Today’s Sponsor: Blinkist
Today’s Rundown:
- Protesters take over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall in escalation of anti-war demonstrations
- Lakers open to drafting Bronny James with LeBron’s future in L.A. uncertain, per report
- Judge fines Trump $9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial
- Hunter Biden demands that Fox News remove ‘intimate’ images from its platforms
- Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles
- Tennessee governor signs bill allowing teachers and staff to be armed on campus
- US DEA will reclassify marijuana, ease restrictions
- Emmanuel Acho co-authors book on antisemitism
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ONE DAY OLDER ON MAY 1:
Paul Teutul Sr. (75)
Tim McGraw (57)
Wes Anderson (55)
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1939: In the May issues of Detective Comics #27, which appeared on newsstands on this day, a new crime fighter, the “Batman,” debuted.
2003: In what became known as the “Mission Accomplished” speech, U.S. President George W. Bush declared “major combat operations in Iraq have ended” on board USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of California. He added that “difficult work” remained ahead.
2011: President Barack Obama announced the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden. (It was May 1 in the U.S. when bin Laden died, May 2 where he died.)
WORD OF THE DAY: squeamish / [ skwee-mish ]
easily disturbed or disgusted by unpleasant things
PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: Mother Goose Day
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