 | | Mitt Romney fights Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match tonight in Salt Lake City. Jim Urquhart/Reuters | Your Friday Briefing By ADEEL HASSAN |
| Good morning. |
| Here's what you need to know: |
| • Asian migrant crisis. |
| More than 1,000 migrants came ashore today in Indonesia, but other vessels were sent back to sea despite a U.N. call to rescue the estimated 6,000 to 20,000 migrants set adrift in Southeast Asian waters. |
| They are fleeing ethnic persecution in Myanmar and poverty in Bangladesh, but no country has agreed to take them in. |
| • Shift in the "war on drugs." |
| Colombia, one of the centers of cocaine production, is ending aerial spraying of coca, a long-running program backed by the U.S. |
| The decision, made over concerns that the spray contains a chemical that may cause cancer, could strain the U.S. relationship with Colombia. |
| • B. B. King dies. |
| The "King of the Blues," whose voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage, died on Thursday in Las Vegas at age 89. |
| • Marine helicopter found. |
| Three bodies were discovered today in the wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter that had disappeared while delivering aid to earthquake-stricken villages in Nepal. |
| Officials say it is unlikely that there are any survivors. Six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were aboard. |
| • Amtrak inquiry. |
| Investigators have found no problems with the track, the signals or the locomotive of the train that derailed on Tuesday in Philadelphia, killing eight and injuring more than 200. |
| The engineer, who is recovering from a concussion, will be interviewed in the next few days. He "has absolutely no recollection whatsoever of the events," his lawyer said. |
| • Arrests after coup attempt. |
| The president of Burundi will address his country today after the authorities arrested several people for their role in an attempted coup. |
| The unrest this week is the central African country's deepest crisis since a civil war ended in 2005, leaving an estimated 300,000 dead. |
| • In the line of duty. |
| President Obama speaks at a memorial service at the Capitol for law enforcement officers who died on the job. Watch live at 11 a.m. Eastern. |
| MARKETS |
| • Wall Street futures indicate stocks will add to records set on Thursday. European shares are also up, and Asia ended mostly higher. |
| • Federal officials are examining what appears to be a fake offer to buy Avon filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. |
| • Dairy Queen is taking soda off its kids' menu, following similar moves by McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and Chick-fil-A. |
| • China will invest $50 billion to help overhaul Brazil's aging infrastructure. |
| • G.M. unveils the sixth generation of the Chevy Camaro, the top-selling muscle-car, on Saturday. |
| NOTEWORTHY |
| • There's a new Max in town. |
| Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron star in "Mad Max: Fury Road," opening in theaters today. It continues the postapocalyptic series that began in 1979, starring Mel Gibson. |
| And the college a cappella singers are back for "Pitch Perfect 2," starring Anna Kendrick. Here's what else is new in theaters. |
| • Food knowledge is power. |
| The British TV chef Jamie Oliver is campaigning today for basic food education in schools to help combat childhood obesity, as part of Food Revolution Day. |
| • Best sellers. |
| Jane Smiley's new novel, "Early Warning" — the second volume of a trilogy on the life of an Iowa family — enters our hardcover fiction list at No. 10. |
| And "On the Move," the memoir by the neurologist Oliver Sacks, is No. 9 in nonfiction. Get an early look at all our best-seller lists. |
| • Top of the charts. |
| The band Mumford & Sons this week scored its second No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, with "Wilder Mind." |
| • Mitt Romney in the ring. |
| Mitt Romney fights Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match tonight in Salt Lake City. They're raising money to help restore sight to those who have curable blindness. |
| • N.B.A. playoffs. |
| It's Atlanta at Washington (7 p.m. Eastern) and Golden State at Memphis (9:30 p.m. Eastern) on ESPN. Atlanta and Golden State are one win away from the conference finals. |
| On Thursday, LeBron James led Cleveland to the finals with a victory over Chicago, and Houston stunned Los Angeles to force a deciding Game 7 on Sunday. |
| • Off to the races. |
| American Pharoah, the Kentucky Derby winner, will break from the No. 1 post as the 4-5 favorite in a field of eight horses for the 140th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday (6 p.m. Eastern, NBC). |
| Check out our picks for the race. |
| BACK STORY |
| The golden arches (1953), Ronald McDonald (1963), the Big Mac (1967), Happy Meals (1979) — for better or worse, such are the icons of an American business legend on its 75th anniversary. |
| Critics of McDonald's would add obesity, globalization and low pay. |
| In 1940, the brothers Richard (Dick) and Maurice (Mac) McDonald's opened their first restaurant in San Bernardino, Calif. They switched to hamburgers from barbecue in 1948. |
| But it wasn't until 1955 that an Illinois businessman, Ray Kroc, purchased a franchise (the chain's fifth) and started aggressively expanding the operation into the fast-food behemoth it is today. |
| And it wasn't until 2003 that the company posted its first quarterly loss. It is still struggling financially today. |
| Some McDonald's trivia in honor of its birthday: |
| • McDonald's is banned in Bermuda, Macedonia and Montenegro, among other places. |
| • McPizzas and Onion Nuggets are two products the chain tried and retired. |
| • The first person to portray Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott. |
| • A McDonald's outlet in Sweden has a "ski-through" instead of a drive-through. |
| Obviously, McDonald's has many claims to fame. But being the oldest of its kind is not one. The White Castle chain opened in 1921. |
| Victoria Shannon contributed reporting. |
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