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Fall in love with new music every Friday at All Songs Considered, that's NPR's music recommendation podcast. Fridays are where we spend our whole show sharing all the greatest new releases of the week. Make the hunt for new music a part of your life again. Tap into New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, available wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington Washington I'm Shea Stevens. Tears among the thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square Thursday as white spoke billed from the chimney at the Sistine Chapel. After a second day of voting the 133 cardinal electors chose American missionary Robert Prevost to succeed Pope Francis. As heard here through an interpreter Prevost called upon the faithful to unite.

Help us and all others to build bridges with dialogue, with meeting, to be one common people living always in peace. Thank you to Pope Francis. one common people living always in peace. Thank you to Pope Francis. Prevost has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. In Washington, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has unveiled a sweeping plan to modernize US air traffic control,

including a revamped flight management system. Details from NPR Scott Newman. At a news conference with airline CEOs and the heads of the FAA and NTSB, Duffy cited January's deadly midair collision in D.C. and recent problems at Newark Airport as urgent reasons for action. He said President Trump is committed to solving the problem once and for all. He doesn't want to take this problem and pass it to the next administration, to the next secretary, to the next set of victims.

He didn't give a price tag but said with full funding from Congress, the overhaul could be done in three to four years. Scott Newman, NPR News, Washington. President Trump has fired Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, according to an email obtained by the Associated Press and NPR. Hayden's 10-year term in the Post was set to expire next year. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffrey says Hayden is accomplished, principled, and distinguished, and calls her dismissal the latest effort to ban books. Organizations providing HIV AIDS outreach and care in the

Deep South are feeling the shock of funding cuts to health agencies. From our partner KFF Health News, Amy Maxman has more. Half of the country's new HIV cases each year occur in the South. To combat the epidemic, the federal government funds groups that offer testing and support, like food assistance, to communities at risk of the disease. But as HIV prevention funds are cut and delayed, these organizations are scaling back their work. Daphina Ward is the executive director of the Southern AIDS Coalition. Prevention. We're seeing this about phase of what it means to truly work towards ending HIV in this country.

If the cuts stick, Ward says many people won't learn they're infected, won't be treated, and may spread HIV to others. U.S. futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street. This is NPR. A detained University of Alabama student has decided to self-deport to his native country, Iran. His attorney says Alireza Deruti is no longer facing the charge that precipitated his arrest, but did not want to spend any more time in jail fighting his deportation on a second

charge. Deruti's visa was revoked in June 2023, but the reason is unclear. A jury in Manhattan has heard from the second of three women expected to make accusations against Harvey Weinstein. Ilya Maritz has more on the former film producer's retrial. Ilya Maritz, Film Producer, The New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times Ilya Maritz, Film Producer, The New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times Ilya Maritz, Film Producer, The New York Times, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times

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Sokola was not a witness at Weinstein's 2020 New York trial. His conviction was overturned by an appeals court on procedural grounds last year. Weinstein maintains his innocence. For NPR News, Amelia Meritz in New York. For the second year in a row, singer-songwriter Lainey Wilson has been named Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards. The 60th Annual ACM Awards was once again hosted by country music legend Reba McIntyre with performances by Jelly Roll, Shaboosie and others. Again, U.S. futures are flat and after hours trading on Asia Pacific market shares are mixed. This is NPR News. On this week's Wild Card Podcast, weird Al Yankovic says there's something funny about

being professionally weird. I think people realize, you know, Weird Al is almost ironic because I'm like one of the more normal people in showbiz, I think. I'm Rachel Martin. Weird Al is on Wild Card, the show where cards control the conversation.