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May 13 1600 UTC Brief
In U.S. politics
Democratic challengers in Massachusetts and Connecticut are making age the issue in primaries against longtime incumbents, arguing the party needs a generational reset. Rep. Seth Moulton is pressing Sen. Ed Markey to step aside, while former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin won the Connecticut party endorsement over Rep. John Larson after questions about Larson’s health and how long he can keep serving.
In the courts
Sam Altman testified in a California courtroom that Elon Musk repeatedly sought long-term control of OpenAI, including asking for power that could, in Musk’s telling, pass to his children if he died. The dispute has now reached the stage where even Silicon Valley power struggles need a judge to keep score.
Blake Lively has lost ground in her bid to collect more money from Justin Baldoni, after Judge Lewis J. Liman limited her ability to seek additional financial penalties in the Manhattan federal case. Elsewhere, Nigel Farage is facing a parliamentary investigation over a gift worth nearly $7 million, and Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions have been overturned, with a new trial ordered over the 2021 killings of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh.
In Southern California, a woman known for her OnlyFans fetish content has pleaded guilty in a plea deal over the death of a client during a private session, after prosecutors said the encounter went beyond consensual role play and ended in suffocation.
In business and the economy
U.S. wholesale prices rose 6% in April from a year earlier, the biggest annual jump since 2022. Fox Business host Larry Kudlow called the latest inflation reading “lousy” while the Trump administration tries to defend its economic record. Not exactly the kind of number that inspires a victory lap.
A new study in Nature Communications says diabetes could reduce global economic output by more than 5.177 trillion international dollars between 2021 and 2050, with losses spread across 190 countries and territories. The researchers warn it could become a long-term drag on growth, work, and public finances.
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