THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• John McCain has let it be known he wants Vice President Mike Pence to attend his funeral and NOT President Trump. 
• Speaking of McCain, he says in his upcoming book that he now regrets picking Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential candidate... and wished he had stuck with his gut and picked Joseph Lieberman. His book, "The Restless Wave" comes out May 22. 
• A Colorado woman was cited after she went into a 7-11 and heated a container of urine in their microwave until it blew up. 
• Ken Jeong's medical degree came in handy Saturday when an audience member began having a seizure while Jeong was performing at a comedy club in Phoenix. 
• In Mobile, Alabama, a 13-year-old who had been declared brain dead woke up shortly after his parents signed organ donation papers. 
• Oil has now cracked through the $70 a barrel mark. 
• Phoenix is in the 100's this week, already shattering one 70-year-old hot weather record. 
• Michelle Obama has said again that she will NOT be running for any office in 2020. 
• Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker is back at it, now selling cabins in Missouri that he calls "safe from the apocalypse." 
• President Trump's ex-wife, Ivana, made an appearance over the weekend on Italy's version of "Dancing With The Stars." 
• California will become the first state to mandate solar panels on new homes. 
• They say that tourism to Las Vegas is down, which some blame on high hotel parking rates. 
• Conan O'Brien is cutting back his talk show to just half an hour each night. 
• The Yankees and Red Sox are set to play against each other in London in June of 2019. 
• Scientists in Singapore created a robot that can put together an Ikea chair in roughly 20 minutes. 
• Fitbit is adding menstrual cycle tracking in its smartwatch app.