CNN 5 Things

This stallion season manager is celebrating a second chance at life at the 152nd Kentucky Derby. How one man is keeping a promise to his late grandmother ⁠at full speed.⁠ A family-owned supermarket is taking a page from NPR’s book with its own version of “Tiny Desk concerts.” This ancient "miracle tree" could solve a very modern pollution problem. Plus, meet ⁠the oncologist⁠ bringing life-saving care to places that don’t have it. 

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Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco 

Producer: Eryn Mathewson  

Senior Producer: Felicia Patinkin 

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We start with President Donald Trump’s comments on Iran’s latest proposal to end the war. We hear from some workers who are among millions marching in the US and around the world on May Day. We have an update on a second missing doctoral student in Florida. A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors during a hearing on the press dinner shooting. Plus, Spirit Airlines’ fate hangs in the balance.
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Iran has sent a new peace proposal for negotiations with the US to Pakistani mediators. The Defense Department is partnering with seven top AI companies. A suspect has been charged after two Jewish men were attacked in London. A gunmen suspected of killing two bank employees in Kentucky is now in custody. Plus, a man is celebrating a second chance at life at the 152nd Kentucky Derby.

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New surveillance of the WHCD suspect has been released. President Trump pulls surgeon general pick and nominates Dr. Nicole Saphier. Camp Mystic will not reopen this summer. US commercial flights to Venezuela resume after nearly seven years. Plus, a tie-wearing first grader inspires a book.
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A record partial government shutdown may finally be coming to an end. President Donald Trump weighs in on rising prices at the pump. Louisiana makes changes to its midterm election schedule a day after a Supreme Court ruling. A Texas camp facing multiple investigations walks back its reopening plans. Plus, how King Charles and Queen Camilla wrapped up their four-day state visit to the US.
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