Presidents, royalty and a multitude of simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at his funeral, where a cardinal said the pontiff’s legacy of caring for migrants, the downtrodden and the environment must not die with him. Read more
Soon after 7 p.m. (7 a.m. Hawaii time), the Vatican ended a TV broadcast of the visits that had been running nearly continuously, ahead of a private ceremony to seal his casket. Read more
Their legal statuses had been revoked as a result of their records being terminated from a database of the approximately 1.1 million foreign student visa holders, putting them at risk of deportation. Read more
“Starbucks’ current offer is insufficient to finalize a deal,” the workers’ union said. Read more
Isaacman is a billionaire pilot and astronaut who founded the Shift4 Payments company as a teenager and commanded the first civilian space crew in 2021 aboard a SpaceX capsule. Read more
President Donald Trump said last week his administration would proceed with plans to designate tens of thousands of federal workers as “at will” employees involved in policy decisions, stripping them of civil service protections. Read more
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The caterpillar prowls spider webs to scavenge trapped and helpless victims such as ants, beetles, weevils and flies, the researchers said. Read more
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were bolstered by gains in the “magnificent seven” group of artificial intelligence-related megacaps, while the blue-chip Dow was more muted. Read more
In a criminal complaint, the U.S. Justice Department said Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, refused to turn over the man after immigration agents showed up to arrest him in her courtroom on April 18, and that she tried to help him evade arrest by allowing him to exit through a jury door. Read more
The offered package comes after the administration of former President Joe Biden unsuccessfully tried to finalize a defense pact with Riyadh as part of a broad deal that envisioned Saudi Arabia normalizing ties with Israel. Read more
The ruling could set up another showdown between the Trump administration and federal courts over immigration enforcement. Read more
Kristen Kavanaugh and Mike Randolph, speaking in a Reuters interview, said their experiences at Tesla prompted them to write a new book, “Courage over Fear,” which they described as a guide for navigating the “fear-based leadership” that they say they encountered at Musk’s company and that increasingly characterizes other U.S. corporations and government. Read more
The dollar has been the biggest casualty of Trump’s on-off tariffs, dropping 4.8% so far in April, which would mark its largest monthly decline since November 2022. Read more
All three major U.S. stock indexes posted sharp gains, with the “magnificent seven” group of artificial intelligence-related megacaps, boosted by AI-powered software firm ServiceNow’s better-than-expected quarterly results, giving the Nasdaq the edge. Read more
“They had a meeting this morning,” Trump told reporters, declining to say to whom he was referring. “It doesn’t matter who ‘they’ is. We may reveal it later, but they had meetings this morning, and we’ve been meeting with China.” Read more
Robert Crimo III, 24, pleaded guilty to seven counts of first-degree murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery in March shortly before his trial was set to begin for the shooting in Highland Park that also injured over 40 people. Read more
The attack, which Trump said was “not necessary” and “very bad timing” as he pushes for peace, also wounded 90 people, smashed buildings and set off fires, Ukrainian officials said. Read more
At current U.S. childhood vaccination rates, measles could return to spreading regularly at high levels, with an estimated 851,300 cases over the next 25 years, computer models used by the researchers suggest. Read more
U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued the injunction at the request of 16 cities and counties nationally, led by San Francisco, in a lawsuit filed in February arguing that the administration was unlawfully trying to force local officials to cooperate with federal immigration arrests. Read more
Moon, 72, was indicted for bribery, while in the same case, former lawmaker Lee Sang-jik was indicted for bribery and breach of trust, Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement. Read more
Japan signed an agreement with Ukraine on April 18 for the loan of 471.9 billion yen ($3.3 billion). Read more
