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1 NYC will try gun scanners in subway system:

New York City officials have announced a pilot program to deploy portable gun scanners in the subway system. Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that the scanners will be introduced in certain stations after a legally mandated 90day waiting period. Adams said officials would work to identify companies with expertise in weapons detection technology. Legal Aid attorney Jerome Greco said gun detection systems can trigger false alarms and cause panic. Adams said the city would perform its own analysis of the scanners’ accuracy.

2 France asks for police, military help with Olympics security:

France says it has asked 46 countries if they can supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris Olympics on July 26-Aug. 11. The Interior Ministry said Friday that the request for foreign security assistance was made in January, seeking 2,185 reinforcements. It said such assistance is common practice for major international events. Separately, the French Defense Ministry has also asked for help such as sniffer dog teams.

3 Poll shows American divide over immigrants’ productivity, risks:

Americans are more worried about immigrants in the country legally committing crimes in the U.S. than they were a few years ago, a change driven largely by increased concern among Republicans. That’s according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Democrats see a broad range of benefits from immigration. Overall, about 4 in 10 Americans say legal immigration to the U.S. is beneficial to the economy and culture, but that sentiment is down since 2017.

4 Russian journalist who covered Navalny’s trials is jailed:

A Moscow court on Friday ordered a Russian journalist who covered the trials of late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and other dissidents to remain in custody pending an investigation and trial on charges of extremism. Antonina Favorskaya will remain in pre-trial detention at least until May 28, according to a ruling Friday in a hearing behind closed doors. Favorskaya is accused of collecting material, producing and editing videos and publications for Navalny’s Foundation for Fighting Corruption, which had been outlawed as extremist, according to court officials.

5 5 dead, 100-plus hospitalized from recalled supplements:

In the week since a line of Japanese health supplements began being recalled, five people have died and more than 100 people are hospitalized. Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. came under fire for not going public quickly. The supplements contain a species of mold.