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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> President Donald Trump announces proposal to implement 100% tariff on films produced outside the US (More)

> The 2027 NFL Draft to be hosted in Washington, DC, on the National Mall (More) | ... and New York Islanders win NHL Draft Lottery, will get top pick in 2025 NHL draft (More) | Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker released from league amid NFL investigation into sexual misconduct allegations (More)

> NBA postseason continues with the conference semifinals; see latest bracket (More) | ... and NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs second round began yesterday; see latest schedule (More)


Science & Technology
> OpenAI cancels plans to spin out most of the organization into a for-profit company, will restructure as a for-profit public benefit corporation overseen by a nonprofit board (More) | See OpenAI overview (More)

> Physicists capture first-ever image of individual atoms floating through open space, confirming atomic interactions previously theorized but never before confirmed (More)

> James Webb Space Telescope makes most detailed measurement to date of the atmosphere of a "sub-Neptune" exoplanet, the most common type of planet outside of our solar system (More) | JWST explained (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.6%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.7%); S&P 500 snaps nine-day winning streak (More)

> Skechers to be acquired for more than $9B by private equity firm 3G Capital, taking the shoemaker private after 26 years; Skechers shares close up 24% on the news (More)

> Ford suspends 2025 financial guidance due to expected $2.5B hit from US import tariffs, which it hopes to offset partially; comes after General Motors projected a $4B to $5B impact from tariffs (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Israel's security cabinet reportedly approves government plans to pursue a full reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, moving Palestinians southward (More) | Israel strikes Yemen's Hodeidah Port; attack comes after a missile claimed by Houthi rebels lands near Israel's main international airport (More)

> Trump administration offers undocumented immigrants free airline tickets and $1K to leave the US (More) | Rwanda confirms it is in discussions with the US on accepting deported migrants (More) | ... and the US also reportedly in talks with Angola, Equatorial Guinea (More)

> Romania's nationalist-populist candidate George Simion wins first round of elections on platform of cutting aid to Ukraine, fighting corruption; runoff against Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan is set for May 18 (More)

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