Jerry Springer dies: TV character Jerry Springer has died in Chicago at age 79. Springer’s TV program and been broadcast for about 30 years. For a number of years the program was produced at NBC’s studios in Stamford. Springer served for 2 years as mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, within the late Nineteen Seventies. Springer’s present was well-liked with audiences however drew sharp criticism for its content material, which highlighted romantic and household disputes and sometimes concerned visitors bodily combating with one another, normally over the affections of a lady. Springer lately had been showing on a podcast.

Slower financial progress: The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported at the moment that the U.S. economic system grew at a fee of 1.1% within the first quarter of 2023, virtually half of the two% that had been anticipated. The slowdown within the economic system was accompanied by a rise in private financial savings. The private saving fee, which is private saving as a share of disposable private earnings, was 4.8% within the first quarter, in contrast with 4.0% within the fourth quarter of 2022. The job market seems to be robust, with the Labor Department reporting at the moment that the variety of new unemployment insurance coverage claims went down by 16,000 final week to 230,000.

Tucker Carlson speaks: Fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson has launched a two-minute video on Twitter wherein he doesn’t point out his firing. Carlson complains concerning the issue find locations the place individuals nonetheless inform the reality. Carlson made no point out of the $787.5 million Dominion/Fox News defamation settlement ensuing from Fox News personalities together with himself having lied about Dominion Voting Systems and unfold false claims of fraud within the 2020 Presidential Election.

Trump rape trial continues: The civil trial of Donald Trump on allegations of rape continues at the moment with E. Jean Carroll, who accuses Trump of getting raped her within the Bergdorf Goodman division retailer within the Nineteen Nineties, anticipated to bear cross-examination. In her testimony yesterday, Carroll gave a graphic description of Trump’s alleged assault in a dressing room on the retailer.

Disney sues DeSantis: The Walt Disney Company has filed a lawsuit in federal courtroom towards Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Disney alleges that DeSantis has used the ability of presidency to marketing campaign towards Disney and damage its enterprise whereas trampling on its free speech rights. After Disney criticized the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation that DeSantis championed, DeSantis started his marketing campaign towards the corporate.

Powerful new weight reduction drug: Drug firm Eli Lilly mentioned at the moment it’s going to apply for fast-track approval from the Food and Drug Administration to permit its diabetes drug Mounjaro for use for weight reduction. Eli Lilly says a research confirmed that the drug caused a weight lack of as much as 16% in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. An further research confirmed that folks with out diabetes misplaced as much as 22% of their physique weight, or as much as 50 kilos.

Debt ceiling invoice: Republicans within the House have handed with a two-vote margin a invoice pushed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that raises the nation’s debt ceiling whereas chopping $4.5 trillion in authorities spending. The invoice would make sharp cuts in social applications comparable to meals stamps and Medicaid whereas additionally chopping spending for the transition to scrub vitality. It is predicted to be killed within the Senate however could possibly be a place to begin for contemporary negotiations on elevating the debt ceiling.

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