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Landon Kimich, 2, sleeps as he receives a chemotherapy treatment for neuroblastoma at Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on Friday, May 22, 2015. The move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: more kids are surviving than ever before, and without the long-term complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago, new research shows. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) Landon Kimich, 2, sleeps as he receives a chemotherapy treatment for neuroblastoma at Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on Friday, May 22, 2015. The move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: more kids are surviving than ever before, and without the long-term complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago, new research shows. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

By Associated Press June 1, 2015 2 min read

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. SURVEILLANCE POWERS LAPSE WHILE SENATE DEBATES HOUSE BILL

Republican Sen. Rand Paul stands in the way of extending the program, angering his GOP colleagues and frustrating intelligence officials. Some civil liberties groups cheer him.

2. HOW LONG KERRY IS GROUNDED AFTER BIKE CRASH

It remains unclear if the secretary of state will require a lengthy rehabilitation but its prospect could hamper the nuclear talks and other diplomatic endeavors.