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Dear Abby: My friend accused me of faking my chronic illness

Dear Abby gives advice to a woman whose friend downplayed her medical condition.
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What the papers say: Friday’s front pages

A wide variety of stories feature across Friday’s newspaper front pages.
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Lewis Hamilton Reveals Message to New Father Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen and his wife Kelly Piquet are expected to have their first child together, and Lewis Hamilton has shared what he told his former rival.
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In Alabama Commencement Speech, Trump Mixes In the Political

Between pieces of advice like “don’t try to be someone else,” the president attacked political foes and discussed everything from egg prices to transgender rights, often to cheers from the crowd.
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Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election

Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Georgia mom scolds jury for convicting son after he’s sentenced to life in prison for murder of man on bike

A Georgia mom’s courtroom outburst took center stage during her son’s murder trial as she unsuccessfully attempted to sway the jury following its unanimous decision to sentence the pair to life in prison
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Donald Trump Commencement Speech: Video and Full Transcript

Trump offered some encouraging words for graduating students at the University of Alabama in a speech interspersed with politics.
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Mike Trout is going on the injured list again with a bone bruise in his left knee

Mike Trout is going on the injured list again with a bone bruise in his left knee
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Is Nigel Farage’s quest to rid Reform of ‘amateurism’ paying off?

Runcorn win was much bigger than polls implied suggesting overall effectiveness of ground campaign

For the last few months, Nigel Farage has been promising to professionalise his Reform UK party, saying its general election result of five seats had been hampered by the party’s “amateurism”.

Friday’s narrow victory in the Runcorn and Helsby byelection suggests his strategy is starting to bear fruit. Not only did the party win a seat in which it came a distant third less than a year ago, but it did so with a much bigger swing than implied by the national polls – demonstrating the effectiveness of the party’s ground campaign.

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Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS

The executive order also instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to halt indirect funding of NPR and PBS through grants to local stations.