FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo a woman votes in the presidential primary election at the the Summit View Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Mo. A Federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, April 29, 2020, that proof of citizenship requirement for Kansas voter registration is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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1. DOZENS KILLED IN SOUTH KOREA FIRE At least 36 people were killed Wednesday when one of South Korea's worst fires in years broke out at a construction site near the capital, officials said. They said the death toll could rise because more people were believed to be trapped inside the warehouse that was under construction in Icheon, just south of Seoul.
2. WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT KIM JONG UN The answer is crucial because the North Korean leader's intentions, and the as-yet-unknown state of his health, play an outsized role in the workings of Northeast Asia.
3. 'THIS IS THE DARKEST AGE FOR YEMENI WOMEN' Former detainees and other activists tell the AP that hundreds of women have vanished into secret prisons where they are tortured and sometimes raped by Houthi rebels.
4. KANSAS VOTING RIGHTS - A federal appeals court panel rules that a Kansas law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is unconstitutional.
5. NCAA TAKES MAJOR STEP - The NCAA is moving forward with a plan to allow college athletes to earn money for endorsements and a host of other activities involving personal appearances and social media content.
Firefighters prepare to carry an injured worker after a fire engulfed a construction site in Icheon, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Several workers were killed in the fire, South Korean officials said. (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap via AP)
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FILE - In this March 2, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a military drill at undisclosed location in North Korea. As questions mount about the health of Kim Jong Un, an underlying concern looms for spies, policymakers, academics and curious news-consumers alike. In South Korea, Kim is seen as both demon and statesman. He has repeatedly threatened to burn Seoul to the ground.Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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In this Wednesday, March 4, 2020, photo, Bardis Assayaghi, who was detained by Houthis in Yemen, poses for a portrait in her home near Cairo, Egypt. Assayaghi, a prominent poet who circulated verses about Houthi repression, was detained last fall in a school and counted around 120 women held there. Some nights, the head of the Sanaa criminal investigation division, Sultan Zabin, took the 'young, pretty girls' out of the school to rape them, another former detainee Samera al-Huri and Assayaghi said. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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FILE - At left, in a March 12, 2020, file photo, Big East Conference Commissioner Val Ackerman speaks to reporters in New York. At right, in a Dec. 4, 2018, file photo, Ohio State athletics director Gene Smith answers questions during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. The NCAA announced Wednesday, April 29, 2020, that its Board of Governors supports a plan that gives athletes the ability to cash in on their names, images and likenesses as never before and without involvement from the association, schools or conferences. The board on Monday and Tuesday, April 27-28, 2020, reviewed detailed recommendations put forth by a working group led by Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman. (AP Photo/File)
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