From the Wires

USA TODAY: Kraft and Heinz are forming the fifth-largest food corporation in the world.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Group sends a letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting $16.1 million for demonstration system.

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Vessel will charge users $2.99 a month to see videos from YouTube stars before the public consumes them for free.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: A personal finance site says Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and Idaho are the best states in which to retire.

AL JAZEERA AMERICA: Experts warn that wild African elephants could be extinct in the next couple decades.

NEW YORK TIMES: Elon Musk announces self-driving Teslas will hit American roads by the summer.

ECONOMIC TIMES: A pair of new GMO-infused foods have been approved for sale in the United States.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Microsoft has plans to offer an alternative to its browsing staple.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Two of the country’s wealthiest men create Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund.

BLOOMBERG: Apple is in talks with ABC, CBS and Fox to stream those networks through its Web-based service.