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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close April 29 – May 29, 2025 9816 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 22 · Issue 149 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Leo’s fellow Augustinians are attending the Mass.

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S. citizen who is also a foreign head of state

ABC · 5 sources

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What dominated May

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Apr 29: CBS News 24/7, 4pm ET

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Duffy Blamed Biden for Air Traffic Woes. It’s a Decades-Old Problem.

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Supreme Court Deadlock Blocks State Funding for Religious Charter Schools

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 341 stories

  1. Mormon Women Are Talking About This New Undergarment

    CBS · 5 outlets

    Two inmates — Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves — who escaped from a New Orleans jail​​ nearly two weeks ago may be in other cities, Louisiana's attorney general told CBS News.

  2. Trump Delays E.U. Tariffs Until July 9

    CBS · 3 outlets

  3. Digging into the Catholic Church's growth in Atlanta

    CBS · 4 outlets

  4. Conservative commentator David Horowitz dies at 86

    FOX · 5 outlets

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  1. Trump Posts an Image of Himself as Pope

    NYT · 4 outlets

  2. Trump’s New Penalty for Undocumented Immigrants: Billions of Dollars in Fines

    FOX · 4 outlets

  3. Apr 29: CBS News 24/7, 4pm ET

    NYT · 5 outlets

  4. Milwaukee Apartment Building Fire Kills at Least 4

    CBS · 5 outlets

  5. 5/22: The Daily Report

    CBS · 1 outlets

  6. Hundreds of border agents to help ICE with arrests in U.S. interior

    CBS · 4 outlets

  7. Duffy Blamed Biden for Air Traffic Woes. It’s a Decades-Old Problem.

    ABC · 5 outlets

  8. Indiana Fever suffer worst loss of the season in Caitlin Clark's first missed game of career

    FOX · 1 outlets

Business 218 stories

  1. Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85

    WSJ · 4 outlets

    Global stocks and U.S. stock-index futures rose early Thursday after the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday struck down Trump’s global tariffs.

  2. Yes, You Have Too Much Money in That One Hot Stock

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Warren Buffett’s Unparalleled Investing Record—in Charts

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Oil Rises Amid Positive Market Sentiment

    WSJ · 3 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. ESG Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  2. With U.K. Deal, U.S. Signals That 10% Tariff on World Is New Baseline

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Singapore Dollar Consolidates; Fading ‘Sell America’ Trade May Weigh

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  4. Stocks Gain After Trump Touts U.K. Deal, High Hopes on China

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  5. Gold Edges Higher Amid Geopolitical Tensions

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  6. Berkshire Sells Financial Stocks, Doubles Constellation Stake, Holds Steady on Apple

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  7. Education Department backlog leaves nearly 2 million student loan borrowers in limbo

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  8. U.S. Stock Futures Up on U.S, China Trade Talk Optimism

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  9. CoreWeave shares soar 19% after $2 billion debt offering

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  10. U.S. Natural Gas Futures End Week Unchanged

    WSJ · 1 outlets

Sports 551 stories

  1. Spain national team superfan Manolo dies at 76

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. 3-time IndyCar champ Palou wins 1st Indy 500

    FOX · 3 outlets

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  1. Which NBA Finals matchup is most compelling? We're ranking all four possible series

    CBS · 2 outlets

  2. As Commanders win, fans warm up to the team name

    PFT · 4 outlets

  3. Bradshaw: Steelers' interest in Rodgers 'a joke'

    PFT · 4 outlets

  4. Sources: Madrid want Alexander-Arnold for CWC

    CBS · 3 outlets

  5. Sources: Tempers flare in tense tush push debate

    PFT · 4 outlets

  6. Colts owner Jim Irsay dies at 65

    ESPN · 4 outlets

Technology 345 stories

  1. Apple wants to fix Siri in iOS 19, here’s how

    9to5 · 3 outlets

    If you’re a The Morning Show fan, the wait is almost over. Apple TV+ has announced the season 4 premiere date and shared first-look photos of new cast members including Marion Cotillard (Inception), …

  2. Curious about VPNs? We want to hear from you

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  3. What is Samsung’s iPhone 17 Air competitor like?

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. Quordle hints and answers for Monday, May 26 (game #1218)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  2. Hidden fees are now illegal for hotel and concert apps

    Bleeping · 3 outlets

  3. Ransomware gangs join ongoing SAP NetWeaver attacks

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  4. AirPods Pro 3 launch this year still seems likely, here’s why

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  5. The 13 biggest announcements from Google I/O 2025

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  6. Fake Zenmap. WinMRT sites target IT staff with Bumblebee malware

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  7. Nintendo has updated its Switch 2 game compatibility page, identifying over 100 titles with 'start up issues' on the upcoming console

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  8. Trump advisor on 25% tax threat: ‘Apple will bear those tariffs, not consumers’

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  9. Coinbase says recent data breach impacts 69,461 customers

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

Entertainment 388 stories

  1. “I Wasn’t Even There”: Billie Eilish Has Spoken Out After People Trashed Her "Met Gala Outfit" Online

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  2. Rihanna’s Dating History

    BuzzFeed · 3 outlets

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  1. Ray J Predicts Pal Diddy Will ‘Get Out’ of Jail After Trial

    USMag · 1 outlets

  2. Model Twins Reportedly Escorted Out of 2025 Met Gala

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. Pro Boxer Dies of Cancer at 25, 2 Weeks After Getting Married

    USMag · 2 outlets

  4. Cassie Denies Rumor That Diddy's Baby Oil Was Drugged

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. Zara Tindall Reacts to Royal Family Rift

    USMag · 1 outlets

  6. "Would Be Nice If He Spoke To Putin That Way" — The Internet Is Rolling Its Eyes After Donald Trump Insulted This Reporter

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

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