On May 7, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the first two of four NASA TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) CubeSats from Māhia, New Zealand.
May 6, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby crowned King Charles III as sovereign of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms; Charles' wife, Camilla, was crowned Queen Consort in the Westminster Abbey, London ceremony.
May 4, a United States jury in Washington, DC convicted four members of the Proud Boys, including Enrique Tarrio, who CBS News identified as its former leader, of charges including seditious conspiracy related to the 2021 US Capitol attack.
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