Morning Links for Thursday May 22

Morning Links for Thursday May 22

For the best start to your Thursday, try a pour-over coffee and our five morning reads. Bad news for Fox News weekend anchor Gregg Jarrett. The TV talking head, who’d recently taken time off for “personal reasons,” was taken into police custody at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after appearing “intoxicated and belligerent.” Creepiest mascot ever? I’d say so. Chicago’s Ferrara Candy Co. just debuted a new mascot for the Lemonhead brand of candy. Former Beatle Paul McCartney is in a Tokyo hospital, reportedly battling a viral infection. A Missouri worker at the burger chain Red Robin may have exposed…

For the best start to your Thursday, try a pour-over coffee and our five morning reads.

  • Bad news for Fox News weekend anchor Gregg Jarrett. The TV talking head, who’d recently taken time off for “personal reasons,” was taken into police custody at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after appearing “intoxicated and belligerent.”

  • Creepiest mascot ever? I’d say so. Chicago’s Ferrara Candy Co. just debuted a new mascot for the Lemonhead brand of candy.

  • Former Beatle Paul McCartney is in a Tokyo hospital, reportedly battling a viral infection.

  • A Missouri worker at the burger chain Red Robin may have exposed as many as 5,000 people to hepatitis A. Scary fact: Hep A is spread by the feces from the infected person to the food or drink that the person consumes.

  • Who knew Brad Pitt could play tambourine? The 50-year-old actor – and one-half of “Brangelina” – rocked out with singer Bruno Mars at a New Orleans fundraiser.

Ann Christenson has covered dining for Milwaukee Magazine since 1997. She was raised on a diet of casseroles that started with a pound of ground beef and a can of Campbell's soup. Feel free to share any casserole recipes with her.