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Rapper Rob Base, 59, Dies After Private Cancer Battle newser.com/s389707

Gabbard Resigns as Intelligence Director tinyurl.com/253rjvq4

Big Tobacco Co. Reynolds American made $5 million donation to political group aligned with Trump shortly before administration’s decision to lift restrictions on certain flavored vaping products.

Matt Belloni at Puck reported Colbert was losing $40m/yr but Snopes notes he also wrote that other people at CBS added that executives didn't ask Colbert to take pay cut, or fire people or slash costs.

Illinois State Police chemist, former volleyball coach charged with sex abuse wgntv.com/western-suburb…

Pentagon targets Nigeria where terror “has run amok,” reports the Spectator. In last 6 months, the US Air Force bombed rebel camps to halt murders and abductions. US bombings this week killed Islamic State’s #2 but the insurgency shows no sign of slowing.

House Republican: ‘We’re gonna kill’ Trump’s nearly $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund thehill.com/homenews/house…

‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub gizmodo.com/the-worst-leak…

FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot wgntv.com/news/fda-drops…

Pete Crow-Armstrong Doubles Down on Viral Exchange with Fan mediaite.com/media/sports/c…

@Super70sSports Tom Sawyer

It’s hard to pick just one favorite song, so let me ask you this question instead: if you were making a list of your 10 favorite songs of all time, what’s one you’re certain would be on it? I’ll start:

Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach has only been on the job six months but he's facing new questions about a system that's been broken for decades: Electronic monitoring. Here's the latest from WGN Investigates: tinyurl.com/4utb4tna

Report on Oct 7th includes testimony of rape and assault. Gunshots to the face and genitals. Mutilation. Bodies naked, legs spread. Grotesque scenes staged. 10k photos and video segments. “I saw them raping her. Then they murdered her. And then they raped her again.” (WSJ)

Sen. Rand Paul’s Son William Hurled Antisemitic Insults at Rep. Mike Lawler - NOTUS — notus.org/congress/willi…

Con man got his. Backstory @wgntv nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

A new report shows that the number of nonfiction books banned in U.S. schools doubled in the last academic year. Read more: tinyurl.com/mtwvmm69

MUST WATCH! The cast of @MKMovie II choose one of the Morning News anchors as their fighter. So who was the fan favorite: @PaulKonrad, @pattomasulo, @WGNRobin or @LarryPotash? Find out: tinyurl.com/yvz6md3z

Russia Launches Huge Attack on Ukraine - Strikes Kill at least 27 people after Putin, Trump discuss cease-fire; The brunt of the attacks were on residential buildings; a carwash and an auto-repair shop were among the locations hit. -WSJ @WGNMorningNews

FDA Announces First OK of Fruit-Flavored E-Cigarettes -The decision is certain to be opposed by health groups and parent organizations that have long pointed to flavors as the driver behind underage vaping in the US. newser.com/s388622 @WGNMorningNews

May the 4th be with you @WGNMorningNews @WGNRobin @LarryPotash @pattomasulo @PaulKonrad