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Trump again calls for more armed personnel in schools to deter violence; Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, prompting evacuations as lava threatens communities

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Giuliani: Payment to porn star made to protect Trump family President Trump's new lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani sought to clean up a series of comments made during a whirlwind media tour meant to bolster the president's standing regarding a payment to a porn star but that instead created new problems for his client. By John Wagner, Devlin Barrett and Josh Dawsey  •  Read more » Trump again calls for more armed personnel in schools to deter violence The president's speech to the NRA's annual meeting in Dallas was his first appearance before to group since the mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school on Feb. 14, which created new momentum for the gun-control movement nationwide. By Seung Min Kim  •  Read more »   Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, prompting evacuations as lava threatens communities After authorities had warned for several days of an impending eruption, the volcano delivered: White clouds of steam and gases rose high in the sky above the southeastern part of the Big Island. "It sounded like there were rocks in a dryer that were being tumbled around," a resident said. By Allyson Chiu and Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT SPECIAL REPORT How the music industry turned a blind eye to decades of allegations that R. Kelly abused young women Record executives, low-paid assistants and other players in the music industry allowed R. Kelly to thrive even as allegations of abuse began to grow, a Washington Post investigation found. Six women once connected with Kelly spoke to The Post about what they say were abusive relationships. Two, who reached settlements with Kelly, have never publicly spoken about him before. By Geoff Edgers  •  Read more »   Blackwater founder Erik Prince has cut a lucrative security-training deal with Chinese insiders. But is it against U.S. interests? Prince, a former Navy SEAL who created the security firm that played a major and controversial role in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is running a security college that trains Chinese military and security personnel to protect China's economic interests abroad. By Marc Fisher, Ian Shapira and Emily Rauhala  •  Read more »   Federal judge says special counsel wants Manafort to 'sing' about Trump The former Trump campaign manager was seeking to have bank and fraud charges against him dismissed, with his lawyers arguing that the alleged crimes have nothing to do with the work he did during the election. By Rachel Weiner  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT When a stranger takes your face: Facebook's failed crackdown on fake accounts Facial recognition technology, which Facebook has pitched as the fix to its fake-account problem, is much less effective than the social media giant advertised. By Drew Harwell  •  Read more »   New murder trial ordered for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel In a stunning reversal, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday vacated Skakel's murder conviction and ordered a new trial in connection with a 1975 killing in wealthy Greenwich, Conn. By Dave Collins | AP  •  Read more »   Unemployment rate falls to 3.9 percent — the lowest since 2000 The U.S. economy added 164,000 jobs in April, according to the government's latest report. The jobless rate had clung to 4.1 percent, which had been a 17-year low, for the past six months. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   Cape Up | Podcast 'I'm not convinced I'm dead': Mark Hamill on Luke's fate, Trump vs. Vader and kissing Harrison Ford In honor of May 4th (Star Wars Day), Luke Skywalker himself shares in-depth and rarely heard stories from his career and "Star Wars" history. By Jonathan Capehart  •  Read more »

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