If you or someone you know may have a gambling problem, call the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-MY-RESET. To find a live Gamblers Anonymous meeting happening now, click here. When Andrew needed money for a flight with friends to Greece this summer, the 18-year-old high school senior turned to prediction markets. With a $500 cash advance from his credit card company, Andrew sat in a Starbucks for more than six hours, trading on live tennis matches on Kalshi. He left with a $2,200 profit.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/28/economy/prediction-markets-kalshi-young-adults
A medieval manuscript featuring an early version of the tales of King Arthur and Merlin, which has been in private hands for about 700 years, is going under the hammer in a rare sale this summer. Expected to fetch up to $2.7 million, the illuminated manuscript, which dates from the 13th or 14th century, is one of the earliest documents to narrate the legend of King Arthur and the search for the holy grail. Written sometime between 1290 and 1310, the Clermont-Tonnerre Grail is the highlight of an upcoming Valuable Books and Manuscripts auction at Christie’s in July.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/28/style/medieval-king-arthur-manuscript-auction-scli-intl
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he has directed Israel’s military to take over 70% of Gaza’s territory. During an interview at a conference in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said that Israel is “tightening” its grip on Hamas. “We are now in 60% of the territory of the Gaza Strip. We were at 50%. We moved to 60%,” he said. “My directive is to move to — take it step by step — first of all 70. Let’s start with that.” As Netanyahu spoke, the audience called for him to take over all of Gaza’s territory. In late April, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued maps to international aid groups that showed the military already controlling approximately 64% of Gaza.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/28/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-military-70-percent-gaza-intl
The US Navy commissioned the last of its 35 littoral combat ships, the USS Cleveland, earlier this month at a pier in its namesake Ohio city. “Steel. Strength. Power,” acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao posted on social media to mark the occasion. Critics of the littoral combat ship (LCS) program had some other descriptions.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/27/us/us-navy-last-littoral-combat-ship-hnk-intl-ml
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said it’s “absolutely not true” that the Justice Department is assisting President Donald Trump in a retribution campaign against his enemies. But the evidence suggesting otherwise is getting more incontrovertible. CNN’s scoop Wednesday that the Justice Department is investigating E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who successfully sued Trump for sexual abuse and defamation, builds out the unmistakable pattern.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/28/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-retribution