 | | A migrant arriving in Sicily on Monday. More than 5,800 people were rescued off the Libyan coast over the weekend. Antonio Parrinello/Reuters | Your Monday Briefing By ADEEL HASSAN |
| Good morning. |
| Here's what you need to know: |
| • Joining the 2016 race. |
| Ben Carson, a retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, and Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, are expected to formally announce their candidacies for U.S. president today. |
| They join three senators bidding for the Republican nomination — Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. On deck: Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, is expected to make an announcement on Tuesday. |
| And the Latino Victory Project holds its first major conference in Washington today. |
| • Baltimore's curfew is lifted. |
| National Guard troops are pulling out of the city after the mayor ended the curfew imposed after riots set off by the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered spinal injuries while in police custody. |
| Six Baltimore police officers were released on bail after being charged in connection with the death. The city prosecutor is expected to seek an indictment, the next step toward a trial. |
| Separately, a new study found that children in Baltimore face the worst odds of escaping poverty among the nation's 100 largest counties. |
| • Deadly violence at anti-Islam event. |
| Two gunmen killed by police officers in Texas remain unidentified after they opened fire Sunday night outside an event hosted by an anti-Islam group that featured cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, local officials said. |
| The two assailants shot a security guard. |
| • Nepal's relief operations. |
| Nepal's government is asking foreign rescue workers in the capital to return home today, saying that the remaining work can be handled by local workers. |
| Western authorities say that relief supplies for earthquake victims have been piling up at the airport and in warehouses in Kathmandu because of bureaucratic interference by Nepali officials. |
| • Reaching Italy. |
| Thousands of migrants arrive in Italy today after one of the largest Mediterranean Sea rescues of the year. |
| More than 5,800 migrants were rescued and 10 bodies recovered off the Libyan coast over the weekend, the Italian Coast Guard says. |
| • Two sides confirm Afghan meetings. |
| Afghan government officials and Taliban militants issue a joint statement today after ending two days of meetings. We'll look to see if they have moved closer to long-awaited formal negotiations. |
| Significantly, the talks are being held in Qatar, which has long sought to be a mediator. |
| • The president's day. |
| President Obama will be in New York City today to introduce the My Brother's Keeper Alliance, a nonprofit group that helps minority males and continues the work of the My Brother's Keeper initiative that he started. |
| MARKETS |
| • Wall Street stock futures are inching forward. European indexes are ahead, and Asian shares closed widely varied. |
| • Comcast posted higher revenue and profit today and may discuss its future on a call with investors after walking away from a takeover of Time Warner Cable. |
| • McDonald's new chief executive outlines his turnaround plan today. |
| OVER THE WEEKEND |
| • Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State militants killed several dozen civilians in northern Syria, a monitoring group said. |
| • Thousands of people blocked streets in Tel Aviv and clashes broke out with the police during a demonstration against a video of a police officer beating an Ethiopian-Israeli soldier. |
| • Warren E. Buffett took pointed questions about lending practices at Clayton Homes, Berkshire Hathaway's latest acquisition, at the annual shareholders meeting. |
| • In memoriam: Dave Goldberg, 47, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and the husband of Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook; the mystery novelist Ruth Rendell, 85; and Maya Plisetskaya, 89, one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. |
| • Big winners: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (over Manny Pacquiao); American Pharoah (over the Kentucky Derby field); and the Los Angeles Clippers (over the defending N.B.A. champion San Antonio Spurs). |
| • "Avengers: Age of Ultron" scored the second-biggest North American film opening in history with a $187.7 million debut. Only Marvel's "The Avengers," took in more — $207.4 million in 2012. |
| • Catching up on TV: Episode recaps for "Mad Men," "The Good Wife," "Veep," "Wolf Hall" and "Game of Thrones." |
| NOTEWORTHY |
| • Celebrating a new princess. |
| Gun salutes today in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London honor the newborn girl who is fourth in line to the British throne. |
| Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to her second child on Saturday. Bookmakers are picking Charlotte and Alice as likely names, followed by Olivia, Victoria and Elizabeth. |
| • Fashion party of the year. |
| More than 500 Oscar-winning actresses and actors, Wall Street titans, Silicon Valley wunderkinds, fashion designers and others attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit tonight. It's better known as the Met Ball. |
| • What to watch. |
| A retrospective celebrates David Letterman, who hosts his last "Late Show" on May 20 after more than 6,000 episodes (9:30 p.m. Eastern, CBS). |
| Michelle Obama and Jill Biden appear in the medical drama "The Night Shift," in a special episode to promote the White House's Joining Forces initiative for veterans (10 p.m. Eastern, NBC). |
| And "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck" looks back at the musician's life through his art, music, journals, Super 8 films and audio montages (9 p.m. Eastern, HBO). |
| BACK STORY |
| The James Beard Foundation holds its awards ceremony for chefs and restaurateurs in Chicago tonight. |
| These are no ordinary foodie prizes. |
| Often described as the culinary Oscars, the event features a red-carpet walk, $500 tickets to the black-tie gala (online streaming at 7 p.m. Eastern for the rest of us) and invitation-only after-parties. |
| The Beard awards convey immediate cachet and credibility on the winners. |
| Their namesake, who died in 1985 at age 81, was an early evangelist for fresh and wholesome American ingredients. |
| A contemporary and friend of Julia Child, he wrote 20 cookbooks, taught cooking in his Greenwich Village townhouse and wrote a syndicated food column. |
| Tonight's event is being held outside of New York City for the first time since 1991, when the first Beard awards were announced. |
| Some of this year's nominees aren't accustomed to the glamour associated with the ceremony. |
| "I don't usually get invited to these sorts of things as a guest ... usually they just want me to cook," one told The Chicago Tribune. |
| Victoria Shannon contributed reporting. |
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