- NBC News
'Terrified' ex-wife of former cop got restraining order before he allegedly killed her and his teen girlfriend
Amber Rodriguez was "terrified" in the weeks before her death and had been granted an order of protection against Elias Huizar, her ex-husband accused of fatally shooting her the same day his teen girlfriend was found dead in Washington state.
- Associated Press
Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations
Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. It easily cleared the Republican-controlled Senate last April, but lawmakers eventually hit pause as the House became consumed with controversy over expelling two Black Democratic lawmakers for their participating in a pro-gun control protest from the House floor. Interest in the reparations bill emerged again this year, just as lawmakers and GOP Gov. Bill Lee were in the process of finalizing the removal and replacement of every board member of the state's only publicly-funded historically Black public university, Tennessee State University.
- Reuters
UPDATE 1-Vale's net profit down 9% in the first quarter
Vale, one of the largest iron ore producers in the world, posted a $1.7 billion net profit for the quarter ended in March, while analysts polled by LSEG were expecting a $1.9 billion profit. The main impact on Vale's net profit when compared to the first quarter of last year came from lower realized prices of iron ore, nickel and copper, according to the company earnings release. Vale had already disclosed first-quarter output and sales figures last week.
