WILLIAM BRANGHAM: We begin the day's# other headlines with new details about## the man accused of setting fire to the# Pennsylvania governor's mansion Sunday;## 38-year-old Cody Balmer has been charged with# arson, attempted homicide, and terrorism.

Court documents say he jumped over a fence to# gain entry, used handmade Molotov cocktails to## set the mansion fire, and planned to beat Governor# Josh Shapiro with a hammer if he ever found him.## Shapiro and his family were safely evacuated.# No one was injured.

Authorities have not stated## a motive for the attack.

Shapiro said# he and his family celebrated the Jewish## holiday of Passover just hours before# in the same room that was set ablaze.

Unsealed federal court documents reveal that# a Wisconsin teenager arrested last month for## killing his parents did so to take their money and# carry out a plot to assassinate President Trump.## The documents further said the suspect# identified with a satanic neo-Nazi terror## network.

He wrote a three-page antisemitic# manifesto that praised Adolf Hitler.

He bought a drone and explosives, which# authorities allege he planned to use in an attack.## The teen shared that plan with others, including a# Russian speaker, and intended to flee to Ukraine.

The FAA says the tour company whose sightseeing# helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New## York City last week is shutting down effective# immediately.

The chopper from New York Helicopter## Tours broke apart in midair, killing a# family of five Spanish tourists and the## pilot.

The FAA also said it would review the tour# company's operating license and safety record.

In total, five sightseeing helicopters# have crashed into New York City's rivers## in the past two decades.

They# remain a popular tourist draw.

Turning overseas, former South Korean# President Yoon Suk Yeol denied criminal## charges that he led an insurrection when he# declared martial law late last year.

He was## ousted from office just 10 days ago for# that short-lived martial law attempt.

Today, Yoon told the court that# martial law is not a coup d'etat.## Prosecutors said the former president# tried to paralyze state institutions## like Parliament.

Yoon's lawyers said he was# fully within his constitutional authority.

YOON KAB-KEUN, Attorney for Yoon Suk Yeol# (through translator): During this trial,## we will fully explain why the president# ..

The prosecutors are now seeing this# as an insurrection.

We believe it can## be proven that this doesn't have to be# regarded as a crime in the first place.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: If Yoon is# convicted of mounting an insurrection,## the charges are punishable# by life in prison or death.

In Central Europe, Hungary's Parliament passed# a new constitutional amendment that bans public## LGBTQ events.

It set off protests, including# before the vote, when demonstrators tried## to block lawmakers from entering.

They# had to be physically removed by police.## In the end, the vote was a resounding# 140 yes-votes, with only 21 against.

The new amendment also says that Hungary's# Constitution will only recognize two sexes,## male and female, a basis for denying the gender# identities of transgender people and others.

In Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro# remains in intensive care today after## undergoing a lengthy 12-hour surgery# for a bowel obstruction.

The far right## leader has been hospitalized since Friday# for abdominal pain stemming from when he## was stabbed at a 2018 campaign event.# Doctors say he's in stable condition,## all this as Bolsonaro is expected to face trial# on charges that he attempted to stage a coup## after his election loss in 2022, efforts that# were punctuated by riots led by his supporters.

And a passing of note.

Peruvian author and# Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has died.

The## acclaimed storyteller wrote about corruption# and cruelty, not just in his native Peru,## but across Latin America.

His novels, essays,# articles, and columns often drew on his own## experiences.

He attended military academy as# a boy and later wrote of military brutality.

He joined a communist cell in his teens and later# wrote against leftist society as one mired in## poverty and injustice.

His passion for politics# led to an unsuccessful presidential run in 1990.

In 2012, he spoke to the "News Hour" about# the power and moral imperative of literature.

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, Author: I don't accept the# idea that literature can be just entertainment## and that there is no sequels, consequences of# literature in the real world.

If this is true, I## think it gives the writer a kind of responsibility# that is not only literary, but also moral.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Mario# Vargas Llosa was 89 years old.

Still to come on the "News Hour": Ukraine# reels from a Russian attack that killed dozens,## including children; Mark Zuckerberg takes# the stand at Meta's antitrust trial;## Tamara Keith and Amy Walter break down the# latest political headlines; plus much more.