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NEW AND DEVELOPING

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NATIONAL

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US--OBIT-CHARLES RANGEL

Former US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York dies at 94

SUMMARY: Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94. The outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. His family confirmed his death in a statement provided by City College of New York spokesperson Michelle Stent. She said he died Monday at a New York hospital. A veteran of the Korean War, he defeated legendary Harlem politician Adam Clayton Powell in 1970 to start his congressional career. During the next 40-plus years, he became a legend himself. In 2010, the House censured him following an ethics scandal. But he stayed in Congress until 2017.

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US--GEORGE FLOYD-MINNEAPOLIS

How has Minneapolis changed since the murder of George Floyd 5 years ago?

SUMMARY: Minneapolis has changed, slowly, since a city police officer murdered George Floyd on Memorial Day in 2020. The city is still struggling to decide what should become of the intersection where Floyd met his demise, which has become a place of pilgrimage known as George Floyd Square. City leaders have not agreed on whether to close the intersection to all traffic as a permanent memorial. Minneapolis has also begun a remake of its police department under court supervision — an effort that the mayor and police chief say will continue with or without the backing of the Trump administration.

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US--SOUTH CAROLINA SHOOTING

10 people shot at holiday weekend party on South Carolina boat

SUMMARY: Authorities say 10 people were shot during a fight that started on a private boat holding a holiday weekend party on the South Carolina coast. Horry County Police say no one died in the shooting in Little River around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, although some of the wounded are in critical condition. At least one person was taken to the hospital who was not hurt by gunfire. Police say the shooting happened around a dock where a private charter boat leaves for cruises. The boat was docked, and detectives are trying to figure out exactly where the fight and shooting began.

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US--CUBA DEPORTATIONS

Trump’s immigration crackdown unnerves Cuban exiles long shielded from deportation

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s crackdown on Cuban immigration has riveted a community that strongly backed him twice. After record arrivals of Cuban migrants, Trump wants to deport recent arrivals from the island. In March, he revoked temporary humanitarian parole for about 300,000 Cubans. Many have been detained ahead of possible deportation. Cuban-Americans in South Florida have long clamored for a firmer hand with Havana. One expert says singling out former Communist Party officials for deportation is “a political gift to Cuban-American hardliners.” But he says many Cubans fear they could be next on Trump’s list, and some in the community see it as a betrayal.

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US--DIVORCE-REDUCED OUTCOMES

US children of divorce have reduced earnings, increased chances of teen births and jail, study says

SUMMARY: Young children of divorce in the U.S. have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances of teen pregnancy and incarceration. That’s according to a new study released this month. After a divorce, a household’s income typically is halved as a family splits into two households, and they struggle to recover that lost income over the next decade. The study was conducted by economists at the University of California-Merced, the Census Bureau and the University of Maryland. It says families after divorce also tend to move to neighborhoods with lower incomes that offer reduced economic opportunities.

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US--GEORGE FLOYD-FIVE YEARS

Thousands mark 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder as they call for justice and decry Trump

SUMMARY: Thousands are marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder at religious services, concerts and vigils nationwide. In Houston, the Rev. Al Sharpton spoke at a private graveside service. Sharpton said Floyd represented all those ‘who are defenseless against people who thought they could put their knee on our neck.’ Events at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis include concerts and a worship service. Showing continued tension with police, a fake pig head mounted on a stick near where Floyd was slain wore a police cap.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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US--TRUMP

Trump honors fallen soldiers at Arlington, calling them ‘America’s best and bravest’

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has honored fallen service members with remarks at Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day. Trump on Monday also placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a somber tradition for U.S. presidents. Trump began the day with a decidedly different tone. In an all-caps social media message, Trump ranted at former President Joe Biden, calling him a “scum” who spent four years trying to destroy the country. Trump also went after federal judges who have blocked efforts to enact his mass deportation agenda.

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US--ELECTION 2028-PODCAST PRIMARY

The 2028 podcast primary is underway as Democrats try to reshape their image

SUMMARY: Four months into the Trump administration, some top Democrats are rethinking their approach to podcasts. Some high-profile politicians with 2028 aspirations are starting their own shows or venturing more into popular ones with already large audiences. Taking a reflective look back at their opponent’s strategy, Democratic strategists point out that Trump used podcasts to take his message to new audiences, and hope that their party’s next round of candidates can successfully do the same.

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US--TRUMP-TARIFFS

Trump says he’ll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc. That agreement came after a call Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. Trump says she told him she “wants to get down to serious negotiations.” Trump told reporters later Sunday that he had told “anybody that would listen, they have to do that.” He said Von der Leyen vowed to “rapidly get together and see if we can work something out.”

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INTERNATIONAL

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CN--CANADA KING CHARLES

King Charles III’s visit to Canada underscores its sovereignty to Trump

SUMMARY: King Charles III is to arrive in Ottawa on a visit that underscores Canada’s sovereignty to U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex its northern neighbor prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite Charles to give the speech from the throne that will outline his government’s agenda for the new Parliament. The king is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies. Canadians are largely indifferent to the monarchy, but Carney has been eager to show the differences between Canada and the United States. He said the king’s visit clearly underscores the sovereignty of Canada.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-THE LATEST

Live updates: Israeli strikes pound Gaza as a US-backed group plans to start aid operations

SUMMARY: Israeli strikes have pounded the Gaza Strip, killing dozens, including people in a school-turned-shelter that was hit as people slept. Local health officials said that the death toll by noon was at least 52, including 36 people killed at the school. The Israeli military said it targeted militants operating from the school. The military also said that three projectiles were fired toward southern Israel from Gaza on Monday. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, meanwhile, says it’s still going ahead with its launch of aid operations in the enclave despite the unexpected resignation of its executive director over the weekend.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS

Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza including 36 in a school-turned-shelter, medics say

SUMMARY: Israeli strikes have killed at least 52 people in the Gaza Strip, including 36 in a school-turned-shelter that was struck as people slept, setting their belongings ablaze. That’s according to local health officials. The military said it targeted militants operating from the school. The strike on the school in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City also wounded dozens of people. Among the dead are a father and his five children. A separate strike on a home in northern Gaza killed 16 members of the same family. Israeli ultranationalists meanwhile broke into the east Jerusalem compound of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.

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LT--VENEZUELA-ELECTION

Many Venezuelan voters, frustrated and disillusioned, skip election for lawmakers and governors

SUMMARY: Venezuelans still reeling from the outcome of last year’s presidential election did not respond to government calls to get out and vote for lawmakers, governors and other officials. That left voting centers practically empty at times and put officials on the defensive. The election, which the political opposition urged people to boycott, was the first to allow broad voter participation since last year’s presidential contest, which President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite credible evidence to the contrary. Sunday’s vote took place two days after the government detained dozens of people, including a prominent opposition leader, and linked them to an alleged plot to hinder the vote.

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AS--KOREAS-TENSIONS-WHAT TO KNOW

With North Korean leader Kim furious over failed destroyer launch, 4 officials have been detained

SUMMARY: North Korea says it has detained four officials who it says are responsible for the failed launch of its second naval destroyer. The reported detainments comes after leader Kim Jong Un expressed fury over the incident he said was caused by criminal negligence. Satellite imagery showed the vessel lying on its side and draped in blue covers, with parts of it submerged. North Korea has said the damage was not severe, but outside observers say it looks much worse than what North Korea has disclosed.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR

Russia and Ukraine complete prisoner swap hours after Moscow launches major aerial assault

SUMMARY: Russia and Ukraine have swapped hundreds more prisoners of war, the third and last part of a major swap and a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire. Each side brought home 303 more soldiers in Sunday’s exchange after each released a total of 307 combatants and civilians on Saturday, and 390 on Friday. The swap was the biggest since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and came just hours after Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv and other regions came under a massive Russian drone-and-missile attack that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens. Ukrainian officials sad the attack was the largest aerial assault of the war.

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EU-REL--VATICAN-POPE

Pope Leo XIV declares ‘I am Roman!’ as he completes formalities to become bishop of Rome

SUMMARY: Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. Leo formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, which is Rome’s cathedral and seat of the diocese. He then took the popemobile for a visit to St. Mary Major. There he prayed before Pope Francis’ tomb and an icon of the Virgin Mary beloved to many Roman faithful.

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ML--IRAQ-AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

First class graduates from American University of Baghdad, once Saddam’s palace

SUMMARY: The American University of Baghdad has celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students at a campus that was once a palace built by Saddam Hussein. Officials said they hope the graduation will mark the beginning of a new era in higher education in Iraq rooted in modernity, openness and international academic standards. The university was inaugurated in 2021 on the site of the al-Faw Palace, built on an island in the middle of an artificial lake by Saddam in the 1990s to mark the retaking of the peninsula of the same name during the war.

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BUSINESS

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US--FED CHAIR-PRINCETON

Powell defends Federal Reserve in Princeton speech amid onslaught of attacks from Trump

SUMMARY: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is defending the central bank’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also praised government employees and U.S. universities in a Princeton University speech during a baccalaureate service Sunday. Powell is an alumni of the Ivy League school, which holds its commencement Tuesday. Powell and the Fed have been subject to extensive criticism in recent weeks by Trump and a potential successor for the central bank’s unchanged key rates and inflation. Powell has acknowledged that the Fed could have moved quicker to raise interest rates once inflation began to rise in 2021. Still, on Sunday, he defended the Fed’s pandemic record.

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US--DIGITAL EQUITY ACT-SHUTDOWN

The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it

SUMMARY: One initiative distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones. And there are efforts in Oregon and rural Alabama teach digital skills to older people, including some who’ve never touched a computer. Those and others are in jeopardy after President Donald Trump said he’s cutting a program aimed at filling gaps in the digital divide. The Digital Equity Act was intended to cover unmet needs that surfaced during the country’s broadband rollout. Trump has branded the program as racist and illegal, and claims it amounts to “woke handouts based on race.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

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ENT--FILM-BOX OFFICE

‘Lilo & Stitch’ teams with Tom Cruise and ‘Mission Impossible’ for a monster Memorial Day weekend

SUMMARY: “Lilo & Stitch” is teaming with Tom Cruise for what may be a record-breaking Memorial Day box office weekend. Studio estimates Sunday show Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” earned a staggering $145.5 million in North American theaters. That’s the second biggest opening of the year after “A Minecraft Movie.” Paramount Pictures’ “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” was a very distant second domestically. The eighth and probably last appearance of Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in a nearly three-decade run still brought in a franchise record $63 million through Sunday. It outearned 2018’s “Mission: Impossible - Fallout.”

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US--OBIT-PHIL ROBERTSON

‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch and conservative cultural icon Phil Robertson dies

SUMMARY: Phil Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” has died. He was 79. Robertson’s daughter-in-law announced his death Sunday on Facebook. They said in December he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Robertson turned his small duck calling interest in the sportsman’s paradise of northern Louisiana into a big business and conservative cultural phenomenon. “Duck Dynasty” followed Robertson, his brother and his sons in a reality show presented like a sitcom. They were immediately recognizable by their long beards and their conservative, Christian and family-oriented beliefs.

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SPORTS

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EU--FRANCE-SPORTS-BANNING HEADSCARVES

A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France

SUMMARY: Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines including basketball that ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance. Critics of the rules say they disproportionately target hijab-wearing Muslim athletes. Now, a contentious bill backed by right-wing politicians that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions has cleared its first legislative hurdle in the Senate. If passed by the lower house, it would enshrine into law what has until now been decided by individual sporting federations. Supporters say the proposed law is a necessary step to protect secularism. Opponents denounce it as discriminatory and Islamophobic.

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CAR--INDY 500

Alex Palou makes history as 1st Spanish driver to win the Indianapolis 500

SUMMARY: Alex Palou has become the first driver from Spain to win the Indianapolis 500 by holding off former Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson over the closing laps at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Palou came to the speedway Sunday with four wins through the first five races. But it was No. 6, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” that he had circled on his calendar. Without an Indy 500 win, Palou said his career resume would never be complete. Ericsson, the 2022 Indy 500 winner, finished second for Andretti Global in a 1-2 finish for Honda. David Malukas was third for A.J. Foyt Racing and the highest-finishing Chevrolet.

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