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  • For a seventh straight week, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department rules the Billboard 200. On the singles chart, Eminem references both the Steve Miller Band and his own past glory.
  • The challenges show religion is "on the minds of many people," says Deborah Caldwell Stone of the American Library Association. Another reason people objected to books was explicit sexual content.
  • Iran launched ballistic missiles against U.S. military and coalition forces in Iraq, targeting at least two military bases. Last week Iran's top general was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
  • Sprint Corporation confirms its two top executives are leaving the company. The Wall Street Journal reports that CEO William Esrey and President Ronald LeMay were forced out in a boardroom dispute over their use of a tax shelter. Matt Hackworth of member station KCUR reports.
  • President Biden is facing setbacks in his push to get the country vaccinated. With COVID-19 cases on the rise, he's telling federal workers they need to get the shot or get tested regularly.
  • History books tell us that times were hard in the 1800s. But there was occasional humor. Some of it was even funny.
  • Robert talks to Steve Metalitz (meh-TAL-its), vice-president of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella organization representing several American industries at risk in the intellectual property rights issue. Metalitz cites the new agreement with China as a step forward because he believes the Chinese now recognize that it is in their long-term interest to enforce copyright laws. Still, Metalitz admits that in the near term, only a small portion of the 2.3 billion dollars annually lost to US industry by copyright violations in China will be recovered by this agreement.
  • With the addition of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming, the federal government now recognizes same-sex marriage in 32 states and the capital.
  • Housing activists are enlisting renters who can and can't pay rent starting May 1 to sign a pledge with the goal of putting pressure on landlords and policymakers.
  • Relations between the two countries have collapsed over the Ukraine war, with the U.S. slapping thousands of sanctions on Russia, and militarily, economically and diplomatically supporting Ukraine.
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