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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Mystik Dan edges Sierra Leone and Forever Young to win 150th Kentucky Derby in a photo finish; see complete results (More)

> Frank Stella, pioneering minimalist American painter, dies at 87 (More) | Bernard Hill, actor known for role as Captain Smith in "Titanic," dies at 79 (More)

> Madonna attracts a record-breaking crowd of 1.6 million to her free concert at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach (More)


Science & Technology
> US Air Force announces plans for a fleet of 1,000 AI-controlled fighter jets, with the first reportedly scheduled to begin operating in 2028; follows a recent successful test flight of an AI-controlled F-16 with a human passenger (More)

> Study suggests beluga whales may communicate by changing the shape of the large fat deposit on their foreheads (More) | Researchers find bumblebees can collaborate to perform tasks, a trait usually observed in large-brained animals (More)

> Urinary tract infection vaccine shows success in preliminary trials; around half of women who took the oral treatment reported no infections during nine-year study (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +1.3%, Dow +1.2%, Nasdaq +2.0%) on the news of weaker-than-expected wage and job data in April, raising expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts (More)

> Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, informally known as the "Woodstock of capitalism," held over the weekend in Omaha, Nebraska; Buffett reveals Berkshire has sold entire Paramount stake at a loss as well as 13% of its Apple stock as Berkshire's first-quarter profit plunged 64% from last year (More)

> Tesla's decision to lay off at least 500 staff from its Supercharger business puts pressure on other electric vehicle companies to expand charger stations; Tesla operates almost two-thirds of the 42,000 fast-charging ports in the US (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Russia's interior ministry adds Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's name to its list of wanted criminals without specifying charges (More) | See updates on war (More)

> Flooding in Houston and East Texas leaves one child dead, while more than 400 people have been rescued from their homes, roads, and rooftops, after the region receives more than 20 inches of rain in less than a week (More)

> Panama holds general election days after frontrunner was convicted of money laundering and disqualified from running for president; early results show former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on track to win presidency (More)

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