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Speed Read

Friday, April 03

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Trump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs (AP)

  • 8 arrests made in federal crackdown on alleged health care fraud in Southern California (CNN)

  • ICE detains president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque (NBC)

  • Arizona woman who went missing when she was 13 found alive 32 years later (ABC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Cuba says it will release more than 2,000 prisoners amid US pressure (THE HILL)

  • Kyiv region under ‘massive’ daytime drone and missile attack by Russia, officials say (EURO NEWS)

  • France’s Muslim gathering ban overturned by courts (BBC)

  • China’s Communist Party investigates ex-Xinjiang leader Ma Xingrui (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • U.S. payrolls rose by 178,000 in March, more than expected; unemployment at 4.3% (CNBC)

  • United Airlines checked bag fees climbs $10-50 as fuel prices nearly double since Iran war (FOX)

  • NASA releases stunning first images of Earth taken by the Artemis II astronauts (CNN)

  • 3.1 million bottles of eye drops sold at Walgreens, CVS and more are recalled (CBS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Judge dismisses most claims in Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni (NBC)

  • FX’s ‘Love Story’ hits 65 million hours streamed on Hulu and Disney+ as finale views jump 90% over premiere (VARIETY)

  • Rapper Pooh Shiesty accused of robbery and kidnap in contract dispute with Gucci Mane’s label (GUARDIAN)

  • Duke freshman Cameron Boozer named AP Player of the Year (ESPN)


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