Midday Roundup: Jordan Spieth wins Masters with record score

Fresh faces. Twenty-one-year-old Jordan Spieth won the Masters golf tournament Sunday, beating 25-year-old Rory McIlroy, the favorite who lost early with a sluggish start in the tournament. Spieth’s win has excited golf fans who worried the sport’s best years were behind it as greats such as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson receded from the top of the game. The Spieth-McIlroy rivalry is shaping up to be friendly but competitive. “I look forward to getting in the heat of the moment with him a couple of times in the near future and see if we can battle it out and test our games,” Spieth said of McIlroy at the Masters. Spieth also is known for his commitment to his family, especially his special-needs sister, Ellie, who is seven years younger. “Ellie certainly is the best thing that’s happened in our family,” Spieth said last year. “It helps put things in perspective that I’m lucky to play on tour and to compete with these guys. It’s been a dream come true. I definitely attribute a lot of that to her.”

Arms race. In light of a recent breakthrough in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, Russia today agreed to resume delivery of a sophisticated air defense missile system to the Islamic nation. Russia has insisted its decision in 2010 to freeze delivery of the $800 million S-300 system was based on the sanctions the United Nations Security Council imposed on Iran over its nuclear program. Iran reached a framework deal with world powers this month that is intended to restrict its ability to produce nuclear weapons while giving it relief from international sanctions. But the world powers have not yet agreed about how and when to lift sanctions. The S-300 system uses automated surface-to-air missiles to defend against attacking aircraft and cruise missiles.

Deadly mistake. A reserve deputy with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Department thought he had pulled his Taser stun gun when he shot and killed a suspect on April 2. In video released over the weekend, Deputy Robert Bates can be heard saying, “Oh, I shot him. I’m sorry.” Eric Harris, 44, had just tried to sell an illegal gun to an undercover officer when deputies attempted to arrest him and he resisted. He died later at a Tulsa hospital. Bates, 73, is an insurance company executive who volunteered as a reserve deputy. Prosecutors are considering whether to file charges against him.

Launch party. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is set to kick off his presidential campaign tonight at a rally in Miami. The first-term senator confirmed his candidacy to donors in a conference call today, saying he feels uniquely qualified for the challenge. In a swipe at rival Hillary Clinton, Rubio said the likely Democratic nominee is a “leader from yesterday.”

Telling it like he sees it. Pope Francis angered the Turkish government Sunday by recalling the massacre of Armenians 100 years ago as “the first genocide of the 20th century.” Historians estimate Ottoman Turks killed up to 1.5 million Armenians around the time of World War I, but modern Turkey denies a genocide took place. The Vatican invited the Armenian president and church leaders to a Mass marking the anniversary of the tragedy. The Turkish government responded by recalling its ambassador to the Vatican and accusing Francis of spreading hatred and “unfounded claims.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.