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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal death penalty charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing  AP News What Luigi Mangione supporters want you to know  CNN Luigi Mangione’s case marks a shift in politics of the death penalty in the U.S.  NPR Mangione pleads

Wife of Weezer Bassist Seen Holding, ‘Firing’ Gun in Video Released by LAPD  Rolling Stone Gunshots heard on video as Los Angeles officers confronted and shot author, wife of Weezer bassist  NBC News Chaos and confusion before Weezer bassist wife was shot

Read the full criminal complaint against a Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities  PBS Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan charged with 2 felonies in ICE case  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Judge Hannah Dugan’s Arrest Is ‘Not Unprecedented’  Newsweek FBI director

The United States and Iran were expected to start haggling over details of a potential nuclear deal in Oman Saturday as they held their third round of talks in as many weeks. US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump will hold a second meeting on Saturday on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome, after a first 15-minute exchange described as “constructive” by Kyiv. “The leaders agreed to continue

The White House says they will release more details of the meeting, which they called “a very productive discussion.” (Image credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office)

Trump and Zelensky hold war talks inside St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of pope’s funeral  CNN

‘Everyone’s scared’: little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents’ dinner  The Guardian

Two of the five popes before Francis have become saints, but merely serving as pontiff is no longer a guarantee of canonization.

Pope Francis was honored with a funeral Mass Saturday morning in the Vatican City’s St. Peter’s Square. These are some of the images that captured the grief of those mourning him around the world. (Image credit: Kai Pfaffenbach)