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Your look at the five
biggest and most buzz-worthy stories of the morning.
1. Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Boxing Fight of the Century's
Tale of the Tape
After Saturday, either
Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao will be the welterweight
champion of the world -- but both opponents in the boxing mega-match will be
millions and millions of dollars richer, win or lose.
Mayweather may earn $180
million or more while Pacquiao’s side will likely earn about $120 million, the
Associated Press estimated.
The official weigh-in will
take place on Friday night in Las Vegas before fight night begins on Saturday
at 9 p.m. ET at the MGM Grand.
2. New Freddie Gray Details Fill In His Journey With Baltimore
Police
Police have handed over
their investigation of
Freddie Gray's death to the Baltimore State's Attorney, which is now tasked
with determining whether to bring charges against the six offices who took him
into custody before he died a week later with an unexplained spinal injury.
In announcing the
handover, Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who led the group of 30
detectives during their investigation, said Thursday that they have discovered
a stop the police van made but that investigators had not known about earlier.
3. Dog Infects Humans With Plague for First Time in US
A plague-infected dog spread the dangerous
disease to four Colorado residents, according to a new report from
the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health officials told ABC
News that this the first report of a dog infecting a human with the plague in
the U.S.
The dog, a 2-year-old
American pit bull terrier, became sick last summer with a fever and jaw
rigidity, among other symptoms. The dog's health declined so quickly that it
was euthanized the following day at a local vet's office, health officials
said.
4. Jameis Winston Celebrates NFL Draft With Crab Legs
Jameis Winston chose a
humorous way to celebrate his selection as the top pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.
With crab legs.
The No. 1 pick posted a
photo on Instagram showing him with
crab legs after being selected by theTampa
Bay Buccaneers.
When asked about his
legacy and the simple fact that movies like "Avengers: Age of Ultron"
areabsolutely dominating
pop culture today, Stan Lee says "it feels wonderful, it's
almost unbelievable."
Lee, 92, the comic legend
and creator of almost every Marvel superhero you can imagine from Spider-Man to
Thor, can't believe these stories he did 40, 50 years ago, are now movies and
TV, and on every platform from Netflix to IMAX.
"I have to pinch
myself all the time to make sure I'm not imagining it," he told ABC News
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