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The Vatican is saying that a stroke caused Pope France's death.
Sarah le Kessler has details.

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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.

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President Trump says he's ordering flags be flown at half
staff in honor of Pope Francis.

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He was a good man, worked hard, he loved the world,
and it's an honor to do that.

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Trump spoke from the White House during the annual Easter
egg roll on Easter Monday. Harvard University issuing the Trump
administration in an effort to block the government from freezing
funding to the school. The loss it was filed 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 Wall Street Journal

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reported that the Trump administration is planning to pull an
additional one billion dollars in funding from the university. That's
on top of it freezing over two point two billion
dollars in contracts in grants after the college failed to
meet demands such as eliminating DEI programs. Secretary of Defense
Pete haig Seth has reportedly shared more detailed military plans
across a second group chat in the signal app is

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time with members of his family. Multiple reports s A.
Hegg Seth shared information about an operation against Huthy's and
Yemen with his brother, lawyer, and wife. His brother and
lawyer both have jobs at the Department of Defense, his
wife does not. Ryan Coogler Sinners is the winner of
the weekend box office. The thriller film about vampire starring
Michael B. Jordan made over forty five million dollars in
its first weekend in theaters. It fought off a Minecraft movie,

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which took second with over forty one million dollars in
its third outing. The King of Kings came in third,
The Amateur took fourth place, and A twenty four's Warfare
rounded out the top five. I'm Tammy Triheo. Instagram is
using artificial intelligence in order to crack down on teens
lying about their age. Matt Mattinson has details.

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Its parent company Meta announced Monday that it's currently in
the testing phase in the US. The software is designed
to find accounts that are believed to be teenage profiles,
which would then put them into the teen account settings.
The tech giant says it's been using AI to verify
ages for a while, but this is the first time
this specific method is being used. Last year, Instagram launched

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teen specific accounts with beefed up protections as well as
parental controls. I'm at Mattinson.

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Economic optimism is low among bankers and supply managers in
the planes in the Midwest. That's according to multiple surveys
from Creighton University. Recently announced tariffs are reportedly hurting the
economic outlook for supply managers. Meanwhile, bankers in the region
are bracing for an underperforming season in the agriculture industry.
This week marks the fifteenth anniversary of the deep Water

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Horizon oil rig explosion.

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Brian Shook reports eleven people were killed. More than one
hundred million gallons of crude oil leaked into the Gulf
of Mexico, much of which floated to the Louisiana coastline,
which is still feeling the effects. A newly released report
by the conservation nonprofit Oceania found the impacts to wildlife,

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habitat and humans who rushed to help were more severe
than most anticipated. I'm Brian Shook.

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The Federal Trade Commission is suing uber over its subscription program.
The agency accuses the ride sharing and delivery company of
deceptive billing practices tied to Uber one subscriptions. The FTC's
lawsuit ledges uber I doesn't give subscribers a simple way
to cancel their membership and charges them without their consent.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson's is Americans are tired of getting

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signed up for unwanted subscriptions that seem impossible to cancel.
He adds, the Trump vance FTC is fighting back on
behalf of the American people. I'm Tammy Trhio