Pete Buttigieg joins U.S. presidential race\, Tiger Woods wins first major title in 11 years\, and more news in pictures

Pete Buttigieg joins U.S. presidential race, Tiger Woods wins first major title in 11 years, and more news in pictures

Pete Buttigieg is joined by his husband Chasten Glezman after he announced that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination during a rally in South Bend, Indiana, Sunday, April 14, 2019. Buttigieg, 37, is serving his second term as the mayor of South Bend.

Pete Buttigieg is joined by his husband Chasten Glezman after he announced that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination during a rally in South Bend, Indiana, Sunday, April 14, 2019. Buttigieg, 37, is serving his second term as the mayor of South Bend.   | Photo Credit: AP

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Pete Buttigieg joins U.S. presidential race

Pete Buttigieg, the little-known Indiana mayor who has risen to prominence in the early stages of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, made his official campaign entrance Sunday by claiming the mantle of a youthful generation ready to reshape the country.

“I recognize the audacity of doing this as a Midwestern millennial mayor,” he said to cheers of “Pete, Pete, Pete” from an audience assembled in a former Studebaker auto plant. “More than a little bold, at age 37, to seek the highest office in the land.” In the hours after his announcement, more than $1 million in donations poured in, said Lis Smith, speaking for the campaign. - AP

9.30 a.m.

North Korea celebrates Day of the Sun

People pay tribute to the statues of former leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill to mark the Day of the Sun in Pyongyang.

People pay tribute to the statues of former leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill to mark the Day of the Sun in Pyongyang.   | Photo Credit: AP

North Korea celebrates the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of Kim Il-sung, an official holiday since 1968.

9 a.m.

Tiger Woods wins first major title in 11 years

 

Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again.

Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time on Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he erased before a delirious audience that watched memories turn into reality at Augusta National.

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