Kyle Nowak

🏥 So far this year, 16 states have enacted new laws restricting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender minors, while 11 states have passed new laws protecting healthcare for all trans residents.

❓ Trivia: Which member of ZZ Top didn’t sport a long beard?

🔥 True or False?... Lighters were invented before matches.

🤔 Riddle Me This: A person pushes their car. They keep pushing until they stop in front of a hotel, at which point they go bankrupt. Why?

☝️ A suspected meteor lit up the night sky above Queensland, Australia, on Saturday night; dozens of local space enthusiasts are currently searching for possible remnants.

"Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

–Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

🌎 Around the world: Fighting in Russia continued for a second straight day following a cross-border attack originating in Ukraine, Mexico warned 3.5 million residents to prepare for evacuation due ahead of a potential volcanic eruption, and more.

📡👽 How would humanity respond if, someday, we received a message from an extraterrestrial civilization? Well over the next few weeks, a first-of-its-kind project aims to answer that question irl.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, May 24th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🤖💥 A fake image of an explosion near the Pentagon went viral on Twitter yesterday morning, causing a brief dip in the US stock market before government officials confirmed it was a hoax.

🌎 Youth unemployment in China is at a record high, the EU imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on Meta, and more.

🤝🌊 The seven states that rely on water from the Colorado River reached a breakthrough agreement yesterday. It’ll keep the water supply for some of America’s most productive farmland, as well as major cities like Phoenix and LA, from falling to critically low levels.

❓ Trivia: What mythological figure flew too close to the sun?

🔴 True or False?... Throughout history, red was considered the color of royalty.

🤔 Riddle Me This: I know a word. Six letters it contains. Take away one. And twelve is what remains.

☝️ You’re looking at some of the winners of this year’s Food Photographer of the Year awards held by Pink Lady.

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”

–John Wooden (1910-2010)

❓ Our question to you: Overall, which side do you agree with more in the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations?

🔥 It’s Tuesday, May 23rd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🏛️🗣️ President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will meet later today to discuss a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, in the latest effort to avoid an impending default on gov’t debt.

🌎 Orcas have sunk three boats off Europe’s Iberian coast in a series of attacks experts say is learned behavior, a UK study indicates bankers perform significantly less financial misconduct when working from home, and more.

☝️ A 10-foot-high bronze spider sculpture created by French-American artist Louise Bourgeois sold for $32.8 million, Sotheby’s announced on Friday; it’s the highest amount ever paid at auction for a sculpture made by a female artist.

“The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.”

–Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)

❓ Our question to you: In your opinion, what’s currently the No. 1 threat to American public health?