Drudge: Hannity Set for Carlson Time Slot

According to the Drudge Report, Fox News is planning to put Sean Hannity into Tucker Carlson’s 8 p.m. time slot as part of a reworking of its primetime lineup.

Fox says nothing is decided yet, but other media reports have Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld taking later primetime slots in an all-new lineup—Laura Ingraham would not be included.

Meanwhile, new controversy arose in Carlson’s ongoing contract feud with Fox on reports the network pushed him out as part of the settlement demand from Dominion Voting Systems. Both Fox and Dominion deny that claim.

Target Loses $500 Million to ‘Violence and Theft’

Target CEO Brian Cornell warned that rising violence and theft will cost the company more than $500 million this year, hurting its bottom line. The company reported its fifth straight quarter of declining profits this week.

Last year, Target had $700 million of “inventory shrinkage —code for theft—leading to a total of $1.2 billion of lost merchandise and profit.

Cornell said the company is working with legislators and law enforcement to find a “public policy solution” to the problem, which he described as too big for one company to handle.

Taco Bell Wants to Liberate ‘Taco Tuesday’

Taco Bell says no one should own the term “Taco Tuesday,” and has asked the government to cancel rival Taco John’s 40-year trademark claim to the term.

The battle over legal use of “Taco Tuesday” goes back years, and Taco Bell says the term is now too generic to trademark. A Taco John’s restaurant first coined it in the early 1980s, and the company has been vigilant about protecting it ever since.

Taco Bell is seeking no damages, only the legal right to use the phrase. Experts say the case could take years to work through the appeals process.

➤ A bipartisan group in Congress is working to save AM radio from disappearing from new cars. The group is introducing legislation to make it illegal for car manufacturers to sell cars without AM capability, citing emergency broadcasting and safety concerns. (More)

➤ The US Supreme Court declined to halt an Illinois ban on “assault-style” rifles while the ban is being appealed, leaving the gun ban in effect for now. Groups opposed to the law had asked the court for an injunction to stop enforcement while the case works through the courts. (More)

➤ Texas Gov. Greg Abbot is set to sign a new law that will strip authority from the state’s liberal cities and shift it to the more conservative state government. The law transfers large areas of municipal governance away from cities such as Dallas, Houston, and Austin. (More)

➤ Democrat Donna Deegan won a surprise victory to become the new mayor of Jacksonville, the first female mayor in its history. Until the election, Jacksonville had been the largest city in America with a Republican mayor. (More)

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➤ The San Antonio Spurs won the NBA draft lottery, giving them the right to draft French teenager Victor Wembanyama as their No. 1 pick at the NBA draft today. (More)

➤ NY Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán was ejected from a game and may be suspended for having a “sticky substance” on his hand, the second pitcher this year tossed out by umpires after a substance check. Mets superstar Max Scherzer was ejected and suspended earlier this season. (More)

➤ Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is facing new disciplinary action after displaying a gun — again — on a live Instagram video. Morant had just come off suspension for flashing a gun in a nightclub. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he was “shocked” at the new display. (More)

Market Report   5/18/23

➤ Big Stock Move: Bausch Health stock jumped 25 percent on news of a ruling that protected one of its key drugs from generic competition for another six years. The drug, Xifaxan, is a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome. (More)

➤ Elon Musk says Tesla will use ads for the first time to help sell its cars. Though Musk previously resisted traditional marketing for the high-end car, he says that as the head of Twitter, an ad-supported service, he should behave as if “advertising is awesome.” (More)

➤ The oldest known Hebrew Bible, thought to be 1,100 years old, was sold at auction for $38 million Wednesday. That makes the Bible the second most valuable manuscript ever sold, topped only by the $43 million paid for an original copy of the US Constitution. (More)

➤ Apple is expected to debut a long-rumored “mixed reality” headset next month that will allow users to switch between augmented and virtual reality experiences. Early reports say the device will be called the “Reality Pro.” (More)

➤ Curio, a startup app that turns journalism into audio podcasts, announced it was adding an AI feature allowing users to create personalized audio broadcasts based on their searches. The value proposition: audio search results will draw only from fact-checked news articles. (More)

➤ Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet carpeted in active volcanos. The planet, poetically named “LP 791-18d,” orbits a small red dwarf star about 90 light years away. (More)

➤ Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle claim they were caught up in a “terrifying” car chase with photographers in New York. Police are investigating their description of a paparazzi scenario frighteningly reminiscent of Princess Diana’s death. (More)

➤ A Chicago bar announced plans to begin serving an $800 Mai Tai made from the same ingredients used in the original Mai Tai created in 1944, including the same rare and now extremely expensive vintage J. Wray & Nephew Jamaican rum. (More)

➤ A Florida driver slammed on his brakes to let a turtle cross a busy highway, leading to a multi-vehicle car crash. No serious injuries were reported, and the turtle made it safely to the other side. (Video)

Today’s Trivia

What famous bar invented the Mai Tai in 1944?