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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Laxmelea Seng. Major market indices are ending the day higher, the Dow closing up more than a thousand points, the stocks regaining some ground a day after markets posted heavy losses. Caution still prevails, fueled by President Trump's trade war and his verbal attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Stocks may have gained, but there really wasn't much conviction to the moves. Investors are still hoping to see some kind of de-escalation in the trade war. Earlier in the day, the IMF cut its growth forecast for the global economy to 2.8%, down from the 3.3% it had projected in January. And now there are also concerns as Trump continues to attack the Fed and Jerome Powell. The President wants the Fed to cut interest rates and he's threatening to fire Powell.

But there are big questions about whether Trump actually has the power to do that. So despite the gains, sentiment remains fragile. Rafael Nam in PR News. Cardinals, bishops and nuns assembled in a Vatican chapel praying and singing for Pope Francis as his body lay in an open casket. Sunday, he addressed people for the final time during Easter Mass, the following day the Pope died. He was 88 years old. NPR's Ruth Sherlock says that before the pontiff's funeral Saturday, he will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the next three days. For past papal funerals, the pontiff was laid inside three nested coffins, one of cypress wood, one of elm and one of

lead. They would be covered with a gold cloth and lying state on a raised pedestal in front of the altar in St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Francis has done away with the more ornate parts of this tradition, just as he advocated for simplicity in life, shunning the wealth and frills that come with the papacy. So he's done so in death. When people stream into St. Peter's Basilica, they will find him lying in a simple single wood coffin lined with zinc. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Rome. A delegation of congressional Democrats traveled to El Salvador.

They demanded answers on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's detention. His family, Maryland, is still fighting to get him back after he was illegally deported last month. Representative Robert Garcia spoke to NPR's Here and Now. This is about due process that every person in the United States deserves due process under the Constitution, regardless of whether they are a citizen, a temporary resident, a student on a visa. Everyone deserves that right. The U.S. Supreme Court rule the Trump administration had to facilitate a break of Garcia's return to the U.S. The Justice Department says it

cannot since he is in a foreign country's custody. The Dow has closed up more than 1,000 points or 2.6 percent. The S&P and ASAC also up 2.5 percent. It's NPR News. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences say next year's Oscars ceremony will take place March 15th. NPR's Mandolita El Barco reports the organization now has a few new rules. To be eligible to vote on the finalists at next year's Oscars, Academy members will be required to watch every film in the nominating categories. Until now, they've only been encouraged to do so. The announcement does not state how this will be verified or enforced. According to the new rules, the Academy will also take into account how much generative artificial

intelligence and other digital tools were used to make films that are competing. Filmmakers with refugee or asylum status will be eligible to compete in the international feature film category, and for the first time, casting directors will get their own Academy Awards. Mandelit Del Barco, NPR News, Los Angeles. Disgrace movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is being retried for rape. A majority female jury has been seated. Opening statements

are set to begin at his New York trial tomorrow. Five years ago, Weinstein was convicted of felony sex crimes in one of the defining cases of the Me Too era. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Last year, New York's top court threw out Weinstein's conviction on the grounds that he did not get a fair trial. Weinstein is also appealing a conviction and lengthy prison sentence in California. Today is Earth Day promoting environmental protection and if you have ever thought of planting a tree maybe on Friday because that is National Arbor Day. It's NPR News. Have you or someone you love been confused by the push to make America healthy again?

Then you, my friend, are in dire need of our new series. On It's Been A Minute from NPR, we're delving into some of the origins, conspiracy theories, and power grabs that have led us to this moment, and what it could mean for our health. That's on the It's Been A Minute podcast from NPR.