• Pope Francis, 80, raised the specter of his own mortality at a vigil to promote the Catholic Church's 2019 World Youth Day in Panama, promising that the pope would be there, although he didn't know "if it will be me."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor and former California governor, in a Los Angeles Times interview, urged Ohio Gov. John Kasich to run again for president, as a 2020 primary challenger to President Donald Trump, although Kasich has said he's not planning to run for anything.
• Jose Andres, a chef sued by The Trump Organization after backing out of a plan to open a restaurant in the Trump hotel in Washington, has reached a confidential deal with the company, with both sides vowing in statements to move forward "as friends."
• Brian Williams, who on MSNBC's The 11th Hour said images of the U.S. missiles launched in an attack on a Syrian air base were "beautiful pictures of fearsome armaments," faced criticism on Twitter, with some users suggesting his comments were insensitive to the realities of war.
• Delfin Lorenzana, the Philippine defense secretary, sought to clarify President Rodrigo Duterte's order for military occupation of uninhabited islands in the disputed South China Sea, saying the president meant for construction only on islands already in the Philippines' possession.
• Sana Syed, a spokesman for the city of Dallas, where emergency sirens started sounding on their own in the middle of the night despite no threat of severe weather, reported that investigators are considering a number of causes, including hacking.
• Aldo Maria Vigevani, the head of Italy's Gardaland amusement park, blamed a blown transformer for a parkwide blackout that left people temporarily stranded on rides on the park's season-opening day.
• Martin Martinez Jr., 31, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., was charged with child neglect after authorities said he let his 13-year-old son drive a car unsupervised around their neighborhood with a 2-year-old as his passenger until the car crashed into a canal, slightly injuring both children.
• Nils Usakovs, the mayor of Latvia's capital, Riga, was interrupted during a talk streamed online from his office, when his cat, Dumka, jumped into view and started drinking from the mayor's mug, with Usakovs later posting on Facebook: "Anything can happen if your office is ruled by cats."
A Section on 04/09/2017