Keeping up with America

• U.S. agents arrested a retired Salvadoran military officer this week on charges of participating in a brutal massacre of civilians during El Salvador's grinding civil war in the 1980s, according to a statement on Thursday.

• The IRS released details on how it plans to spend $80 billion on improved operations, pledging to hire more customer service representatives and audit more wealthy taxpayers.

• A new study from the National Park Service (NPS) found that long-term forest health is dependent on reducing the number of deer and the removal of invasive plants.

• America’s goals in Afghanistan are sensible, but the current approach of sanctions, demands and restricted contact with the Taliban is not working.

• The US justice department will investigate the death of a Washington DC teenager who was shot by a police officer sitting behind him in a car. Dalaneo Martin, 17, was asleep in a parked, stolen SUV when officers opened the door on 18 March, say police.

Daily World News

• Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being treated for a type of chronic leukaemia, hospital doctors in Milan have confirmed. He was rushed to intensive care on Wednesday with breathing problems and doctors said he was suffering from a related lung infection.

• A Ugandan cabinet minister is to spend Easter in jail after being charged over a scandal involving the theft of thousands of metal roofing sheets. They were intended for vulnerable communities in the north-eastern Karamoja region. Mary Goretti Kitutu Kimono, the minister for the region, pleaded not guilty in court but was denied bail.

• French Protests Against Macron’s Pension Revamp Show Signs of Fatigue. Fewer people have turned out in the latest nationwide demonstrations against raising the retirement age to 64 from 62 (More)

Business & Tech

• Icy moons with vast oceans are the latest candidates for alien life (More)

• Carmakers are mistaken if they think chip shortages are over – they need to reinvent themselves while there’s time (More)

• It doesn’t take much to make machine-learning algorithms go awry (More)

Wealthy Wise

• Saver's Credit 2023: What is the income limit for retirement savings contribution credit? (More) | Smart Money: Money and Happiness: What's Happiness Really Worth? (More)

• Five personal finance concepts everyone should master. University of Delaware, YubaNet. teaching personal finance skills can help build responsible, financially secure and independent citizens. Personal finance coordinator Gail Colbert suggests five financial skills she thinks everyone needs to learn about and use. 1. Budgeting. 2. Saving and investing for retirement. 3. Smart use of debt. 4. Managing risk. 5. Understanding housing options.

• Lifetime Learning Credit: What is the maximum credit for 2023? (More)

Sports and Entertainment

• NBA West playoff picture: Lakers now need help to climb out of play-in; Nuggets lock up No. 1 seed (More) | White Sox closer Liam Hendriks celebrates last round of chemotherapy for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (More)

• Law Roach on Retirement, Rage and Why He Hasn’t Driven a Car in Nearly a Decade (More) | The force is strong with this one: Get to know Grogu, also known as Baby Yoda (More)

• ‘Lore’ Adaptation in the Works at Universal From ‘Snake Eyes’ Writers (Exclusive) (More) | King Charles III supports probe into monarchy's slave ties (More)

Tips and Tricks

• This Ice Cream Tiramisu Recipe Is the Perfect No-Bake Dessert for Summer.

• Cell phone not working? 3 hacks to help you fix it.

• ‘Don’t be a victim’: Basic safety tips women should know.

• Can I Still Benefit From Probiotics If I'm Healthy?