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One of the most wanted fugitives in Rwanda's 1994 genocide, a wealthy businessman accused of supplying machetes to killers and broadcasting propaganda urging mass slaughter, has been arrested outside Paris. Felicien Kabuga, who had a $5 million bounty on his head, had been accused of equipping militias in the genocide that killed more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus who tried to protect them. The 84-year-old Kabuga was arrested as a result of a joint investigation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals office of the prosecutor, French authorities said.

Burundi is pushing ahead with an election on Wednesday that will end the president's divisive and bloody 15-year rule. But the coronavirus poses a threat to the vote. Authorities have been accused by critics of downplaying the pandemic and citing divine protection. But the government appears to be using virus measures to limit election observers, warning the East African regional bloc on May 8 that arriving foreigners face a 14-day quarantine. More than the virus, however, it's the fear of violence that weighs on many voters. Government agents have been accused of harassing the main opposition party, whose leader Agathon Rwasa is believed to be in a close race with the president's chosen successor, Evariste Ndayishimiye.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office released autopsies for the victims of the helicopter crash in California that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and all seven other people on board. The report for the pilot, Ara Zobayan, 50, said he had tested negative for alcohol and drugs. Investigators with the National Transportation and Safety Board are still reviewing the Jan. 26 crash, and have largely focused on the weather conditions. An initial report from the safety board found that there was no evidence of engine failure. The cause of death for all nine victims is listed as blunt trauma.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will ask donors to give as much as $620,600 to support his White House bid and down-ballot candidates, dramatically expanding his fundraising capability to compete with President Donald Trump's big-money machine. The Biden Victory Fund, a committee that raises money together with the Democratic National Committee, filed an agreement that allows wealthy donors to give large checks that will be shared by the campaign, the party and 26 state parties — the latest move by Democrats to ramp up his fundraising for the general election. Trump has enjoyed a fundraising advantage as the incumbent president who can coordinate directly with the party and state parties.

Rep. Justin Amash, the Michigan congressman who left the Republican Party last year, said on Twitter that he will not run for president this year. Amash said that polarization in the country, as well as the challenges to campaigning posed by the coronavirus pandemic, meant it was not the right year for a successful third-party bid. Last month, he had said he would seek the Libertarian Party's nomination.