Tuesday, April 9

🚨NATION

📌 New warning: Social order could collapse in the era of AI (WALL STREET JOURNAL)

📌 Speaker Johnson faces Ukraine aid dilemma and a threat to his job as Congress returns (NBC NEWS)

📌 RFK addresses his gravelly voice: “If I could sound better, I would” (LA TIMES)

📌 250 colleges ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports (REUTERS)

📌 Teen girls confront an epidemic of deepfake nudes in schools (NY TIMES)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city (AP)

📌 Former Israeli hostage recounts sexual abuse at hands of captors (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 The Vatican says surrogate parenting and gender theory are 'grave threats' to human dignity (NPR)

📌 Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over fake news and obstruction (ABC NEWS)

📌 Chechnya bans all music deemed too fast or too slow (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 JPMorgan’s Dimon warns inflation, political polarization and wars are creating risks not seen since WWII (AP)

📌 Tesla heads to court after Apple engineer’s family says Autopilot caused his fatal crash (CNN)

📌 How Walmart shoppers can qualify for cash from $45 million settlement (GOOD MORNING AMERICA)

📌 Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, study finds (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 NCAA Women’s championship breaks viewership record (THE WRAP)

📌Actor Jonathan Majors gets probation, avoids jail time for assaulting ex-girlfriend (NBC NEWS)

📌 Country star Morgan Wallen arrested on felony charges after throwing a chair from a Nashville rooftop bar (CNN)

📌 Billie Eilish announces new album “Hit Me Hard and Soft” with a trailer (PITCHFORK)

📌 'Cowboy Carter' becomes the first album by a Black woman to top the country chart (NBC NEWS)

Monday, April 8

🚨NATION

📌 Trump’s campaign said it raised a record $50.5 million at a Florida fundraiser (AP)

📌 Ohio warns that Biden may not make deadline to be on ballot in November (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Oregon Powerball player wins $1.3 billion jackpot, beating odds of 1 in 292 million (FORTUNE)

📌 Suspect arrested after setting fire to Bernie Sanders' Vermont office (NBC NEWS)

📌 Mike Johnson prepares to unwrap mystery Ukraine aid package (WSJ)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Mexico’s president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid (NBC NEWS)

📌 Rwanda Genocide 30 years Later: Country’s president says that the world failed the country(BBC NEWS)

📌 The world’s oldest man says the secret to his longevity is luck, plus regular fish and chips (AP)

📌 Tens of thousands protested against the government of Viktor Orban in Budapest (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 8.2 million Tide Pod bag packages recalled because they might split open and allow the pods to be ingested (NBC NEWS)

📌 Boeing engine part fell off during Southwest flight takeoff, FAA says (CNBC)

📌 Russian Soyuz spacecraft brings crew of 3, including NASA astronaut, back to Earth (CBS NEWS)

📌 Insurance companies are using aerial images of homes as a tool to ditch properties seen as higher risk (WSJ)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Kristen Wiig inducted into ‘SNL’s’ Five-Timers Club by Ryan Gosling, Paul Rudd, Matt Damon during he hosting gig (NY POST)

📌 Bronny James, the son of NBA superstar LeBron James, will enter the 2024 NBA Draft (MO NEWS)

📌 Larry David reveals why he is really ending Curb and that he speaks with Richard Lewis after his death (DAILY BEAST)

📌 Biggest Night In Country Music: All the CMT Music Award winners (CBS NEWS)

📌 Video of Aoki Lee Simmons, 21, and ‘boyfriend’ Vittorio Assaf, 65, in St. Barts causes concern (PAGE SIX)

Friday, April 5

🚨NATION

📌 The ‘No Labels’ bipartisan movement will not run a presidential candidate this year (CNN)

📌 How far $100 now takes you at the grocery store after 5 years of inflation (WSJ)

📌 Police say use of racial slur clearly audible as they investigate racist incidents toward the Utah women’s basketball team (AP)

📌 Judge rejects a bid by Trump to dismiss criminal charges in classified documents criminal case (ABC NEWS)

📌 Deadly April storm batters Northeast, snarling travel and knocking out power to half a million (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in "direct confrontation" (REUTERS)

📌 Zimbabwe declares drought disaster, the latest in a region where El Nino has left millions hungry (NBC NEWS)

📌 Israel is using artificial intelligence to help pick bombing targets in Gaza, report says (CNN)

📌 Top UN expert warns of deteriorating situation in Haiti: ‘It’s apocalyptic’ (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 The New Science of Death: “There’s something going on in the brain that makes no sense” (GUARDIAN)

📌 Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160 million in compensation for the blowout of a panel during flight (AP)

📌 Efforts to curb deforestation around the world are stalling, report finds (AXIOS)

📌 New 3D cosmic map raises questions about future of universe (GUARDIAN)

📌 Tens of millions stolen from money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in Southern California (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jimmy Kimmel blasts US as ‘filthy and disgusting’ after trip abroad (NY POST)

📌Former Double Dare Host Marc Sommers says Nickelodeon doc producers ambushed him (VARIETY)

📌 Coachella will offer free livestream on YouTube this month (VARIETY)

📌 Legally Blonde spinoff in development at Amazon, Hello Sunshine (THE WRAP)

📌 Molly Ringwald confesses Studio 54 was where she likely conceived her first child (FOX NEWS)

📌 Watch Kristen Wiig visit her old dressing room in new ‘SNL’ teaser — she’s hosting tomorrow night (CNN)

Thursday, April 4

🚨NATION

📌 California looks to make late messages from bosses at work illegal (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Nebraska avoids changing electoral college vote, for now (NBC NEWS)

📌 Lauren Boebert has surgery to remove blood clot, diagnosed with rare condition (FOX NEWS)

📌 Texas asks court to decide if the state’s migrant arrest law went too far (AP)

📌 Pres. Biden and Bernie Sanders partner to push for lower prescription drug costs (REUTERS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years kills 9 people, 50 missing (REUTERS)

📌 Zelensky signs law lowering draft age to 25 in bid to boost military ranks (TIME)

📌 Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to "roam free" in Germany in public dispute over trophy hunting (CBS NEWS)

📌 Finnish school shooting motivated by bullying, police say (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Microsoft could have prevented Chinese cloud email hack that breached senior US government officials emails, US cyber report says (VERGE)

📌 Ozempic @ Costco: Store to offer eligible members access to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs (CBS NEWS)

📌 Amazon ditches cashier-less checkout system at its grocery stores (CNBC)

📌 Spotify is planning on increasing prices (BLOOMBERG)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Feds raided Diddy’s home over concerns video of sex crimes could be destroyed (THE WRAP)

 📌 LSU star Angel Reese officially declares for WNBA draft (ESPN)

📌 Gillian Anderson says she is open to the X-Files reboot (THE WRAP)

📌 Chance the Rapper and Kirsten Corley announce divorce (CNN)

📌 Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix's “Joker: Folie à Deux” gets R rating for violence, 'full nudity' and more (PEOPLE)

📌 'Euphoria' star Hunter Schafer says she doesn't want to take on 'tons of trans roles' (NBC NEWS)

Wednesday, April 3

🚨NATION

📌 14 Million under tornado watch as storms sweep through Ohio Valley (AXIOS)

📌 RFK Jr. argues that Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Trump (CNN)

📌 New York prison inmates sue state to get permission to watch solar eclipse (FOX NEWS)

📌 Freight railroads must keep 2-person crews, according to new federal rule (ABC NEWS)

📌 Car loan financier who put up $175m bond for Trump was ‘happy to do it’ (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Strongest earthquake in 25 years hits Taiwan, collapsing buildings (CNN)

📌 One dead, two injured in Finland school shooting as 12-year-old suspect detained (BBC)

📌 Biden, Xi speak for first time since November summit (CNN)

📌 Kidnapped American YouTuber who paid $50,000 ransom is still unable to leave Haiti (BLOOMBERG)

📌 J.K. Rowling will not be arrested for comments about transgender women, police say (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Ozempic should only cost $5 a month, according to recent study (FAST COMPANY)

📌 Trash from the International Space Station may have hit a house in Florida (ARS TECHNICA)

📌 You'll need more than $100,000 in income to afford a typical home in the US, studies show (NPR)

📌 White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon (REUTERS)

📌 Jon Stewart claims Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC chair on his podcast (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Lizzo says she didn’t mean she will quit music when she posted “I Quit” on Instagram (BBC)

📌 Angie Harmon says Instacart driver shot and killed her dog (CNN)

📌 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex shares new footage of raid on his LA home, slams agents using ‘militarized force’ (NY POST)

📌 Iowa, LSU make history as most watched women's college basketball game ever (ESPN)

📌 Top musicians among hundreds warning against replacing human artists with AI (AXIOS)

Tuesday, April 2

🚨NATION

📌 Florida Supreme Court allows 6-week abortion ban to take effect, but voters will have the final say with vote in November (NBC NEWS)

📌 What to know about Havana Syndrome — illness impacting US officials — after investigation links to Russia (AXIOS)

📌 Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm (CBS NEWS)

📌 A channel has opened for vessels clearing wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site (AP)

📌 RFK Jr’s sister, other siblings, condemn his presidential run (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Germany becomes biggest E.U. country to legalize marijuana possession (CNN)

📌 Iran says Israel bombed its consulate in Syria, killing several top militar leaders (REUTERS)

📌 Peru’s president accused of amassing $500k in jewelry on $50k salary (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 ‘It’s a siege, it’s a war’: Haiti’s gangs tighten violent grip in lethal insurrection (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 United asks pilots to take unpaid time off, citing Boeing’s delayed aircraft (CNBC)

📌 Israeli parliament passes law paving the way for temporary Al Jazeera closure (GUARDIAN)

📌 Trump’s net worth plunges by $1 billion as his media stock tumbles (CNN)

📌 Cicadas are nature’s weirdos — they pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies — and are about to come out (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Caitlin Clark and Iowa advance to the Final 4 with a win over defending champs, LSU (CNN)

📌 Shakira says ‘Barbie’ movie was “emasculating”and her son “hated it” (DEADLINE)

📌 Sean 'Diddy' Combs returns to Instagram following home raids, lawsuits (FOX NEWS)

📌 JK Rowling challenges Scotland's new hate crime law - inviting police to arrest her (BBC)

📌 Actor Michael Stuhlbarg hit in back of the neck with rock while in Central Park, chased his alleged attacker (CNN)

Monday, April 1

🚨NATION

📌 April will bring severe storms, snow and flooding as a wide-reaching storm crosses the US (CNN)

📌 White House bashes 'dishonest' Republican criticism of Biden's transgender proclamation on Easter (ABC NEWS)

📌 Half of senior staffers in Congress are so fed up that they may quit (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 New York City Mayor Eric Adams marked Good Friday by receiving a jailhouse baptism from the Rev. Al Sharpton (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Journalist critical of Iranian regime stabbed in London, as authorities open counter-terrorism investigation (BBC)

📌 Pope Francis overcomes health concerns to preside over windy Easter Sunday Mass, renews calls for peace in Gaza & Ukraine (PBS)

📌 King Charles attends Easter church service in most significant public appearance since cancer diagnosis (CNN)

📌 White House sends more weapons to Israel amid criticism from progressives (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 New $20 minimum wage for fast food workers in California set to start today (NBC NEWS)

📌 KIA recalls over 400,000 Telluride SUVs (CNBC)

📌 Inside Mnuchin's far-fetched plan to rebuild TikTok from scratch (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Why are older Americans drinking so much? (NY TIMES)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Several NCAA Women’s games played with mismatched 3-point lines (AP NEWS)

📌 Lizzo says ‘I QUIT:’ Say she's tired of being 'dragged by everyone' on the internet (NBC NEWS)

📌 LSU and Iowa prepare for championship rematch in Elite Eight: 'A really great game for women's basketball' (CBS SPORTS)

📌 Men’s Final Four set with NC State shocking win over Duke (NBC NEWS)

📌 ‘Zoey 101’ star Matthew Underwood reveals sexual assault, explains why some Nick actors are ‘staying silent’ after ‘Quiet on Set’ (THE WRAP)

📌 Beyoncé fans confused over five missing tracks on ‘Cowboy Carter’ vinyl, fueling theories about last-minute changes (VARIETY)

Friday, March 29

🚨NATION

📌 Maryland requests $60 million for Baltimore bridge collapse recovery (ABC NEWS)

📌 Family of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett speaks out following his death (CBS NEWS)

📌 Trump attends wake for killed NYPD officer as he ramps up rhetoric on crime (NBC NEWS) Trump claims crime rates are soaring. The numbers indicate otherwise (NBC NEWS)

Protesters interrupt start-studded Biden fundraiser with presidents Clinton and Obama (REUTERS)

📌 Secretary Mayorkas’ impeachment trial in the Senate set to take place in April (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 International court orders Israel to do more to prevent famine in Gaza (AXIOS)

📌 Bus carrying Easter worshippers falls off cliff killing 45 people in South Africa (REUTERS)

📌 Italy races to stop leaning tower from collapsing (CNN)

📌 French parliament backs bill against hair discrimination (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Baltimore bridge collapse insurance payout may be the largest in history (CNBC)

📌 This could be the worst year yet for dengue in North & South America (AXIOS)

📌 Punxsutawney Phil and partner Phyllis welcome 2 newborn groundhogs (ABC NEWS)

📌 U.S. Census revamped to better count Middle Eastern and Latino groups (NPR)

📌 Solar eclipse warnings pile up: Watch out for danger in the sky, on the ground on April 8 (USA TODAY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 'Love Is Blind' becomes #1 show on Netflix with 2.1 billion minutes streamed in 1 week (THE WRAP)

📌 North Korea censored footage of a English gardening show because its host was wearing jeans (BUSINESS INSIDER)

📌 Rebel Wilson hopes to spread a ‘positive message’ by sharing she lost her virginity in her mid-30s (CNN)

📌 Jenna Lyons returning to RHONY for season 15 alongside full cast — but says girlfriend will be kept off camera (PEOPLE)

Thursday, March 28

🚨NATION

📌 Obama & Clinton jump in to help Biden raise big $$$ tonight (CNN)

📌 NYPD makes arrest in viral TikTok punching case—as Bethenny Frankel says she was hit, too (FORBES)

📌 New Polls: Majority in U.S. now disapprove of Israeli actions in Gaza; The more closely you follow the headlines, the more likely you are to support Israel (GALLUP)

📌 Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Thailand poised to legalize same-sex marriage after parliament passes bill (THE GUARDIAN)

📌 More than 1 billion meals were wasted per day in 2022, according to new UN report (ABC NEWS)

📌 Largest cocaine shipment of the year seized in Colombian Caribbean after high-speed boat chase (CBS NEWS)

📌 China's Xi meets American CEOs in bid to boost confidence in ailing economy (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Settlement reached in lawsuit between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allies and Disney (AXIOS)

📌 A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks (AP)

📌 Rare ancient bacteria found on Bronze Age teeth reveals the impact a key dietary shift had on human health (CNN)

📌 Sam Bankman-Fried awaits Thursday sentencing for his role in FTX cryptocurrency exchange fraud (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Guns found at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' L.A. and Miami properties during federal searches (NBC NEWS)

📌 All the abuse allegations against Diddy (THE WRAP)

📌 The View hosts accuse black author of being a ‘pawn’ for the right (FOX NEWS)

📌 Martin Scorsese to host and produce religious docuseries for Fox News (GUARDIAN)

📌 March Madness Sweet 16 starts today: A preview (CBS NEWS)

📌 Beyoncé reveals track-list for new album “Cowboy Carter” (PITCHFORK)

Wednesday, March 27

🚨NATION

📌 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. names attorney and tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his running mate (MO NEWS)

📌 Why the “worst is yet to come” for chocolate prices as cocoa crop in trouble (CNBC)

📌 Trump selling $60 bibles, says it is time to “make America pray again” (AP NEWS) (Trump Sales Video)

📌 Texas AG Paxton settles felony fraud investigation, avoiding trial and ending years-long legal saga (CNN)

📌 Utah women’s basketball team switched hotels after experiencing racism, says head coach (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hamas rejects latest 6-week ceasefire deal, demands permanent end to fighting (REUTERS)

📌 Meet the 80-year-old grandmother who’s taking on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro (WSJ) Venezuela opposition registers presidential candidate to keep spot on ballot (REUTERS)

📌 China hits back at US, UK for sanctions on espionage hacks as coordinated pressure on Beijing grows (CNN)

📌 UK court says Assange can’t be extradited on espionage charges until US rules out death penalty (AP)

📌 King Charles to make first major public appearance since cancer diagnosis (FOX NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Truth Social's stock jumps on first day of trading; Trump share now worth $4.6 billion (AP NEWS)

📌 Costco will crack down on non-members eating at food courts (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Visa and Mastercard agree to $30 billion settlement that will lower $1-$3 merchant fees (AP)

📌 Kids as young as 14 were found working at a Tennessee factory that makes lawn mower parts for John Deere and others (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Sean 'Diddy' Combs declares innocence after federal agents raid his homes (FOX NEWS)

📌 Jenn Tran named first Asian American 'Bachelorette' (USA TODAY)

📌 Controversial “Titanic” door prop sells for $718,750 (GUARDIAN)

📌 Famous sculptor Richard Serra dies (WASHINGTON POST)

Tuesday, March 26

🚨NATION

📌 Sean “Diddy” Combs’ homes in LA and Miami raided by federal officials as part of ‘sex trafficking’ investigation (ROLLING STONE)

📌 NY Court agrees to pause seizure of Trump assets if he puts up $175 million bond (AP)

📌 NBC faces full-on internal rebellion over latest hire (NY TIMES)

📌 Maryland middle school students face hate crime charges, accused of harassing classmate with Nazi salutes, swastikas (ABC NEWS)

📌 Flaco, the famous New York City owl, had pigeon herpes, four kinds of rat poison in his system when he tragically died (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Terror suspects appear in court in Russia showing signs of torture and abuse (MO NEWS)

📌 Millions of Americans caught up in Chinese hacking scheme (BBC)

📌 U.S. and U.K. announce sanctions over China-linked hacks on election watchdog and lawmakers (NBC NEWS)

📌 Israel cancels Washington visit after US allows UN Gaza ceasefire resolution to pass (CNN)

📌 North Korea says Japan's prime minister offered to meet with leader Kim Jong Un soon (ABC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Apple, Google, Meta targeted in EU's first Digital Markets Act probes, in an attempt to reign in Big Tech (REUTERS)

📌 Judge dismisses Elon Musk's suit against hate speech researchers (NPR)

📌 Florida Gov. DeSantis signs social media limits into law (AXIOS)

📌 Trump's Truth Social to start trading under the ticker "DJT" today (CBS NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Rebel Wilson calls Sacha Baron Cohen 'a--hole' named in her book, says she 'will not be bullied or silenced' & he responds (BBC)

📌 14-year old Minnesota chess master wins women’s national title (MPR)

📌 Pete Davidson and Colin Jost’s Staten Island Ferry will have hotel rooms, 2 restaurants and 6 bars (PEOPLE)

📌 'Yellowstone' star Forrie J. Smith says he was 'kicked off' flight for refusing to sit next to masked passenger (NBC NEWS)

Monday, March 25

🚨NATION

📌 Former Supreme Court Justice Breyer supports age/term limits for the court (AXIOS)

📌 Border Patrol ramps up patrols after recent migrant surges at US border fence (FOX NEWS)

📌 Chuck Todd blasts NBC News on-air over former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel hire (VARIETY) How US corporate media is learning to live with Trump (SEMAFOR)

📌 Trump could learn today how New York will collect $457 million bond, which could include taking over properties (THE HILL)

📌 'There's going to be a problem': House Republicans ramp up talk of removing Speaker Johnson after budget saga (CNBC)

📌 Man who survived mountain lion attack that killed his brother in California expected to survive (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 The Prince and Princess of Wales are "enormously touched by the kind messages" they have received following Catherine's cancer diagnosis (BBC)

📌 Nigeria school abduction: Over 130 children are freed after two weeks in captivity (AP)

📌 Pope Francis skips homily at Palm Sunday Mass in rare move (CNN)

📌 Haiti gang wars push hunger to worst levels on record (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Elon Musk is not the only person taking drugs at work (BUSINESS INSIDER)

📌 FAA considers temporary action against United following series of flight mishaps, sources say (CBS NEWS)

📌 Allergy season arrived early in US. Here’s how to keep pollen from ruining your spring (AP)

📌 Chick-fil-A announces that it will no longer serve antibiotic-free chicken (NY POST)

📌 Cosmic explosion will be visible to the naked eye in once-in-a-lifetime stargazing event (MO NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots now a combined $1.9 billion. Drawings tonight and tomorrow (KTLA)

📌 Gisele Bundchen confirms new romance amid rumors she's dating jiu-jitsu pro Joaquim Valente (DAILY MAIL)

📌 Blake Lively apologizes for Kate Middleton joke (BUZZFEED)

📌 Adam Sandler is working on ‘Happy Gilmore 2,’ according to Christopher McDonald (CNN)

Friday, March 22

🚨NATION

📌 New York AG takes 1st step toward possibly seizing Trump's assets as part of $464M fraud judgment (ABC NEWS)

📌 California approves Prop. 1 to fund mental health programs for homeless (CBS NEWS)

📌 RFK Jr. struggling to get on state ballots ahead of naming his runningmate next week (POLITICO)

📌 'Little rascals' trio, ages 11, 12 and 16, arrested for robbing a Houston bank (ABC NEWS)

📌 Over 100 migrants break through razor wire, knock down guards as they illegally cross El Paso border in wild scene (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US tests hypersonic missile in Pacific as it aims to keep up with China and Russia (CNN)

📌 Plan to recover "holy grail" of shipwrecks holding billions of dollars in treasure is approved over 3 centuries after ship sank off the coast of Colombia (CBS NEWS)

📌 French President Emmanuel Macron shows off his boxing skills in “thirst trap” photos, sparking mixed reaction (CNN)

📌 India's main opposition party accuses Modi's government of freezing bank accounts (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Dozens sue Ozempic, other drugs, claiming harmful side effects (USA TODAY)

📌 DMV services disrupted nationwide over system outage (NBC NEWS)

📌 Rupert Murdoch and new 'Washington Post' CEO accused of cover-up in hacking scandal (NPR)

📌 E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn’t keeping pace, UN says (AP)

📌 Toddlers Smell like flowers, teens smell ‘goatlike,’ study on body order finds (NY TIMES)

 📌 Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law was intoxicated when she drove into lake and died, sheriff’s office says (CNN) 

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Britain’s Royal Family searches for new communications assistant, pay is $33,000 (FORTUNE)

📌 Dana Carvey apologizes for ‘SNL’ skit that made Sharon Stone ‘take her clothes off’ — and she reacts (NY POST)

📌 Real Housewives: Potomac star Karen Huger charged with DUI following crash (PEOPLE) Beverly Hills’ Annemarie Wiley fired after one season (DEADLINE)

📌 Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter fired by LA Dodgers amid accusations of ‘massive theft’ (CNN)

Thursday, March 21

🚨NATION

📌 California passes $6.4 billion plan to address mental health and homelessness (NY TIMES)

📌 US will start helicoptering citizens out of Haiti (GUARDIAN)

📌 Trump is having trouble finding a nearly $500 million bond, and he is getting frustrated (NBC NEWS)

📌 Supreme Court hears case of Texas grandmother thrown in jail after criticizing city government (FOX NEWS)

📌 Four former Mississippi officers sentenced to 40 years in racially charged torture cases (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 UK launches probe into reported breach of Kate Middleton’s medical records (TIME)

📌 Mike Johnson confirms House GOP considering asking Netanyahu to address Congress (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 US Justice Department exploring Julian Assange guilty plea deal to end 14-year legal drama (CNN)

📌 Protesters in Cuba demand food and electricity as shortages bring hardship (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 2024's 'Dirty Dozen' list finds the 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides—and tips for enjoying them safely (CNBC)

📌 Hermès sued in California over claims it only sells Birkins to ‘worthy’ customers (GUARDIAN)

📌 Gene editing tech could disable and cure HIV, suggests promising lab experiment (NEW SCIENCE)

📌 A new type of bacteria was found in 50% of colon cancers. Many were aggressive cases (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Banksy's urban tree artwork defaced with white paint (BBC)

📌 Richard Simmons shares he has been diagnosed with skin cancer (CNN)

📌 Husband of Christine Quinn, former 'Selling Sunset' star, arrested after alleged assault with deadly weapon (NBC NEWS)

📌 Shohei Ohtani's interpreter accused of stealing millions from Dodgers superstar to gamble, per report (CBS SPORTS)

Wednesday, March 20

🚨NATION

📌 Trump sues ABC News, George Stephanopoulos for defamation (FOX NEWS)

📌 Senate begins to consider TikTok bill with major national security briefing today (REUTERS)

📌 Florida congressman is trying to save Americans in Haiti on his own (FOX NEWS)

📌 Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro begins serving prison sentence after historic contempt prosecution (CNN)

📌 US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hong Kong passes second national security law, widening crackdown powers and aligning city more closely with mainland China (CNN)

📌 Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly falsifying Covid vaccination records (BBC)

📌 Netanyahu tells Biden Rafah ground operation is crucial to destroying Hamas and will happen (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Saudi Arabia plans $40 billion push into artificial intelligence (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos ex-wife, donates $640 million after open call for nonprofits (CNN)

📌 Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs and spin off Ben & Jerry’s ice cream unit (USA TODAY)

📌 Gas prices rise for the first time since late 2023, here’s why (MO NEWS)

📌 Even among the insured, weight loss drugs are rarely prescribed, study suggests (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ariana Grande to pay ex-husband $1.25M in spousal support as she reportedly moves on with new boyfriend (FOX NEWS)

📌 Travis Kelce in talks to host ‘Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?’ reboot for Amazon (DEADLINE)

📌 Beyoncé says new 'Cowboy Carter' album inspired by backlash to her entering country genre (NBC NEWS)

📌 Oprah Winfrey says she “starved” herself for “five months” while discussing weight-loss struggles in new special (SALON)

Tuesday, March 19

🚨NATION

📌 US Supreme Court's Alito extends pause on Texas immigration law (CBS NEWS)

📌 Trump faces 'insurmountable difficulties' in securing $464M bond in civil fraud case (ABC NEWS)

📌 Trump claims Jews who vote against him “hate” their religion and Israel (MO NEWS)

📌 Biden campaign releases ad featuring Trump "bloodbath" comments (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Biden speaks with Netanyahu amid escalating tensions in U.S.-Israel, warns against Rafah invasion (NBC NEWS)

📌 Gambia could become the first country to reverse a ban on female genital cutting (AP)

📌 At least a dozen dead as gang violence spills into wealthy areas of Haiti capital (GUARDIAN)

📌 In Havana syndrome patients, NIH scientists find no physical trace of harm (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Online orders begin for first over-the-counter birth control pill in the US (CNN)

📌 EPA to ban last form of asbestos used in US (REUTERS)

📌 Saudi oil exec: World should abandon “fantasy” of phasing out oil (CNBC)

📌 Fabrics retailer Joann files for bankruptcy (CNN)

📌 Sports Illustrated to avert shutdown as it gets a fresh start under new publisher (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Kate Middleton seen on video for first time on shopping trip with Prince William amid surgery recovery (PEOPLE) [Andy Cohen among those not convinced]

📌 Banksy unveils new street art in London neighborhood (DAILY MAIL)

📌 March Madness 2024: How to watch every game of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournament (YAHOO)

📌 Richard Simmons clarifies that he's not dying after cryptic social media post (NBC NEWS)

Monday, March 18

🚨NATION

📌 Young men and women are drifting apart politically, and the US has one of the widest gaps (ECONOMIST) (see chart above)

📌 White House wants TikTok's parent company to divest: 'We don't want to see a ban' (ABC NEWS)

📌 Biden campaign slams Trump over ‘political violence’ for warning of ‘bloodbath’ when discussing auto industry (FOX NEWS)

📌 Supreme Court to hear arguments today on whether White House crosses First Amendment line on social media disinformation (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israeli PM rejects Sen. Schumer’s call for new Israeli elections as ‘totally inappropriate’ (REUTERS)

📌 Iceland rocked by fourth volcano eruption in recent months, spewing fountains of lava (FOX NEWS)

📌 Egypt strikes $8 billion deal for aid from Europe as its economy struggles (AP)

📌 Six more years of Putin worry many countries, but not China (CNN)

📌 First charter flight with Americans fleeing Haiti lands in Miami (AP)

📌 Haiti healthcare system on verge of collapse as gang warfare rages on (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 TikTok’s American growth is already stalling (WSJ)

📌 Marriage rates are up, and divorce rates are down, new data shows (CNN)

📌 Apple’s new CarPlay becomes last hope to crack the auto industry after Apple Car was canceled (BLOOMBERG)

📌 U.S. measles milestone: 60 cases so far in 2024 — more than all of 2023 (CBS NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Usher, Fantasia Barrino, ‘Color Purple’ honored at 55th NAACP Image Awards (AP)

📌 Celine Dion says living with stiff person syndrome ‘has been one of the hardest experiences of my life’ (CNN)

📌 Olivia Rodrigo's team won't allow free contraceptives to be handed out on tour anymore (BUSINESS INSIDER)

📌 University of Michigan fires men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard (CNN)

📌 Broken clock, reviews mar final minutes of Lakers-Warriors (ESPN)

Friday, March 15

🚨NATION

📌 Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds (AP NEWS)

📌 Michigan school shooter's father found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (AXIOS)

📌 Biden issues statement on death of LGBTQ teen Nex Benedict, drawing attention to suicide crisis (NBC NEWS)

📌 Kamala Harris declares 'health crisis' in historic visit to abortion clinic in Minnesota (USA TODAY)

📌 Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces 4-day workweek legislation (CNBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Chuck Schumer’s anti-Netanyahu speech stuns Israel (AXIOS)

📌 Palestinian leader appoints longtime adviser as prime minister in the face of calls for reform (FOX NEWS)

📌 The UK government has published a new definition of ‘extremism.’ Critics fear it could curtail free speech (CNN)

📌 Banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a Japanese high court rules (CBS NEWS)

📌 Macron again declines to rule out Western troops in Ukraine, but says they’re not needed now (AP) 

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Python farming could offer one of the most sustainable sources of meat in the world, according to a new study (ABC NEWS)

📌 All eligible people at Chicago migrant shelter have been vaccinated for measles in ‘unprecedented operation’ (CNN)

📌 Blood test shows 83% accuracy for detecting colorectal cancer, study finds (CBS NEWS)

📌 A new surge in power use threatens U.S. climate goals (NY TIMES)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Justin Timberlake reunites *NSYNC at warm-up concert in Los Angeles (BILLBOARD)

📌 ‘The Bear’ secretly renewed for Season 4 to film directly after Season 3 (VARIETY)

📌 Meghan returns to Instagram with her new brand: American Riviera Orchard (NBC NEWS)

📌 Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani reveals his wife as Japanese basketball player Mamiko Tanaka (TMZ)

Thursday, March 14

🚨NATION

📌 Hunter Biden rejects House Republicans' request to testify publicly (NBC NEWS)

📌 Judge dismisses several charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case (AP)

📌 Jury begins deliberations in manslaughter trial for school shooter’s father (ABC NEWS)

📌 Rats are 'all high' on marijuana stored in infested New Orleans police evidence room (USA TODAY)

📌 Non-binary teen death in Oklahoma ruled a suicide (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Team of US Marines sent to provide more security at US Embassy in Haiti (ABC NEWS)

📌 World’s first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers (CNBC)

📌 Ukrainian drones damage Russian oil refineries in multi-day attack (REUTERS)

📌 White House calls on Hamas to agree to ceasefire (MO NEWS)

📌 US tells Israel what kind of Rafah attack it would support (POLITICO)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will close 1,000 stores (CNN)

📌 Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled his new show on X after he didn’t like their interview (AXIOS)

📌 Japanese firm Space One's Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight (REUTERS)

📌 How bad is maternal mortality in the U.S.? A new study says it's been overestimated (NPR) 

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Olivia Munn reveals breast cancer diagnosis, underwent double mastectomy (USA TODAY)

📌 Former football coach Nick Saban laments the current landscape of college sports (CNN)

📌 Olivia Rodrigo hands out day after pills, condoms at concert in Missouri, where abortion is banned (NBC NEWS)

📌 JLo cancels 7 concerts from upcoming tour (ROLLING STONE)

Wednesday, March 13

🚨NATION

📌 Biden and Trump officially clinch nomination for their parties with Tuesday primary wins (ABC NEWS)

📌 House set to pass bipartisan TikTok bill that would ban the app in US if Chinese owners don't sell (ABC NEWS) Senate appears to be more skeptical of TikTok bill (AXIOS)

📌 Supreme Court extends freeze on controversial Texas immigration law (CNN)

📌 Uvalde police chief announces resignation after report on Robb Elementary School shooting (NBC NEWS)

📌 US to send $300 million in new weapons package for Ukraine (REUTERS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Andrew Tate can be extradited to face U.K. sex offense allegations, but not yet, Romania court rules (CBS NEWS)

📌 Ukraine knocks out Russian refinery in major attack (REUTERS)

📌 Dual US-Israeli citizen Itay Chen, who was thought to have been one of the 6 Americans still held hostage in Gaza, pronounced dead(CNN)

📌 First humanitarian aid ship leaves Cyprus to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face starvation (PBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 CDC sends response team to Chicago migrant shelter amid measles outbreak (FOX NEWS)

📌 White House meeting with UnitedHealth CEO over hack, now in 3rd week (REUTERS)

📌 Prices ticked higher in February, but there’s good news at the grocery store (CNN)

📌 Over 1 in 10 high school seniors report using delta-8 THC (diet marijuana) (NBC NEWS) 

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Girls are falling in love with wrestling, the nation’s fastest-growing high school sport (AP)

📌 Lily Gladstone is “feeling the love big time” after Oscars loss (DEADLINE)

📌 Release Date Announced: Beyoncé’s upcoming album is ‘Cowboy Carter’ and Dolly Parton believes she has covered ‘Jolene’ for it (CNN)

📌 Meghan Markle wins defamation lawsuit brought by half-sister Samantha Markle (PEOPLE)