May 22 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- A man who shouted "Free Palestine!" fatally shot two Israeli Embassy staff members late Wednesday near a Jewish museum in downtown Washington, law-enforcement officials said.

- U.S. President Donald Trump said he is giving "very serious consideration" to taking the mortgage giants Fannie Mae FNMA.PK and Freddie Mac FMCC.PK public after years under government control.

- Walmart WMT.N plans to cut around 1,500 corporate jobs in a U.S. restructuring aimed at trimming its expenses and speeding up decision-making.

- Sanofi SASY.PA said it entered an agreement to acquire Vigil Neuroscience VIGL.O for approximately $470 million, a deal that adds a new investigational treatment for Alzheimer's disease to the French pharmaceutical company's pipeline

- AT&T T.N will buy substantially all of Lumen's LUMN.N mass markets fiber business for $5.75 billion in a move it said will accelerate high-speed fiber internet access for millions of Americans.

- Comcast's CMCSA.O NBCUniversal has made an offer to Major League Baseball to take over the package of regular-season and post-season games that ESPN is walking away from, offering much less than its rival currently pays

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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