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This after President Trump was quoted on Axios rejecting Iran's last offer to open the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for an end to the U.S.

's naval blockade.

Here's NPR's Abba Trawi.

Exxon's earnings for the first quarter were more than $4 billion.

But the company says if you adjust for an accounting fluke, they're actually twice that.

NPR's Camilla Dominovsky reports soaring oil prices these last few months have boosted oil companies' profits in the real world but can mess with how they look on paper.

U.S.

stocks have ended the day, mixed with the Dow closing down 152 points at 49,499.

The Nasdaq had gained more than 200 points.

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Early voting begins tomorrow in most races in Louisiana, except the U.S.

House primaries in that state.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court struck down the state's redrawn map that created a second black majority congressional district.

Annual May Day celebrations around the globe.

Massive crowds in Turkey, France, Cuba, Mexico, the U.S.

and other countries heard here through the Associated Press staging rallies in support of stronger labor rights, immigrant protections and other causes.

Pope Leo has appointed a new bishop of West Virginia.

He is the first Salvadoran bishop in the country and migrated to the United States in 1990 without legal status.

NPR's Sarah Ventry has more.

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.