Subject: Today in 10: North Korea holds a congress, Ryan rebuffs Trump, SpaceX sticks the landing
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TODAY IN 10

North Korea kicks off its much-hyped congress: For the first time in 36 years, North Korea&#8217;s Worker&#8217;s Party has called a congress. Details about the meeting are scarce — no information has been released about how long the congress will last, who has been invited to participate in Pyongyang or what will be discussed. Analysts expect that Kim Jong Un will use the event to bolster his claim on the leadership. Full story

Paul Ryan holds off on Trump endorsement: The Republican Party&#8217;s highest-ranking elected official says Trump hasn’t been “a standard bearer who bears our standard.” It&#8217;s an extraordinary rebuke that shows the painful reckoning that the GOP now faces. Full story

North Carolina faces Monday deadline on bathroom law: The Department of Justice has asked North Carolina&#8217;s governor to halt enforcement of the state&#8217;s controversial bathroom law or risk losing millions in federal funding. N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore (R), says that lawmakers “will take no action by Monday.” The White House says several federal agencies are now reviewing the law to see if more funding should be denied.Full story

It&#8217;s not looking good for Obama&#8217;s big promise on jobs: During the president&#8217;s 2012 reelection campaign, he vowed to deliver 1 million manufacturing jobs by 2016. It probably won’t happen. Progress has been stymied by larger economic forces: A slowdown in China, the plummeting of oil prices and continued relocation of American companies overseas. Full story

Nearly 400 death sentences could be reduced in Florida: The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could lead to nearly 400 death-row prisoners receiving life sentences, a move experts say could be the country’s single biggest jettisoning of death sentences in decades.Full story

Booming e-cigarette market set for regulation: The federal government on Thursday banned the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18 and required manufacturers to disclose their ingredients and submit their products to the government for approval. Full story

‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killer convicted: Lonnie Franklin Jr., who for more than 20 years preyed on several young, black women, could face the death penalty, the Associated Press reported. Full story

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket returns to land. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)
SpaceX rocket sticks the landing: The Falcon 9 rocket came in hot, but successfully landed on a barge off the coast of Florida. Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive of SpaceX, had previously put the odds of not crashing at a coin toss, at best. Mission accomplished. Full story

What you should see — and not see — in theaters this summer:
From the latest in the Captain America franchise to the sequel to “Finding Nemo” to a female ghost-busting troupe, here are the potential blockbusters and duds of the season, ranked by their buzzworthiness. Full story

London may be set to elect first Muslim mayor: Sadiq Khan is widely expected to win the election to become the British capital&#8217;s mayor. If he does, he will be the first Muslim mayor in Europe&#8217;s largest city and the first elected Muslim mayor of any major European city. Full story

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