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| A 14-year-old boy is being held on $1 million bail in connection with the death of 10-year-old Lily Peters in Wisconsin. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian forces continue to circle in on a steel plant in Mariupol. Israel is remembering the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators on Yom HaShoah – Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. And the first round of the NFL draft kicks off – who will rank in the top prospects? |
| I'm Nicole, with Thursday's news. |
| ☝ But first, did you hear that Russia released U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed as part of a prisoner exchange? |
 | | Trevor Reed | | USA TODAY | |
| Washington and Russia carried out an unexpected prisoner exchange in a time of high tensions, trading a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America. The prisoner swap was the most prominent release during the Biden administration of an American deemed wrongly detained abroad and came even as families of detainees who have met over the last year with administration officials described the officials as cool to the idea of an exchange. |
| Some more news to know now: |
| 🎓 Poll: Young people want student debt relief, but not all want it totally canceled. |
| ⚖️ A potential juror was removed from the courtroom after mouthing possible threats to Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. |
| 📂 Olivia Wilde was served legal documents related to the custody of her children with Jason Sudeikis while speaking onstage at CinemaCon. |
| 🚀 Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to join the International Space Station crew for an extended mission. |
 | | Jessica Watkins | | USA TODAY | |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, reporter Amanda Pérez Pintado looks at the rise in STDs. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Teen held on $1M bail after 10-year-old Lily Peters found dead in Wisconsin |
| Editors' note: This report contains information about a violent assault that could cause trauma for some readers. Discretion is advised. |
| A 14-year-old boy arrested in connection with the death of 10-year-old Iliana Peters , who went by the name Lily, was being held in a juvenile detention center on $1 million bail Thursday. The teenager, who has not been named publicly, was charged in adult court with first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault and first-degree sexual assault of a child. If convicted of the homicide charge, the boy, who was arrested Tuesday evening, could be sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors alleged the teen followed Peters out of her aunt's home Sunday night, then strangled and assaulted her on a walking trail where her body was found the next morning. |
| 🔵 Wisconsin police arrest suspect in death of 10-year-old girl Lily Peters; community mourns. |
 | | According to Chippewa Falls Police Chief Matthew Kelm this home is where a search warrant was executed in regards to the investigation of the homicide of Iliana "Lily" Peters, 10. | | Dan Powers, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin | |
UN Secretary-General to meet with Zelenskyy as Ukraine keeps absorbing attacks |
| U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Thursday, as Russian forces continue to circle in on a steel plant in Mariupol considered the last legitimate holdout from the Russian advance into the Ukrainian city. The U.N. humanitarian office began coordinating the evacuation of civilians from the steel plant Wednesday, a day after after Guterres reached an agreement in principle with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Russia has reneged on previous deals for safe corridors. The U.S. also has reliable information that Russian military forces executed Ukrainians who were trying to surrender near Donetsk, an official said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Ukraine's General Staff said in a Thursday morning update that Russia is increasing the pace of its offensive in the east of Ukraine, the goal of which is to take full control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. |
| 📈 Graphics: Mapping and tracking Russia's invasion of Ukraine |
 | | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) gestures as he walks during his visit in Borodianka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 28, 2022. | | SERGEI SUPINSKY, AFP via Getty Images | |
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Survivors unite to deliver message on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| Sirens blared across Israel early Thursday to mark Yom HaShoah – Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day – as the country came to a standstill in an annual ritual honoring the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. People halted where they were walking, and drivers stopped their cars to get out of the vehicles as people bowed their heads in memory of the victims of the genocide. Ceremonies were planned throughout the day at Israel's national Holocaust memorial, parliament and elsewhere. About 165,000 survivors live in Israel, a dwindling population that is widely honored but struggling with poverty. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett ushered in the day Wednesday with a stark message, warning Jews against letting internal divisions tear society apart. After leaders in both Ukraine and Russia drew parallels between their ongoing war and the genocide during World War II, Bennett also called on the world to stop comparing the Holocaust to other events in history. |
| ⬛ New Anti-Defamation League report: 2021 saw highest-ever number of incidents targeting Jewish Americans. |
 | | Holocaust survivor Ruth Herson, center, is surrounded by family as she is overwhelmed by emotions in the Hall of Remembrance during the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 28, 2022. | | Maya Alleruzzo, AP | |
NFL draft kicks off in Las Vegas |
| For pro football fans, the biggest day of the offseason arrives Thursday with the first round of the NFL draft. Las Vegas is hosting the TV extravaganza for the first time, with 21 top prospects scheduled to attend. For the second consecutive year, the Jacksonville Jaguars will be on the clock first with the No. 1 overall selection. Will they go with Michigan DE Aidan Hutchinson, who tops USA TODAY Sports' ranking of the top 50 prospects? Or will they pick Georgia DE Travon Walker, who goes No. 1 in our final mock draft? You can watch it unfold on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network (8 p.m. ET). Rounds 2-3 will take place Friday at 7 p.m.; Rounds 4-7 are Saturday at noon. |
| 🏈 Several prospects may defy expectations: Five players who could be surprise first-round picks. |
| 🏈 Draft advice: What should all 32 teams do? |
 | | A logo of the 2022 NFL football draft is projected at the Fountains of Bellagio on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Las Vegas, the day before the draft. | | Jae C. Hong, AP | |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 💧 Millions of Californians must cut outdoor water use to once a week amid a drought. |
| 👛 Fort Worth, Texas, is the first city government in the U.S. to mine bitcoin. |
| ⚾ Why everybody hates MLB's baseballs – for different reasons. |
| 🟡 "Her story was America's story": The nation's leaders celebrated the life of Madeleine Albright. |
 | | Hillary Clinton eulogizes Madeleine Albright. | | USA TODAY | |
CNN+ to shut down two days earlier than previously announced |
| Warner Bros. Discovery originally announced that streaming news service CNN+ would shut down on April 30th. But, according to a Digital Trends report, subscribers received an email confirming the service will shutter Thursday, April 28th. The news is confirmed by a CNN.com Help Center page , which states that CNN+ subscribers will receive a full refund and subscribers won't need to cancel their subscription themselves to get the refund. In a statement last week, CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Chris Licht said the network is part of the company's broader streaming vision, and expects to combine elements of it with a planned merger of HBO Max and Discovery+. CNN+ featured a variety of programs including live daily and weekly shows, live news coverage and original TV shows and movies. The service recruited top news talent, including ex-Fox News host Chris Wallace. |
| 🔴 "Two weeks ago, streaming was king": Chris Wallace opens up about CNN+ shutdown, his professional future. |
| 🔴 CNN+ is dead: What killed the streaming news service only a month after it began. |
 | | An advertisement for CNN+ is displayed in Manhattan on April 21, 2022 in New York City. | | Spencer Platt, Getty Images | |
Fact check: Let's get some things cleared up |
| ✔ The claim: The "system" chose to keep Ghislaine Maxwell's trial private but to livestream Johnny Depp's lawsuit. Our rating: Missing Context. The differences in media coverage result from different sets of rules in federal and state court systems. |
| ✔ The claim: The Biden administration spends Americans' tax dollars to give smartphones to undocumented immigrants. Our rating: Missing context. |
| ✔ The claim: An image shows a tweet from Elon Musk that says he will shut down Twitter. Our rating: Altered. The tweet does not exist and Musk has not announced any plans to shut down the platform. |
📷 Photo of the day: New Delhi wrapped in smoke as landfill burns 📷 |
 | | A woman separates items at the edge of a fire at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. | | Manish Swarup, AP | |
| Acrid smoke hung over New Delhi, India, for a second day Wednesday after a massive landfill bigger than 50 football fields caught fire during a heat wave, forcing informal waste workers to endure hazardous conditions. People who rely on waste work have been forced to salvage trash from the fire, despite the risks . India's capital city is in the midst of a record-setting heat wave that experts say was the cause of of the fire. The landfill in the latest fire was planned for closure more than a decade ago, but more than 2,300 tons of the city's garbage is still dumped there every day. |
| To see more photos of the fire, click here. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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