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NATIONAL

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US--CALIFORNIA-PLANE CRASH

Small plane crashes into Los Angeles-area neighborhood, killing 1 person

SUMMARY: Authorities said one person is dead after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood in Simi Valley near Los Angeles. Two homes were damaged. Fire crews responded to the scene Saturday afternoon as smoke billowed from the roof of one home. Police officers cordoned off the streets and warned people to stay clear. Wreckage could be seen between the two homes. The Ventura County Fire Department confirmed that residents were inside at the time but they evacuated with no reported injuries. Authorities did not immediately release any information about the pilot. The single-engine Van’s RV-10 involved in the crash is a popular home-built airplane sold in kit form.

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US--SHOOTING-HOUSTON

At least 1 dead after 14 people shot at a Houston family party, police say

SUMMARY: Police in Texas say at least one person was killed when 14 people were shot at a party in Houston. Houston Police Department Assistant Chief Patricia Cantu says shots were reported around 12:50 a.m. Sunday from a home in southeast Houston. Arriving officers reported hearing gunfire and saw multiple people wounded. Cantu says a family party was taking place and an uninvited guest was asked to leave and then began firing shots, prompting others to return fire. Cantu says several people were in critical condition and in surgery. Police detained multiple people but were not immediately certain if they had the shooting suspect in custody.

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US--STAR WARS DAY

Here’s why May the 4th is celebrated as Star Wars Day across the galaxy

SUMMARY: May the 4th be with you. “Star Wars” fans around the world are celebrating the space epic and its surrounding franchise this weekend through an unofficial, fan-made holiday. A sly nod to one of the most popular catchphrases in the films, May the 4th is known as Star Wars Day and has been embraced by businesses and communities over the years. The May the 4th phrase appeared as early as 1979 in a British political ad and has exploded in recent years. The day is being marked with events ranging from special bobbleheads to a daylong celebration in a town sharing the first film’s name.

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US--TRUMP-WESTERN COAL PLANTS

Arizona communities bank on Trump’s push for coal to ensure they’re not forgotten

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump wants to tap into “beautiful, clean coal” to help meet the electricity demands of what he bills as a new dawn of manufacturing and technological advancement in the United States. But some utilities say coal is no longer the answer. Stuck in the middle are communities that depend on the jobs and tax revenues. Coal-fired power plants are woven into nearly every aspect of life in the northeastern parts of Arizona. Residents in the southwestern state see Trump’s efforts as an opportunity to save their towns and stay in the energy race for another generation, no matter if coal — or something else — provides the fuel.

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US--SPACEX-STARBASE

Musk gets his Texas wish. SpaceX launch site is approved as the new city of Starbase

SUMMARY: The home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official Texas city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved by a small group of Texas voters who live there and are mostly Musk’s employees. The tally according to vote results published online was 212 in favor to 6 against. Starbase is the facility and launch site for the SpaceX rocket program that is under contract with the Department of Defense and NASA for what Musk hopes will complete a return to the moon and someday an astronaut mission to Mars.

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US--BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SHAREHOLDERS

Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by announcing his intention to retire at the end of the year

SUMMARY: Warren Buffett shocked an arena full of his shareholders by announcing that he wants to retire at the end of the year. Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaway’s board that Greg Abel should become CEO at the end of the year. Previously the 94-year-old investor has always said he had no plans to retire. But Abel has been his designated successor for years, and Abel has already been managing all of Berkshire’s non-insurance businesses. He will now take on the responsibility for running Berkshire’s insurance businesses and investing its cash. Able said he was “humbled and honored to be part of Berkshire as we go forward.”

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US--ALABAMA STUDENT DETAINED

International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained

SUMMARY: Alireza Doroudi has been detained in an immigration facility in Louisiana for nearly six weeks. Doroudi’s detention has instilled fear in the small Iranian community in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he and his fiancee are doctoral students. Doroudi’s visa was revoked in 2023, but he wasn’t given a reason. His fiancee says he was told that he was legally allowed to stay in the U.S. as long as he remained a student. Now, one Iranian doctoral student says the fear in her community “feels like we’re returning back to Iran again.” The student spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because she fears retaliation.

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US--TYRE NICHOLS

Expert testifies that repeated strikes to Tyre Nichols’ head were unnecessary and excessive

SUMMARY: A police training expert testifying as a defense witness in the trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols acknowledged that kicks and punches to Nichols’ head were unnecessary and excessive. Don Cameron took the stand Saturday in the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, who have pleaded not guilty to state charges, including second-degree murder. They already were convicted of federal charges last year. Nichols fled a January 2023 traffic stop after he was yanked out of his car, pepper-sprayed and hit with a Taser. Five officers who are also Black caught up with him and punched, kicked and hit Nichols with a police baton.

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US--TRUMP-PUBLIC RADIO

NPR stations targeted for cuts by Trump have provided lifelines to listeners during disasters

SUMMARY: After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a street at the top of a ridge trying to get cell service last fall was Blue Ridge Public Radio. And as they stood in line for water or food, the latest news they had heard on the station was a frequent topic of conversation. Now, public radio stations are being targeted for cuts by President Donald Trump, who this week signed an executive order aimed at slashing public subsidies to NPR and PBS, alleging “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.

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US--BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY-SHAREHOLDERS EARNINGS

Warren Buffett’s profits fall on wildfire losses as thousands line up to listen to him Saturday

SUMMARY: Warren Buffett’s company reported just over one-third of last year’s profit Saturday a few hours before he announced plans to retire as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO at the end of the year. Berkshire Vice Chairman Greg Abel will take over as CEO as Buffett has long planned. The profit numbers were weighed down by a major drop in the value of its investments and $860 million in insurance losses related to policies that Geico and its other insurance companies wrote before the devastating Southern California wildfires. But Buffett’s comments will be the main attraction Saturday. Investors will be looking for him to explain why Berkshire is now sitting on $347.7 billion cash.

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US--DEMOCRATS-PRITZKER-AOC

Pritzker and Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders

SUMMARY: Democrats are looking for the right message and messengers to lead the opposition to President Donald Trump in his second term. And two vastly different politicians are emerging as top Democratic voices. They are Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York congresswoman. Both have drawn praise for high-profile speeches and events that have excited voters on the left. Pritzker is a billionaire heir who calls Trump as a threat to democracy and national stability. Ocasio-Cortez maintains her antiestablishment profile and labels Trump a corrupt billionaire who’s hurting the working class he says he represents. Their messages highlight a familiar argument among Democrats’ progressive and more moderate factions.

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US--TRUMP

Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he doesn’t know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee. He also says he doesn’t think military force would be needed to make Canada the “51st state.” And he’s downplaying the possibility that he’d look to run for a third term in the White House. The comments came in a wide-ranging and at time combative interview with Kristen Walker that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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US--TRUMP-CHECKS-AND-BALANCES

America’s long history of ‘checks and balances’ is being tested by Trump like rarely before

SUMMARY: The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches. Those are the executive, meaning the president, the legislative, meaning Congress, and the judicial, meaning the Supreme Court and the lower courts. President Donald Trump is testing that system like rarely before. He’s doing it by signing dozens of executive orders, by closing or sharply reducing government agencies that are funded by Congress, and by denigrating judges who’ve issued dozens of rulings against him. One historian says the framers of American democracy “had great distrust of concentrated authority” and that’s the origin of a system of checks and balances.

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US--VANCE-TRAVEL

VP Vance’s global travels are a mix of diplomacy, dealmaking, soft power and family time

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has dispatched Vice President JD Vance all over the world in the opening months of the administration. Vance took a five-day trip to Europe, a hastily reorganized trek to Greenland and toured Italy and India. The vice president is usually accompanied by his wife, Usha, and their three children, and he routinely mixes business with cultural excursions, pairing sometimes prickly official remarks with lighter events. Experts say such trips aren’t unusual. His quick shifts between work and leisure may be emblematic of his generation.

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INTERNATIONAL

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS

A missile from Yemen halts flights in Israel hours before vote on intensifying Gaza war

SUMMARY: A missile launched by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen has briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at Israel’s main international airport. Flights resumed after about an hour Sunday at Ben-Gurion International Airport. It’s the first time a missile has struck the airport since the war in Gaza began. The impact left a crater near the airport’s access road. Israel is vowing retribution. The attack came hours before Israeli Cabinet ministers were set to vote on whether to intensify military operations in Gaza. The army has begun to call up tens of thousands of reserves in preparation for an expanded assault.

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LT--BRAZIL-POLICE-LADY GAGA

Brazilian police arrest 2 people over alleged plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio

SUMMARY: Brazilian police say they have thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga’s concert the night before in Rio de Janeiro, the biggest show of her career that drew some 2 million fans to Copacabana Beach. The Rio de Janeiro state police said Sunday they worked with the Justice Ministry to disrupt the attack allegedly planned by a group that was spreading hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community. Two people have been arrested. Police said the group sought to radicalize and recruit teenagers to carry out attacks using Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR

Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

SUMMARY: Russian President Vladimir Putin says there has been no need to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine and expressed hope that such a scenario will not arise. In a preview aired Sunday of a state TV interview, Putin said Russia has the strength to bring the conflict to a “logical conclusion.” His remarks come amid competing Russian and Ukrainian ceasefire proposals and continued fighting. Ukrainian officials said 11 people, including two children, were wounded in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv overnight. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 13 Ukrainian drones.

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EU--BRITAIN-IRAN-COUNTERTERROR ARRESTS

UK police arrest several Iranian men over alleged attack plot

SUMMARY: British counterterrorism officers have arrested several Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target. The Metropolitan Police force said five men aged between 29 and 46 were detained Saturday in various parts of England on suspicion of preparing “a terrorist act.” Four are Iranian citizens and the nationality of the fifth is still being established. All the suspects are being questioned at police stations and have not been charged. Police said Sunday they are not identifying the suspected target of the alleged plot “for operational reasons.” Separately, three other Iranian men were arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation.

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ML--LEBANON-ELECTION

Battered by war and economic crisis, Lebanon holds first local elections in almost 10 years

SUMMARY: Lebanese have voted in the country’s first local elections in almost a decade, months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah. The first round of voting, which is taking place by region, was in the Mount Lebanon districts including Beirut’s battered southern suburbs where Hezbollah headquarters are located. The polls for mayors and municipal councils are a barometer of how much the devastating war that left over 4,000 people dead has impacted support for politicians and parties, especially in the south where Hezbollah and allies are strong.

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EU--ITALY-SUNKEN YACHT

Experts start complex recovery of a superyacht that sank off Sicily, killing 7

SUMMARY: Marine salvage experts on Sunday have began operations to recover from the seabed off Italy’s Sicilian coasts the British-flagged superyacht “Bayesian,” which sank last summer killing UK tech magnate Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others. Operations will be conducted by two multi-purpose floating cranes with remotely-operated underwater equipment and vehicles. The Italian coast guard is supervising the complex recovery and patrolling the security perimeter created to ensure the safety of personnel involved. Coast guard said Saturday that the overall operation could take from 20 to 25 days.

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EU--ROMANIA-ELECTION

Romanians cast votes in presidential rerun after voided election sparked deep political crisis

SUMMARY: Romanians are casting ballots in a critical presidential election redo after last year’s annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into its worst political crisis in decades. Eleven candidates are vying for the presidency and a May 18 runoff is expected. A median of local polls suggests George Simion, a MAGA-style hard-right nationalist, will emerge as the frontrunner, likely pitting him against Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, or the governing coalition’s candidate Crin Antonescu.

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EU--UNESCO-NICARAGUA WITHDRAWS

Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest at press freedom award

SUMMARY: Nicaragua has withdrawn from the U.N. cultural and educational body UNESCO because of the awarding of a prize celebrating press freedom to a Nicaraguan newspaper, La Prensa. UNESCO’s director general, Audrey Azoulay, announced that she had received a letter Sunday morning from the Nicaraguan government announcing its withdrawal because of the attribution of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Nicaragua was one of 194 member states in the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO members set up the press freedom prize in 1997, and the 2025 award was attributed Saturday to La Prensa on the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals.

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AF--MIDEAST WARS-MOROCCO PROTESTS

Protesters want Morocco to sever ties with Israel, so they’re targeting strategic ports

SUMMARY: Morocco’s ports have emerged as a flashpoint in protests against the country’s decision to normalize ties with Israel. A year and a half of protests have emboldened activists and exposed a gulf between the government and those they govern. Demonstrators from across the political spectrum have taken to the streets to target the country’s 4-year-old decision to normalize ties with Israel. Activists accuse the government of disregarding public sentiment and are expanding their targets, which now include the country’s strategic ports. Protests swelled this month ahead of the docking of vessels suspected of carrying military cargo as part of a program that includes Israel.

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EU--FRANCE-CRYPTOCURRENCY-KIDNAPPINGS

Kidnappers in France target cryptocurrency entrepreneurs for ransom

SUMMARY: French police have rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom. It’s the latest alleged criminal attempt in France to extort people involved in the creation and management of digital fortunes. The entrepreneur’s father was kidnapped Thursday morning in Paris. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Sunday the alleged hostage-taking was accompanied by a ransom demand. In January, a co-founder of French crypto-wallet firm Ledger and his wife were also kidnapped and allegedly held hostage for ransom. Police rescued the couple the day after.

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AS--AUSTRALIA-ELECTION

Australia’s re-elected prime minister says voters chose unity over division

SUMMARY: Australia’s re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday was greeted by well-wishers at a Sydney café and said the country had voted for unity over division. Albanese’s center-left Labor Party won an emphatic victory in elections on Saturday. As vote counting continued, the government was on track to win at least 85 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, the lower chamber where parties need a majority to form an administration. Labor held 78 seats in the previous Parliament, and gaining seats in a second term is rare in Australian politics. Albanese told reporters on Sunday: “The Australian people voted for unity rather than division.” Opposition leader Peter Dutton lost his parliamentary seat. His coalition was reduced to 37 seats.

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EU--VATICAN-CONCLAVE-VITERBO

A roofless palace in Italy’s Viterbo hosted the first and longest conclave

SUMMARY: It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the Catholic Church’s history, forging for the first time the word “conclave.” The Viterbo election in the 13th century was a pivotal event in papal history, lasting almost three years due to deep divisions among the cardinals over the name of the new pope. Viterbo is also considered the birthplace of the modern conclave, where cardinals are confined to a single place until they elect a new pontiff and often need to negotiate to reach a compromise on the final name.

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LT--MEXICO-US

Mexico’s president says she rejected Trump’s plan to send US troops across the border

SUMMARY: Mexico’s president has said that U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but that she rejected it. The remarks by Claudia Sheinbaum came in response to a Wall Street Journal article published the day before, describing a tense phone call last month in which Trump reportedly pressured her administration to accept a bigger role for the U.S. military in combating drug cartels in Mexico. Sheinbaum recounted the call to her supporters at an event in eastern Mexico, saying: “You know what I said to him? ’No, President Trump ... Sovereignty is not for sale.”

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AS--PAKISTAN-INDIA

Pakistan test fires ballistic missile as tensions with India spike after Kashmir gun massacre

SUMMARY: Pakistan has test fired a ballistic missile as tensions with India spike over last month’s deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region. The surface-to-surface missile has a range of about 280 miles, the Pakistani military said. Saturday’s launch of the Abdali Weapon System was aimed at ensuring the “operational readiness of troops and validating key technical parameters,” according to a statement from the military. There was no immediate comment about the launch from India, which blames Pakistan for the April 22 gun massacre that killed 26 people in the resort town of Pahalgam. Pakistan denies the charge.

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AS--SINGAPORE-ELECTION

Singapore’s long-ruling party wins another landslide in election boost for new prime minister

SUMMARY: Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party has secured another general election landslide, extending its 66-year unbroken rule. Its improved performance on Saturday is a huge boost for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who came to power in 2024. The PAP won 87 out of a total 97 Parliamentary seats, with the remaining retained by he opposition Workers Party. The PAP’s popular vote rose to 65.6%, up from a near-record low of 61% in 2020 polls. Analysts said Wong’s appeal for a resounding mandate to steer trade-reliant Singapore through economic turbulence following U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes has hit home.

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS-MALNOURISHED CHILDREN

Hunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel’s blockade leaves mothers with few options

SUMMARY: Malnutrition and hunger are prevelant in the Gaza strip as Israel’s blockade enters its third month. Shortage of food and supplies has driven the territory toward starvation. Supplies to treat and pervent malnutrition are depeleted and quickly running out as documented cases of malnutrition rise. Some 3,600 children were admitted and treated for acute malnutrition in the past month— a figure that is likely rising. Parents are running out of options of what to feed their children and where to take fhem to get help. Images of emaciated children are becoming more frequent and hungry children at community kitchens are fighting for food, alongside adults.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-GAZA LOOTING

Witnesses and aid groups report a surge in looting in desperate Gaza

SUMMARY: Security messages seen by The Associated Press say armed groups and others have looted warehouses of supplies in northern Gaza since Wednesday. Witnesses and aid groups confirm the looting as desperation spikes after more than two months of Israel’s blockade. Israel has kept humanitarian aid from entering Gaza since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended the latest ceasefire with Hamas in March. That has thrown the territory of over 2 million people into what is believed to be the worst humanitarian crisis in nearly 19 months of war.

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BUSINESS

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US--TRUMP-TARIFFS-TOMATOES

Amid Cinco de Mayo celebrations, a tax on Mexican tomatoes looms

SUMMARY: Guacamole has been spared from tariffs for now. But salsa may not be so lucky. While threatened tariffs on Mexican avocados have been put on pause, the U.S. government plans to put a nearly 21% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes starting July 14. A duty — like a tariff — is a tax on imports, and this one will impact the 4 billion pounds of tomatoes the U.S. imports from Mexico each year. One expert expects U.S. retail prices for fresh tomatoes to rise by around 10.5% if the duty goes through. Proponents say the duty will help the shrinking U.S. industry compete with Mexican growers. But opponents say it will cost U.S. jobs and make tomatoes more expensive.

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US--FINANCIAL MARKETS-TARIFF TURMOIL

How the stock market made back all its losses after Trump escalated the trade war

SUMMARY: It felt much longer, but the U.S. stock market needed just a few weeks to roar all the way back to where it was on President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day.” That’s when he shocked Wall Street by announcing much steeper tariffs than expected on nearly all U.S. trading partners. Within just four days, the S&P 500 fell about 12%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 4,600 points, or about 11%. This past Friday, though, the S&P 500 rallied for a ninth straight gain and pulled back to where it was on April 2. Trump’s 90-day pause on many tariffs and a resilient economy helped the market bounce back.

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US--WARREN BUFFETT-RETIREMENT-HIS DEALS

Warren Buffett’s best and worst investments in his 60 years leading Berkshire Hathaway

SUMMARY: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he wants to step down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year. The revelation on Saturday came as a surprise because the 94-year-old had previously said he didn’t plan to retire. One of the world’s richest people and most accomplished investors, Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 when it was a textiles manufacturer. He turned the company into a conglomerate by finding other businesses and stocks to buy that were selling for less than they were worth. His success made him a Wall Street icon, but Buffett has acknowledged that not all of his investments over the years were winners.

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US--WARREN BUFFETT’S SUCCESSOR

Who is Greg Abel, the executive picked to be successor to Warren Buffett?

SUMMARY: When Warren Buffett announced at his annual shareholder meeting that he is stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year, he elevated a 62-year-old Canadian executive named Greg Abel who has long been one of his top lieutenants. For the past seven years, Abel has been overseeing Berkshire’s BNSF railroad and its treat makers See’s Candies and Dairy Queen along with dozens of other manufacturing and retail businesses that Buffett acquired over the years. He grew up in Canada as a hockey player and learned the value of hard work as he redeemed discarded bottles and worked for a small company filling fire extinguishers. Now he finds himself at the top of the food chain.

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HEALTH/SCIENCE

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US-MED--CDC-DISEASE TRACKING

Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs

SUMMARY: More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been eliminated in the tornado of layoffs and proposed budget cuts in the Trump administration’s first 100 days. The Associated Press examined draft and final budget proposals and spoke to more than a dozen current and former federal employees to determine the scope of the cuts to programs tracking basic facts about Americans’ health. Among those terminated at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are experts tracking abortions, pregnancies, job-related injuries, lead poisonings, sexual violence and youth smoking.

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US-MED--VACCINE HESITANCY

A community rallied to share flu shot experiences. Then the government stopped the study

SUMMARY: Some Denver parents got texts during this winter’s brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids. It was an unusual study about trust and vaccines in a historically Black community but no one will know how it worked out: The Trump administration canceled the project before the data could be analyzed. It’s an example of research being lost at time when understanding vaccine hesitancy is especially urgent. Flu killed a near-record 216 children this year and vaccine-preventable measles and whooping cough are soaring.

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RELIGION

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EU-REL—VATICAN-CONCLAVE-GUATEMALA CARDINAL

Guatemala’s cardinal trusts migration will be a priority for next pope as he readies for conclave

SUMMARY: Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry among the migrants, poor and Indigenous people in Guatemala’s highlands. That is, ensuring that the Gospel isn’t preached “in the abstract.” Four days before Catholic cardinals gather to elect Pope Francis’ successor, Ramazzini told The Associated Press that the church has embarked on a path of social justice that he trusts the next pope will continue. Ramazzini said the church has to advocate for migrants forced by dire poverty to migrate along cartel-controlled routes where they’re often extorted or trafficked.

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EU-REL--VATICAN-CONCLAVE-CHALLENGES

Pope Francis left unfinished business after a 12-year papacy. What challenges await the next pope?

SUMMARY: While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his successor — from the Vatican’s disastrous finances to the wars raging on multiple continents. When the conclave’s cardinals finish casting their ballots in the Sistine Chapel, the 267th pope will have to decide whether to continue with Francis’ policies, radically change them, or abandon them altogether. He also must choose what new projects will take precedence. Among the pressing issues are the role of women in the church, the division between traditionalists and progressives, what to do about clergy sex abuse and whether to LGBTQ+ Catholics.

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US--TRUMP-POPE

Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope ahead of the papal conclave

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope. The social media post comes as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and the papal conclave is set to begin in a few days. The image is raising eyebrows on social media, at the Vatican, from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and from Italians. Catholics are in the period of official mourning after Francis’ death. Catholic cardinals are due to open the solemn conclave to elect his successor on Wednesday. The death of a pope and election of another is a matter of utmost solemnity for Catholics

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EDUCATION

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US--EDUCATION-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Visa crackdown leads international students in the US to reconsider summer travel

SUMMARY: International students in the U.S. are reconsidering their travel plans this summer after a wave of student status terminations and visa revocations. Even before students suddenly began losing permission to study in the U.S., some colleges were encouraging international students and faculty to postpone travel, citing government efforts to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian activism and worries of potential travel bans. As the scale of the status terminations emerged in recent weeks, more have cautioned against non-essential travel abroad for international students. University of California, Berkeley has issued an advisory saying upcoming international travel was risky due to “strict vetting and enforcement.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

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LT--BRAZIL-LADY GAGA

Lady Gaga rocks Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 2 million fans

SUMMARY: Lady Gaga gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall. The show was the biggest of the pop star’s career, as it was for Madonna who also turned the expansive stretch of sand into a massive dance floor last year. Similar concerts are scheduled to take place every year in May at least until 2028. While the vast majority of attendees were from Rio, the event also attracted Brazilians from across the country and international visitors.

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SPORTS

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RAC--KENTUCKY DERBY

Sovereignty reigns in 151st Kentucky Derby, outdueling favorite Journalism in the slop

SUMMARY: Sovereignty outdueled 3-1 favorite Journalism down the stretch to win the 151st Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths in the slop. Trainer Bill Mott won his first Derby in 2019, also run on a sloppy track, when Country House was elevated to first after Maximum Security crossed the finish line first and was disqualified after a 22-minute delay. This time, he knew the result immediately. Journalism found trouble in the first turn and jockey Umberto Rispoli moved him to the outside. He and Sovereignty hooked up at the eighth pole before Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado pulled away.

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BBO--PIRATES-FAN FALLS

The 20-year-old man who fell to the warning track at a Pirates game is awake

SUMMARY: The fan who fell from a 21-foot-high wall onto the warning track at PNC Park during a Pittsburgh Pirates game is awake and alert. The organizer of a GoFundMe page for Kavan Markwood, the 20-year-old who slipped off a railing and onto the field during the seventh inning Wednesday, said Markwood is improving. Jennifer Phillips, who is organizing the fundraiser, says Markwood has made significant progress since being admitted to the trauma center at Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition. The team’s internal investigation into the incident says Markwood did not purchase any alcohol, but that one of the people who attended the game with him did legally buy a handful of alcoholic beverages.

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