Renting Cheaper Than Buying a Home • On average, renting a home is cheaper than paying a mortgage in all 50 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas in 2025, according to Bankrate.com. Nationally, an average


mortgage payment costs 38% more per month compared to average rent. The metro areas with the


smallest price gaps between renting and buying are mostly concentrated in the Rust Belt, including Detroit, Philadelphia, and Cleveland. The biggest cost gaps


between renting and buying are centered in the tech hubs of San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle.


Musical Comedy No Laughing Matter • A musical comedy based on alleged murderer Luigi Mangione is set to debut in San Francisco this summer, reports KRON-TV.


Luigi: The Musical is


being promoted as a “story of love, murder, and hash browns” and opens in June at the Taylor Street Theater.


Mangione pleaded not


guilty to federal murder charges in the execution- style assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a father of two, in New York City in December. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if convicted. The San Francisco


show is being marketed as a “wildly irreverent,


razor-sharp comedy that imagines the true story of Luigi Mangione, the alleged corporate assassin turned accidental folk hero.”


Golden State Population Stable • California’s population climbed above 39.5 million in 2024, marking the second year of growth following a string of declines in the nation’s most populous state during COVID-19. The population rose


an estimated 1%, adding 108,000 people compared to 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said. The increase is due in


part to the number of births outpacing deaths and a boost in the number of adults 65 and older.


COVID Booster Vaccine Questioned • The Food and Drug Administration is still determining whether it will approve COVID-19 vaccines for next winter, as there is a lack of data on the booster shots, according to Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D. “We’re taking a look,”


Makary said, but added there is a “bit of a public trust problem” surrounding the booster shots. During the Biden administration, the FDA routinely updated the vaccines every year, but Makary told Inside Medicine newsletter that with broad immunity in the population, there are questions about whether the vaccine would provide a benefit.


RFK Jr. Warning on Fluoride H


ealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed a report


in last month’s Newsmax magazine that he plans to change nationwide recommendations for adding fluoride in public drinking water. Decisions on the use of fluoride rest with


states and local communities. Utah in May became the first state to ban fluoride in drinking water, and Florida is poised to join it. Kennedy noted an HHS National Toxicology


Program study that showed the more fluoride a child is exposed to, the more likely that child’s IQ will be lower than if they were not exposed. “So the more you get, the stupider you are,” Kennedy said. “And we need smart kids in this country, and we need healthy kids.”


RFK JR.


Secret Hideaway Renovated • An underground Federal Emergency Management Agency base where congressional leaders hid following the 9/11 attacks is getting a top-secret upgrade. Officials refuse to


say what workers are doing at Mount Weather, buried in the Blue Ridge Mountains 64 miles west of Washington, D.C., or how much the work is costing. And contractors who are doing the work have top- secret security clearances. Mount Weather has


an underground cafeteria with seating for 300 people, as well as office space, dormitories, and private sleeping spaces.


Researchers See Invisible Cloud • An invisible molecular cloud that could shed light


on how stars and planets form has been detected surprisingly close to Earth. Named Eos after the


Greek goddess of the dawn, the cloud of gas measures roughly 40 moons in width and has a weight about 3,400 times the mass of the sun, researchers reported in a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy. Molecular clouds are composed of gas and dust from which hydrogen and carbon monoxide molecules can form. Dense clumps within these clouds can collapse to form young stars. Eos eluded discovery


despite being the closest molecular cloud to Earth because it does not contain much carbon monoxide and therefore doesn’t emit the characteristic signature detected by conventional approaches, the researchers said.


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