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    South Dakota Gov. Noem erroneously describes meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in new book

    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described in a new book having met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress. Noem was already facing backlash for a description of how she shot a hunting dog. The book was part of an overt pitch to be chosen as a running mate for Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

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    Stocks surge as soft jobs report revives Fed rate cut hopes: Yahoo Finance

    All three of the major indexes (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^XIC) jumped after the April employment report showed the US added 175,000 jobs last month, far fewer than the 240,000 economists had been predicting. The unemployment rate ticked higher to 3.9% and average hourly earnings rose less than expected. Investors are also still digesting earnings from the likes of Apple (AAPL), Cloudflare (NET), Block (SQ), and Expedia Group (EXPE). Other trending tickers on Yahoo Finance include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO), Amgen (AMGN), and GameStop (GME). Top guests today include: 3:05 p.m. ET - Ed Yardeni, Yardeni Research President 3:15 p.m. ET - Blerina Uruci, T. Rowe Price Chief U.S. Economist 3:35 p.m. ET - Doug Creutz, TD Cowen Managing Director TMT - Media & Entertainment 3:50 p.m. ET - Danilo Gargiulo, Bernstein Senior Analyst, U.S. Restaurants and Dennis Geiger, UBS Executive Director, Equity Research 4:05 p.m. ET - Scott Krisiloff, The Transcript Editor

  • Associated Press

    Sudanese military leader's son dies of injuries following a motorcycle crash in Turkey

    The son of Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah Burhan, has died in hospital on Friday two months after he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey's state-run news agency reported. Mohammed Fattah Burhan Rahman was being treated at an Ankara hospital since the March 6 accident in which his motorbike crashed into a vehicle in the outskirts of the city, Anadolu Agency said. Burhan, Sudan’s de-facto leader, and other family members were informed about the death, DHA reported.