The vice president’s address to graduates of the U.S. Military Academy came as the armed forces have sought to forge a new identity. (Peter Baker, The New York Times)
While people flock to beaches across the U.S. this Memorial Day Weekend, forecasters at the National Weather Service warn of life-threatening rip currents. (Fox News)
China's economy is off to a solid start in 2023 following its emergence from three years of strict pandemic restrictions. (CNN)
Dinis Moreira of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is being held without bail after he allegedly beat his neighbor, Valerie Oakhem, 58, to death with a hammer. (Fox News)
The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays. (CNN)
A funeral director in Jeffersonville, Indiana pleaded guilty to charges of theft after it was discovered he had failed to properly dispose of bodies. (Fox News)
Judy Malinowski, a young mother from Ohio and a cancer survivor, testified from beyond the grave. Ex-boyfriend Michael Slager is serving a life sentence. (Fox News)
Months of wrangling over a new law have Germans asking a fundamental question: Are we a country of immigrants? (Christopher F. Schuetze, The New York Times)
A slickly produced video showed troops preparing for battle with American-made armored vehicles, artillery and rocket launchers. (CBS News)
When customers at Silicon Valley Bank rushed to withdraw billions of dollars last month, venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton stepped in to help some of the founders of color who panicked about losing access to payroll funds. (CNN)
Travelers arriving in the U.K. faced hourslong delays Saturday after a technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the country, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. (Danica Kirka, The Washington Times)
Guatemala's Constitutional Court has forcibly ended the presidential candidacy of Carlos Pineda, an independent who had been leading in polls. (Fox News)
Rajesh Vishwas, a food inspector, used a diesel pump to empty part of a reservoir where he had lost his smartphone. (Sameer Yasir and Mike Ives, The New York Times)
A bear that is responsible for the death of a runner last month in Italy's Alps has been spared for now by an administrative court. The bear was found April 18 after an ongoing search. (Fox News)
Companies all over are laying off workers while experimenting with new AI-powered productivity tools. The connection is both obvious and maddeningly hard to pin down. (Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times)
Protect your Facebook account with awareness to scamming messages such as getting a false message from someone pretending being a close friend of yours. (Fox News)
A London court has rejected an attempt by the publisher of The Sun newspaper to throw out a lawsuit by actor Hugh Grant alleging that journalists and investigators it hired illegally snooped on him (ABC News)
New York City’s pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in work force decisions. (Steve Lohr, The New York Times)
Geoffrey Hinton, "godfather of AI," continues to warn about dangers of AI, saying industry leaders and politicians need to work on the issue now. (Fox News)
Two years ago, signing a bill intended to punish Twitter and other major social media companies, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the platforms as "suppressing ideas" during the COVID-19 pandemic and silencing conservative voices. (Ali Swenson, The Washington Times)
If photos of reality TV star Jen Shah can leak out from a federal prison, it's easy to imagine the efforts made to snap surreptitious photos of Elizabeth Holmes after she surrenders on May 30. (Martha Ross, The Mercury News)
Oakland A's general manager David Forst searches for answers as 2023 season unfolds: "It's frankly hard to explain. (Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News)
For quite some time, Novak Djokovic has made his long-term goal clear: He wanted to focus on accumulating Grand Slam titles in order to surpass the totals of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. (Howard Fendrich, The Washington Times)
Zack Wheeler struck out 12 in eight shutout innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Charlie Morton and the Atlanta Braves 2-1 (ABC News)
Craig Kimbrel had a feeling this would be a special night, so he wanted about 30 to 40 family members and friends from Alabama to come watch him reach a rare milestone. (George Henry, The Washington Times)
"The Los Angeles Dodgers would like to offer our sincerest apologies to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, members of the LGBTQ+ community and their friends and families," the team said in a statement. (CBS News)
Luis Castillo struck out 10 in six crisp innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 (ABC News)
Bronny James, the 18-year-old son of NBA superstar LeBron James, graduated from Sierra Canyon High School in Southern California this week. (Fox News)
Four former employees and allies of the Texas attorney general joined forces to file a lawsuit in 2020. (Edgar Sandoval, The New York Times)
Vice President Kamala Harris has become the first woman to deliver a commencement speech at West Point (ABC News)
Time is running short for House Republicans and the White House to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling to avoid default. (CBS News)
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have spoken directly as they race to strike an agreement that would resolve the looming debt crisis (ABC News)
Texas' House voted to impeach Republican Attorney General Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday, meaning he will temporarily leave office during a Senate trial. (Fox News)
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis' campaign is attempting a positive spin on the Florida governor's tech-mishap campaign launch for the White House on Twitter last week. (Kerry Picket, The Washington Times)
Mike Lindell dared anyone to disprove his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. For this software forensics expert, it was almost too easy. (Bob Zeidman, Politico)