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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Pope Francis S has died from a stroke.

Speaker 3 (00:11):
The Vatican has released the pontiff's death certificate, and it
says the eighty eight year old Pope died of a
stroke that led to a coma and ultimately to irreversible
cardio circulatory collapse. Francis was recovering from double pneumonia, which
caused respiratory issues and kept him hospitalized earlier this year
for more than a month. The death certificate also noted

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the Pope had Type two diabetes and hypertension. I'm Sarah
le Kessler.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
At the White House during the annual Easter egg roll today,
President Trump took a moment to remember Pope Francis, saying
flags will be flown at half staff, calling him a
good man that loved the world. Harvard University issuing the
Trump administration in an effort to block the government from
freezing funding to the school. The lawsuit, which was filed

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in a US district court in massachu Use it's against
multiple federal agencies, is looking to block the administration from
withholding funding for what it calls leverage to gain control
of academic decision making at Harvard. The wife of former
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been found guilty in
her federal bribery and corruption trial. A Manhattan jury found

(01:20):
Nadine Menendez guilty on Monday afternoon of all fifteen charges,
including conspiracy to commit bribery and extortion. Several of those
charges carry up to twenty years behind bars. Doctors in
West Texas are battling both an outbreak of measles and
a wave of misinformation about the virus, which has flooded

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social media.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Countering the misinformation put out there about using vitamin a
for treatment of measles has been a struggle.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Pediatrician doctor Anna Montanez has been explaining to families that
vitamin a does nothing to prevent measles infection. It's only
used in controlled doses at the hospital to help children recover,
and even then, she says it does not work all
the time. I'm Brian Shook. Republicans are defending the recent

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deportation of illegal immigrants, some of which have been sent
to a notorious prison in Al Salvador. Senator John Cornin
of Texas says the numbers don't lie. The Department of
Homeland Security has made more than thirty two thousand arrests
in just fifty days. Nearly half are convicted criminals. Google
has lost a lawsuit from a coalition of states, including Washington,

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that claimed the company created an illegal monopoly over online advertising.
Brad Ford reports.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown says Google's monopoly hurt businesses
whose operations are funded by online advertising. He says Google's
anti competitive practices resulted in higher fees and limited advertising
for those businesses. A second phase of the trial to
determine remedies for Google's conduct will take place in the future.
I'm brad four.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Massive fire debris removal efforts in Los Angeles County could
finish by June. Mark Mayfield has the details.

Speaker 4 (03:09):
That is, according to officials with the US Army Corps
of Engineers, more than a third of the lots or
homes once stood in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Altadena
have been cleared. The work was being done by laborers,
heavy equipment operators. Has met technicians and truck drivers, most
of whom are private contractors. The US Army Corps Engineers
says that the crews are working at a record case

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or wildfire recovery. They are clearing about one hundred and
twenty lots per day and are operating at close to capacity.
Last Thursday marked one hundred days since the Palisades and
Eaten fires started.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
I'm Mark Mayfield, a Japanese bus driver, is losing out
on his life's work over seven dollars. The man who
worked for Kyoto City for nearly three decades will not
get his eighty four thousand dollars retirement pension after being
fired for stealing a few bucks from passengers fares. He
was caught on camera of his bus pocketing a thousand

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yen bill. I'm Brian Shook.