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Delaware Public Media reports: After over a decade’s worth of effort and contentious battles within the state legislature, Gov. Matt Meyer signs legislation to legalize medical aid in dying, making Delaware the 12th jurisdiction to do so. The bill allows terminally ill adults with no more than a six-month death prognosis to explore end-of-life options, commonly referred to as physician-assisted …

The Hill reports: The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would eliminate federal taxes on tips, advancing with the help of Democrats a top campaign promise of President Trump. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) brought the bill to the floor with the expectation that it would be blocked, but Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) declined to. It passed via unanimous consent. …

NBC News reports: The Senate advanced a major cryptocurrency regulation bill Monday on a bipartisan vote two weeks after every Senate Democrat united to block it. The procedural vote on the GENIUS Act — which would establish the first regulatory framework for issuers of stablecoins, digital tokens pegged to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar — was 66-32. Sixteen Democrats …

The Washington Post reports: For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied on facial recognition technology to scan city streets in search of suspects, a surveillance method without a known precedent in any major American city that may violate municipal guardrails around use of the technology, an investigation by The Washington Post has found. Police increasingly use facial recognition software …

CNBC reports: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced it will acquire “substantially all” of 23andMe’s assets for $256 million. The drugmaker participated in a bankruptcy auction for 23andMe, a once high-flying genetic testing company that filed for for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March. Regeneron is buying 23andMe’s Personal Genome Service, Total Health and Research Services business lines, according to a …

The Washington Post reports: There’s a long way to go yet in Poland’s presidential election but Sunday’s first round was a good day for candidates on the political right and far right, and it flashed a big red warning signal for the moderate government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Tusk’s candidate, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, and a conservative opponent …

Axios reports: Vice President JD Vance considered traveling to Israel on Tuesday but decided against it due to the expansion of Israel’s military operation in Gaza, a senior U.S. official told Axios. The U.S. official said Vance made the decision because he didn’t want his trip to suggest the Trump administration endorsed the Israeli decision to launch a massive operation …

NBC News reports: Members of the railroad engineers union for New Jersey Transit went on strike right after midnight Friday morning, crippling a system that around 350,000 people rely on, officials said. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said that its around 450 members in New Jersey Transit were walking off the job at 12:01 a.m., in a dispute …

People reports: Tiffany Trump, has welcomed her first baby with husband Michael Boulos, sharing the news in a post to both X and Instagram. She also revealed her son’s name. “Welcome to the world our sweet baby boy, Alexander Trump Boulos. We love you beyond words! Thank you for coming into our lives!” the couple wrote. The couple began dating …

NewsNation reports: A system used to verify passport document data for agencies that issue driver’s licenses and identification cards was unavailable Wednesday amid an outage, according to a transportation group. The U.S. Passport Verification Service provides a means for driver license agencies to verify that data against DHS back-end systems. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators told NewsNation the …

Gothamist reports: More than a third of New Yorkers admitted to littering in a new survey that also showed the Bronx and Queens have more litterbugs than other boroughs. Almost half of Bronx residents said that they litter, and younger men were more likely to toss waste to the curb than other groups surveyed. Overall, 30% said they never littered, …

USA Today reports: Rite Aid added 68 more locations to its list of closures in a May 9 filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. The company, which currently operates 1,240 stores across 15 states, announced on May 5 it had begun Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and would soon begin a process of selling and …

CBS News reports: A Yellowstone National Park tourist was gored by a bison when he got too close to the animal, according to officials. The 47-year-old man from Cape Coral, Fla., was hooked by the bison’s horns and lifted Sunday but escaped with only minor injuries, the National Park Service said. The visitor was attacked around 3:15 p.m. at Lake …

Politico reports: State Sen. Jason Pizzo, who recently proclaimed the Florida Democratic Party “dead” before leaving the party, said Friday he will run for governor as an independent in 2026. Pizzo has been hinting for months that he planned to mount a run to succeed Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who cannot run again due to term limits. The Miami state …

ABC News reports: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong public servant, judicial moderate and advocate for humanities and civics education, has died. He was 85 years old. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said of Souter: “Justice David Souter served our Court with great distinction for nearly twenty years. He brought uncommon wisdom and kindness to a …

Time Out New York reports: When we think of a classic New York disposition, words like “curmudgeonly”, “stern”, “impatient” and “no f***s given” come to mind—more Fran Lebowitz than Phoebe Buffay. Imagine our surprise, then, when our not-so-fair city ended up on the Happy City Index 2025, a global study that ranks “cities based on the happiness of their citizens.” …

The Associated Press reports: Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, earlier than previously planned. Today, that would be worth an estimated $107 billion. The pledge is among the largest philanthropic gifts ever. Only Berkshire Hathaway investor Warren Buffett’s pledge to donate his fortune — …

Click Orlando reports: A woman canoeing with her husband on Tuesday afternoon at Lake Kissimmee State Park was attacked and killed by an alligator, according to officials. The deadly attack happened near the mouth of Tiger Creek into Lake Kissimmee in Polk County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. In a news conference on Wednesday, FWC said …

The Associated Press reports: Black smoke billowed from the Vatican’s chimney on Wednesday around 3:02 p.m. ET after the 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church made their first vote inside the Sistine Chapel. The black smoke indicates that no papal candidate secured the required two-thirds majority on the conclave’s first ballot. Voting will resume …

Tampa’s Spectrum affiliate reports: A private contractor and engineer are now taking over the investigation into the status of the ‘South Beach III’ condo on Sand Key. All units were evacuated yesterday after a crack was found in a support column. The building remains roped off Wednesday morning. Rescue officials said construction workers noticed the growing beam crack in the …