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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)


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