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NEW AND DEVELOPING

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NATIONAL

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US--GEORGE FLOYD-FORMER CHIEF

Ex-Minneapolis police chief recalls ‘absolutely gut-wrenching’ moment of seeing George Floyd video

SUMMARY: Former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo says he wishes he had moved faster to change the culture of his department before the murder of George Floyd, which happened five years ago Sunday. Arradondo, the city’s first Black police chief, told The Associated Press he also wishes he had done more to elevate the community voices demanding change. He recently published a book, “Chief Rondo: Securing Justice for the Murder of George Floyd.” He closes it with a letter to Floyd’s daughter, Gianna in which he says something she hasn’t heard from the former officers convicted in Floyd’s death: “I’m sorry.”

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US--NEW ORLEANS-INMATES-ESCAPE

New Orleans’ jail system was troubled decades before 10 inmates made an audacious escape

SUMMARY: The recent jailbreak in New Orleans followed decades of dysfunction in the city’s jail system and recent warnings that conditions were ripe for catastrophe. Among the most memorable scandals was a series of jailhouse videos showing inmates chugging Budweiser, snorting drugs and ejecting bullets from a handgun. That footage fueled a sweeping 2013 court order intended to reform one of the most violent jails in the U.S. But much of that makeover remains unfulfilled despite federal oversight and the 2015 opening of the state-of-the-art Orleans Justice Center. An independent jail monitor has warned for months of “extremely inadequate” staffing levels and dangerously lax supervision.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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US--TRUMP-WEST POINT

Trump hails West Point cadets for their accomplishments and takes credit for US military might

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has used the first military commencement address of his second term to congratulate West Point cadets on their academic and physical accomplishments, while taking credit for America’s military might. In the ceremony Saturday at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York, Trump said, “In a few moments, you’ll become graduates of the most elite and storied military academy in human history.” Wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat, the Republican president told the 1,002 graduating cadets that “you came from excellence, you came for duty.” He also veered sharply into politics, boasting about the “mandate” he said he earned in the 2024 presidential election to reshape the military, including clearing it of “critical race theory.”

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US--TRUMP-TARIFFS

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is threatening a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well as a 25% tariff on smartphones unless the products are made in America. The threats were delivered over social media on Friday. They reflect Trump’s ability to disrupt the global economy with a burst of typing, as well as the reality that his tariffs aren’t producing the sufficient trade deals he’s seeking or the return of domestic manufacturing he’s promised to voters.

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US--JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-BOEING

Justice Department reaches deal to allow Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes

SUMMARY: The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people. The Justice Department said in a court filing that it had reached an “agreement in principle” that will require the company to pay and invest more than $1.1 billion and, in return, the department will dismiss the criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer. The deal still needs to be finalized. Attorney Paul Cassell said the families of victims he represents will object to the deal and “hope to convince the court to reject it.”

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US--ISRAELI-EMBASSY-STAFFERS-KILLED-GUNMAN

Suspect in shooting of Israeli Embassy staffers railed against Gaza war in online posts

SUMMARY: In the years before he was accused of killing two Israeli Embassy employees, the suspect in the fatal shootings was an active participant in Chicago’s left-wing protest scene, speaking out against police violence and a proposed Amazon headquarters. Then the war in Gaza ignited his fury into violence. Thirty-one-year-old Elias Rodriguez was charged Thursday with the murder of foreign officials and other crimes in connection with the deaths of Israeli citizen Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, an American, as they left an event at a Jewish museum. The couple had plans to become engaged. Court papers said he told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.”

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INTERNATIONAL

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EU--CANNES-POWER OUTAGE

Arson suspected as power outage in southeast France disrupts final day of Cannes Film Festival

SUMMARY: French authorities believe arson may have played a role in a major power outage that threatened to jeopardize the Cannes Film Festival’s closing celebrations. Power was restored hours before the much-anticipated Palme d’Or ceremony, as music began blasting again from beachfront speakers. The end of the blackout was greeted with loud cheers from locals. Authorities suspect arson caused a fire at an electrical substation near Cannes that weakened the grid overnight, a spokesperson for the French national gendarmerie said. At another location hours later, a high-voltage line collapsed, resulting in about 160,000 households in the Alpes-Maritimes department losing electricity.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR

Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds more prisoners hours after a massive attack on Kyiv

SUMMARY: Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds more prisoners as part of a major swap that amounted to a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s defense ministry said each side brought home 307 more soldiers Saturday, a day after each released a total of 390 combatants and civilians. The development came hours after Kyiv came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack that left at least 15 people injured, according to local officials. Explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS

9 of a doctor’s 10 children are killed in Israel’s latest strikes in Gaza

SUMMARY: Gaza’s Health Ministry says the bodies of 79 people killed by Israel strikes have been brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours. The toll doesn’t include hospitals in the battered north that the ministry says are now inaccessible. The dead over the past day in Israel’s renewed military offensive included nine of a doctor’s 10 children. That’s according to horrified colleagues and the Health Ministry. Israel’s military says it struck suspects operating near its forces and described the area of the southern city of Khan Younis as a “dangerous war zone.” Israel says its air force struck over 100 targets throughout Gaza over the past day in its renewed offensive.

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS-HUMAN-SHIELDS

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

SUMMARY: Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen. They say the practice has become ubiquitous over 19 months of war. Israel’s military says it prohibits using civilians as shields, a practice it’s long accused Hamas of using. It says it’s investigating a handful of cases but wouldn’t give details. Seven Palestinians described to The Associated Press being used as shields in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. One said he was beaten, bound and blindfolded. Two Israeli solders also described using human shields and that derogatory terms like mosquito were used to refer to the Palestinians.

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EU--FRANCE-KARDASHIAN-HEIST

Kim Kardashian’s robbers found guilty in Paris but won’t face prison time

SUMMARY: A Paris court has found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian. The court on Friday acquitted two of the 10 defendants. The chief judge said that the defendants’ ages — six are in their 60s and 70s — and their health issues weighed on the court’s decision to impose sentences that he said “aren’t very severe.” The 69-year-old ringleader Aomar Aït Khedache got the stiffest sentence. He was given eight years imprisonment but five of those are suspended. With time already served in pretrial detention, none of those found guilty will go to prison and all walked out free.

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EU--GERMANY-STATION STABBING

A stabbing at Hamburg’s central train station causes multiple injuries. A woman is arrested

SUMMARY: Authorities say a stabbing attack at the busy central station in the German city of Hamburg left multiple people injured, some of them in life-threatening condition. Police said a woman was arrested as the suspect on Friday and was believed to have acted alone. The attacker targeted people on a platform in the station at around 6 p.m., according to police. Police said there was no immediate indication of any political motive, and investigators were looking into whether the suspect may have been mentally ill.

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ML--IRAN-US

Iran-US talks made ‘some but not conclusive progress,’ mediator Oman says

SUMMARY: Mediator Oman says Iran and the United States made “some but not conclusive progress” in a fifth round of negotiations in Rome over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. The remarks by Badr al-Busaidi Friday suggest the negotiations between the two longtime enemies would continue even as the talks run up against their toughest challenge. That’s trying to find middle ground between American demands that Iran stop enriching uranium while Tehran insists its program must continue. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that al-Busaidi presented ideas “without creating any commitments for either side.”

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BUSINESS

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US--TRUMP-US STEEL-NIPPON

Trump says US Steel will keep HQ in Pittsburgh in a sign he’ll approve bid by Japan-based Nippon

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of what he called a “partnership” between the American steelmaker and Japan-based Nippon Steel, which sought to buy it. Trump’s statement Friday left it vague as to whether he’s approving Nippon Steel’s bid after vowing to block it, but investors took it as a positive sign, sharply pushing up U.S. Steel’s shares. The companies issued approving statements, but didn’t describe terms of the deal. Nippon Steel’s nearly $15 billion bid to buy U.S. Steel was blocked by former President Joe Biden. One union official suggests the federal government will have a role in the company’s management going forward.

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FINANCIAL MARKETS

Trump’s latest tariff threats knock Wall Street, European stocks and Apple lower

SUMMARY: U.S. stocks fell after President Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on the European Union that could begin in a little more than a week. The S&P 500 lost 0.7% Friday and had its worst week in the last seven. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1%. The losses were sharper in Europe after Trump said trade talks were going nowhere. Apple dropped after Trump threatened a 25% tariff on smart phones made outside the United States. U.S. stocks pared their loss through the day as traders weighed whether Trump’s latest threats were just negotiating tactics.

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US--TRUMP-TARIFFS-IPHONE-REALITY CHECK

Apple has had few incentives in the past to start making iPhones in US

SUMMARY: Lashing out at Apple’s plans to make most of its U.S. iPhones in India, President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a 25% tariff on the popular device unless the tech giant starts building the product in its home country — a move that still seems unlikely to happen any time soon, if ever. It would take several years and cost billions of dollars to build new plants in the U.S. and shift its supply chain. Combined with current economic forces, the price of an iPhone could triple, threatening to torpedo sales of Apple’s marquee product.

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HEALTH/SCIENCE

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SCI--BE WELL-SUNSCREEN DARKER SKIN

You should wear sunscreen even if you have darker skin. Here’s why

SUMMARY: Skin experts say people of color still need to wear sunscreen. The melanin in darker skin offers some extra protection from the sun, but dermatologists say that isn’t enough on its own. Sunscreen does help prevent skin cancer, but the cancers affecting Black people tend not to be sun-related. Dermatologists say sunscreen is an additional protective layer that helps prevent a host of other skin problems including sunburns, rosacea and dark patches. It’s recommended that people with darker skin use at least SPF 30 sunscreen, reapplying every two hours.

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US--MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER

US measles case count climbs slightly to 1,046 cases, while Indiana’s outbreak ends

SUMMARY: The U.S. is up to 1,046 confirmed measles cases. Texas added 10 cases in the past week, further signaling slowing of the nation’s largest outbreak. Two elementary school-aged children and an adult have died from measles-related illnesses this year. Other states with active outbreaks include Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Indiana said its outbreak is over. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 2000.

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RELIGION

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EU-REL--VATICAN-POPE-PERU

As Pope Leo XIV faces scrutiny, victims of abusive Catholic group say he helped when others didn’t

SUMMARY: Pope Leo XIV’s record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed scrutiny since his election May 8. And overall, one of the biggest challenges facing history’s first American pope will be how he addresses the clergy abuse scandal. But one group of people who are defending the former Robert Prevost’s record and cheering his election are the victims of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a sect-like organization in the heart of the Latin American church. They endured decades of twisted abuses including physical, sexual and psychological violence at the hands of its leaders and say Prevost helped when many others didn’t.

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EDUCATION

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US--TRUMP-HARVARD-FOREIGN STUDENTS

Harvard has long been the world’s top college. Trump’s sanction puts its allure at risk

SUMMARY: For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement. The letter offers a spot among the elite at a campus that produces Nobel Prize winners, captains of industry and global leaders. That prestige is now in jeopardy. In its intensifying fight with the White House, Harvard was dealt its heaviest blow yet on Thursday, when the government blocked the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students. The move threatens to undermine Harvard’s stature, its revenue and its appeal among top scholars around the world. Even more than the government’s $2.6 billion in research cuts, the administration’s action represents an existential threat for Harvard.

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US--TRUMP-HARVARD

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard

SUMMARY: A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. The temporary restraining order stops the government from pulling Harvard’s certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which allows the school to sponsor international students as they obtain visas to study in the U.S. Harvard filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts earlier Friday. In its lawsuit, Harvard said the government’s action violates the First Amendment and will have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.” The ruling from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs puts the sanction against Harvard on hold, pending the lawsuit.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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ENT--CANNES-AWARDS

Cannes, with the lights back on after outage, prepares to award the Palme d’Or

SUMMARY: The Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony got underway Saturday after a major power outage struck southeastern France due to what police suspected as arson. The ceremony and the awarding of the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, remained as scheduled during the hours-long outage due to an alternative power supply. But as stars including Jane Fonda, Cate Blanchett and Elle Fanning arrived on the red carpet, power was fully restored in Cannes and attention turned to who might win the Palme d’Or. Among the early winners Saturday were Wagner Moura for the Brazilian political thriller “The Secret Agent” and a special prize for Bi Gan’s sci-fi film “Resurrection.”

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US--PLANE CRASH-SAN DIEGO-MUSIC SCENE

San Diego plane crash is a devastating loss to the alternative rock music community

SUMMARY: The alternative music community is in mourning after a private jet hit a power line in foggy weather early Thursday and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood. It slammed into a home and killed multiple people on the flight. Among them was the groundbreaking music executive Dave Shapiro, a pillar of his music scene, and Daniel Williams, a former drummer for the popular Ohio metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. Both Williams and Shapiro served as success stories for their rock music scenes, proof that these subcultural sounds had real mainstream appeal, according to members of their community.

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ENT--MUSIC-BILLY JOEL

Billy Joel cancels touring after being diagnosed with a brain disorder

SUMMARY: Billy Joel has canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.” Joel revealed on Instagram that he has Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. It’s “a brain disorder that can affect brain-related abilities, including thinking and concentrating, memory, movement and more,” the Cleveland Clinic says. Joel, 76, wrapped up his decadelong residency at Madison Square Garden in July 2024 and continued to tour. His planned summer stops included shows at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field in New York, and MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Tickets for all the shows will be refunded.

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LIFESTYLE

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US--PENNY-COIN OF THE REALM

See a penny, pick it up? In the future, probably not as often — and, some say, that matters

SUMMARY: Ask someone for their thoughts, could it now cost you a nickel? If you want to call somebody stingy, would you say they’re a quarter-pincher? And if they spend money unwisely, are they now dime wise but pound foolish? Ok, maybe those are some penny-ante concerns in the wake of the U.S. Treasury saying it will stop making shiny new penny coins after the current production run is complete. But it is the end of an era in the United States. While there will still be over a billion pennies in circulation, no new cents will be joining their ranks for the first time in more than two centuries.

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