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Baby Oil and Bankruptcy: This Week's Most Shocking Headlines for 5/12/25
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Lawrence and Meryl dive into a range of headline-grabbing stories from Weight Watchers filing bankruptcy to the controversial Qatar gift of a luxury airplane to former President Trump.
• Weight Watchers declares bankruptcy with over $1 billion in debt, likely due to competition from weight loss drugs and meal prep services
• Newark Airport experiences its third system outage in two weeks with air traffic controllers warning people not to fly there
• A Cincinnati father kills a police officer in retaliation after his son was killed by police, despite the officer having no connection to his son's death
• Clayton Echard's false paternity case involves a woman facing seven felony counts for forging ultrasounds and lying under oath
• Qatar offers a $400 million luxury airplane to Donald Trump, raising constitutional questions about accepting foreign gifts
• Lucy Guo becomes world's youngest self-made woman billionaire at age 30 through her AI company
• Researchers discover people living within a mile of golf courses have 126% higher risk of Parkinson's disease
• Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial begins with testimony from an off-duty police officer who refused a bribe to stay silent
• Fox News guest Cameron Kinsey faints on-air, drawing criticism of her co-host's seemingly callous reaction
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Chapters
1. Welcome to Thirsty Topics (00:00:00)
2. Weight Watchers Files for Bankruptcy (00:01:06)
3. Newark Airport's Air Traffic Crisis (00:04:46)
4. Father Kills Officer After Son's Death (00:09:31)
5. False Paternity Scheme Becomes Legal Nightmare (00:15:14)
6. Qatar Gifts $400M Airplane to Trump (00:21:50)
7. World's Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire (00:26:19)
8. Demonic Pelicans Join Possessed Sea Lions (00:29:45)
9. Golf Courses Linked to Parkinson's Disease (00:32:26)
10. Diddy Trial Begins with Shocking Testimony (00:38:04)
11. Fox News Host Faints On-Air (00:45:42)
12. Closing and Upcoming Shows (00:51:34)
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