Sheila and Clay Fletcher are under scrutiny after horrific new details emerged about the death of their daughter, Lacey Ellen Fletcher, 36, who was found on a ratty couch covered in urine and feces and weighing less than 100 pounds.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/colleague-of-lacey-fletchers-dad-reeling-over-neglect-that-left-her-melted-into-couch/

Ohio GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel fended off attacks from an opponent calling him a “phony, fraud and sell-out” and stumped with political supporters at a packed auditorium of the Victory Christian Church in Kettering, Ohio, Friday.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/josh-mandel-ohio-senate-jd-vance-ted-cruz

Former US women’s soccer star Hope Solo announced that she is postponing her induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame to enter rehab for alcohol abuse following her DUI arrest.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/hope-solo-postpones-hall-of-fame-induction-to-enter-rehab/

LA Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian reacts to being singled out by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva after the Times obtained leaked video allegedly showing use of force inside a jail by a deputy. CNN’s Nick Watt has more.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2022/04/29/alex-villanueva-los-angeles-county-sheriff-la-times-reporter-watt-lead-dnt-vpx.cnn

Service tips spiked at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Two years later, the service economy is witnessing a drop in tips. CNN’s Tom Foreman explores a Washington DC pizzeria affected by tipping fatigue and a general confusion surrounding the shifting tip culture.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/04/29/tip-culture-shift-us-service-economy-foreman-pkg-the-lead-vpx.cnnbusiness

American Trevor Reed, a US citizen and former Marine who had been detained in Russia since 2019, is back in the US. CNN’s Jake Tapper talks to his parents and sister.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/04/29/trevor-reed-released-return-russian-prison-parents-lead-intv-vpx.cnn

Iconic comic book artist Neal Adams died on Thursday in New York at the age of 80, according to his daughter Zeea Adams Moss and daughter-in-law Saori Adams.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/us/neal-adams-dies/index.html

Elon Musk responded to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., telling her to “Stop hitting on me.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-aoc-stop-hitting-on-me-twitter-purchase

Hunter Biden once met with controversial Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov, who’s been sanctioned by the UK over the deadly invasion of Ukraine — but hasn’t faced any punishment from the US.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/russian-oligarch-who-met-with-hunter-biden-sanctioned-by-uk-but-not-us/

The House select committee investigating January 6 announced that it will hold eight hearings in June — but will they manage to change public opinion, spur a criminal referral and pressure the Department of Justice to pursue its own investigation?

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/opinions/importance-of-january-6-committee-hearings-zelizer/index.html