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1 No to nomination talk: Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada said Thursday that she’s not interested in serving as running mate to presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden. Cortez Masto, who in 2016 became the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate, said in a statement that she supports the former vice president but does not want to join the Democratic presidential ticket.

2 Religious freedom: The Supreme Court is set to decide on a religious freedom claim from a south San Diego County church that wants an exemption from California’s COVID-19 rules, which limit large gatherings for services. The church claims U.S. attorneys in California and a growing number of religious conservatives contend the state’s restrictions on church services go too far.

Making queen’s letter public: 3 Australia’s highest court ruled on Friday to make public letters between Queen Elizabeth II and her representative that would reveal what knowledge she had, if any, of the dismissal of an Australian government in 1975.

Defense lawyer dies: Albert J. 4 Krieger, a defense lawyer who combined a prodigious memory, surgical interrogations and a courtly baritone to foil hostile witnesses against his often notorious clients, including mobsters John Gotti and Joseph Bonanno and Miami’s so-called cocaine cowboys, died May 14 in Miami. He was 96. His death, at a care center, was confirmed by his daughter Luise Krieger-Martin, a Miami-Dade County Court judge.

Old cars banned: Ghana banned 5 the importation of cars older than 10 years to encourage international companies including Volkswagen and Nissan Motor to set up local plants in the West African country. Used cars make up about 70% of vehicle imports.