Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. BEIJING VS. THE VATICAN
A thorny challenge for the new pope will be the repressive treatment of Catholics in China.
2. PYONGYANG GETS PERSONAL
In latest diatribe, the North dismisses South Korea’s new president with a sexist comment about the “venomous swish” of her skirt.
3. BEHIND THE NUMBERS
The AP’s Calvin Woodward shoots down the oft-repeated claim that 40 percent of gun sales take place without background checks.
4. WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE GROWING UP IN SYRIA
Some 2 million children are facing malnutrition, disease, early marriage and severe mental trauma as a result of the civil war.
5. BATTLE BREWING OVER WELFARE-TO-WORK
House Republicans say Obama is trying to gut the 1999 welfare reform law of work requirements — a claim that the administration disputes.
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