I think today’s rally, I mean it’s largely a celebration, but it also seems to me that the speakers really focus on what happens next, how do we keep momentum up and keep moving forward and turn what was essentially, you know, a reaction after one event into a movement to make change in Baltimore. 

Chris Connelly of member station WYPR reporting from Baltimore. 

 

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders took his Democratic presidential campaign to New Hampshire today—his first official campaign stop since declaring his candidacy Thursday. From member station WBUR, Asma Khalid has more on Hillary Clinton’s only Democratic competition so far.

Sanders is an independent, but he is running in the Democratic primary, which means at this point, he’s really the only rival Hillary Clinton has. 

“Bernie, Bernie, Bernie…”

The Liberal Senator got a warm welcome from a cozy living room full of activists in Manchester. 

“What we have got to do is raise the federal minimum wage from a starvation wage of seven and a quarter to a living wage.”

His dump speech was a populace message that touched on student debt and community quality and single-parent healthcare. Many folks in the crowd cheered his message, but also questioned whether he could win the presidency. For NPR News, I’m Asma Khalid in Manchester, New Hampshire.  

 

Hundreds of women and girls freed from Boko Haram have arrived at a Nigerian refugee camp. The military there says the rescue of the women and children is part of a campaign to shut down terrorist camps and expel extremists. 

 

It couldn’t have been a more perfect day at Churchill Downs with sunshine, temperatures at the 70s, for the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby. Here’s NBC’s Larry Coleman with the call.

“It’s American Pharoah in front. Firing Line. Dortmund is third. Frosted is fourth. Coming to the finish, American Pharoah. And took the rest with those, have won the Kentucky Derby.”

American Pharoah becomes the next contender for the Triple Crown last won in 1978. 

 

This is NPR News in Washington. 

 

Tech entrepreneur Dave Goldberg has died. NPR’s Nathan Rott reports that the 47-year-old Goldberg was the husband of high-ranking Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg. 

Dave Goldberg launched his first start-up in 1994 when he founded Launch, a media company that was later acquired by Yahoo. He served as Yahoo Music’s vice president and general manager for a number of years. Most recently Goldberg served as CEO of SurveyMonkey, a web-based survey technology. The Minnesota native was married to Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who described Goldberg as her best friend, closest advisor, dedicated co-parent and love of her life in her best-selling book Lean In. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted on the social networking site saying that Goldberg was an amazing person and that he was glad to have known him. Nathan Rott, NPR News.

 

Just after noon today a small earthquake centered in southwestern Michigan was felt around the state and other parts of the Upper Midwest. The U.S. Geological Survey put the Tumblr magnitude at 4.2. Its epicenter was about nine miles southeast of Kalamazoo near Galesburg. There are no reports of damage or injuries. 

 

Thousands gathered in Springfield, Illinois today to mark the 150th anniversary of the funeral procession of Springfield native son and 16th president Abraham Lincoln. More than 1,000 Civil War re-enactors participated a costume chorus singing The Star Spangled Banner. The crowd included several direct descendants of those accompanied Lincoln’s casket in 1865.