QUICK HITS

1 Visa processing restarts: The U.S. government announced Thursday that it would resume limited processing of immigrant visas in Havana more than four years after halting that service and removing most diplomats from Cuba over suspicions they had been targeted for attacks. The Havana embassy’s chargé d’ affaires, Timothy Zúñiga-brown, announced that the consulate would soon begin processing some immigrant visas for which documentation is complete.

2 Marines survive crash: Two Marines were able to eject and walk away when their fighter crashed on the family plantation of South Carolina’s former governor. The F/A-18D Hornet was on a flight over the Beaufort, South Carolina, area, Thursday, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort said. At the crash site, there was smoke coming from the aircraft and a brushfire. Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said the jet crashed on his family’s land.

3 Mandates to end: Newyork City will lift mandates next week requiring masks in public schools and proof of vaccination to dine in restaurants or enter entertainment, sports and cultural venues.

4 Maps adopted: The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday adopted “least change” legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan that largely preserves the current districts that give Republicans majorities. But the maps were not as favorable to the GOP as those submitted by the Republicancontrolled Legislature.

5 Settlement OK’D: Austin, Texas, officials approved a nearly $3 million settlement Thursday for a teen who was seriously injured by police during 2020 protests over racial injustice. Brad Ayala was watching the protest when an officer shot him in the head with a beanbag round.