall, Thursday, 5/2/2024
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's comments about unions violated federal law, NLRB judge rules
- Send us Patriots: Ukraine's battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks
- Amazon, Pinterest rise; Starbucks, CVS Health fall, Wednesday, 5/1/2024
- US regulators maintain fishing quota for valuable baby eels, even as Canada struggles with poaching
- How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 5/1/2024
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Wall Street Journal
- 'The Fall Guy' Review: Ryan Gosling's Blundering Blockbuster
- 'I Saw the TV Glow' Review: When Pop Culture Turns Cultish
- Bank of Canada Gov. Macklem Acknowledges Limits on Rate-Policy Divergence From Fed
- 'Call of Duty' Director Asks $26.995 Million for Custom-Built Bel Air Home
- What Ralph Waldo Emerson Knew About Money
- Oracle Looks to AI and Microsoft Partnership to Lift Cloud Business
- SEC Ends Probe of Trades Before Activision-Microsoft Merger with No Action
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Financial Times
- Gazprom plunges to worst loss in decades as sales to Europe collapse
- US readies sanctions over Russian petroleum supplies to North Korea
- New oil and gas projects expected to grow despite IEA warning
- What TikTok and Tesla tell us about pragmatism in the US and China
- Russia’s new economy may end up prolonging its war
- Police break up UCLA protest camp in latest campus clampdown
- John Swinney set to become first minister of Scotland
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Bloomberg
- Carvana Short-Seller Losses Hit $3.9 Billion as Stock Soars
- Everton Financing Considered by Cirque du Soleil Co-Chair’s Firm
- Mortgage Rates in US Increase for Fifth Week, Hitting 7.22%
- Why Weight-Loss Drugs Wegovy, Zepbound Are in Short Supply
- Argentina Central Bank Cuts Benchmark Interest Rate to 50%
- Axa, Apollo’s Athora Scrap Life-Insurance Deal in Germany
- Russia’s Gazprom Group Reports First Net Loss in 23 Years
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Reuters
- UBS weighs asset management overhaul to reduce costs, sources say
- US fast-food chains may have to amp up promotions as more people eat at home
- StanChart profit beats forecasts as fee income boost offsets credit losses
- Ocado, Lidl and M&S are UK's fastest growing grocers, says NIQ
- Air France, KLM, Brussels Airlines among carriers in EU greenwashing probe
- Technip Energies beats Q1 order expectations on decarbonisation projects
- Universal Music Group artists to return to TikTok after new licensing pact
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Marketwatch
- April jobs report expected to show 240,000 gain in U.S. hiring
- Mortgage rates increase for fifth week in a row, and home buyers ‘will likely not see relief’ anytime soon
- Car sales in the U.S. inch up to four-month high
- ‘Is this 1980 or 2024?’: The housing market has déjà vu
- Oil prices struggle for direction on rise in U.S. supplies, Middle East cease-fire talks
- Micron, GM join Big Tech on this list of 20 biggest winners this earnings season
- AMC enjoying box-office ‘outperformance’ amid post-pandemic recovery, says B. Riley
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Seeking Alpha
- 3 Blue-Chip Bargains Trading At 52-Week Lows
- Super Micro Computer: Strong Q3 Performance, Focus On The Cash Flows
- I'm Buying Up To 11% Yield For Recurring Income
- Big Opportunity For A Big 15% Yield: AGNC
- Wall Street Breakfast: As It May
- W. P. Carey Stock Q1 Earnings: Time To Buy Hand-Over-Fist
- My Top 6 Income Investments Right Now
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Benzinga
- Tiger Pistol's New Playbook Unlocks the Power of Vertical Video Advertising
- Sonatype Uncovers Millions of Previously Hidden Open Source Vulnerabilities Through Unique Shaded Vulnerability Detection System
- Tribble Officially Launches, Redefining the RFP Response Process with Generative AI
- Konica Minolta and FUJIFILM Business Innovation Explore a Potential Strategic Alliance in Multifunction Printer and Printer Areas to Optimize Procurement,…
- "Ponele Play": an initiative that promotes Costa Rican music on Spotify
- "Ponele Play": an initiative that promotes Costa Rican music on Spotify
- AIBOT Secures First Distribution of $15 Million CalCompetes Grant, Demonstrating Significant Progress and Commitment to California
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Barchart
- Weakness in Crude Oil Weighs on Sugar Prices
- Cocoa Prices Extend Their Sharp Downside Correction
- A Recovery in ICE Inventories Fuels Long Liquidation in Coffee Futures
- Crude Prices Under Pressure on Reduced Geopolitical Risks and a US Inventory Glut
- Stocks Moderately Higher on Economic Optimism
- Dollar Recovers and Gold Falls as T-Note Yields Climb
- Stocks Rebound Ahead of Apple’s Earnings
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SEC / FED
SEC Charges Advisory Firm Senvest Management with Recordkeeping and Other Failures
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SEC’s Division of Investment Management to Host Second Annual Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management
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Remarks at the 43rd Annual Small Business Forum
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Remarks to the Investor Roundtable Co-Hosted by the SEC, NASAA, and Georgia Secretary of State
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
Marketplace
- Sustainable jet fuel costs twice as much as fossil fuel. New federal subsidies aim to close that gap
- Some baseball fans can no longer catch the game on their cable provider
- Tesla laid off almost everyone that built its EV charging network
- The barge business had had a pretty stable year
- Will the new IRS free tax filing system be available next year?
- Semiconductor factory growth must yield to native plants in Phoenix
- Small businesses see wage pressure easing
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ZeroHedge
- Saudi Arabia Worried About Islamist Uprising As US-Backed Normalization With Israel 'Close'
- Peloton CEO Stepping Down Following 92% Stock Plunge In Two Years
- Yen Carry Trade Ever More Exposed To Rising FX Volatility
- President Biden To Deliver Unscheduled Remarks
- Hurt / The Downward Spiral
- Bitcoin ETFs Suffer Worst Day Ever
- "Safe Haven" Yen Trending Towards Zero Against Gold
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Investing.com
- Cantor is bullish on FSD, starts Tesla stock at buy
- Morgan Stanley shares '5 thoughts on Tesla’s confusing metamorphosis'
- What if the Fed doesn’t cut?
- These are the top buys and sells for May, according to our predictive AI
- Wayfair stock pops as Q1 profitability, revenue surpass analyst estimates
- A dip in gold prices is a buying opportunity
- Powell speech, Apple results, OECD growth
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Morning Brew
LinkedIn released 3 new games
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In this economy, ‘old’ is the new ‘rich’
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Tesla guts Supercharger team in super confusing move
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Brew Mini: Circle games
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Walmart woos youths with cool food
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Congress to question if UnitedHealth is too big to fail
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Dave & Busters bets on betting
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Word Search: Movie proms
The Hustle
LinkedIn launches games as a new way to connect
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How Marriott went from a 9-seat soda shop to a $68B+ brand
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A five-star tent? Hotels are betting on glamping
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Why, though? Google tried to take on Second Life
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The vet industry is in a tailspin
CNBC
- U.S. intelligence chief warns Congress of rise in cyberattacks
- More than half of new grads are worried about basic living costs
- Apple's China momentum in focus ahead of earnings after the bell
- Trump Media pushes House to probe 8 firms over short-selling of DJT shares
- We're going on a morning buying spree
- ISS says unions and pension funds should back Norfolk Southern activist investor
- Abu Dhabi AI firm Presight buys majority stake in technology joint venture AIQ
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CBS
- Nearly 8 tons of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled over possible E. coli contamination
- TikTok and Universal resolve feud, putting Taylor Swift, other artists back on video platform
- A United Airlines passenger got "belligerent" with flight attendants. Here's what that will cost him
- Federal Reserve holds rates steady. Here's what that means for your money
- Johnson & Johnson offers to pay $6.5 billion to settle talc ovarian cancer lawsuits
- The real reason self-driving cars are not ready for prime time
- UnitedHealth CEO defends ransom payment in testimony on cyberattack
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NYT Business
- Chinese Exports Are Threatening Biden’s Industrial Agenda
- North Carolina Triad Tries to Reinvent Its Economy
- F.T.C. Clears Exxon Mobil’s Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources
- Universal Music Artists Will Return to TikTok
- Peloton Chief Executive Steps Down as Company Cuts 15% of Staff
- Global Growth Forecast Is Lifted but Risks Loom, O.E.C.D. Says
- Dave & Buster’s to Allow Betting on Arcade Games
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Stocktwits
CVNA Carvana Co.
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
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JD JD.com Inc - ADR
AAPL Apple Inc
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FSLY Fastly Inc
ENVX Enovix Corporation
CVS CVS Health Corp
DKNG DraftKings Inc
QCOM Qualcomm, Inc.
ETSY Etsy Inc
MRNA Moderna Inc
KWEB KraneShares CSI...
DASH DoorDash Inc -...
XPEV XPeng Inc - ADR
VET Vermilion Energy Inc
UNIT Uniti Group Inc
VSTS VESTIS CORPORATION
RUM Rumble Inc
YINN Direxion Daily...
PDD Pinduoduo Inc.
MSNBC
- Biden's latest move to protect trans health also exposes the depressing bigger picture
- Trump sheds fresh light on what he intended to do on Jan. 6
- Why Trump’s hardline position on U.S. policy in Gaza matters
- GOP’s JD Vance is ‘skeptical’ Mike Pence was in danger on Jan. 6
- Police detain protesters, break down UCLA encampment
- What Democrats stand to gain by watching Marjorie Taylor Greene lose
- Why there’s yet another gag order hearing at Trump’s trial
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NBC
- Top New York official asks Best Buy about its commitment to LGBTQ groups after conservative pressure
- Biden condemns campus violence: 'Order must prevail'
- Got a tax refund this year? Here's how to put it to good use
- Trump trial live updates: Hush money judge holds hearing on ex-president's gag order
- California second-grade teacher becomes rare traveler to visit every country in the world
- Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy to step down, company to lay off 15% of staff as it looks to refinance debt
- Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady: What it means for you
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investors.com
- Battery Startup Soars As Smartphone Customers Line Up
- AI Stocks: Why Feeding Chatbots Clean Proprietary Company Data Is Key
- Etsy Stock Sinks As 'Squeezed' Consumers Weigh On Sales
- Stock Chart Notebook: These Two Obscure Breakouts Draw Investor Attention
- Why Zoetis, Fluffy's Drugmaker, Just Reversed Its Recent Bad Fortune
- MGM Resorts Stock Rallies On Q1 Results, Upgrade; Posts Record Revenue From China, Las Vegas
- Is Tesla A Buy Or A Sell With Shares Rallying 20% Since Q1 Earnings As Musk Enters 'Demon Mode'?
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ABC News
- EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration
- Cyprus gives Chevron another 6 months to come up with a timetable on a natural gas field development
- Video Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged
- Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia
- Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools
- Vendor that mishandled Pennsylvania virus data to pay $2.7 million in federal whistleblower case
- Fed holds interest rates steady at highest level since 2001
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Fox Business
- Mortgage rates jump again to 7.22%
- April jobs report expected to show a 'cooling' labor market
- Tight job market has friend in the Fed
- Chipotle keeping ‘a close eye’ on customer behavior after raising menu prices, wages
- Delays and government errors: How college financial aid became such a hot mess
- Buyers are taking on riskier adjustable rate mortgages as affordability worsens
- Over 242,600 Ford Maverick trucks recalled due to risk of tail light failure
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CNN
- American oil tycoon accused of trying to conspire with OPEC to inflate prices
- Maryland is about to get $350 million from insurance in bridge collapse
- Peloton cuts jobs and is looking for a new CEO after its turnaround plan spins out
- What to expect in Friday’s jobs report
- Sell in May and go away? Think again
- ABC News president Kim Godwin in hot water as Disney-appointed boss conducts review
- Apple set to report earnings amid headwinds in China and a sluggish stock price
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Ticker
Freddie Mac: 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.22% as of May 2nd, increasing for the fifth week
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US 4-Week Bill Auction
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US 4-Week Bill Bid-to-Cover Actual 2.91 (Forecast -, Previous 3.140)
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US 4-Week Bill High Yield Actual 5.275% (Forecast -, Previous 5.275%)
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Fed bids for 4-week bills total $221.8 mln
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US to sell $70 bln 6-month bills on May 6, to settle on May 9
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US to sell $70 bln 3-month bills on May 6th, to settle on May 9th
Barrons
- How This Hedge Fund Beats the S&P 500 With 20 or So Quality Stocks
- New Funding Round Values Start-Up Custodian Altruist at $1.5 Billion
- Trucking Stock Leads S&P 500 After Blowout Earnings
- Chip Stocks Get a Lift From Qualcomm
- Heir of World War II Art Restitution Cases Is Donating Proceeds from Settlements to Help Refugees
- Etsy Stock Is Headed to Its Lowest Level in 4 Years. What Wall Street Thinks About Earnings
- S&P Global, Moody’s, and Other ‘Quality’ Stocks Drive This Fund
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MarketBeat
- Meta Stock: 3 Reasons This Stumble Is a Golden Buying Opportunity
- 3 Staples Stocks to Cushion Lower Consumer Sentiment
- Zillow’s Earnings Dip: An Opportunity for Visionaries
- How to Use Put Credit Spreads to Catch Falling Knives More Safely
- Starbucks: Indicators Turns Bearish, New Lows in Sight
- Kraft Heinz: Serving Up A Tasty Dip for Investors to Snack On
- Yum! Brands: Can Digital Strength Offset Same-Store Declines?
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The Hill
- DeSantis signs bill banning lab-grown meat
- Taylor Swift, Drake reps bring music back to TikTok with new deal
- Biden calls Japan, India ‘xenophobic’ on immigration alongside China, Russia
- Inflation locked atop list of financial problems: Gallup
- Senators press Biden administration on Iran crypto mining
- More Americans see China as an ‘enemy’
- J&J proposing to pay $6.5B to resolve almost all talc ovarian cancer suits
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BBC
- What can you do if a gig gets called off?
- Post Office investigators 'saw postmasters as enemies'
- TikTok and Universal settle music royalties dispute
- Somerset gigafactory: 'It's going to be a wild ride'
- UK growth forecast to be slowest of richest nations, says OECD
- Uber faces £250m London black cab drivers lawsuit
- The insect farmers turning to AI to help lower costs
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The Guardian
- Goldman Sachs to scrap cap on bonuses for hundreds of UK staff
- ‘Thekla runs a tight ship’: Bristol’s floating venue marks 40 years at dock
- Fraudsters editing photos of cars to add fake damage in insurance scam
- OECD forecasts will be blow to Sunak and Hunt’s claims UK economy is improving
- Danish firm behind weight-loss drug Wegovy raises profit forecast to £15.3bn
- Peloton CEO steps down as beleaguered company cuts 15% of workforce
- Watchdog rejects request to investigate Tory MP over City lobbying complaint
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YouGov
Americans’ top skin concerns and how much they’d spend to treat them
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Most Millennials and Gen Zers don't place themselves within their usual generational group
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Which Americans do Irish and Italian people say can describe themselves as Irish and Italians?
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Most Americans would limit abortion after a certain stage of pregnancy and allow certain exceptions
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Many Americans are skeptical of electric cars
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Two-thirds of Americans who made resolutions for 2024 say they have stuck to them so far
The Street
- Apple earnings are more crucial to the stock market than Nvidia
- Popular arcade company makes unique bet on legal gambling
- Stock Market Today: Stocks gain as Powell nixes rate hikes; Apple on deck
- How Envoy Medical is disrupting the hearing loss industry
- Another popular fast-food chain closes after filing bankruptcy
- The Fed's new interest-rate outlook may roil markets
- Analysts revise SuperMicro stock price target after earnings
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Insider
- The US military's massive unmanned 'Manta Ray' submarine cleared its first sea test
- Here's why Americans having fewer kids won't doom the economy
- The rise and fall of Peloton, from pandemic-era success story to its stock hitting a record low
- 4 ways equity management can help build a foundation for growth
- Court documents reveal Google's payments to Apple increased to an eye-watering $20 billion
- Donald 'Von ShitzInPantz' has now formally been entered into the public record at Trump's hush money trial
- 5 indicators that show the US economy is still firing on all cylinders despite slowing GDP
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AOL Finance
- American oil tycoon accused of trying to conspire with OPEC to inflate prices
- Janet Yellen says it's 'almost impossible' for first-time homebuyers to enter housing market
- Homebuyers turn to ARMs as rates hover above 7% for third straight week
- Why one economist says Elon Musk has turned Tesla into a meme stock
- 5 indicators that show the US economy is still firing on all cylinders despite slowing GDP
- China hedge fund Pinpoint is bouncing back in 2024 after years of poor performance
- The stock market's sell-off is over and the Fed gave 5 bullish signs to investors at its latest meeting, Fundstrat's Tom Lee says
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- 20 of the US Military’s Deadliest Weapons
- The Worst States for Black Americans: Every State Ranked
- This is the Newest American Military Base in the United States
- These Are Anduril’s Biggest Contract Wins
- What Is the E*Trade Robo-Advisor, and Is It Worth It?
- The Cheapest and Most Expensive Housing Markets in South Carolina
- 5 Ultra-Yield Stocks That Provide Huge Passive Income Monthly
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LA Times
- Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract
- A slice of tourists hasn't returned since COVID. L.A. wants them back
- Avian flu outbreak raises a disturbing question: Is our food system built on poop?
- California in a jam after borrowing billions to pay unemployment benefits
- Column: California's transgender sanctuary law survives a challenge as judge ridicules plaintiff's claims
- Did Dodgers underestimate value of Shohei Ohtani's first homer? It may be worth $100,000
- Studio owners revise plans for $1-billion update of historic Television City
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Washington Post
- Organic walnuts recalled over E. coli outbreak
- NASA moon capsule suffered extensive damage during 2022 test flight
- Russian state media ramping up English, Spanish presence on TikTok, study finds
- Microsoft is changing how you log in to your accounts
- Apple is behind in AI and killed its self-driving car project. What’s next?
- GOP split could doom bipartisan child tax credit bill
- Work Advice: My boss wants me in the office. My autistic kid needs me at home
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Chicago Tribune
- Lincoln Park 6-bedroom home with a library that has built-ins: $3.3M
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office calls Bears’ stadium proposal ‘non-starter’ after meeting
- New Amtrak service to begin between Chicago and St. Paul
- Illinois pot businesses could gain tax benefits, easier loan access under DEA reclassification
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Illinois ranks 30th for hospital safety, down two spots from last year, says Leapfrog report
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Seattle Times
- Final cost in for Mets’ sorry 2023 season $420 million in payroll plus luxury tax
- Broadband internet services are disrupted in most parts of Nepal
- Landmark Google antitrust case ready to conclude
- Your cellphone may be causing nearsightedness, now at epidemic levels
- Senators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
- Peloton cutting about 400 jobs worldwide; CEO McCarthy stepping down
- Owner says King County appraiser pushed ‘tax advocacy’ side biz after boosting valuation
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Boston Herald
- Number of Americans applying for jobless claims remains historically low
- Peloton cutting about 400 jobs worldwide; CEO McCarthy stepping down
- 2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce hits all marks
- No matter how you slice it! North End’s pizza appeal
- Ticker: March lottery sales down; Job openings slide to 3-year low
- Stuck on high: Rates to remain at two-decade record level until inflation cools
- How to help your loved one navigate the costs of dementia care
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Financial Post
- Posthaste: Capital gains tax hike will hit more Canadians than we thought
- Canadian banks risk falling behind global peers under new capital rules, RBC's McKay warns
- Macklem defends Bank of Canada's two per cent inflation target at Senate committee
- Federal budget won't have much of an impact on inflation: Tiff Macklem
- CN, CPKC rail workers vote to strike, threatening North America-wide supply chains
- Fed holds rates, says it will take longer to gain confidence on inflation
- Posthaste: 4 charts that tell you what you need to know about Canada's budget 2024
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The Trade
- JP Morgan Chase expected to pay $100 million civil penalty linked to trading data completeness
- Tim Miller: Innovation in ETFs will lead to increased opportunities
- Appital Insights completes integration with FactSet Portware EMS
- DTCC connects Saphyre’s trade solution to ALERT platform
- Asset managers looking to shake up strategy in next two years, Northern Trust survey finds
- Average daily equity trading on European main markets and MTFs up 14% from last quarter
- CFTC announces changes to large trading reporting for futures and options
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Observer
- Artists Feel the Threat of A.I. But Also Increasingly Embrace the Technology
- Power Fallout Inside Paramount: How a Potential Sale May Have Ousted CEO Bob Bakish
- Amazon Leaders Mentioned “A.I.” 30 Times on Q1 Earnings Call: Key Highlights
- Billionaire Tom Siebel Donates $50M to the University of Illinois for Data Science Research
- Space Missions to Watch in May: China Explores the Dark Side of the Moon, Boeing Starliner, and More
- One of the Most Coveted Banking Jobs In the World Is Up for Grabs
- TikTok Ban: When Will the Creator Economy Feel the Pain, If Ever?
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Semafor
- Biden says campus unrest hasn't changed his mind about Israel policy
- FTC plans to recommend a possible criminal case against ex-Pioneer CEO
- Americans are more optimistic about their finances, but still worry about prices
- Pressure piles on Kenya’s president as floods wreak havoc
- US says Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine war
- Israel-Hamas war raises fears of global extremist attacks
- Republicans aren't worried about saving Mike Johnson
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Reason
- The Antisemitism Awareness Act will make it illegal to criticize Israel on campus
- L.A. beats NYC?
- Today in Supreme Court History: May 2, 1927
- We can’t imagine the future of AI
- Brickbat: Songs of Protest
- Thursday Open Thread
- How California's Ban on Diesel Locomotives Could Have Major National Repercussions
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Nikkei Asia
- Taiwan chipmaker PSMC opens plant with eye on AI semiconductors
- Why one of Japan's biggest real estate projects is tapping Toyota
- U.S. law firm Mayer Brown confirms split from China operations
- U.S. sanctions China, Hong Kong entities for Russia links: What we know
- Yen's surge after Fed announcement stirs fresh intervention talk
- Malaysia's KFC closes over 100 stores amid consumer boycott
- Yen's surge after Fed announcement stirs another intervention talk
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Institutional Investor
- The Consultant Shepherding Steve Ballmer’s Family Office and Others on AI
- Dan Loeb’s Favorite Stocks
- Here Are the Winners of the 21st Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards
- Viking Global’s Fund Focused on Private Investments Is off to a Strong Start
- CAIA Association's Longtime CEO Announces Retirement Plans
- There’s ‘No Going Back’ For Insurance Company Investment Portfolios, KKR Says
- Under Leslie Lenzo's Leadership, the Hershey Trust is Evolving
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PYMNTS
- 55% of High-Earning Consumers and 79% of Gen Z Use Digital Wallets
- Initial Claims for Unemployment Unchanged, Signaling ‘Fairly Tight’ Labor Market
- Checkout.com and Mastercard Offer Virtual Cards for Travel Agents
- Competing With Giants: How Small Businesses Can Optimize Their eCommerce Efforts
- Payment Networks Spotlight Rise of Tokenization and Contactless Payments
- Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy Steps Down as Company Begins Restructuring
- UK’s Non-London FinTechs Fight for Funding
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Forbes
- United Kingdom’s FTSE 100: Reversion Or Dead Cat Bounce?
- This Stock Has A 1.08% Yield And Sells For Less Than Book
- Federal Reserve Reduces Tightening, Keeping The Economy Juiced
- The U.K.’s FTSE Is Due To Get Boosted By Takeovers
- Are Clear Skies Ahead? How Airline Stocks Delta, American And Southwest Measure Up
- These Out-Of-Favor Stocks Are Showing Signs Of Life
- Supermicro: Cooling The AI Boom
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Fortune
- Holocaust survivors launch #CancelHate campaign amid antisemitic incidents, protests
- ‘We must also confront the dark side of AI’: Japan PM unveils international framework to rein in game-changing tech
- Gen Z environmentalists fail to convince government to even try their case about constitutional right to life-sustaining climate
- COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their lowest levels since the start of the pandemic
- LinkedIn gets into the games business as the Wordle model spreads
- Amherst professor wants to release tool that allows Facebook users to unfollow content fed to them by the app's algorithm
- Biden to address nationwide campus protests, White House official says
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Inc.
- The State of Venture Funding in 2024 So Far? Anemic
- Months-Long Google Antitrust Trial Reaches Closing Arguments
- Anthropic Makes AI Push to Business Users, Challenges ChatGPT With iPhone App
- New Law for Old Tech: Congress Pushes Law Requiring New Cars to Receive AM Radio
- Agency Says Union Pacific Interfered in Safety Probe
- The SBA Launches the "Ban the Box" Rule
- McKinsey Study: Opportunities to Boost Small Company Productivity
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Axios
- Pro-Palestinian protests push American companies' activism limits
- Biden on campus protesters: No “right to cause chaos”
- FTC won't stop Exxon's $65B megadeal with Pioneer as U.S. oil industry consolidation continues
- A mystery chatbot came and went. It's probably a new OpenAI product
- Taylor Swift, Drake label Universal Music Group returns to TikTok with new deal
- The pain from the Fed's rate hikes is surprisingly elusive
- How Democrats plan to turn abortion ballot wins into state-level gains
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Vox
- Canceling people’s medical debt may be too little, too late
- AI has created a new form of sexual abuse
- Why we can’t stop talking about age gaps
- Cholera is making a comeback
- How rioting farmers unraveled Europe’s ambitious climate plan
- The history of Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban
- Marijuana could be classified as a lower-risk drug. Here’s what that means
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FastCompany
- Peloton will see mass layoffs and another CEO exit in latest dramatic attempt to right the ship
- Boomers are defying age norms and you are losing out
- Carvana stock price is soaring after the ‘best financial results in company history’
- These 2 numbers clearly explain the housing market’s lock-in effect
- Calm and AllTrails know your stress is reaching a fever pitch
- Viking Holdings IPO: stock price cruises in NYSE trading debut
- Federal Reserve holds interest rates at 23-year high until inflation further cools
- More
Entrepreneur
- This One Customer Service Hack Will Keep Guests Coming Back
- How to Stand Out in a Flood of AI-Generated Social Media Content
- Couple's Leap of Faith in Franchise Business Pays Off
- This 'Cutting-Edge' Strategy Used By Meta and Google Is Helping Leaders Keep Young Employees Motivated
- He Began Selling Insurance to the Hispanic Community in the 1970s. Now His Family Owns a National Franchise With a Smart Strategy
- She Worked Hard to Become An Engineer, and Didn't Want Her Degree to Go to Waste. Then She Found a Franchise That Was the Best of Both Worlds
- The BirdBike eBike Is Just $700 with Free Shipping
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Politico
- Noem dog shooting sparks Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus
- Kristi Noem defends dog slaying: ‘I chose the safety of my children’
- Adams talks protest busting
- A new twist: Hackers hold up the budget
- Watch: Trump visits bodega after day two of hush money trial
- Inside the crash GOP effort to head off a motion to vacate
- Abortion-rights groups have never faced a state like Florida
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Newsweek
- Russia's economy on course to hit historic low
- Middle school girls banned from track event over protest of trans athlete
- 'Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Warns Student Protesters Are 'Screwed'
- Woman recalls sweet memories of parents growing up
- Donald Trump drags Mike Pence into classified documents battle
- Mother-in-law refusing bride's one wedding request cheered: "A strong no"
- Donald Trump reveals plans for if he loses election
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NPR
- Have you ever wanted to stay in a floating house? Airbnb has the place for you
- Amazon, Target and other retailers pull weighted infant sleepwear over safety fears
- High tariffs are keeping affordable Chinese-made EVs out of the U.S. for now
- Voters in this 'boomerang' county say they're nostalgic for the Trump economy
- U.S. v. Google: As landmark 'monopoly power' trial closes, here's what to look for
- Planet Money
- What a cabinet maker can teach us about interest rates : The Indicator from Planet Money
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Globe And Mail
- Centralized market would help community bonds scale up, report says
- Auto sales in Canada jumped 14% in April; still below pre-pandemic levels
- TD Bank ordered to pay almost $9.2-million by Canada’s anti-money laundering regulator over faulty controls
- Qualcomm shares jump as AI sparks rebound in Chinese smartphone market
- Thomson Reuters raises revenue target but strikes cautious tone as high interest rates linger
- Fuel retailer Parkland posts first-quarter loss due to Burnaby refinery outage
- Russia is shipping oil to North Korea above UN mandated levels, U.S. official says
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CBC
- Peloton CEO steps down as fitness company announces 15% cut to global workforce
- Can a Toronto-based ride-hailing startup compete with Uber and Lyft?
- 'We are getting closer' to cutting interest rates, Bank of Canada governor tells MPs
- Can a Toronto-based ride-hailing startup compete with Uber and Lyft?
- U.S. Federal Reserve holds interest rate, saying it will take 'longer than expected' to start cutting
- Loblaw reports $13.58B in Q1 revenue, as Reddit group's boycott kicks off
- London Drugs stores remain closed after 'cybersecurity incident'
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Techmeme
- Brazilian data and AI consultancy Indicium raises $40M for US expansion
- Some developers are releasing longer context windows for Llama 3 thanks to Meta's open-source approach; Llama 3 has a short context window of 8,000+ tokens
- LayerX, which makes a browser extension to let companies secure their devices and SaaS apps, raised a $26M Series A, bringing its total funding to $34M
- Apple adds more carve-outs to its EU core tech fee after criticism from devs
- Peloton's CEO Barry McCarthy steps down as the company lays off ~15% of workforce, or ~400 people, its fifth layoffs since 2021, when it had 8,600 staffers
- Microsoft rolls out passkey support for all consumer accounts; Microsoft account owners can generate passkeys across Windows, Android, and iOS
- LA-based wealth management startup Altruist, whose software and app help with trading and more, raised a $169M Series E led by Iconiq at a $1.5B valuation
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Silicon Valley
- Larry Magid: Using AI and other tech to plan your next vacation
- California Forever: Vacaville vice-mayor seeks to bankroll Solano County ‘utopia’
- Is this East Bay refinery-turned-housing-development a model for reclaiming contaminated sites?
- Big Bay Area real estate portfolio is bought for well over $100 million
- As Californians mitigate wildfire threats, why is there still an insurance crisis?
- CPUC voting soon on $24 fixed monthly charge for California electricity bills
- B-52s’ Kate Pierson lists her Airstream retreat in Mojave Desert for $452,000
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Techcrunch
- Watch: Binance founder CZ is the latest crypto character to go to jail
- Google will now show labels in Play Store to denote official government apps
- 1 month left to submit nominations for Startup Battlefield 200
- Spotify is quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall
- Google expands passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program ahead of the US presidential election
- TikTok expands its premium ad slots despite potential U.S. ban
- Apple adds more carve-outs to its EU core tech fee after criticism from devs
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The Register
- Amazon boss receives tap on wrist for statements violating labor laws
- Billions on the line for Google as web search monopoly trial nears end
- Federal frenzy to patch gaping security hole in GitLab
- SK hynix's high bandwidth memory buffet fully booked till 2025
- Vivaldi gets multiple windows on iPadOS
- NTLM auth traffic spikes after Windows Server patch
- NASA solar sail boom demonstrator reaches orbit
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Silicon Republic
- Apple has some big updates for developer fees in the EU
- Dropbox investigates breach that affected its Sign service
- Microsoft’s OpenAI focus stemmed from Google fears, email suggests
- What should employers focus on when employees are far far away?
- The Leaders’ Room talks AI, quantum and leadership with IBM’s Deborah Threadgold
- Dr Brian MacNamee becomes director of SFI’s Insight centre at UCD
- TikTok and Universal Music strike new licensing deal
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Tech Co
- Claude AI App Now Available for Apple iPhone and iPad
- Dropbox Data Breach: How to Check if You’re Affected
- Best Free & Paid AI Cover Letter Generators to Get You a Job
- Microsoft’s Latest Windows Update May Have Broken Your VPN
- Google AI Essentials: Learn How to Use Generative AI for Work
- 6 Ways Remote Workers Can Stop Their Bosses Spying on Them
- How to Turn On ChatGPT's Newly Available Memory Feature
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Business Journals
- Daily Digest: Gap, Levi's, Visa, Wells, JPMorgan create new S.F. group; DoorDash profit remains elusive
- The National Observer: Hot housing trend hits all-time high
- Congressional Federal Credit Union taps industry vet as next CEO
- Bechtel launches steel joint venture in the UAE
- Clorox's CEO can see the state of the American economy. It isn't good
- Federal prosecutors investigating Block over financial transactions
- Autonomous agtech robotics startup nabs funding as it gears up for expansion
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InvestorPlace
- LCID Stock: Lucid Motors Announces New Saudi EV Partnership
- JPMorgan Just Raised Its Price Target on Carvana (CVNA) Stock
- Crypto’s Comeback Kings: 7 Coins to Buy as Bitcoin Bounces Back
- Micron Technology Stock Target: Set Your Sights on $150
- Worried About Inflation? 3 Stocks Built to Thrive in a High-Price Environment
- Stock Market Crash Alert: 3 Must-Buy Cybersecurity Stocks When Prices Plunge
- Emergent BioSolutions Layoffs 2024: What to Know About the Latest EBS Job Cuts
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Wolf Street
- Oh Deary, Where Did my Rate Cuts Go? Fed’s Wait-and-See Now Entrenched? And Suddenly Lots of Talk about “Rate Hikes”
- Fed Holds Rates at 5.50% Top of Range, QT Slowdown Starts in June, Acknowledged Inflation is a Problem Again
- The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America amid the Now-Fizzled Rate-Cut Mania & Erstwhile Plunge in Mortgage Rates
- Sagging Used-Car Prices, Spiking Maintenance & Repair Costs, and a Post-Bankruptcy Propaganda Coup Turn Toxic for Hertz
- Money Market Funds, T-Bills, Large CDs, Small CDs: Americans Learn to Arbitrage the Higher-for-Longer Interest Rates
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Mises Institute
- Biden Perpetuates Washington’s Idiotic Steel Trade Policies
- Are Profits the Outcome of Exploitation or Successful Entrepreneurship?
- Renato Moicano Cares About His Country More Than Sohrab Ahmari
- When Governments Want More Revenue, Police Gin Up the Cash by Writing Traffic Tickets
- Fiat Money is the Greatest Danger Our Economy Faces
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PBS Newshour
- WATCH: Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over war in Gaza
- WATCH LIVE: Biden announces $3 billion investment toward replacing toxic lead pipes
- Why U.S. election campaigns feel so long
- Biden to visit North Carolina to meet families of law enforcement officers killed on the job
- Police fire flash-bangs, detain protesters as they dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA
- Trump faces prospect of more gag order sanctions in hush money trial as witness resumes testimony
- Live Updates: Trump's hush money trial
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Naked Capitalism
- After Much Posturing, US Imposes (So Far) Underwhelming Sanctions Against China for Russia Trade
- Links 5/2/2024
- Oh Deary, Where Did My Rate Cuts Go? Fed’s Wait-and-See Now Entrenched? And Suddenly Lots of Talk About “Rate Hikes”
- “The True Shocking Driver of Crime in America”
- The Culture of the CIA, a First Look
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/1/2024
- TaxCast #142: Blockchain Havens
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SCMP
US law firm Mayer Brown to split its Hong Kong operations, joining peers in downsizing in China
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TikTok, Universal Music Group seal new ‘multidimensional’ licensing deal
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Swire Pacific takes control of Shanghai healthcare provider DeltaHealth
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MGM China sees revenue soar as it achieves its highest ever market share
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New stimulus is coming as Politburo pledges to cut housing inventory: analysts
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MPFA touts cybersecurity, backup system of electronic platform going live in June
Euronews
- Flutter takes a punt with move from London to New York listing
- Green leader sees ‘huge danger’ to climate policy as elections loom
- Losses balloon at luxury car maker Aston Martin as SUV sales plunge
- Novo Nordisk plans quantum computing hub in Denmark
- French government will "fight" against TotalEnergies’ New York listing
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Japan Times
- Sumitomo to bolster shareholder returns in new midterm plan
- Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
- Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory
- U.S. market swings reveal inflation uncertainty ahead of key data
- Apple tapping AI to boost iPhone demand ahead of expected sales decline
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 2
Armed Conflicts and Attacks
- Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces take control of Berdychi, Donetsk Oblast. (Al-Arabiya News)
International relations
- South Korea raises its terrorism alert level to the second highest level, citing strong chances of an attack from North Korea on its overseas diplomatic offices. (Reuters)(The Korea Herald)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Solomon Islands general election
- Jeremiah Manele is elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands. (AP)
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom holds local elections, as well as a parliamentary by-election. (BBC News)
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Police storm the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, arresting protesters and dismantling the encampment. (Reuters)
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
May 1
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Two Russian ballistic missile strike in the port city of Odesa, Ukraine, killing three people and injuring sixteen others. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Kyiv Post)
- Russia displays captured NATO military vehicles and equipment at an open-air exhibition in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. Among the captured vehicles are a German Leopard 2 tank and an American M1 Abrams tank. (BBC News) (Fox News)
- Odesa strikes
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of Gaza, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Amid pressure from the United States, Israel reopens the Erez-Beit Hanoun Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of Gaza, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- Forty-eight people are killed and 30 more injured as twenty-three vehicles fell down during a highway collapse in Meizhou, Guangdong, China. (AP)
- Ten people are killed by heavy rain in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (ABC News)
- At least nine people are killed in an ongoing heatwave in eastern India. (Reuters)
International relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Colombia–Israel relations
- President of Colombia Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza. (Reuters)
- Colombia–Israel relations
Law and crime
- Rwanda asylum plan
- British authorities begin detaining migrants ahead of deportation flights to Rwanda. (Reuters)
- Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris announces the deployment of 100 police officers to the border with Northern Ireland amid fears that thousands of migrants might flee the UK in order to avoid deportation to Rwanda. Ireland also declares the United Kingdom a "safe country" so that asylum seekers can be deported back to the UK. (The Telegraph) (BBC News)
- Abortion in North Carolina
- U.S. federal judge Catherine Eagles blocks several of North Carolina's restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, striking down a requirement that the drug can only be prescribed by doctors in-person, as well as a requirement for patients to have an in-person follow-up appointment. (Reuters)
- A student is fatally shot by police officers outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, after the police received reports of someone carrying a weapon. (AP)
- 217 people are detained by Turkish police during May Day rallies in Istanbul, after police fire tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. (Reuters)
- 45 people are arrested and 12 police officers are injured at May Day protests in Paris. French police use tear gas and batons on several protests. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Scottish government crisis
- The Scottish National Party administration survives the vote of no confidence earlier this week, prompting the party to seek a replacement for outgoing First Minister Humza Yousaf. (Al Jazeera)
- Homosexuality and Methodism
- The United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy while additionally prohibiting superintendents from forbidding a same-sex wedding. (AP)