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NATIONAL

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US--SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-DIDDY

Prosecutor says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs thought he was above the law as he led a racketeering conspiracy

SUMMARY: A prosecutor has begun two days of closing arguments at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial by telling a jury that the music mogul used “power, violence and fear” to rule a criminal enterprise for two decades. The closing on Thursday was delivered by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik in Manhattan federal court. The defense will get its turn Friday. Afterward, another prosecutor will deliver a rebuttal closing argument before Judge Arun Subramanian instructs the jury on the law so it can begin deliberations. Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. The trial is in its seventh week.

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US--SAME-SEX MARRIAGE-WHAT TO KNOW

What to know about the Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago that legalized same-sex marriage in the US

SUMMARY: A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago on June 26, 2015, legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S. The Obergefell v. Hodges decision followed years of national wrangling over the issue, during which some states moved to protect domestic partnerships or civil unions for same-sex partners and others declared marriage could exist only between one man and one woman. In plaintiff James Obergefell’s home state of Ohio, voters had overwhelmingly approved such an amendment in 2004 — effectively mirroring the federal Defense of Marriage Act. That laid the political groundwork for the legal challenge that bears his name.

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US--DEPORTATION ERROR-THINGS TO KNOW

What to know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release and risk of deportation

SUMMARY: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the United States and facing human smuggling charges in Tennessee, but his future is far from certain. A federal judge has ruled that he has a right to be released while awaiting trial. But the judge is keeping him in jail for now while attorneys spar over whether prosecutors can prevent his deportation if he is released. Abrego Garcia’s attorneys expect U.S. immigration officials to try to quickly deport him. The Salvadoran national became a flashpoint over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies when he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March.

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US--DEPORTATION ERROR-ABREGO GARCIA

Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain in jail while attorneys spar whether he’ll be swiftly deported

SUMMARY: Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in jail for at least a few more days while attorneys in the federal smuggling case against him spar over whether prosecutors can prevent his deportation if he is released to await trial. The Salvadoran national whose mistaken deportation became a flashpoint in the fight over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies has been in jail since he was returned to the U.S. on June 7, facing two counts of human smuggling. Although a federal Judge has ruled that he has a right to be released and even set specific conditions for his release, his attorneys at a Wednesday hearing expressed concern that it would lead to detention by ICE. Abrego Garcia faces two counts of human smuggling.

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US--MISSISSIPPI EXECUTION

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing

SUMMARY: Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder. Richard Gerald Jordan was a Vietnam veteran who was found guilty of kidnapping and killing Edwina Marter in 1976. He was one of several on death row who sued the state over its three-drug execution protocol, claiming it is inhumane. Jordan’s execution Wednesday was the third in Mississippi in the last 10 years. Previously the most recent one was carried out in December 2022.

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US--ELECTION 2025-WHO IS ZOHRAN MAMDANI

Who is Zohran Mamdani? State lawmaker seeks to become NYC’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor

SUMMARY: Zohran Mamdani had been a state lawmaker unknown even to most New Yorkers before announcing his run for mayor. But that was before he declared victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. The 33-year-old former foreclosure prevention counselor has represented a legislative district in Queens since 2020. He’s also a one-time rapper and son of award-winning Hollywood filmmaker Mira Nair, whose credits include “Monsoon Wedding” and “The Namesake.” Mamdani was born in Uganda and became an American citizen shortly after graduating college. He’s seeking to become the city’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor, not to mention its youngest mayor in generations.

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US--ELECTION 2025-NYC MAYOR

Zohran Mamdani claimed victory over Cuomo. His next obstacle: Eric Adams, the Republicans and more

SUMMARY: Zohran Mamdani has claimed victory over a wounded, but still perhaps formidable Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. Now the 33-year-old progressive upstart faces an equally tough task: Defeating Mayor Eric Adams and a Republican opponent, while fending off critics who argue the democratic socialist who thrilled liberal voters is too far to the left. The results, while not yet finalized, have Mamdani in a commanding lead that will be exceedingly difficult for Cuomo to overcome when ballots are redistributed in New York City’s ranked choice voting process.

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US--CONGRESS-BUDGET-IMMIGRATION-THINGS TO KNOW

A look at how Trump’s big bill could change the US immigration system

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s spending cuts and border security package would inject hundreds of billions of dollars into his mass deportation agenda. The Republican president’s big bill would fund everything from an extension of the United States’ southern border wall to detention centers to thousands of additional law enforcement immigration staffers. The immense cash infusion could reshape America’s immigration system by expanding the law enforcement bureaucracy and detention network while increasing costs to legally immigrate to the U.S. The bill sets aside $46.5 billion for what the House Homeland Security Committee calls an “integrated border barrier system” along the U.S.-Mexico border and $45 billion to expand the network of immigrant detention facilities.

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US--CONGRESS-TAX CUTS

Key Medicaid provision in Trump’s bill is found to violate Senate rules. The GOP is scrambling

SUMMARY: The Senate parliamentarian has advised a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill doesn’t adhere to procedural rules. It’s a blow to Republicans rushing to finish the package this week. The guidance from the parliamentarian is rarely ignored and forces GOP leaders to consider options. Majority Leader John Thune says, “We have contingency plans.” Trump is hosting an event later Thursday with people the White House says will benefit from the bill. He wants the package passed by the Fourth of July.

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US--SUPREME COURT-PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Supreme Court says states can block Medicaid money for health care at Planned Parenthood

SUMMARY: The Supreme Court says Planned Parenthood says states can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings without facing lawsuits from patients. Planned Parenthood says that will hinder access to certain kinds of care for 1 million patients in South Carolina and could allow for wider funding cuts in other states. The state’s Republican governor, on the other hand, is applauding the ruling. South Carolina argued no public money should go to Planned Parenthood, even if it’s not paying for abortions.

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US--MIDEAST WARS-US-IRAN

Pentagon leaders cite military tactics to show destruction from US attacks on Iran

SUMMARY: Pentagon leaders have laid out new details about military tactics and explosives to bolster their argument that U.S. attacks had destroyed key Iranian nuclear facilities. But at a Pentagon briefing Thursday, little more emerged on how far back the bombing had set Tehran’s atomic program. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine tried to shift the debate from whether the nuclear targets were “obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said. Hegseth was asked whether Iran’s highly enriched uranium was moved before the weekend strikes. He said the Pentagon is looking at the intelligence to ensure “we have a sense of what was where.”

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US--MIDEAST-WARS-CONGRESS

Trump officials will give their first classified briefing to Congress on the Iran strikes

SUMMARY: Senators are set to meet with top national security officials as some lawmakers question President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites and whether those strikes were successful. The classified briefing Thursday was originally scheduled for Tuesday. Meantime, the Senate is expected to vote this week on a resolution that would require congressional approval if Trump were to order another strike on Iran. Democrats, and some Republicans, have said the White House overstepped its authority when it failed to seek the advice of Congress for the weekend military action.

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US--MIDEAST WARS-TRUMP-INTELLIGENCE

Trump’s latest rejection of intelligence assessments reflects a long distrust of spy agencies

SUMMARY: A leaked intelligence memo contradicting President Donald Trump’s assessment of U.S. strikes on Iran is the latest conflict with a part of the federal government he views with deep suspicion. The Republican president’s distrust of the intelligence community goes back to before his first term when questions were raised about his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia. In Trump’s second term, he’s tapped loyalists to lead intel agencies and publicly dismissed assessments that undercut his claims. Former intelligence officials say spy services strive to stay out of politics and a final accounting of the strikes on Iran will take time. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth scolded the media Thursday for focusing on an intelligence report he downplayed as preliminary.

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US--MIDEAST WARS-TRUMP-IRAN

Trump grapples for upper hand in debate over damage caused by US strikes on Iran

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is insisting that U.S. strikes delivered a crushing blow to Iran’s nuclear program. That’s despite a preliminary American intelligence assessment suggesting that the assault inflicted only a marginal setback. The leaked intelligence assessment said Iran suffered a delay of only a few months. The administration deployed a phalanx of top officials to defend Trump’s claims that Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and fully obliterated.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the assessment was “preliminary” and “low confidence.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the officials who disclosed the findings are “professional stabbers.”

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US--MIDEAST WARS-US INTELLIGENCE

Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months

SUMMARY: A new U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes, not “completely and totally obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said. That’s according to two people familiar with the early assessment who were not authorized to address the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The report by the Defense Intelligence Agency found that while the strikes at the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites did significant damage, they were not totally destroyed. The White House strongly pushed back on the assessment, calling it “flat-out wrong.”

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INTERNATIONAL

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ML--ISRAEL-US-TRUMP-NETANYAHU TRIAL

Israelis love Trump. But some are unnerved by his vow to ‘save’ Netanyahu from his corruption trial

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the American leader into one of Israel’s most heated debates, unnerving many in its political class just days after they unanimously praised his strikes on Iran. Trump’s social media post condemning the trial as a witch hunt and his vow that the United States will save Netanyahu from serious corruption charges, came just two days after he called off an Israeli bombing raid in Iran. Both were dramatic interventions in the affairs of ally that previous U.S. administrations had insisted was a sovereign nation that made its own decisions.

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AF--CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-SCHOOL EXPLOSION

An explosion and ensuing stampede kill 29 children in a Central African Republic school

SUMMARY: An explosion and the stampede that followed at a high school in the Central African Republic have killed at least 29 students and injured more than 250. Authorities say the tragedy happened Wednesday at Barthelemy Boganda High School in the capital Bangui. The explosion occurred when an electrical transformer malfunctioned as power was being restored. The blast caused a stampede that killed many on the spot while others died in the hospital. The Ministry of Health has confirmed 260 people are receiving treatment. Around 5,000 students were at the school for exams when the tragedy struck.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS

Iran’s Khamenei resurfaces to warn against future US attacks in first statement since ceasefire

SUMMARY: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says his country has “delivered a hand slap to America’s face” with its strike on an American base in Qatar, and warned against any further U.S. attacks on Iran. The speech on Thursday marked Khamenei’s first public comments since a ceasefire was declared in the war with Israel. American forces on Sunday hit three Iranian nuclear facilities with bunker-buster bombs and cruise missiles, inserting the United States into the Israel-Iran war. Iran retaliated on Monday with a missile attack on the U.S. base in Qatar, which caused no casualties.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR

Ukraine has halted Russia’s advance in the northern Sumy region, commander says

SUMMARY: Ukrainian forces claim to have stopped Russia’s advance into the northern Sumy region, stabilizing the front line near the border. Ukraine’s top military commander said on Thursday that this success has prevented Russia from redeploying 50,000 troops, including elite units, to other areas. Russian officials have not commented on the claim. Fighting continues along the 1,000-kilometer front line, with Ukraine relying on drones to counter Russia’s slow but costly advances. In Donetsk, Russia claims to have captured two villages as part of its offensive. Both sides are also launching long-range drone strikes, causing injuries and damage across multiple regions.

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EU--FRANCE-STORMS

Storms in France leave 2 dead, 17 injured and cause parliament to spring a leak

SUMMARY: Two people have been killed and 17 injured during torrential storms in France. The storms toppled trees, flooded Paris streets and caused parliament’s roof to spring a leak as the prime minister was speaking. Prime Minister François Bayrou pointed out the leak above his head after delivering a speech in the National Assembly as rains beat down outside, quickly inundating Paris boulevards on Wednesday evening. Fire officers patched up the problem with absorbent mats. The storm front broadly swept France after a heat wave. The French civil defense agency said power was also cut to 110,000 homes.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-GAZA

7 Israeli troops are killed in a Gaza bombing as Palestinian officials say Israeli attacks kill 79

SUMMARY: Israel is reporting one of its deadliest days in Gaza in months as its military says seven soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack. Meanwhile, Palestinian health officials said Wednesday that Israeli attacks have killed 79 people in the battered enclave over the past day. At least 33 of them died while trying to access aid. The Israeli soldiers were killed on Tuesday when a Palestinian militant attached a bomb to their armored vehicle. Israel says over 860 soldiers have been killed throughout the war. The health officials in the strip say the overall Palestinian death toll in Gaza has passed 56,000.

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AS--NORTH KOREA-TOURISM

North Korea will open its biggest tour site next week, though it still largely blocks foreigners

SUMMARY: North Korea will open a tourist site on its east coast next week that it calls a prelude to a new era in its tourism industry, though the country still mostly blocks foreign visitors. The Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone has hotels and other accommodations for nearly 20,000 guests who can bathe in the sea, play sports and games and eat at restaurants and cafeterias on site. State media said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut the inaugural tape for the site Tuesday. The Wonsan-Kalma zone has been one of Kim’s most talked-about projects to make the country a tourism hub.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-HOSTAGE FAMILIES’ HOPE

The fighting has stopped between Israel and Iran. Families of hostages now hope for a deal in Gaza

SUMMARY: The families of hostages held in Gaza have faced a 20-month-long nightmare. As they try to advocate for their loved ones’ fates, they have been confronted with the whims of Israeli and Hamas leaders and the other crises that have engulfed the Middle East. Israel’s war with Iran pushed the hostage crisis and the plight of Palestinian civilians in Gaza to the sidelines. Hostage families again found themselves forced to fight for the spotlight with another regional conflagration. But as that conflict eases, the families are hoping mediators seize the momentum to push for a new ceasefire deal.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR TRIBUNAL

Zelenskyy approves plans on special tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders over Ukraine

SUMMARY: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally approved plans to establish a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The special tribunal will be created through an agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe which is the continent’s top human rights body. Zelenskyy visited the Strasbourg-based organization for the first time on Wednesday as part of the announcement. The special tribunal aims to target senior Russian leaders for the “crime of aggression.” Existing international courts including the International Criminal Court in The Hague lack jurisdiction to prosecute Russian nationals for that specific offense.

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ML--IRAN-AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE-ANALYSIS

Analysis: A battered Iran faces an uncertain future after its grinding war with Israel

SUMMARY: The bombing has quieted in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel, but the battle over the future of Tehran is likely to soon begin. Iran’s theocracy, battered by Israeli airstrikes that decimated the upper ranks of its once-powerful Revolutionary Guard and depleted its arsenal of ballistic missiles, faces an uncertain future as people begin to stream back into its capital. All of its old problems still remain, including a rapidly depreciating currency, a lack of jobs for its people and societal unrest over everything from the cost of living to requiring women to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab. There are no immediate easy answers — and the problems grow more severe from there.

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EU--EUROPE-SUMMIT

EU leaders meet to discuss tougher Russia sanctions, US tariffs and Middle East conflicts

SUMMARY: European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to address key global and regional issues. They will discuss Thursday tougher sanctions on Russia, U.S. trade tariffs, and the Middle East conflicts. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join via videoconference as the EU debates further sanctions and a Russian oil price cap. Defense and security dominate the agenda following a NATO summit where leaders pledged increased defense spending. Internal divisions persist, including disagreements over Israel’s conduct in Gaza and climate policies. The summit’s conclusions will set the agenda for the bloc for the next four months.

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EU--ITALY-VENICE-BEZOS WEDDING

Bezos and Sanchez arrive in Venice as protesters say their wedding highlights wealth inequality

SUMMARY: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have arrived in Venice, Italy, ahead of their star-studded wedding. Bezos waved from the water taxi as he and Sanchez arrived Wednesday at the dock of a hotel on the Grand Canal. The nuptials have galvanized an assortment of activist groups protesting it as a sign of growing wealth disparity and disregard of the city’s residents. About a dozen Venetian organizations have united under the banner “No Space for Bezos.” The various protests have included anti-Bezos banners on iconic Venetian sites and a mannequin floating down a canal. Confirmed wedding guests include Mick Jagger, Ivanka Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS-GAZA-PREMATURE BABIES

Doctors and moms say these babies in Gaza may die without more formula. They blame Israel’s blockade

SUMMARY: The Gaza Health Ministry says hundreds of premature babies are at risk of death from starvation across the war-battered Gaza Strip. Mothers and others blame Israel’s blockade for the plight of their children. Doctors say that although some formula has been delivered, the situation is dire. Their desperation comes as the war in Gaza has been overshadowed by the Israel-Iran war. Doctors say formula is crucial because many mothers can’t breastfeed because they are malnourished. One hospital recently received a supply of formula but more deliveries aren’t guaranteed. The director of another hospital says it is out of stock of the fortified formula required for newborns.

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EU--NATO SUMMIT-TRUMP

Trump wraps up a NATO summit far chummier than the tense meetings of his first term

SUMMARY: U.S. President Donald Trump has wrapped his participation in the annual NATO summit, a gathering far chummier than the tense meetings of his first term. Trump secured a major policy change he’s pushed for since 2017 as most NATO member countries, except Spain, agreed Wednesday to significantly increase their defense spending. Trump has complained the U.S. shoulders too much of the burden. The Republican president also affirmed his commitment to NATO’s mutual defense pledge a day after rattling allies by sounding noncommittal. While in the Netherlands for the summit, Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and said afterward they had a “good meeting.”

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-IRAN-DAY AFTER

A 12-day war followed by a sudden ceasefire. Some Iranians now wonder what comes next

SUMMARY: Many Iranians are still reeling from the 12-day war with Israel and a sudden, U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Now, as they return to their neighborhoods deeply shaken by Israeli air assaults, fears mount over what the country’s theocracy may do next. Human rights advocates have already warned that Iran’s government is ramping up executions of dissidents and political prisoners. Four Iranians recounted to The Associated Press that they believe only a minority in the Islamic Republic still firmly supports its leadership. They said they are concerned the fallout from Israel’s attack will derail any momentum for change in the country’s clerical rule, in place since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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EU--NATO-SUMMIT

NATO leaders agree to hike military spending and restate ‘ironclad commitment’ to collective defense

SUMMARY: NATO leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked. The 32 leaders endorsed a final summit statement saying: “Allies commit to invest 5% of GDP annually on core defense requirements as well as defense- and security-related spending by 2035 to ensure our individual and collective obligations.” Russia remains the major threat in Europe, but the United States is shifting its attention to focus on security priorities elsewhere. However, some countries have already warned that they will struggle to meet the target.

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FINANCIAL MARKETS

US stocks climb to the brink of a record

SUMMARY: U.S. stocks are climbing toward the brink of another record. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% Thursday and is just 0.2% below its all-time high, which was set in February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 349 points, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.8%. McCormick helped lead the market after the seller of cooking spices delivered a better-than-expected profit report. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market following a couple of better-than-expected reports on the U.S. economy, including on jobless claims and orders for long-lasting manufactured goods. Stock indexes were mixed across much of Europe and Asia.

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US--COLLEGE GRADS-UNEMPLOYMENT

College graduates face toughest job market in more than a decade as hiring slows

SUMMARY: Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade. The unemployment rate for degree holders ages 22 to 27 has reached its highest level in a dozen years, excluding the coronavirus pandemic. Joblessness among that group is higher than the overall unemployment rate, and the gap is larger than it’s been in more than three decades. That worries many economists as well as officials at the Federal Reserve because it could be an early sign of trouble for the economy. It suggests businesses are holding off on hiring new workers because of rampant uncertainty stemming from the Trump administration’s tariff increases

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US-SCI--SPACEX-PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS

International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

SUMMARY: The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight. The crew of four will spend two weeks at the orbiting lab, performing dozens of experiments. They launched Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and arrived on Thursday. America’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, is the commander of the visiting crew. She works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the chartered flight.

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US-MED--CDC-VACCINE COMMITTEE

Kennedy’s vaccine committee endorses preservative-free fall flu shots

SUMMARY: U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee endorsed fall flu vaccination Thursday for just about every American but with a twist: The group says people should only be given shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism. The seven-member panel, which includes vaccine skeptics, replaced the previous 17-member group earlier this month. Public health officials are worried that ideological decisions could make vaccines less accessible and more expensive for millions of Americans.

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EU-MED--US-VACCINES

Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

SUMMARY: U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the country is ending support for the international vaccine alliance Gavi. Kennedy spoke Wednesday at a Gavi meeting in Brussels. He criticized the organization for “ignoring science” and losing public trust. The move garnered criticism from doctors, who said defunding vaccines would put millions of children at risk. Gavi is a public-private partnership including WHO, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation and the World Bank. It has paid for more than 1 billion children to be vaccinated through routine immunization programs. The U.S. has contributed $8 billion to Gavi since 2001.

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CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

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US--CLIMATE-HEAT WAVE

One more sizzling hot day for the eastern US before temperatures plunge 30 degrees

SUMMARY: Weather forecasters are predicting wild temperature swings across the eastern U.S. Wednesday was expected to be another scorcher before temperatures plunge as much as 30 degrees. On Tuesday, at least 50 heat records were broken and 21 places hit triple-digit temperatures. About 127 million Americans are under some kind of National Weather Service heat advisory, down from more than 150 million Tuesday. The sizzling temperatures sent utilities scrambling to keep the air conditioning and lights on because of the massive power demand.

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RELIGION

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REL--AP POLL-RELIGION IN SCHOOLS

Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools, a new AP-NORC poll shows

SUMMARY: A new poll finds few Americans support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools. But majorities are in favor of allowing religious chaplains to provide support services for public school students. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows the complexity of Americans’ attitudes toward religious expression in schools, which varies depending on the kind of expression and sometimes crosses partisan lines. The findings also highlight tension points in the country’s long-standing debate over the role of religion in public schools, which continues to drive legislation and legal action.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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ENT--MUSIC-LOST ALBUMS

Music history is littered with projects planned, anticipated, even completed — and then scrapped

SUMMARY: Bruce Springsteen isn’t the only musician to complete or launch anticipated album projects, then to see it never see the light of day. Springsteen is releasing the “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” box set with reams of so-called lost music on Friday. There are many reasons for albums to be abandoned. Those include perfectionist or easily distracted artists, nervous record executives, and sometimes material that is literally lost. Dr. Dre, the Beach Boys, Prince, Green Day, Neil Young and others all had their stories. But as Springsteen notes in explaining while one of discs was dropped: “I always put them away, but I don’t throw them away.”

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SPORTS

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BKN--NBA DRAFT

Cooper Flagg is the new Maine man for the Mavericks as the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft

SUMMARY: Cooper Flagg is headed to the Dallas Mavericks, who may have found their next franchise superstar less than five months after trading one away. The Mavericks took the Duke forward with the No. 1 pick in the draft Wednesday night, selecting the 18-year-old who was the college player of the year in his lone season. Mavericks fans were furious when Dallas traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 1, some immediately threatening to end their support of the team. But the ones who stuck around may quickly love Flagg, who averaged 19.2 points and 7.5 rebounds while leading Duke to the Final Four. Rutgers freshman Dylan Harper was taken by San Antonio with the No. 2 pick.

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