General Motors offering buyouts in an effort to cut $2 billion in costs measure The Detroit automaker says the buyouts will be offered to most U.S. salaried workers and some global executives. Read more on NPR

China’s Xi Jinping, as expected, gets 5 more years as state president Xi Jinping’s allies and loyalists are expected to be installed in other key posts in the coming days, completing a sweeping power grab in China. Read more on NPR

2 Indonesian soccer officials found guilty in one of the deadliest stadium stampedes The match organizer and the security chief were handed down prison sentences Thursday in connection with a 2022 stampede that killed more than 130 people following a match in East Java. Read more on NPR

Outside groups take a first stab at a Supreme Court ethics code The effort by the Project on Government Oversight and the Lawyers Defending American Democracy follows criticism aimed at the court for perceived ethical lapses and failures to deal with them. Read more on NPR

Robert Blake, the actor acquitted in wife’s killing, dies at 89 The Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89. Read more on NPR