THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • In April, unemployment in the U.S. was at 3.9%. 
  • A new record for April temperatures in Pakistan this year, where one day, they hit 122.4 degrees. 
  • In Oregon, a horse is suing its owner for $100,000, seeking damages for neglect. 
  • Then there's the guy in India who thought it would be fun to get a selfie with a bear...and was mauled to death. 
  • Ferrari is having a great year. They've sold-out most of their 2018 models and part-way into 2019. 
  • Warren Buffett is betting big on Apple. His company bought 75 million shares of Apple stock in the first quarter. 
  • DWTS dancer Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence are engaged. He popped the question this past week on her 34th birthday. 
  • Meghan Markle's estranged half-brother has written an extraordinary open letter to Prince Harry, in which he urges the groom-to-be to call off the royal wedding. 
  • The N.S.A. collected over 500-million phone calls last year, triple what it did in 2016. 
  • The cast and crew of "The Walking Dead" are back at it, already busy shooting season 9. 
  • California is now the world's fifth largest economy, surpassing the U.K.. 
  • Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling apologized for killing the character Dobby the House Elf in Book 7. 
  • President Trump is going to appoint Patriots coach Bill Belichick to his sports council. 
  • Meghan Markle's father WILL be walking her down the aisle. 
  • Twitter says that 350-million passwords were stolen, so if you haven't changed yours lately, now would be a good time. 

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