Morning Wire - Burger King Sued & Summer Travel | Afternoon Update | 5.26.23

Episode Date: May 26, 2023

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, May 26th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. The House of Representatives passed a resolution to overturn President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan this week. Two Democrats joined the Republicans voting to cancel the $400 billion plan. The bill now goes to the Senate, where even if it passes, it will likely be vetoed by the president. Biden's proposal to pay off up to $20,000 in debt for college. college borrowers is currently being debated by the Supreme Court. A Michigan State University professor is being sued by students after she allegedly compelled hundreds of students to donate to her left-wing political group as a course requirement. Here with more is Daily Wire reporter, Marade Allorty.

Amy Wisner, a former marketing professor at MSU, allegedly required 600 students to pay $99 each to join a left-wing group known as the Rebellion community, an outside group run by Weisner. Students, Nolan Radomski and Nathan Barbieri, are suing Weisner, claiming she used the money from students to donate to Planned Parenthood as well as buy an RV for a trip around the U.S. MSU has fired Weisner after complaints and the school offered students a refund for the roughly $60,000 they paid to the leftist group. A Burger King franchise in Hollywood, Florida, has been ordered to pay a whopping sum to a 48-year-old man over a slip and fall that occurred more than two years ago. Here with more as Daily Wire's senior editor, Joel Needler. A singular Burger King franchise

must pay $8 million to Richard Tulecki, who claimed that he slipped on a foreign substance in the Burger King bathroom and suffered lower back injuries resulting in surgery. Tullochie's attorney said the fall caused serious injuries which required surgery that then turned into a post-operative perforated colon. The lawsuit was filed in 2021. The sum totaling $7.68 million, including earnings lost in medical expenses, is one of Florida's largest slip and fall verdicts on record. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department in West Virginia arrested and placed a seven-year-old in custody Wednesday after authorities say the young boy intentionally set his house ablaze

while his parents were inside the building. Two people suffered minor burns. A photo posted online showed the house completely engulfed in flames. In West Virginia, minors can be arrested and charged for most crimes. American cities are still struggling to find commercial real estate tenants in the wake of a surge in remote work after COVID-19. The latest data shows that in the first quarter of 2023, the vacancy rate for office properties across the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas was about 19%. Moody's analytics reports that this is the highest rate in 33 years. An overdue library book was returned to a Napa Valley Library after being checked out for nearly 100 years. The book titled A History of the United

States by Benson Lawsing was originally checked out from the St. Helena Public Library in 27. The man in possession of the book, Napa Valley resident Jim Perry, reported to ABC news that the book had been passed down by five generations. Perry said he returned it on a whim after seeing the library stamp inside the cover. The overdue fine for the book reportedly would have reached almost $2,000, but the library stopped collecting fines four years ago. An American tourist was seriously injured in a shark attack in the Turks and Caicos Islands on Wednesday. Police say the 22-year-old Connecticut woman was snorkeling with a friend at around 3 p.m. local time when a shark attacked.

The victim was transported to a nearby medical center where she remains in serious condition. Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of the summer travel season, and this weekend will be busy. AAA predicts that 37 million people will hit the road this weekend, driving an average of 50 miles. The TSA expects to screen 10 million travelers between Friday and Monday, and of course, the price tag is always getting higher. The average cost of a hotel room is up $7 a night to $157 week over week, while short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO are also up but just slightly. Have a safe and fun holiday weekend, everyone. Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day.

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