• ☝️ Cinco de Mayo, the annual observance of Mexico’s victory over the French army in 1862, was celebrated across Mexico and the US yesterday.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed up on Friday (S&P: +1.3%; Dow: +1.2%; Nasdaq: 2.0%).
• 💼 The US economy added a seasonally adjusted 175,000 jobs in April, per new gov’t data; that’s below the 240,000 economists expected; employers added 315,000 jobs in March.
• 📝 Berkshire Hathaway held its annual shareholder meeting over the weekend. Read a full recap of Warren Buffett's comments.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏇 Mystik Dan won the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, beating out two other horses in a photo finish; see the best outfits and hats from Derby attendees. | 🏀 NBA Playoffs: Conference semifinal matchups were finalized this weekend; it’s the Nuggets (0-1) vs. Timberwolves (1-0), Thunder vs. Mavericks, Knicks vs. Pacers, and Celtics v. Cavaliers. | 🏀 Caitlin Clark scored 21 points in her WNBA preseason debut with the Indiana Fever on Friday; her first regular-season game is next Tuesday.
• 🍿 The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, earned a disappointing $28.5 million to top the domestic box office in its opening weekend.
• 🤔 The Kendrick vs. Drake rap beef, explained.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🚀🌒 China launched a 53-day mission that, if successful, would make it the first nation to retrieve samples from the dark side of the Moon.
• 📜 Some events in the Bible – including the settling of Jerusalem, a major earthquake there, and the city’s eventual destruction by the Babylonians – are supported by precise radiocarbon dating, per a new study published in PNAS.
• 🛰️ Earth gained a record 2,877 satellites last year, bringing the total number of spacecraft in orbit to 12,597, per new data from Slingshot Aerospace.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• ⛈️🌪️ A severe storm system is expected to affect up to 40 million Americans across the Central and Southeastern US between today and Wednesday; tornado warnings were issued for areas of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.
• 🇮🇱 Israel’s government ordered the closure of Al Jazeera in the country, a move the Qatari state-owned news network called a “criminal act.”
• ⚖️ Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife were indicted on federal bribery and conspiracy charges; they’re accused of accepting ~$600,000 to advance the interests of a bank in Mexico and an oil and gas company owned by the Azerbaijan government.

CLICKBAIT

• 🧠👀 Optical illusion reveals key brain rule that governs consciousness.