Thursday, April 18

🚨NATION

📌 NPR editor resigns after publicly criticizing coverage, calls new CEO ‘divisive’ (AP)

📌 Lawmakers vote against hearing Arizona bill repealing abortion ban on House floor (CNN)

📌 Mike Johnson sets up weekend showdown on foreign aid bills for Ukraine, Israel (AXIOS)

📌 Elephant roams streets in Montana after escaping from circus (PEOPLE)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 China lobbies Congress behind closed doors on TikTok, staffers say (POLITICO)

📌 Inside Story: Miscalculation led to escalation between Israel and Iran (NY TIMES)

📌 Iran's president vows to completely destroy Israel if it launches ‘tiniest invasion’ (FOX NEWS)

📌 Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.(WASHINGTON POST)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Americans check their phones 144 times a day (CNBC)

📌 Google fires 28 employees involved in anti-Israel office takeover/sit-in (NY POST)

📌 NASA confirms International Space Station object crashed through home in Naples, Florida (ABC NEWS)

📌 Apple fixes iPhone bug that suggested Palestinian flag when some people typed ‘Jerusalem’ (CNN)

📌 Ford recalls over 456,000 Bronco Sport and Maverick cars due to loss of drive power risk (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Taylor Swift’s new album drops tonight: Everything you need to know (NY POST)

📌 Beatles II: John Lennon and Paul McCartney's sons release first song together (CBS NEWS)

📌 Kate Hudson had a lifetime to make a record. The result is ‘Glorious,’ out in May (AP)

📌 Travis Kelce confirms he'll host ‘Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity’ saying, 'I'm just happy to be on the hosting side' (BBC)

📌 NBA bans Toronto Raptors players for life after gambling on games, giving info to bettors and limiting play for betting purposes (NBC NEWS)

Wednesday, April 17

🚨NATION

📌 Murder numbers plummets in a number of major U.S. cities (except Atlanta and LA) (AXIOS)

📌 House sends DHS Secretary Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate (CNN)

📌 Supreme Court appears divided on case that could upend felony charges against Jan. 6 rioters, Trump (ABC NEWS)

📌 Columbia University’s president to testify at antisemitism hearing today (CNN) What she plans to say (COLUMBIA)

📌 USC valedictorian banned from giving graduation speech over ‘security concerns,’ after complaints about anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic rhetoric (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Justin Trudeau plans to win over Canadians with his Gen Z-friendly budget (POLITICO)

📌 Historic Copenhagen stock exchange in Denmark goes up in flames (BBC)

📌 Dubai gets nearly 2x annual rainfall in a matter of 6 hours (CBS NEWS) ‘Cloud seeding’ may have been partially to blame (INSIDER)

📌 US Treasury Department plans to impose new sanctions on Iran after Israel attack (CNBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 UnitedHealth to take up to $1.6 billion hit this year from Change hack (REUTERS)

📌 Zuckerberg wins bid to avoid personal liability in addiction lawsuits (THE HILL)

📌 Pro-Palestinian Google employees stage ‘sit-ins’ over company contract with Israel (WIRED)

📌 World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts (GUARDIAN)

📌 American Airlines’ pilots report ‘significant spike’ in safety issues (NY POST)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Celine Dion documentary gets a release date (GMA)

📌 Michigan given three-year probation, recruiting penalties by NCAA for football violations — case vs. Jim Harbaugh pending (AP)

📌 Blake Griffin retires after high-flying NBA career that included Rookie of the Year, All-Star honors (CBS SPORTS)

📌 First product of Meghan Markle's lifestyle brand revealed (BBC)

Tuesday, April 16

🚨NATION

📌 US experiencing growing OBGYN shortage: Here is why (THE HILL)

📌 American Airlines pilots seeing ‘significant’ spike in safety issues (BLOOMBERG)

📌 Florida bans local heat protections for outdoor workers in extreme heat (NPR)

📌 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez gets maximum 18 months for fatal on-set shooting, lack of remorse and trashing of jurors (ABC NEWS)

📌 Justice Thomas misses Supreme Court session Monday with no explanation (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Allies urge Israel to show restraint after Iranian attack (REUTERS)

📌 Anti-Israel protesters shut traffic to O’Hare Airport, Sea-Tac Airport and Golden Gate Bridge for hours (NY POST)

📌 Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war (NPR)

📌 Bishop and worshippers attacked in another mass stabbing in Sydney, Australia (REUTERS)

📌 5 years after fire ravaged Notre Dame, an American carpenter is helping rebuild Paris' iconic cathedral (CBS NEWS)

 📌 AI chatbots spread falsehoods about the EU election, report finds (POLITICO)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Apple loses top phonemaker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments drop (REUTERS)

📌 Trump stock tanks after announcing massive share sale (NBC NEWS)

📌 Rural Americans are way more likely to die young. Why? (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Scientists identify three new species of ancient kangaroo—and one was more than 6.6 feet tall (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Caitlin Clark drafted #1 by Indiana; Her first-year salary $76,535 (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Sisay Lemma wins his first Boston Marathon title, while Hellen Obiri retains her crown for second year following thrilling finish (WBUR)

📌 Nike’s US women’s Olympic team outfits criticized for being ‘born of patriarchal forces’ (CNN)

📌 Grimes apologizes for disastrous Coachella set (NBC NEWS)

Monday, April 15

🚨NATION

📌 Trump’s first criminal trial begins today: Here is what to watch (PBS)

📌 Supreme Court tackles Jan. 6 obstruction charge with Trump case looming (NBC NEWS)

📌 Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 RFK Jr. says he has ruled out Libertarian run for president (ABC NEWS)

📌 Multi-day severe weather threat this week for Northeast and Central US (CNN)

📌 Biden closes gap on Trump but third-party candidates pose danger, polls show (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Attacker in stabbing rampage at Sydney mall kills 6, wounds 9-month old baby (NBC NEWS)

📌 Italy’s prime minister says surrogacy ‘inhuman’ as party backs steeper penalties (CNN)

📌 West Bank sees biggest settler rampage since war in Gaza began as Israeli teen’s body is found (AP)

📌 Drones are crowding Ukraine’s skies, largely paralyzing battlefield (WASHINGTON POST)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe? (AP)

📌 Oil seen opening up after Iran's attack on Israel, but further gains may depend on response (REUTERS)

📌 How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea (ABC NEWS)

📌 A pet octopus upends a family’s life and destroyed their home after giving birth to 50 babies (DAILY MAIL)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Payouts, winnings for Scottie Scheffler, each golfer from $20 million pool (CBS SPORTS) The landline’s not dead (at least at the Masters) (NY TIMES)

📌 Sofia Vergara goes Instagram official with new boyfriend as she recovers from 'major knee surgery’ (FOX NEWS)

📌 No Doubt reunites at Coachella for the first time since 2015 — with special guest Olivia Rodrigo (PEOPLE)

📌 ‘Golden Bachelor’ host Jesse Palmer breaks silence on Gerry Turner’s shock divorce (NY POST)

Friday, April 12

🚨NATION

📌 Tornadoes and life-threatening flooding hit Florida. More dangerous storms are in the forecast (CNN)

📌 Biden administration to close 'gun show loophole' (ABC NEWS)

📌 Former Virginia school administrator charged after 6-year-old shot teacher (NBC NEWS)

📌 Latino support for border wall, deportations jumps (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Iranian attack on Israel expected in next 48 hours (WSJ)

📌 Russian airstrikes destroy Kyiv’s largest power plant (CNN)

📌 Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $12.5 billion fraud case (CNBC)

📌 Posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be published (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Drug shortages reach all-time high (AXIOS)

📌 Meta to blur Instagram messages containing nudity in latest move for teen safety (REUTERS)

📌 CDC investigating several cases of illnesses from Botox injections (GUARDIAN)

📌 San Francisco's train system still uses floppy disks—and will for years (WIRED)

📌 Recent increase in measles cases threatens elimination status in the US, CDC says (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 JK Rowling says 'Harry Potter' stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson who criticized her trans views can 'save their apologies' (FOX NEWS)

📌 First look at the Donald Trump movie ‘The Apprentice,’ set to premiere at Cannes (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Kendrick Lamar teams with ‘South Park’ creators for new movie musical (THE WRAP)

📌 NEW DETAILS: Former Ohtani interpreter Mizuhara faces federal charge after allegedly stealing $16 million from the baseball superstar (CNN)

Thursday, April 11

🚨NATION

📌 TV networks prepare letter to Biden and Trump campaigns urging them to commit to 2024 election debates (CNN)

📌 Florida woman sentenced to a month in prison for theft of Ashley Biden's diary (ABC NEWS)

📌 Key Bridge wreckage lies in deepest parts of Baltimore shipping channel, sonar imaging finds (CBS NEWS)

📌 California spent billions on homelessness without tracking if it worked (YAHOO)

📌 Pictures of impacts of severe storms, tornados & flooding slamming the South (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 3 of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's sons killed by Israeli airstrike (FOX NEWS)

📌 Biden announces new steps to deepen military ties between the U.S. and Japan (CBS NEWS)

📌 Hamas tells negotiators it doesn’t have 40 Israeli hostages needed for first round of ceasefire (CNN)

📌 Amanda Knox back on trial in Italy in lingering case linked to roommate Meredith Kercher's murder (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Consumer Reports asks USDA to remove Lunchables from schools' lunch menus (NPR)

📌 They’re young and athletic. They’re also ill with a condition called POTS. (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Some Apple Vision Pro users suffer black eyes, headaches and neck pain (MARKET WATCH)

📌 OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models capable of ‘reasoning’ (FT)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Margot Robbie making ‘Monopoly’ movie and Blumhouse reviving ‘Blair Witch’ (AP)

📌 Michael Strahan's daughter Isabella tears up while sharing unexpected chemotherapy update (E NEWS)

📌 Travis Kelce says he doesn’t know how he wooed Taylor Swift: ‘she wasn’t into sports’ (BILLBOARD)

📌 ‘The View’ co-hosts evacuate ABC Studio after grease fire breaks out next door at ‘The Tamron Hall Show’ (PEOPLE)

Wednesday, April 10

🚨NATION

📌 Senate Democrats to dismiss Mayorkas charges today, skip full impeachment trial (AXIOS)

📌 Norfolk Southern reaches $600M settlement more than a year after Ohio train derailment (CBS NEWS)

📌 Idaho teen arrested and accused of planning to kill churchgoers in the name of ISIS (NBC NEWS)

📌 18 states sue to block Biden's student loan handout plan as lawsuits pile up (FOX BUSINESS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 2,000 Swiss women win landmark climate change ruling (AXIOS)

📌 Netanyahu's defense minister contradicts him, tells U.S. Rafah invasion date not set (AXIOS)

📌 “Where is the outrage?” Secretary of State Blinken says world is “deafeningly silent” when it comes to Hamas (MO NEWS)

📌 Russia, China to work on ‘double counteracting’ US-led alliance (BLOOMBERG)

📌 Canadian DNA lab knew its paternity tests identified the wrong dads, but it kept selling them (CBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 TikTok to take challenge Instagram with new TikTok photo app (BBC)

📌 New EPA rules for about 200 US chemical manufacturers take aim at ‘cancer alleys’ (CNN)

📌 More Americans now prefer hybrid over fully remote work, survey finds (AXIOS)

📌 A whistleblower claims that Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is flawed. The FAA is investigating (CNN)

📌 Election worker turnover has reached historic highs ahead of the 2024 vote, new data shows (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Joker 2 Trailer: Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix unleash bad romance (VARIETY)

📌 Matt Lauer is “planning a comeback” years after he was fired from NBC amid allegations of sexual misconduct (US WEEKLY)

📌 Sylvester Stallone accused of mocking ‘ugly’ actors on ‘Tulsa King’ set (NY POST)

📌 Paris Olympics medals production hit by strikes and protests (NBC NEWS)

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)