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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a question and answer session on the forthcoming European Union referendum with staff of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Birmingham, England, on April 5, 2016.(Photo: Christopher Furlong, AFP/Getty Images)
Now that's a royal engagement. President Obama and the First Lady<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on Friday will have lunch with Queen Elizabeth II —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>one day after the monarch turned 90. He will also<span style="color: Red;">*</span>have dinner with Prince William, Duchess Kate and Prince Harry as the president<span style="color: Red;">*</span>continues his visit to Britain. Also on Obama's agenda for Friday is a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron, which comes amid heated debate about whether Britain should vote to leave the European Union.
In a hearing, lawyers will weigh how to proceed with a lawsuit regarding the CIA’s interrogation tactics without compromising classified information. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three former prisoners, claims two psychologists with no expert background on al-Qaeda created the interrogation program. It has since been discontinued.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Justice Department, which has typically tried to dismiss such cases invoking the state secrets privilege, submitted a brief suggesting the lawsuit could proceed as long as certain classified details were protected.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein discusses the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's interrogation of suspected terrorists after the 9/11 attacks. VPC
Sundown Friday marks the beginning of Passover, the eight-day Jewish holiday that pays homage to the biblical story of the Jews’ exodus from slavery in Egypt. Around the world, millions of Jewish people will sit down for a traditional Seder service and meal — without leavened bread and other off-limits foods. This year, rice and beans could be on the table for the first time in more than 800 years!
File photo<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Melissa Gotleib, USA TODAY)
The 47th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival starts Friday with music on 11 stages from jazz acts to rock to gospel. Among the headliners Friday are Janelle Monae, Steely Dan and Jason Marsalis. It’s also the first year the festival won’t include soul and R&B singer Allen Toussaint, who died in November.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Organizers scheduled tributes for both Toussaint and B.B. King, who died last May, on the closing day of the festival, on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>May 1.
In this Sunday, May 3, 2015 file photo, Trombone Shorty reacts to the crowd as he closes out the final set of the 2015 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. The 47th annual festival features top artists covering many genres of music from jazz to rock to Zydeco to rap to pop to R&B and gospel.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
World leaders will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>converge<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on U.N. headquarters in New York on Friday — Earth Day — to sign the historic Paris climate accord. Approved by 195 countries last December, the non-binding treaty seeks to slow the rise of greenhouse gasses blamed for putting Earth on a dangerous warming path. It sets a target of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>limiting global warming<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by 2100<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The ceremony is just one of many events marking Earth Day, created in 1970 to raise support for environmental protection.
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Delegates from 195 countries have approved a historic climate accord that seeks to slow the rise of greenhouse gasses. Here is what you need to know about the Paris Agreement. VPC
And<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the essentials:
Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The central U.S. will get a chance to dry out on Friday while both coasts deal with rain.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. stock futures were lower<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Friday.
TV Tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wondering<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what to watch this weekend?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>TV critic Robert Bianco looks at Last Man Standing and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Game of Thrones.
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