Streisand Remark to Actor About Ozempic Creates a Brouhaha (Newser Morning 8)

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May 1, 2024     "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming." —Pablo Neruda   1 Tesla Lays Off Entire Supercharger Team Tesla, which just two weeks ago laid off more than 10% of its global workforce, has now terminated even more employees—and it seems still more layoffs could be coming. Keep reading   2 Streisand Remark to Actor About Ozempic Creates a Brouhaha What some are saying was likely an "innocuous" comment from one celebrity friend to another took off online this week, and now both players—singer Barbra Striesand and actor Melissa McCarthy—are addressing the controversy. Keep reading     At a Glance An injured person gets help at a pro-Palestinian encampment at at the University of California, Los Angeles, late Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Dueling groups of protesters clashed at UCLA, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking, and using sticks to beat one another. UCLA officials said they requested assistance from Los Angeles Police officers, who arrived in riot gear around 1:40am local time. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Keep reading   3 Charlotte Shooter Had Been Charged 49 Times The man who killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday has been identified as Terry Clark Hughes Jr. Keep reading   4 98-Year-Old Walks 6 Miles to Safety in Ukraine—in Slippers A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 6 miles alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane, has been reunited with her family days after they were separated while fleeing to safety, the AP reports. Keep reading   5 'Anger' Problems Get ABC Weatherman Fired: Sources ABC News weatherman Rob Marciano, who has appeared on Good Morning America and World News Tonight for more than 10 years, is reportedly out of a job. Keep reading   6 Netanyahu: Israel Will Invade Rafah Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, just as ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 NYPD Officers Storm Columbia University Officers from the New York Police Department stormed Columbia University Tuesday night, clearing pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus encampment. Keep reading   8 Zimbabwe Rolls Out New ZiG Currency Out with the Zimbabwe dollar, in with the ZiG. Keep reading   This Day in History On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a US commando operation. (Because of the time difference, it was early May 2 in Pakistan, where the al-Qaeda leader met his end.) Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2023: Texas Governor Slammed for Tweets After Mass Shooting   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved