These are the headlines you Need2Know:
* **Trade War Averted:**
President Trump met with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday to discuss deescalating the trade war. Contrary to Trump's past stances, the president agreed to hold off on auto-tariffs, while the EU vowed to purchase more U.S. agricultural products like soybeans. For a shot of Juncker kissing Trump, check out [Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022267646119763970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1022267646119763970&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-us-canada-44961560).
* **No Free Lunch for San Fran:**
The city wants to ban new tech companies from offering free lunch meals in offices, in the latest effort to support local restaurants. If adopted, this policy will not apply to older, established companies like Google. Read more at [the SF Chronicle](https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Tech-industry-s-coveted-office-cafeterias-could-13101014.php).
* **Second Officer Killed in Milwaukee:**
A 17-year police veteran was killed Wednesday by a drug suspect. His death marks Milwaukee's second police fatality in the past two months. As of Thursday, the suspect is in custody. More on [the latest](http://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-police-officer-shot-on-citys-north-side/22553707).
* **Demi Lovato Retreats After Overdose:**
Demi Lovato, stable after her opiate overdose, cancelled her Thursday night appearance in Atlantic City. Fox is also reportedly pulling an episode from series "Beat Shazam" that features the singer. Tune in to Cheddar at 12:40 PM ET to hear from Roger Crystal, M.D., who developed NARCAN, a drug that reverses opiod overdoses and saved the singer.
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A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters and ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring weather arrives. Genesee County Judge Jeffrey Clothier hopes the unusual form of community service discourages people from stealing from Walmart. The judge also wants to reward shoppers with free car washes. Clothier says he began ordering “Walmart wash” sentences this week for shoplifting at the store in Grand Blanc Township. He believes 75 to 100 people eventually will be ordered to wash cars this spring. Clothier says he will be washing cars alongside them when the time comes.
The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase. A State Department spokesperson said the electric car company owned by Musk was the only one that expressed interest back in May 2024. The deal with Tesla was only in its planning phases but it was forecast to be the largest contract of the year. It shows how some of his wealth has come and was still expected to come from taxpayers.
At 100 years old, the Goodyear Blimp is an ageless star in the sky. The 246-foot-long airship will be in the background of the Daytona 500 — flying roughly 1,500 feet above Daytona International Speedway, actually — to celebrate its greatest anniversary tour. Even though remote camera technologies are improving regularly and changing the landscape of aerial footage, the blimp continues to carve out a niche. At Daytona, with the usual 40-car field racing around a 2½-mile superspeedway, views from the blimp aptly provide the scope of the event.
You'll just have to wait for interest rates (and prices) to go down. Plus, this deal's a steel, the big carmaker wedding is off, and bribery is back, baby!
