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NATIONAL

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US--IMMIGRATION-PROTEST-MAYOR ARRESTED

Newark mayor denies trespassing at immigration detention center following arrest

SUMMARY: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is denying that he trespassed at a new federal immigration detention center during a confrontation that led to his arrest. A Department of Homeland Security official said Saturday that the investigation was ongoing. Baraka was released around 8 p.m. Friday night after spending several hours in custody. He was accused of trespassing and ignoring warnings to leave the Delaney Hall facility. DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin accused the Democrat, who is seeking his party’s nomination for governor this year, of playing “political games.”

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US--EARTHQUAKE-US SOUTHEAST

A Tennessee earthquake rattles homes as far away as Atlanta with 4.1 magnitude

SUMMARY: An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina. That is according to the U.S. Geological Survey and local news reports. The website for USGS said the earthquake originated shortly after 9 a.m. EDT Saturday about 12 miles from Greenback, Tennessee. Earthquakes are not uncommon in the region. The USGS says there is a 5% chance of a magnitude 4 or larger aftershock in the next week. Damage does not usually occur from earthquakes until they reach a magnitude of somewhere above 4 or 5, although it depends on variables such as building construction, soil and distance from the epicenter.

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US--AP POLL-TRANSGENDER ISSUES

Transgender issues are a strength for Trump, AP-NORC poll finds

SUMMARY: A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults agree with President Donald Trump that whether a person is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth. About half of Americans approve of how Trump has handled transgender issues, according to the survey — a relative high point for a president whose overall job approval is about 4 in 10. The poll also finds nuance in answers. Most oppose using federal insurance programs to pay for gender-affirming care for transgender young people, but more support allowing transgender military service members than oppose it. Democrats especially are divided in their views on transgender-related policies.

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US--TRUMP-MASS FIRINGS

Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies

SUMMARY: A California judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt much of its massive downsizing of the federal workforce. Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said President Donald Trump and his administration failed to get approval from Congress to initiate the cuts. That is required by the Constitution. The order issued Friday comes in response to a lawsuit filed by a a coalition of labor unions, nonprofit groups, cities and counties. Department of Justice lawyers say Trump’s executive order and a DOGE memo calling for large-scale reductions merely provided guidance and general principles.

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US--SOUTHERN ACCENT DISAPPEARING

Is the Southern accent fixin’ to disappear in parts of the US South?

SUMMARY: Southern accents are disappearing in some parts of the U.S. South due to the migration of people into the region from other parts of the United States and around the world. A series of research papers released late last year chronicles the diminishment of the Southern accent among Black residents of the Atlanta area, white working-class people in the New Orleans area and people who grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. More than 5.8 million people have moved to the South in the 2020s. That’s four times the combined amount of the three other regions. But one study author notes the Southern accent is unlikely to disappear completely.

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US--NEWARK AIRPORT-RADAR OUTAGE

Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again

SUMMARY: The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks. The Federal Aviation Administration said the radar at the facility in Philadelphia that directs planes in and out of Newark airport went black for 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. Friday. That’s similar to what happened on April 28. That first radar outage led to hundreds of flights being cancelled or delayed at the Newark airport in the past two weeks after the FAA slowed down traffic at the airport to ensure safety. U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer blamed the problems on the lack of proper air traffic controller staffing and modern technology.

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US--SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-WEINSTEIN

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers grill ex-model who says he sexually assaulted her in her teens

SUMMARY: Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are seeking to raise doubts about a former model’s allegation that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. Defense lawyer Mike Cibella began questioning Kaja Sokola on Friday at Weinstein’s retrial. He portrayed her as a wannabe actor who tried to leverage the former movie studio boss. Weinstein is facing charges including a criminal sex act count that’s based on Sokola’s allegation that he forced oral sex on her in 2006, when she was 19. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty and denies ever sexually assaulting anyone.

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US--IMMIGRATION-TUFTS STUDENT DETAINED

Turkish Tufts University student released from Louisiana immigration detention center

SUMMARY: A Tufts University student from Turkey has been released from a Louisiana immigration detention center more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb. Rumeysa Ozturk’s lawyers shared a photo of her smiling outside several hours after U.S. District Judge William Sessions ordered her release pending a final decision on her claim that she’s been illegally detained following an op-ed she co-wrote lsat year that criticized the school’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza. Ozturk appeared at her bail hearing remotely from Louisiana, describing her growing asthma attacks in detention and her desire to finish her doctorate degree focusing on children and social media.

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US--SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-DIDDY

Judge rejects claim that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was treated differently because of his race

SUMMARY: The judge presiding over the racketeering and sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs says there was no evidence to back up his lawyers’ claim he was treated differently because of his race. Judge Arun Subramanian ruled Friday and rejected the request to dismiss some charges against Combs. The ruling came three days before opening statements are scheduled to occur in Manhattan federal court. Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges that he oversaw a racketeering enterprise from 2004 to 2024 that enabled him to sexually abuse women.

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US--IMMIGRATION-PALESTINIAN STUDENT DETAINED

Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence

SUMMARY: A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship is accusing Columbia University of eroding democracy with its handling of protests against the Israel-Hamas war. Mohsen Mahdawi spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday, a day after Pro-Palestinian protestors clashed with campus security guards inside the university’s main library. Mahdawi led anti-war protests at the Ivy League school in the past. He says Columbia is supporting the Trump administration’s agenda and punishing students. Mohsen spent 16 days in a Vermont prison before a judge ordered him released last week. On Friday, an appeals court denied the government’s request to halt the order releasing Mahdawi on bail.

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US--MENENDEZ BROTHERS

Judge sets dates for Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearings

SUMMARY: A judge has set dates for hearings to consider resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez. Los Angles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman tried to again ask the court on Friday to withdraw the resentencing petition. But the judge disagreed and set May 13 and May 14 for the resentencing hearings. The Menendez brothers are convicted of killing their parents in 1989. An attorney for the brothers has said Hochman is biased against the brothers but Mark Geragos withdrew his petition asking the judge to remove the DA on Friday. The brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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US--KAREN READ TRIAL-THINGS TO KNOW

Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend

SUMMARY: Prosecutors in Karen Read’s second murder trial focused most of the day on the timing of a critical search of woman’s phone who was with the defendant when they found her Boston police officer boyfriend. Prosecutors say Read backed her SUV into John O’Keefe outside the home of a fellow officer and left him to die in the snow in January 2022. Defense attorneys say she was a victim of a police conspiracy and have suggested he was killed by someone inside the home. A mistrial was declared last year after jurors were at an impasse. Read’s retrial on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene is now in its third week.

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US--TRUMP-HABEAS CORPUS

Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?

SUMMARY: Top White House aide Stephen Miller says the Trump administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally. To achieve that, he says President Donald Trump’s team is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, the constitutional right for people to legally challenge their detention by the government. Such a move would be aimed at migrants as part of the Republican president’s broader crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Constitution says habeas corpus, “shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it.” Miller is suggesting the U.S. is facing “an invasion” of migrants.

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US--ELECTION 2026-SENATE-LOUISIANA

Louisiana governor pushes Trump to weigh primary challenger to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, AP sources say

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry have discussed the possibility that Julia Letlow, a congresswoman elected in 2021 after her husband died of COVID, might challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy in next year’s Republican primary. Word of that discussion comes from multiple people familiar with the matter. There’s unease within Trump’s base about the two-term senator. Cassidy voted to convict Trump in Trump’s 2021 impeachment trial over the Jan. 6 riot in Washington. And Cassidy, who’s a medical doctor, expressed doubts about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before voting to confirm Kennedy as Trump’s health secretary. A spokesperson for Letlow declined comment on a potential Senate campaign or the discussion between Landry and Trump.

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US--CONGRESS-TAX CUTS

Tax the rich? Slash spending? Republicans wrestle with economic priorities in the Trump era

SUMMARY: The Republican Party is trying to figure out what it stands for in terms of economic policy during the second Trump administration. House Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to draft a package of tax breaks and spending cuts being pushed by President Donald Trump. Republicans must decide whether they stick with the “No new taxes” pledge that’s been GOP political orthodoxy for decades or whether they tax the rich, as Trump has suggested. They must decide whether to roll back the Obama-era health care expansion and Biden administration green energy investments or protect the federal flow to the states. And do they want free trade or Trump’s tariffs?

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US--TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA

As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump’s tariff hammer looks less mighty than he claims

SUMMARY: The way President Donald Trump sees it, beating China in a trade war should be easy. After all, the Chinese sell Americans three times as much stuff as Americans sell them. Therefore, they have more to lose. Inflict enough pain like 145% tariffs and they’ll beg for mercy. So far, the Chinese have refused to fold. The standoff between the world’s two biggest economies is shaking financial markets and clouding the outlook for global growth. So the stakes are high as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. trade negotiator Jamieson Greer head to Geneva this weekend for trade talks with top Chinese officials.

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US--PENTAGON-DEI

Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

SUMMARY: The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21. That’s according to a memo issued to the force on Friday. It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign to rid the military of diversity and equity programs, policies and instructional materials. And it follows similar efforts to remove hundreds of books from the libraries at the military academies. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the memo.

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US--TRUMP-SURGEON GENERAL

Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as his nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health post. Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that Means has “impeccable ‘MAHA’ credentials” – referring to the “Make America Healthy Again” slogan – and that she will work to eradicate chronic disease and improve the health and well-being of Americans. Trump withdrew former Fox News medical contributor Janette Nesheiwat from consideration for the job, marking at least the second health-related pick from Trump to be pulled from Senate consideration.

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US--OBIT-SOUTER

Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal favorite, dies at 85

SUMMARY: Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter has died at age 85. The ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican became a favorite of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench. The court says Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire. Souter retired from the court in June 2009, giving Democratic President Barack Obama his first Supreme Court vacancy to fill. Obama chose Sonia Sotomayor, the court’s first Latina justice. Souter was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1990. Souter was a reliably liberal vote on abortion, church-state relations, freedom of expression and the accessibility of federal courts.

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US--FEMA-CHIEF REPLACED

‘Don’t get in my way,’ the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff

SUMMARY: The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is warning staff not to try to impede upcoming changes. David Richardson tells staffers he “will run right over” them while also suggesting policy changes that would push more responsibilities to the states. Richardson is a former Marine Corps officer who served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa. Richardson was named acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday just after Cameron Hamilton was fired from the role. Richardson has been the Department of Homeland Security’s assistant secretary for countering weapons of mass destruction. Richardson told staff Friday he’ll be the one interpreting guidance from President Donald Trump.

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INTERNATIONAL

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS

Israeli airstrikes kill 23 in Gaza as outcry over aid blockade grows

SUMMARY: Health officials say Israeli airstrikes overnight and into Saturday have killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza. They include three children and their parents whose tent was bombed in Gaza City. The Israeli bombardment continued as international warnings grow over Israel’s plans to control aid distribution in Gaza. Israel’s blockade on the territory of over 2 million people is now in its third month. Charity kitchens are virtually the only source of food left in Gaza, but dozens have shut down in recent days as food supplies run out. Aid groups say more closures are imminent.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR

Ukraine and allies urge Putin to commit to a 30-day ceasefire or face new sanctions

SUMMARY: Leaders from four major European countries have threatened to ratchet up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin if he does not accept an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine that they offered in a strong show of unity with Kyiv. The leaders of France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland said their proposal for a ceasefire to start on Monday was supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, whom they had briefed over the phone. There was no immediate response from Moscow, whose own unilateral three-day ceasefire declared for the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany expires Saturday.

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AS--PAKISTAN-INDIA

India and Pakistan agree to a ceasefire after their worst military escalation in decades

SUMMARY: India and Pakistan have confirmed a ceasefire deal after U.S.-led talks to end a conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals. It follows weeks of clashes that were triggered by a gun massacre of tourists last month that India blames on Pakistan. It was their most serious confrontation in decades and left dozens of civilians dead on both sides. The first word of the truce came from U.S. President Donald Trump, who posted on his Truth Social platform that he was pleased to announce that the two countries had agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire. Multiple explosions were heard in two large cities of India-controlled Kashmir hours after the countries agreed to a the ceasefire deal.

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EU-REL--VATICAN-POPE

Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity

SUMMARY: Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy and has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity. He held his first formal audience Saturday. Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope Francis. He aims to make the Catholic Church more inclusive and attentive to the faithful, and one that looks out for the “least and rejected.” Later on Saturday he made a surprise visit to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna.

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AS--SOUTH-KOREA-ELECTION

South Korean conservative party fails in a bid to switch presidential candidates

SUMMARY: South Korea’s embattled conservative party has canceled then reinstated the presidential candidacy of Kim Moon Soo within hours, after a failed attempt to replace him with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. Saturday’s chaotic U-turn underscored the People Power Party’s leadership crisis ahead of the June 3 election following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law imposition in December. Kim, a staunch conservative and former labor minister under Yoon, was named the PPP’s presidential candidate on May 3 after winning 56.3% of the primary vote.

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AS--INDIA-PAKISTAN-CLAIMS AND COUNTERCLAIMS

India’s clash with Pakistan sees use of Chinese missiles, French jets, Israeli drones and more

SUMMARY: India’s missile and bomb strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have prompted multiple attacks in retaliation between the nuclear-armed neighbors to the point that some are now calling it a de facto war. Claims on attacks and counterattacks have differed widely, with neither India nor Pakistan releasing many specific details. Making the ongoing conflict even more confusing, researchers say the internet has been flooded with disinformation, false claims and manipulated photos and videos. Both sides have talked about missile strikes, but it was clear from video that bombs also were dropped on some targets, possibly from drones.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-DEADLY ATTACKS

Long-range Russian attacks continue to kill Ukrainians amid ceasefire deadlock

SUMMARY: Two months ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine was ready to accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day cease-fire, provided Russia did the same. The Russian leader balked, saying a temporary break in hostilities would only benefit Ukraine and its Western allies. Since then, Russia has continued its military campaign, maintaining attacks along the roughly 1,000-mile front line and targeting civilian infrastructure. In some cases, it has stepped up its attacks on residential areas with no obvious military targets. An Associated Press tally based on reports from Ukrainian authorities found at least 117 civilians have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded in Russian aerial attacks since March 11.

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AF--UGANDA-COFFEE SISTERHOOD

In coffee-producing Uganda, an emerging sisterhood wants more women involved

SUMMARY: A female business owner in Uganda wanted to create a coffee sisterhood. She knew that women in one of Africa’s largest producers did the bulk of the “donkey work” and that men in the largely conservative society stepped in when it came time to sell. Sometimes violent arguments could break out between husbands and wives over where the money went. The coffee sisterhood has grown by paying more per kilogram of coffee if a woman brings it for sale. The idea has taken off. Over 600 women now take part, up from dozens at the start.

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AS--CHINA-US-TARIFFS-TIMELINE

How US-China tariffs reached sky-high levels in 3 months

SUMMARY: Talks planned this weekend between U.S. and Chinese officials in Switzerland are a culmination of more than three months of dizzying rounds of retaliatory tariffs between the two countries that have crippled each other’s exporters and dragged on their economies. Washington and Beijing are entering talks with tariffs on each other’s goods at an all-time high. U.S. duties on Chinese imports stand at 145%, while China’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods have reached 125%.

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EU--RUSSIA-VICTORY DAY

Victory Day parade in Russia celebrates the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany

SUMMARY: Russia has celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin presiding over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops through Red Square. He welcomed over two dozen world leaders — the most since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Victory Day is celebrated in Russia on May 9, the country’s most important secular holiday. The Red Square parade and other ceremonies underline Moscow’s efforts to project its power and cement the alliances it has forged while seeking a counterbalance to the West amid the 3-year-old conflict in Ukraine. The festivities were overshadowed by reports of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Moscow, disrupting service at the capital’s airports.

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US--CHINA-WHO CALLED WHOM?

You called me. No — you called ME. Before US-China meeting, nations each say the other wanted talks

SUMMARY: Before high-level U.S. and Chinese officials hold talks in Switzerland this weekend to discuss high tariffs, Washington and Beijing have been in a rhetorical duel over which side reached out first. Beijing insists that it is the Trump administration that requested the meeting, but President Donald Trump has retorted by asking the Chinese to “study their files.” Experts call it a proxy fight over leverage when both sides want to project strength ahead of what is expected to be tough tariff negotiations.

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EU--SWITZERLAND-US-CHINA-TARIFFS

Tariff talks begin between US and Chinese officials in Geneva as the world looks for signs of hope

SUMMARY: The U.S. treasury secretary and America’s top trade negotiator have begun talks with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland to de-escalate a dispute that threatens to cut off trade between the world’s two biggest economies and damage the global economy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer have begun meetings in Geneva with a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng. Diplomats from both sides also confirmed that the talks have begun. Prospects for a major breakthrough appear dim. But there is hope that the two countries will reduce the massive taxes — tariffs — they’ve slapped on each other’s goods. The sides took a lunch break after about two hours of talks.

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US--GOOGLE SETTLEMENT-TEXAS

Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission

SUMMARY: Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected data on users without permission. The state’s attorney general announced the settlement Friday. The agreement settles several claims Texas made against the search giant in 2022 related to geolocation, incognito searches and biometric data. The state argued Google was “unlawfully tracking and collecting users’ private data.” Google spokesperson José Castañeda said the agreement settles an array of “old claims,” some of which relate to product policies the company has already changed. Paxton said the $1.4 billion is the largest amount won by any state in a settlement with Google over this type of data-privacy violations.

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US-SCI--SOVIET VENUS SPACECRAFT

Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit

SUMMARY: A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton spacecraft fell out of orbit on Saturday. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled entry, as did the Russian Space Agency. The Russians said it came in over the Indian Ocean, but some experts questioned the location. It was not immediately known how much, if any, of the Kosmos 482 spacecraft survived the fiery descent through the atmosphere. Experts said ahead of time that some if not all of it might come crashing down, given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus. The chances of anyone being clobbered by the spacecraft debris were exceedingly low.

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US-MED--AUTISM-SCIENCE

Experts call Kennedy’s plan to find autism’s cause unrealistic

SUMMARY: Many autism experts say the Trump administration’s plan to find autism’s causes is unrealistic. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is banking on a new database of insurance claims and other health records, the kind of information used to track diagnoses and access to care. Autism science already has proven that genes play a huge role in development of the complex brain disorder. And cutting edge research now is focusing on uncovering differences inside the brain that lead to autism symptoms, changes that can be studied through noninvasive testing of brain activity and donations of whole brains after death.

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SCI--CHIMPANZEE DRUMMING

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication

SUMMARY: A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks. Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style. A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee drumming demonstrates that the chimps clearly play their instruments -- the tree trunks -- with regular rhythms. This suggests that the ability to produce rhythm predates the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, dating back more than 6 million years. Scientists believe that the drumming is a form of long-distance communication. The research was published Friday in the journal Current Biology.

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REL—QUAKERS-NEW YORK-TO-WASHINGTON MARCH

Quakers march against Trump’s crackdown on immigrants carrying on their long faith tradition

SUMMARY: A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles from New York City to Washington, D.C. to demonstrate against the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants. The march extends a long tradition of Quaker activism to end wars and slavery and support women’s voting rights in line with the faith’s core belief. It’s called the “Inner Light” – a direct link to God guiding them to fight for justice and peace. Five Quaker congregations filed a lawsuit earlier this year challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.

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LT--VATICAN-POPE-AMAZON-CATHOLICS

‘Leo will follow Francis.’ Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest

SUMMARY: For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with interfaith environmental networks and Indigenous organizations to place forest protection and rights at the center of Church concern. All of this is bringing hope that the new pope will make protecting the Amazon and curbing climate change central tenants of his papacy. The Amazon is a key regulator of the climate, as its dense forests absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that when released into the atmosphere heats the planet. Chicago-born Prevost, who spent about two decades in Peru’s countryside, was chosen pontiff on Thursday.

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REL--VATICAN POPE-CREOLE ROOTS

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

SUMMARY: The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity of the Creole identity. The pope has not openly spoken about his racial identity, but historical records highlight a story of migration common to African American families leaving the racism of the Jim Crow South. Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church needs to unify the global church and elevate the profile of Black Catholics, whose history and contributions, they say, have been overlooked.

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FBN--SAINTS-CARR RETIRES

Saints QB Derek Carr is retiring because of ‘significant degenerative changes’ to his right shoulder

SUMMARY: The New Orleans Saints say veteran quarterback Derek Carr has decided to retire because of a labral tear in his right shoulder and “significant degenerative changes” to his rotator cuff. The 34-year-old Carr has played for 11 pro seasons since being selected out of Fresno State by the then-Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft. Carr was acquired by the Saints as a free agent in 2023 but had mixed results in New Orleans, going 14-13 as a starter while also struggling through oblique, hand and head injuries that caused him to miss seven games last season. His retirement comes two weeks after the Saints selected Louisville QB Tyler Shough in the second round of the draft.

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