Starbucks said Friday it's laying off 300 corporate employees and closing some U.S. offices as part of its ongoing turnaround.

Golf fans are finding creative ways to enjoy the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.

The NBA will reveal this season's Most Valuable Player on Sunday, which just happens to be the day before Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.

The posters, preachers, and podcasters on the American right might disagree on trade policy, Israel, and Big Tech, @helenlewis.bsky.social writes. But one important force unites them all: misogyny.

"No cheering in the press box" rules suspended as Mike Conley steals it from Dylan Harper in transition and then knocks the ball out off him.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Virginia's bid to restore a congressional map favoring Democrats.

An adolescent owl that was found stuck in a concrete mixer in southwestern Utah is finally on the mend, flying free and maybe a bit wiser from the ordeal.

Though Trump has repeatedly claimed that millions of noncitizens vote, data shows there are few such cases. Of these, most involve people like Estelle, who register in error. “It is a needle in the haystack,” a former DHS lawyer said.

Important thread here on a rough day at the office

The additional 1,500 Guardsmen will push the number of such service members patrolling Washington to 5,000. https://www.wate.com/hill-politics/doj-requests-1500-more-national-guard-troops-for-planned-dc-summer-surge/ 

The NFL's 2026 season will kick off with a Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl rematch apnews.com/article/nfl-...

Halo Infinite jabs, a Simpsons gag and a haircut: How NFL teams dropped 2026 schedule dates apnews.com/article/2026...

Halo Infinite jabs, a Simpsons gag and a haircut: How NFL teams dropped 2026 schedule dates apnews.com/article/2026...

A global oil bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz has created a financial windfall on the other side of the world in New Mexico that is both enviable and politically sensitive in a Democratic-dominated state.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, mifepristone, while a lawsuit plays out.

The U.S. Postal Service is releasing special edition stamps featuring the bald eagle for America's 250th birthday.

I had the 45 of "Patches" as a kid and who doesn't love "Strokin'?" Clarence Carter, soul singer known for ‘Patches’ and ‘Strokin’,’ dies at 90 apnews.com/article/clar...

Anticipation builds ahead of the full schedule release for the upcoming NFL season apnews.com/article/nfl-...

This is a must listen. Really disconcerting to learn that generics can be less potent than the brand name drug and there may be other safety issues.

Fourth lawsuit filed challenging Tennessee's redistricting

“Masculinism” isn’t just “a movement of grifters exploiting a quirk of the algorithm”; a growing number of its leaders are sincere in their misogynistic beliefs, and would want to enact policy based on those beliefs if given the chance, @helenlewis.bsky.social argues.

The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS.

[strokes sadly to the east, strokes sadly to the west] soultracks.com/clarence-car...

I absolutely love this story. Well done, Billie Jean King!

ICYMI: Tennessee’s Republican House speaker is punishing Democratic representatives who protested the redrawn congressional map during the recent special session by stripping them from all standing committees and subcommittees. From Sam Stockard: tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/13/t...

Doctors accused of inseminating their patients with their own sperm — without consent — rarely face legal consequences. While dozens of cases have become public across the U.S., few perpetrators have faced criminal charges or were forced to stop practicing. From @civilbeat.bsky.social:

Courtney grills McMahon on increasing education costs for nurses COURTNEY: We have a nursing shortage, and you're worsening it. What do you say to nurses who asked for your consideration? McMAHON: Nurses are an incredibly respected profession COURTNEY: Your rule certainly doesn't show that

Fresh off Cherie DeVaux becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, Brittany Russell has a chance to make history in the Preakness, with husband Sheldon aboard Taj Majal: apnews.com/article/prea...

Bonamici to McMahon: "You're the Secretary of Education, and you're claiming that teaching is not a professional degree. Do you consider educators unprofessional?"

Man known for racially derogatory livestreams charged with attempted murder after Tennessee shooting apnews.com/article/chud...

Los Angeles is set to host eight World Cup matches, including the U.S. opener against Paraguay on June 12 at SoFi Stadium.

Memphis residents claim harassment, arrest and abuse by Trump-ordered Memphis Safe Task Force apnews.com/article/memp...

85-year-old French widow caught in Trump's immigration crackdown describes her detention apnews.com/article/fren...

Florida attorney general issues investigative subpoena to the NFL over the Rooney Rule apnews.com/article/nfl-...

Peterson, Dybantsa, Boozer and Wilson wait to see who goes first in the NBA draft apnews.com/article/nba-...

Acosta scores twice with assists from Espinoza as Nashville beats Revolution 3-0 behind Schwake apnews.com/article/nash...

ACLU lawsuit: ‘Startling pattern’ of 1A violations by Memphis Safe Task Force against bystanders recording them: Assault, arrest, swerving cars at observers, making threats, tailing them home, taunting them by name, shining lights at phones to obscure filming... tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/14/a...

Avalanche force OT after trailing 3-0. They are 2-50 since moving to Denver in the playoffs after falling behind by 3+ goals. The wins: Game 1 vs Stars 2024 Game 6 vs Blackhawks 1997

The Wild are 21-0 all-time in playoffs after leading by 3+ goals

Two bald eagle hatchlings have been spotted in a Chicago park in what experts believe is a first for the Windy City in more than a century.

Acosta scores twice with assists from Espinoza as Nashville beats Revolution 3-0 behind Schwake apnews.com/article/nash...

NEW: Andy Ogles now denies raising $25,000 from public for children's burial garden that was never built www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Vikings won't have to play at Levi's Stadium this season with their road game vs #49ers in Mexico City. Minnesota is 0-3 all-time at Levi's (playoffs included). Only other teams to play their multiple times without winning are Washington and Tennessee (both 0-2)

A museum in Illinois is wondering how it got a speeding ticket for its replica of the car in the TV show "Knight Rider" that hasn't moved from its display in years.

🚨 NEW from @opensecrets.org: From VA to CO, MO to CA, many of the same dark‑money groups keep turning up in the fights over whether to draw new House maps. Millions are flowing through nonprofits that never have to say where their money came from. My latest 🔗 www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05...

Peterson, Dybantsa, Boozer and Wilson wait to see who goes first in the NBA draft apnews.com/article/nba-...

Florida attorney general issues investigative subpoena to the NFL over the Rooney Rule apnews.com/article/nfl-...

85-year-old French widow caught in Trump's immigration crackdown describes her detention apnews.com/article/fren...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s sixth and likely final World Cup will be the first for the Portgual great since he left Europe to play in Saudi Arabia.

Tennessee’s Republican House speaker has barred all 24 House Democrats from standing committees and subcommittees as punishment for decorum violations, including locking arms on the floor in protest of a redrawn congressional map, writes Sam Stockard: tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/13/t...