THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • 22 people were killed, 59 injured after an explosion at Manchester Arena in the U.K. at the end of an Ariana Grande concert. One concert-goer said that Ariana Grange had just finished her last song and left the stage when a huge explosion sounded. 
  • Nicki Minaj has been quietly supporting a small village in India, through her pastor. So far, she's provided a Computer Center, a Tailoring Institute, a Reading Program and two water wells. 
  • On Sunday, the Ringing Brothers Circus gave its final performance and packed things up, after providing "the greatest show on earth" for 146 years. 
  • The high of 83 in Seattle yesterday was the warmest temperature its been there in 9 months! 
  • In Coon Rapids, Minnesota, a woman maced Wendy's employees after allegedly receiving stale fries. 
  • Ford gave their CEO Mark Fields the boot yesterday and replaced him with Jim Hackett. 
  • Clint Eastwood says he won't rule out returning to acting at age 86. 
  • Kris Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian have both offered to be surrogate moms for Kim Kardashian's third child. 
  • President Trump is on a 15,600-mile, 9-day diplomacy tour which takes him through the Middle East and Europe. 
  • Cher says she is not a fan of her own music. 
  • A Florida woman who sued Starbucks after being severely burned by spilled coffee has been awarded $100,000. 
  • A report says robots could wipe out another 6 million retail jobs in the next decade. 
  • McDonald's is expanding its delivery service by partnering with Uber so it can bring food right to your door. 
  • Steve Harvey's ex-wife is suing him for $60 million for "murdering her soul." 
  • Tim Cook is reportedly testing an Apple Watch device that monitors the wearer's blood sugar. 
  • Val Kilmer says religion and love helped him beat cancer. 
  • A South African big game hunter was crushed to death by an elephant on a Zimbabwe game reserve. 
  • Jury selection began yesterday for Bill Cosby's trial on a charge that could bring him a 10-year prison sentence. 
  • A new study claims that women are better at investing than men. 
  • So far, there are three announced departures from Saturday Night Live after this season. Sasheer Zamata, Bobby Moynihan and Vanessa Bayer are not coming back. 
  • A Girl Scout troop leader in Kentucky is on the run from police after she allegedly stole $15,000 worth of Girl Scout cookies. 
  • The Fed is hinting that mortgage rates might be going up again soon. 
  • Prince Harry did bring Megan Markle as his date to the Pippa Middleton wedding reception over the weekend. 
  • When Scarlett Johansson appeared on SNL, apparently, she and Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost really hit it off at the after-party. I mean, lip-locking hit it off. 
  • Queen frontman Freddie Mercury had lost almost all of one of his feet to complications from AIDS by the time he died, former bandmate Brian May has revealed. 
  • The funeral for Chris Cornell will be this Friday at the Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles. 
  • If you're looking for a Donald Trump impersonator, may we recommend fredbugg.com?

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