Average gas prices in the U.S. rose Tuesday to over $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022. It comes just over a month into Iran war, and is the largest monthly jump AAA has ever seen.
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Speed Read
Tuesday, March 31
⏳ THE SPEED READ
🚨NATION
Supreme court rules 8-1 against Colorado ban on conversion therapy (MO NEWS)
JD Vance has new book coming out on religious faith, conversion to Catholicism (THE HILL)
Fired FBI agents sue Patel, Bondi for ‘retribution campaign’ (POLITICO)
Judge rules Trump’s directive cutting off funding for NPR and PBS violates the First Amendment (CBS)
LA marks first Farmworkers Day after renaming holiday from Cesar Chavez Day (ABC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
US journalist kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces hunt captors, Iraqi officials say (AP)
Sexual violence part of ‘everyday life’ in parts of Sudan, charity says (BBC)
Germany’s Merz criticized after calling for Syrians in Germany to ‘go back’ home (GUARDIAN)
Ukraine strikes Russia’s lifeblood by targeting oil ports (LE MONDE)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
Women now outnumber men in the U.S. workforce (MO NEWS)
Trump officials exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules (AP)
McCormick buys Unilever’s food business in deal that values it at nearly $45 billion (CNBC)
Chick-fil-A offers free ice cream if families ditch phones at the table in push to unplug (FOX)
New ‘cicada’ COVID variant detected in more than 20 states, CDC warns (WUSA)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Project Hail Mary officially breaks all-time box office record for Amazon in just two weeks (SCREEN RANT)
Céline Dion announces return to stage with upcoming Paris concerts (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
Tallest college basketball player ever, standing at 7-foot-9, entering transfer portal (FOX)
Eurovision Song Contest launches first-ever Asia edition (BBC)