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News Headline Articles

• Trump orders the reopening of Alcatraz prison

• Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen a day after Houthi rebels strike Israeli airport

• Trump orders a 100% tariff on foreign movies

• Microsoft Shuts Down Skype After Nearly 22 Years of Service

• Carney stresses Canada will never be for sale in first meeting with Trump

• India fires missiles into Pakistan, killing at least 19, officials say

• Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure

• Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban

• Trump announces deal to stop bombing Houthis, end shipping attacks

• May 7, 2025 India launches attacks on Pakistan after Kashmir massacre

• Almost 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in a northern Alabama police department, grand jury finds

• May 7, 2025 - Day 1 Papal Conclave news

• Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV

• Court rules Alabama violated Voting Rights Act in drawing congressional lines

• House approves Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill renaming Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America"

• Bill Gates plans to give away most of his fortune by 2045

• US confirms plan for private firms to deliver Gaza aid despite UN alarm

• Ukraine arrests two over alleged Hungarian spy plot

• Librarian of Congress firing is latest move in upheaval of U.S. cultural institutions

• A failed Soviet-era spacecraft likely crashed back to Earth overnight

• The FDA approves first U.S. at-home tool as a Pap-smear alternative

• He graduated from college at age 79. A campus tragedy inspired him to enroll

• India-Pakistan truce appears to hold despite accusations of violations

• More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code

• Poland blames Russian intelligence for arson attack on Warsaw shopping center last year

• The U.S. and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war

• American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander freed from Hamas captivity, in IDF custody

• White South African Afrikaner refugees arrive in U.S. on a government-chartered plane

• Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims?

• Episcopal Church leader says helping Afrikaners over other refugees is 'unfathomable'

• White House welcomes Afrikaners to the U.S., but drops protection for Afghan allies

• The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.

• As few as 3 radar controllers monitored Newark's airspace Monday night, FAA says

• A full list of the players, coaches and owners permanently banned by Major League Baseball

• Greer Fire in eastern Arizona grows to 9,500 acres with no containment

• Minnesota wildfire interactive maps show how far infernos have spread

• Republicans voice concern over Trump's support for a new Air Force One from Qatar

• Ford recalls nearly 274,000 SUVs due to issues with loss of brake function

• Walmart says higher prices from tariffs coming as soon as this month

• Georgia mother says she is being forced to keep brain-dead pregnant daughter alive under abortion ban law

• 10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get food

• Construction magnate surrenders to police over Bangkok tower collapse in earthquake

• Conservatives block Trump’s big tax breaks bill in a stunning setback

• More than 100 Palestinians are killed in Gaza in a day of Israeli airstrikes

• Severe weather leaves at least 27 dead, including 18 in Kentucky

• 1 dead, more than a dozen injured after Mexican naval training ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge

• Authorities analyzing nihilistic writings of suspect in California fertility clinic bombing

• Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

• Trump's bill advances in rare weekend vote as House conservatives negotiate changes

• Warsaw's liberal mayor narrowly wins Polish presidential vote

Episode Research

• Cohen, Jennie. “7 Surprising Facts about Joan of Arc.” History, www.history.com/articles/7-surprising-facts-about-joan-of-arc.

• “Explore the Saints - St. Joan of Arc.” FaithND, University of Notre Dame, faith.nd.edu/saint/st-joan-of-arc/.

• Gordon, Mary. “Joan of Arc.” The New York Times, archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/gordon-joan.html.

• Hobbins, Daniel. The Trial of Joan of Arc. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, 2005.

• “Hundred Years’ War - Winner, Definition & Period.” History, 3 Sept. 2024, www.history.com/articles/hundred-years-war.

• “Jeanne’s Family.” Jeanne d’Arc La Pucelle, www.jeanne-darc.info/biography/family/.

• “Joan of Arc.” Christian History Magazine, Christian History Institute, christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/joan-of-arc.

• “Joan of Arc.” Library of Congress, guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/joan-of-arc.

• “Joan of Arc Statue.” National Park Service, www.nps.gov/places/000/joan-of-arc-statue.htm.

• “Prophecies.” Jeanne d’Arc La Pucelle, www.jeanne-darc.info/biography/prophecies/.

• Tēcutli, Mictlān. “Tower of Joan of Arc.” Atlas Obscura, 28 Feb. 2019, www.atlasobscura.com/places/tower-of-joan-of-arc-tour-jeanne-darc.

• Wong, Michael. Joan of Arc. Pace University, csis.pace.edu/grendel/WS6/Joan%20of%20Arc%20by%20Michael%20Wong/Main.html.