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Hello and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, federal officials are figuring out how to handle President Donald Trump’s upcoming high-profile public events after the White House Correspondents Dinner attack; elderly Cubans are dealing with a deepening economic crisis; and seafarers have been stranded in the Persian Gulf for weeks.

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Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Trump's many upcoming large, public events may present fresh security challenges after latest attack

Federal law enforcement officials are evaluating how to proceed with some high-profile public events featuring Trump after the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s the third time in less than two years that a gunman has come uncomfortably close to Trump, renewing the central tension over how to accommodate the public-facing demands of the president’s office while minimizing the risk of an attack. Read more.

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Mercedes Lopez Rey, 83, stands in her one-room apartment in Old Havana, Cuba, on April 10. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

PHOTO ESSAY: Elderly Cubans cope with a deepening economic crisis

Cuba’s elderly are among those bearing the heaviest burden of the island’s deepening economic crisis, which has worsened since the start of the year after an oil embargo imposed by Trump. Even before the latest downturn, Cuba already had one of the oldest populations in Latin America, shaped by long life expectancy and low birth rates. Many are former state workers living on meager pensions, facing cuts to long-subsidized goods and increasing loneliness as younger Cubans continue to emigrate. Read more. 

Tired and worried, seafarers have been stranded in the Persian Gulf for weeks

For about eight weeks, Indian Capt. Rahul Dhar and his crew have been stranded on their tanker in the Persian Gulf, sometimes watching drones and missiles explode as the Strait of Hormuz remained effectively shut while the Iran war dragged on. The crew’s morale, he said, is holding as they carry on with their routines, but the strain is beginning to show. Read more.