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| Today marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, which draws attention to the high levels of overlooked violence against Native American people. Russian troops continued to attack the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol in what Ukrainian military officials said were ''heavy, bloody battles.'' With Roe v. Wade hanging in the balance, Oklahoma has implemented a draconian Texas-style abortion ban. And no, it's not Mexico's Independence Day - Cinco de Mayo marks an 1862 victory of Mexican forces over the French. |
| I'm Nicole with Thursday's news. |
Some news to know now |
| 👉 Donald Trump Jr. was the latest Trump family member to appear before a special House Jan. 6 committee. |
| 💵 The Federal Reserve raised its short-term interest rate by a half percentage point, the largest hike since 2000. |
| 📃 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison in a federal civil rights case over George Floyd's death. |
| 🟣 ''God, did he just hit me?'' Actor Amber Heard testified in the dramatic libel case Johnny Depp filed against her. |
 | | Actor Amber Heard testifies about the first time her ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp hit her, at Fairfax County Circuit Court during a defamation case against her by Depp in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 4, 2022. | | ELIZABETH FRANTZ, POOL/AFP via Getty Images | |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, money reporter Elisabeth Buchwald talks through what a recession would look like for the average American. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Ukraine makes gains against Russia, but battles are 'heavy, bloody' in Mariupol |
| Ukraine's General Staff says the nation's forces made some gains on the border of the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv and repelled multiple Russian attacks in the east. The General Staff's daily morning update Thursday said the Russians "lost control over several settlements" on the border of those regions. Ukrainian forces also repelled 11 attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the update said. At the same time, fighting over the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol continued, the General Staff said. The commander of the main defending force at the plant said the Russians have broken into the mill's compound, where limited evacuations of civilians took place over the weekend before being halted. Russian incursions had occurred for two days and "there are heavy, bloody battles," a Ukrainian military official said in a video Wednesday. Russia is trying to stop the flow of Western weapons into Ukraine by bombing railroad stations and other supply-line targets, Russian officials said. |
| 👉 More news on the Russia-Ukraine war: |
| 🟡 First lady Jill Biden will leave Thursday for Romania and Slovakia. |
| 🟡 Millions of refugees are fleeing Ukraine. Where are they going? |
| 🟡 Video: White House press secretary Jen Psaki says Russians "have already lost" war in Ukraine. |
| 🟡 ''No, no, I'm OK'': Angelina Jolie exits train station as air-raid sirens go off during Ukraine visit, video shows. |
 | | People with children wait after arriving from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol at a center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 3, 2022. | | Evgeniy Maloletka, AP | |
Amid Supreme Court fallout, Oklahoma implements abortion ban |
| Following news that the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn longstanding abortion protections, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed legislation that immediately implemented a Texas-style abortion ban . The new law essentially halts most abortions in Oklahoma and will allow private citizens to sue anyone who ''aids or abets'' a person seeking an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy – often before most people know they are pregnant. Oklahoma has a ''trigger'' law that would allow the state to immediately ban most abortions if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that established the right to abortion. The court verified the leaked draft opinion published Monday but asserted it did not represent a final decision. Abortion is still legal – for now. But much of the fallout of the leak has concerned if Roe v. Wade were to fall, the reality of the right to abortion would be up to state lawmakers. Multiple governors have weighed in on the subject, with conservative states like Oklahoma showing readiness to curb access. |
| 🟣 A growing number of Americans are traveling out of state for abortions due to restrictive state laws. |
| 🟣 Here's where each state will stand if Roe v. Wade is overturned. |
| 🟣 For subscribers: Anti-abortion groups could win a 50-year fight to end Roe v. Wade. But they aren't stopping there. |
 | | Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a Texas-style abortion ban on Tuesday that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. | | Sue Ogrocki, AP | |
Just for subscribers |
| ⚖️ From LGBTQ rights to interracial marriage, abortion ruling could be map for GOP's next push. |
| 👁 How the investigation into a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion will proceed – and who will lead it. |
| 🏃♂️ A six-year-old ran a marathon. Now race officials are facing questions. |
| ⬛ More than 100 deaths a day: Gun violence reached a ''staggering'' record in 2020, a report says. |
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Day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women |
| Nobody knows how many missing or murdered Indigenous women there are, but it's enough to have its own acronym: MMIW. May 5 marks the national day of awareness for MMIW, part a grassroots movement to draw attention to outsized levels of violence against Indigenous people, particularly women and children. Indigenous women are murdered at disproportionately high rates compared with other ethnic groups. The FBI's National Crime Information Center reported 5,203 missing Indigenous girls and women in 2021, a total deemed an undercount in a report to Congress because of a lack of comprehensive data. While new federal laws and actions have attempted to address the problem, advocates and family members of victims say these initiatives have not gone far enough — a report from the General Accounting Office noted how federal officials failed to meet deadlines imposed by the new laws. |
| 🔵 ''Just another dead Indian'': Indigenous woman's murder shows systemic struggles in MMIW cases. |
| 🔵 ''Don't overlook us'': Slow Amber Alert rollout reflects missing, murdered Indigenous crisis. |
| 🔵 ''My daughter is missing'': New laws fail to shield Indigenous women from higher murder rates. |
| 🔵 In California, a Native woman's killing remains unsolved: There are many others like her. |
 | | Klandre Willie, left, and her mother, Jaycelyn Blackie, of Aztec, New Mexico participate in a candlelight vigil on May 3, 2016 for Ashlynne Mike at the San Juan Chapter house in Lower Fruitland, New Mexico. | | Jon Austria/The Daily Times | |
ICYMI: Some of of our top stories yesterday |
| 🔴 A Georgia man was charged with second-degree murder after leaving his eight-month-old daughter in his car. |
| 🔵 Biden's options to protect access to abortion are limited. Here's what he can do. |
| ✔ The Ohio Senate primary election set the stage for many of the 2022 midterm election battles. |
| 🎸 Gallery: Meet the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. |
| ⬛ Police have arrested a suspect in the onstage attack of Dave Chappelle. |
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Cinco de Mayo: How the day became more popular in the US than Mexico |
| No, it's not Mexico's Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo on Thursday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over the French forces of Napoleon III on May 5, 1862, at the Battle of Puebla. The victory wasn't celebrated in Mexico at first, but rather by Mexican Americans as a form of resistance to the effects of the Mexican-American War, according to Mario García, a Chicanx historian from UC Santa Barbara. The holiday then picked up more traction during the Chicano Movement during the 1960s and 1970s, and now has been commercialized across the United States. While the holiday isn't honoring Mexico's independence as many believe, it is still a monumental day in Mexico's history, and a celebration Hispanics carried into the United States. |
| 🟢 Cinco de Mayo 2022 deals: Find free food, taco specials, discounted margaritas and more savings. |
| 🟢 Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday. So why does the United States celebrate it more? |
| Read in Spanish below 👇 |
Cinco de mayo: Como el día festivo se volvió más popular en los Estados Unidos que en México |
| No, no es el Día de la Independencia de México. El cinco de mayo conmemora la improbable victoria del ejército mexicano sobre las fuerzas francesas de Napoleón III el 5 de mayo de 1862 en la Batalla de Puebla. La victoria no fue celebrada en México al principio, sino fue adoptada por los mexicanos-americanos como un acto de resistencia hacia el impacto de la guerra entre Estados Unidos y México, según Mario García, un historiador chicanx de Universidad de California, Santa Barbara. Luego, la festividad ganó fuerza durante el movimiento chicano durante las décadas de 1960 y 1970, y ahora se ha comercializado en todo Estados Unidos. Aunque la festividad no honra la independencia de México como muchos creen, sigue siendo un día importante en la historia de México y una celebración que los hispanos llevaron a los Estados Unidos. |
📷 Photo of the day: Cinco de Mayo events around the US 📷 |
 | | A rider carries the flag of Mexico in the 2021 parade during the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Oklahoma City. | | DOUG HOKE/THE OKLAHOMAN | |
| Traditional dancers, parades and Mexican flags filled celebrations across the U.S. for Cinco de Mayo, a day that commemorates Mexico's historic 1862 victory over the French. |
| Click here to see photos of the Cinco de Mayo celebrations across the country. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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