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The month's top story

No One Is More Excited About Pope Leo XIV Than Villanova

“It was the most electric thing I have ever experienced inside the walls of a Catholic church,” one protester recalls.

NYT · 5 sources

Also covering this FOXPope Leo XIV jokes that he cannot invite top-ranked tennis player to charity match CBSPope Leo XIV in first Sunday blessing calls for peace: "Never again war" WSJNo One Is More Excited About Pope Leo XIV Than Villanova
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What dominated May

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    NFL great Steve 'Mongo' McMichael dead at 67 after ALS battle

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    May 1: CBS News 24/7, 10am ET

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Companies Are Raising Prices as Tariffs Hit

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 405 stories

  1. José Mujica, Uruguay's humble president, dies at 89

    CBS · 3 outlets

    In what former Uruguayan President José Mujica said would be his final interview last year, he said: "A warrior has the right to rest."

  2. CBS shouldn't celebrate Emmy nom for Harris interview that ignited network turmoil, industry insider says

    CBS · 2 outlets

  3. Houston Shooting Leaves at Least One Dead and 15 Wounded

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. May 15: CBS News 24/7, 4pm ET

    CBS · 5 outlets

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  1. NFL great Steve 'Mongo' McMichael dead at 67 after ALS battle

    NYT · 5 outlets

  2. Trump Posts an Image of Himself as Pope

    NYT · 4 outlets

  3. New Orleans Celebrates the New Pope’s Creole Roots

    NYT · 4 outlets

  4. 5/15: The Daily Report

    CBS · 1 outlets

  5. Conservative commentator David Horowitz dies at 86

    NYT · 5 outlets

  6. Shedeur Sanders' 'mistake' cost him draft position, NFL analyst says

    FOX · 1 outlets

  7. Jewish Student Who Held Out in Lawsuit Against Harvard Agrees to Settle

    NYT · 3 outlets

  8. Extended interview: Barry Diller

    WSJ · 5 outlets

Business 269 stories

  1. Welcome to Schrödinger’s Stock Market

    MKTW · 3 outlets

    Buy signals and bullish indicators are coming into focus.

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

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Here's why Americans still love McMansions

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  4. Tariff Shock Reverberates in the Bond Market

    MKTW · 3 outlets

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  1. What the U.S.-China Trade Agreement Means for Markets

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  2. ESG Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  3. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Settle Flat

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  4. Missed the Gold Rally? Go for Silver

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  5. Singapore Dollar Strengthens Amid Further Signs of Easing China-U. S. Trade Tensions

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  6. Gold Falls, Dragged by Weakening Safe-Haven Demand, Possible Profit-Taking

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  7. Trump's trade war is giving renewed importance to advertising Upfronts

    MKTW · 2 outlets

  8. Global Markets Lower as Trade Deal Optimism Loses Steam; U.S. Data Eyed

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  9. These Dividend Stocks Could Insulate Your Portfolio From Tariffs, Recession

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  10. MicroStrategy’s stock surges to highest price this year as bitcoin regains $100K

    MKTW · 2 outlets

Sports 247 stories

  1. Son of Falcons coordinator behind Sanders prank

    FOX · 4 outlets

  2. Former Packer Tom Brown dies at 84

    PFT · 4 outlets

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  1. Nuggets crush Clippers in decisive Game 7

    CBS · 3 outlets

  2. Steelers, waiting on Rodgers, draft QB Howard

    PFT · 4 outlets

  3. 2025 NFL schedule release: Ranking the 11 best games on FOX

    PFT · 3 outlets

  4. Travis Hunter will start working on defense next week

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  5. PSG keeper credits Mother Nature for UCL heroics

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  6. UNC: Belichick's girlfriend welcome at school

    PFT · 4 outlets

Technology 307 stories

  1. Everything leaving Hulu in May 2025

    9to5 · 3 outlets

    Apple TV+ has had several hit shows so far this year, but there’s a lot more on the way. It’s still early, so Apple likely has more announcements planned for summer TV+ releases. But with the summer …

  2. Galaxy S25 Edge: how does it compare to the rumored iPhone 17 Air?

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Warren Buffett says Apple made Berkshire more money than he ever did

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. CarPlay in iOS 19: Apple previews two new accessibility features

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  2. Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, May 11 (game #1203)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders are set to go live any minute now

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  4. Will Apple launch an iPhone 17e next year?

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  5. Fashion giant Dior discloses cyberattack, warns of data breach

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  6. iOS 18.5 now available with these new features

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  7. 9to5Mac Daily: May 14, 2025 – Apple and Epic, more

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  8. M&S checkout chaos persists as cyberattack fallout continues

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

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

    9to5 · 3 outlets

Entertainment 415 stories

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

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  2. Inside Meg Ryan's $19.5M Montecito Mansion: Photos

    USMag · 2 outlets

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  1. Model Twins Reportedly Escorted Out of 2025 Met Gala

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Elizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus Cozy Up in New Pics

    USMag · 2 outlets

  3. 'General Hospital' Star Denise Alexander Dead at 85: Report

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Zara Tindall Reacts to Royal Family Rift

    USMag · 1 outlets

  5. This Week's "The Last Of Us" Had Some Great Details, So Here Are 15 That You Might've Missed The First Time

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  6. 'The Vampire Diaries' Cast: Who the Stars Have Dated in Real Life

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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