• ☝️ A Kansas City man recently opened the Museum of BBQ, which is believed to be the world's first museum dedicated entirely to the cooking craft.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📊 US markets closed mixed (S&P: +0.1%; Dow: +0.3%; Nasdaq: -0.1%); the S&P extended its winning streak to five days.
• 🍕 Domino's Pizza reported lower-than-expected profit and sales in Q1; expects same-store sales growth in 2025 despite macro pressures.
• 🤝 Airbus is acquiring some Spirit AeroSystems facilities that make parts for its jets; the deal comes after US rival Boeing recently agreed to reacquire the Kansas-based jet-parts maker for ~$4.7 billion. | Germany's Merck is buying US biotech company SpringWorks Therapeutics for ~$3.9 billion.

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• 🎥 The 2025 Cannes Film Festival’s main Competition jury was announced; it includes Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong.
• 🎸 The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees were released; they include Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, and The White Stripes; see the full list.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🛰️ Amazon launched its first batch of Kuiper internet satellites into space yesterday; Kuiper aims to compete directly with SpaceX’s Starlink.
• 🌌 A massive invisible molecular cloud was detected surprisingly close to Earth, per a new study; the cloud could shed light on how stars and planets form.
• 🤖 UPS is in talks with startup Figure AI to use its humanoid robots for some tasks, per a Bloomberg report.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• ⛪ The conclave to elect the late Pope Francis’ successor will begin May 7, the Vatican announced.
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