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The Beacon Briefing for Saturday, May 9, 2026

A preserved edition of the main news stories featured on The Beacon on this date.

My Ted Talk, by Maureen Dowd

New York Times·Opinion

McIlroy says let the LIV guys back in

McIlroy says let the LIV guys back in

Sergey Brin’s girlfriend tells it like it is

Sergey Brin’s girlfriend tells it like it is

Ford Superduty Carhartt

Motor1·Domestic

11,000 carat ruby unearthed

CBS News·Environment

March madness expanding to 76 teams

LLMs show signs of suffering

13 old wives' tales that are true

The Times·Health

Ukraine attempting to remove soldiers from the battlefield

Meta is dying

New York Times·Opinion

AI enabled toys bringing unhealthy LLM access to children

AI enabled toys bringing unhealthy LLM access to children

You should read this whole story

Ars Technica·Family

Bipartisan effort to remove several agencies from DHS

The Hill·Politics

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