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One of the Cardinals participating in Pope Francis' burial Saturday is upsetting victims of clergy sex abuse and their advocates. NPR's Jason DeRose reports from Rome. Taking part in the burial rite is former Los Angeles Archbishop Cardinal Roger Mahoney. Court documents show Mahoney actively part in the burial rite is former Los Angeles Archbishop Cardinal Roger Mahoney. Court documents show Mahoney actively participated in the clergy sex abuse cover-up by moving accused priests in order to avoid law enforcement. The archdiocese ended up paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in settlement money to victims.

Mahoney's successor later barred him from public ministry in Los Angeles. Victims and their advocates say Mahoney's participation in the burial is shameful and indicates the church hasn't learned enough from its errors in handling clergy sex abuse. Jason DeRose, NPR News, Rome. The Trump administration is implementing what it calls emergency permitting rules

to try and speed up oil and gas drilling and mining. But as NPR's Kirk Ziegler reports, some of the energy industry say the development decision should be put on hold. Federal land managers are writing new rules to fast track everything from uranium mining to geothermal and natural gas drilling. But some in the industry say if energy prices stay below the cost of production, you can remove all the regulatory barriers you want and companies still won't drill. George Sharp of Marion Oil and Gas in New Mexico is worried about a recession. Nobody knows, you know, should I plan on drilling as well as this year? Should I, you know,

put them on hold? You know, what's gonna happen? You know, when you don't have certainty, you can't plan. The administration insists easing environmental restrictions will bring certainty. It can sometimes take two years or more to get a permit, and they're promising to cut that down to 28 days. Kirk Ziegler, NPR News. One of the country's well-known aerobatic pilots has died in an airshow crash at the Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. Pilot Rob Holland crashed Thursday during a normal practice maneuver and was setting up

to land as he prepared for the weekend's annual show at the base. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Dan Boggs spoke with reporters. We have moved the aircraft at this time. We will be taking it to an offsite location. And over the next two to three days, we will be doing a detailed examination of the flight controls, the engine, any avionics that may be installed on the aircraft. Behind the scenes we'll be also looking at the pilot qualifications." Officials with the air show say they plan to continue the event this weekend. On Wall Street the

Dow closed the week on a positive note, finishing at 40,113. It was up more than 1,200 points during the five days of trading. The Nasdaq closed at 17,382, up 1,330. The S&P was also up as well. From Washington, you are listening to NPR News. The state of California's economy has now surpassed Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy at $4.1 trillion in 2024, according to U.S. economic data. California is the most populated state with 40 million people and accounts for 14 percent of the U.S. total GDP, which last year exceeded $29 trillion.

California's Governor Gavin Newsom heralded the news about the size of the state's economy, but he warns it could be threatened by President Trump's tariffs to the tech sector, which account for much of the state's economic growth. President Trump has approved part of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear's request for major disaster declarations from the April flooding. Stan Engold from Member Station WEKU has more on the story. The President approved individual assistance for Kentuckians in 13 of the counties affected by the most recent flooding. The Governor's request also included public assistance for 33 counties and hazard mitigation for the entire state.

Those portions of the request are still pending. The governor will request that additional counties be added to the declaration through an amendment once ongoing assessments are complete. Seven Kentuckians died as a result of the flooding earlier this month. This is the second major flooding event in Kentucky in three months. Kentucky was recently denied federal public assistance in two counties as well as federal individual assistance for families in six other counties affected by February's flood event. For NPR News, I'm Stan Engold in Richmond, Kentucky. Former congressman George Santos gets 87 months in

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