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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
The Roman Catholic Church has an American pope for the
first time ever. Cardinal Robert Francis Privos was dubbed Pope
Leo the Fourteenth on Thursday. The pontiff has deep roots
in the Chicago area, where he was born in nineteen
fifty five. Jack Brewster is in Chicago.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
As the world welcomed Pope Leo the Fourteenth during his
first appearance in Saint Peter's Square. It was a more
personal celebration back here in his hometown of Chicago.

Speaker 4 (00:34):
This is beyond our wildest dreams.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Sister Barbara Reid knew Robert Pravos personally. She was there
in Rome and Pope Francis elevated him to be a cardinal.
How are you processing this?

Speaker 1 (00:46):
It's a little overwhelming yet, and as you can see,
I'm still a bit speechless.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
He's also known in Peru, where he spent decades serving
the poor and was known as the Latin Yankee Percapompute.
Pope Leo celebrating his first Mass as leader of the
Roman Catholic Church. The mass was attended by cardinals from
around the world Friday morning the Sistine Chapel. Those in
attendants included cardinals who were considered contenders during this week's conclave.

(01:17):
Today is Leo's first full day as pope. The Defense
Department is moving quickly to remove about one thousand transgender
service members from the US military. On Thursday, trans service
members were given thirty days to leave or be forced out.
The order follows a Supreme Court ruling that enabled the

(01:37):
Trump administration to follow through on a transgender military ban.
President Trump leaves upcoming trade talks with China will go
well and says that a deal would benefit the world
or A Westbrook reports. The comments come as China's exports
to the US drop by twenty one percent in April
from a year earlier.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
Some analysts say that this provides the first official data
off to the trade will began and shows the initial
damage from tariffs.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
But I'm Michael Kassner. President Trump is reportedly thinking about
raising income taxes on wealthy Americans. More from Tammy Triheo.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
Several media outlets say Trump is considering the tax hike
to help pay for the larger tax breaks he enacted
in twenty seventeen, which are set to expire next year.
The new proposal would raise taxes on people who earn
more than two and a half million dollars a year
from thirty seven percent to just under forty percent, which
is where they were before the twenty seventeen tax breaks.
The budget package currently being debated in Congress would extend

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those tax breaks. I'm Tammy Tricheo, a.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
Lead investigator, took the stand in Karen Reid's murder retrial
in Massachusetts to talk about evidence collected at the scene.
State Police Sergeant Ury Buchanic was also grilled about Trooper
Michael Proctor, who was fired after Reid's first trial, for
texting no nudes so far while searching Reid's phone. The

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investigation was conducted with honor and integrity, and all the evidence
pointed in one direction and one direction only. Prosecutor say
Reid killed her Boston copp boyfriend John O'Keeffe by hitting
him with her SUV and leaving him in the snow
after drinking in twenty twenty two. Reid says she's being
framed by others who beat him to death. The trial

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resumes today. The National Association of Letter Carriers holds its
annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive this weekend. More from
Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
About ten thousand cities across the US are expected to participate.
To donate, leave non perishable food items in a bag
near your mailbox on Saturday, May tenth. Donations will be
returned to the local post office and then sent to
nearby food banks.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
I'm Workneyfield, a Virginia resident, will be spending more than
thirty years in prison for funneling money to ISIS, the
Justice Department said yesterday. Mohammed Chippa raised funds and sent
money to female ISIS members between twenty nineteen and twenty
twenty too, to fund their escape from prison camps and
to fund ISIS fighters. A Michael Cassner