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[h=4]The Short List: Freddie Gray riots; Apple's record cash pile; Chipotle's big changes[/h]Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed on the Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore, Apple earnings and Chipotle ditching GMOs.
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Freddie Gray protests take a turn for the worse
Baltimore is starting to look a bit like Ferguson, Mo. Thousands attended the funeral today for Freddie Gray, a black Baltimore man who died this month after suffering significant spinal injuries while in police custody. Gray's death has become another flash point in the national conversation over the deaths of black men at the hands of police. His death set off a week of protests that started off peacefully but grew violent on Saturday and escalated into riots today after his funeral. Protesters hurled rocks at police, destroyed patrol cars and looted stores. Police said 15 officers were injured. Earlier in the day, police said the Criminal Intelligence Unit had obtained information indicating "members of various gangs including the Black Guerilla Family, Bloods and Crips have entered into a partnership to 'take out' law enforcement officers." The University of Maryland–Baltimore shut down its campus, the Orioles game was postponed, and the Maryland governor declared a state of emergency and sent the National Guard to help with the riots. Gray family attorney Billy Murphy said the family is urging for calm. "They don't want this movement nationally to be marred by violence," he said. "It makes no sense."
Several juveniles are part of these aggressive groups. WE ARE ASKING ALL PARENTS TO LOCATE THEIR CHILDREN AND BRING THEM HOME.
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) April 27, 2015
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Hundreds of youths outside a mall in northwest Baltimore are clashing violently with police in riot gear, throwing rocks, bricks and bottles at the officers. (April 27) AP
Apple's dynasty marches on
Apple's profit may have turned heads. But it's the cash that really matters now. The digital gadget maker ended the first calendar quarter with $194 billion in cash and investments, which is more than any other non-financial company in the Standard & Poor's 500 — by a mile. Need some more perspective? At $194 billion, Apple has more cash and investments than Microsoft and Google combined. When it announced earnings this afternoon, Apple said it sold 61.1 million iPhones in the quarter, compared with 43.7 million in the year-ago quarter. There's a reasonable chance Apple's value could eventually top $1 trillion — the corporate equivalent of a baseball player hitting .450 during a season. USA TODAY's Jon Swartz looks at just how long Apple's dynasty can march on.
Apple CEO Tim Cook displays his personal Apple Watch to customers at an Apple Store on April 10, 2015, in Palo Alto, Calif.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Stephen Lam/AP)
People in Nepal are so terrified they're sleeping outdoors
Every time the death toll rises, the loss of life becomes harder to fathom. Rescuers in Nepal are desperately searching for survivors as the death toll soared past 4,000 from Saturday's massive earthquake. Officials haven't assessed damage in remote villages yet, so the death toll is likely to rise. More than a dozen countries and many charities are sending aid, but Nepal says it needs more help. Aftershocks have rocked the city of Kathmandu since Saturday, including one that was magnitude 6.7. People have been driven to sleep out in the open because they've lost their homes or are scared their buildings might collapse. They're also trying to flee the terror of the city, jamming the roads out of town. "We are escaping," Krishna Muktari, a small grocery-store owner, told Reuters. "How can you live here?"
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Nepal's earthquake-hit capital was short on everything from shelter, to food to power and rescue supplies Monday as the desperate search for survivors and bodies continued. The death toll from Saturday's quake surpassed 4,000 people. (April 27) AP
Bruce Jenner's three ex-wives express their support
Last week, Bruce Jenner told America he's transitioning to a woman. Now, the three women he's been married to are also opening up. Jenner told ABC's Diane Sawyer, "For all intents and purposes, I am a woman." (Have questions on what it means to be transgender? We answer some of them here.) Jenner's first wife, Chrystie Crownover, says her husband first told her he wanted to be a woman in 1972. She was shocked, but glad he was comfortable enough to share. She said it's difficult "to see him go through this anguish." Jenner's second wife, Linda Thompson, who married him in 1981, wrote in the Huffington Post that three years into the marriage Jenner said he "identified as a woman." They tried therapy but eventually split. Now, she writes, "He can finally realize his need to be who he authentically is, who he was born to be." Jenner's third wife and Kardashian clan mama Kris Jenner also expressed her support, tweeting that Jenner is a "hero." And finally, hear what Kim Kardashian had to say about Jenner on Today this morning.
Not only was I able to call him my husband for 25 years and father of my children, I am now able to call him my hero.
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) April 25, 2015
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Reality TV star and former Olympian Bruce Jenner spoke about his male-to-female transition for the first time with ABC's Diane Sawyer and said he is a woman. Wochit
Chipotle says big changes are coming to your burrito bowl
Don't worry. It'll still be just as delicious. Chipotle announced today it will become the first national restaurant chain to ditch GMOs. The company said no one really knows what the effects of genetically modified ingredients are, so it's not going to use them (though for now the beverages will still have them, so if you want to completely avoid GMOs go for water). A GMO is an organism whose genome has been altered via genetic engineering — resulting in DNA with one or more genes that wouldn't typically be found. Many food crops, including most corn and soybeans, are genetically modified so they can fight off certain diseases or improve their resistance to herbicides. The move by Chipotle comes at a time major restaurant chains and food makers are falling all over themselves to remove ingredients from foods and beverages that consumers — particularly younger consumers — don't want. (See PepsiCo removing aspertame from Diet Pepsi and McDonald's banning chicken treated with antibiotics commonly used for humans.)
About 92% of consumers believe that genetically engineered food should be labeled, according to a recent poll.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Gene J. Puskar, AP)
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