☀ May 19: Trump organization investigation, Capitol riots commission and recycling Barbie

Aleksandra Bush

4 years ago

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️⃣🔎 New York AG says Trump Organization now under ‘criminal’ investigation

Photos: Associated Press

2️⃣🗳 House to vote on independent panel to probe Jan. 6 attack

FILE – In this March 8, 2021, file photo, members of the National Guard open a gate in the razor wire topped perimeter fence around the Capitol at sunrise in Washington. Threats to members of Congress have more than doubled this year, according to the U.S. Capitol Police, and many members say they fear for their personal safety more than they did before the siege. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

3️⃣🚔 Prosecutor says deputies’ fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. was ‘justified,’ won’t release bodycam footage

4️⃣🚨 Opening statements to begin in trial for suspect in death of Mollie Tibbetts

📱 [Trending] this morning

Ready to recycle Barbie? Mattel ‘PlayBack’ program turns your old toys into new ones

Mattel said the new program is designed to “recover and reuse materials from old Mattel toys for future Mattel products.”

A Ken Fashionistas doll (L) is seen with Barbie Fashionistas dolls on the shelf at a Barstons Child’s Play toy store in Washington, DC on July 8, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

📅 What we’re watching

🔴 President Joe Biden will travel to New London, Connecticut where he will participate in the United States Coast Guard Academy’s 140th Commencement Exercises and deliver the keynote address at 11 a.m. ET.

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