➤ Tuesday’s GOP primary voters chose West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice as their candidate to flip the seat of retiring Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin, and Maryland voters selected former Gov. Larry Hogan to run for Senate in that state. (More)

➤ The White House plans to request another $1 billion worth of military aid to Israel from Congress, even as President Biden holds up delivery of high-payload bombs to avoid their use in Gaza. (See Details) 

➤ Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a $2 billion fund to help Ukraine build up its defense industrial base. The news came at the end of his two-day surprise visit to the war-torn country. (More)

➤ A bipartisan group of senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has recommended that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it. (More)

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➤ Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco was ejected from Tuesday’s game with Oakland after umpires detected a foreign substance on his glove. Blanco was off to the best start by a pitcher since 1961, throwing a no-hitter in April. (More)  

➤ Sage, a black female miniature poodle, was named best in show at the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Tuesday, and a four-year-old female German shepherd named Mercedes finished second. (See Images of the Show) 

➤ Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani launched a 446-foot home run in a 10-2 win against the Giants Tuesday, nearly driving the ball into the water of Oracle Park’s McCovey Cove. (See Video) 

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➤ Big Stock Move: Monday.com stock rose 21% after the workplace software company reported Q1 revenue growth up 34% year over year, beating expectations. (More)

➤ Retail sales were flat in April, falling short of expectations and furthering concerns about the state of consumer spending amid continuing inflation and higher interest rates. (More)

➤ Meme stocks fell back on Wednesday, with GameStop shares dropping 19% and AMC sinking 20%. Both were still up significantly for the week. (More)

➤ Billionaire Frank McCourt, former owner of the L.A. Dodgers, said Wednesday that he’s putting together a “people’s bid” to raise crowdfunded capital to buy the TikTok social platform from China’s ByteDance. (See Details)

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➤ Engineers and pharmacists used a 3D printer and developed a personalized edible “polypill,” a customizable tablet containing multiple drug doses and time release capabilities. (See Image)  

➤ The U.S. Army announced it took possession of $66 million worth of energy prototype weapons designed to overwhelm electronics and send smaller aircraft, like drones, plummeting to the ground. (More)  

➤ The strongest solar flare in half a decade erupted Tuesday from the sunspot group responsible for last week's vivid auroras – no aurora activity or geomagnetic storms are expected. (See Images)  

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➤ Nearly two-thirds of students at the nation’s top 25 universities say antisemitism is a problem on their campus, according to a U.S. News and World Report survey. (See Results)

➤ Nearly half of Americans have $500 or less in their savings accounts, and 60% report having $500 or less in their checking accounts. (See Survey)

➤ The vast majority of Americans still consider local news outlets to be important, despite the decline of local newspapers. However, only 15% said they paid for local news in the past year. (See Poll) 

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➤ Two women set a world record by driving toy cars 500 miles from Jacksonville to Key West. The journey took nearly three months and covered 596 miles—very slowly. (See Video)

➤ The Comedy Pet Photography Award 2024 finalists are in, showcasing funny photos of derpy pets. Here’s a compendium of the best photos from the past three years. (See Photos)

➤ The Smithsonian Museum has put the first cookie baked in space on exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum. The Hilton Hotel chocolate chip cookie was baked as a science experiment aboard the International Space Station in 2019. (More)

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