Thursday, April 24th
🚨NATION
📌 Gunman who opened fire at Highland Park July 4th parade gets seven life sentences (MO NEWS)
📌 Jury decides Norfolk Southern should pay for the $600 million settlement in 2023 Ohio derailment (CNN)
📌 Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now (AP)
📌 Teen charged with allegedly starting massive New Jersey wildfire (ABC 7)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 'Vladimir, STOP!' Trump says to Putin after deadliest Russian strike on Kyiv in months (MO NEWS)
📌 Iran raised possible interim nuclear deal with U.S., sources say (AXIOS)
📌 Four students stabbed, one fatally, at Catholic school in France, suspect arrested (FOX)
📌 Former S Korea president Moon Jae-in indicted for bribery (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Home sales at record low in U.S. since financial crisis (POLITICO)
📌 U.S. companies from Chipotle to Pepsi express dread about tariffs (CNBC)
📌 Nintendo Switch 2 preorders cause overwhelming demand after delays (THE VERGE)
📌 Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35th year in orbit (SCIENCE NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Cornell University cancels concert of singer Kehlani after complaints of "antisemitic and anti-Israel comments (USA TODAY)
📌 Pedro Pascal calls J.K. Rowling a “heinous loser” for anti-trans views (PEOPLE)
📌 RuPaul’s Drag Race star’s leg amputated (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
📌 Lorde releases new single after surprise concert in Washington Square Park (PITCHFORK)
Wednesday, April 23rd
🚨NATION
📌 Department of Homeland Security orders immigrants to leave, including some U.S. citizens (AP)
📌 New Jersey wildfires burn 12,000 acres in Ocean County (NEWS12)
📌 Americans disapprove of Trump’s economic strategy, two new polls suggest (AXIOS)
📌 Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, won’t seek reelection after 44 years in Congress (FOX)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Istanbul residents experience a 6.2-magnitude earthquake (BBC)
📌 India closes main border with Pakistan after attack in Kashmir (REUTERS)
📌 Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas urges Hamas to lay down arms (JERUSALEM POST)
📌 Colombia president Gustavo Petro says Trump revoked his travel visa (FOX NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 More than 80% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst ever bleaching crisis (REUTERS)
📌 Elon Musk will be spending less time at DOGE and more at Tesla (YAHOO)
📌 Nearly half of Americans are breathing unhealthy air, new report shows (CNN)
📌 NASA gets an up-close look of a peanut-shaped asteroid (USA TODAY)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 YouTube’s first ever video was posted 20 years ago today (10 NEWS)
📌 A University of Michigan football star is the next Golden Bachelor (ABC)
📌 Carly Rae Jepsen and Lena Dunham to bring a 10 Things I Hate About You musical to Broadway (PITCHFORK)
📌 Former child actress Sophie Nyweide passes away at age 24 (PEOPLE)
Tuesday, April 22
🚨NATION
📌 Supreme Court likely to decide that parents can opt out of children reading LGBTQ+ books in schools (NPR)
📌 Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme (AP)
📌 Mahmoud Khalil’s wife gives birth after ICE denied him temporary release to attend the delivery (CNN)
📌 White House says U.S. is "setting the stage" on potential trade deal with China (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Putin suggests that Russia open to talks with Ukraine as war continues (BBC)
📌 Man missing after rare shark attack in Israel (BBC)
📌 Gunmen open fire on tourists in Himalayan region, killing at least 26 people, police say (CNN)
📌 Trump tariffs will undercut U.S. growth and drag the world down, IMF says (AXIOS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Gold tops $3,500 an ounce as Trump attack on Fed shakes confidence in U.S. (CNBC)
📌 Walgreens to pay $300 million to settle claims it illegally filled invalid opioids prescriptions (CBS)
📌 The executive producer of 60 Minutes quits, citing lack of independence from Paramount (YAHOO)
📌 Owl takes pawn. Duolingo will soon start teaching chess. (USA TODAY)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Films made with A.I. are eligible for Oscar’s, Academy decides (BBC)
📌 Larry David mocks Bill Maher's meeting with Trump as 'My Dinner with Adolf' in NYT satire (FOX)
📌 Tina Knowles reveals breast cancer diagnosis, says missed mammogram may have delayed detection (CBS)
📌 Tennis great Andre Agassi to play his first pro pickleball tournament with No. 1 player Waters (CNBC)
Monday, April 21
🚨NATION
📌At least three dead after tornadoes and flooding in Oklahoma this weekend (YAHOO)
📌 J.D. Vance to meet with Modi in India amid looming U.S. tariffs (AP)
📌 White House hosting Easter Egg Roll today with corporate sponsors including Amazon, Meta and YouTube (BUSINESS INSIDER)
📌 Supreme Court to discuss whether parents can opt out of reading LGBTQ books in classrooms (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Mourners across the world react to Pope Francis’s death (AXIOS)
📌 An IDF inquiry says “professional failures” led to killings of 15 Gaza aid workers last month (BBC)
📌 Russian airstrikes reported in Ukraine despite Putin calling for a three day “Easter Truce” (ABC)
📌 China warns against countries striking trade deals with other countries at its expense (REUTERS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Lyrid meteor shower kicks off this season. Your guide on where to watch. (CNN)
📌 Can you believe your eyes? Scientists discover new color never before seen by humans (CTV NEWS)
📌 Bluesky rolls out blue check feature — and you don’t have to pay for it (TECH CRUNCH)
📌 Chipotle to expand to Mexico in 2026 amidst Trump tariffs (FOX)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Pedro Pascal on that twist in last night’s The Last of Us (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
📌 Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners trumps Minecraft movie in weekend box office (PEOPLE)
📌 John Cena breaks world record in winning the most World Wrestling Entertainment championships (BBC)
📌 A posthumously published book shares notes from Joan Didion’s therapy sessions (YAHOO)
Friday, April 18
⏳ SPEED READ
🚨NATION
📌 Severe storms expected across Plains, Midwest on Easter weekend (FOX WEATHER)
📌Students at Florida State University gather for memorials after yesterday’s deadly shooting (AP)
📌 Judge restricts DOGE access to personalized social security data (FOX NEWS)
📌 Trump administration announces fees on Chinese ships docking at US ports (REUTERS)
📌 An American citizen held under ICE detainment has been released. (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 US, Iran set for another round of nuclear talks this weekend: A preview (CNN)
📌 Rubio says that Trump administration may abandon Ukraine peace talks in days (NBC)
📌 Houthis claim that 72 killed in US strike on Yemen oil port (AP)
📌 Huckabee, new U.S. ambassador for Israel, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem (NPR)
📌 China and Cambodia forge diplomatic ties amid Trump tariffs (DW)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Google to appeal against part of US court’s decisions in monopoly case (REUTERS)
📌 Trump’s tariffs may start a french fry war 🍟 (BUSINESS INSIDER)
📌 Instagram launches new “blends” feature to let you share reels with friends (THE VERGE)
📌 Planet discovered outside solar system orbiting two stars resembles fictional Star Wars setting (NBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Speaking of a galaxy far, far away…Ryan Gosling set to star in a new Star Wars film, Starfighter, premiering 2027 💫(CNN)
📌 Wendy’s is not apologizing for saying Katy Perry should “go back” to space. (NYPOST)
📌 Bryce James, son of LeBron James, signs with Arizona (USA TODAY)
📌 It’s a bird 🦜…it’s a plane ✈️ …it’s holy? A new report on the religious undercurrents in Superman 🦸 (AP)
Thursday, April 17
⏳ SPEED READ
🚨NATION
📌 People with autism respond to JFK’s speech on seeking a cure to the condition (AXIOS)
📌 After a blackout, more than half of Puerto Rico remains without power (ABC)
📌 The US government imprisoned a Venezuelan asylum seeker after mistaking autism awareness symbol tattoo for a gang sign (NBC)
📌 Florida State University students react to campus shooting (FOX)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Ukraine destroys 29 Russian armored vehicles in south of country (NEWSWEEK)
📌 The U.K tests a new radio wave weapon to take down drones (CBS)
📌 A dog that disappeared on October 7 reunites with family in Israel after being found in Gaza (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 New evidence suggests that Mars once had conditions that could have supported life (CBC)
📌 Judge finds that Google holds an illegal monopoly on advertising tech (REUTERS)
📌 American winemakers bemoan how tariffs damage the wine chain (NPR)
📌 A live colossal squid was discovered in the deep ocean for the first time (CNN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Michelle Trachtenberg, Buffy The Vampire Slayer actress, likely died of Diabetes complications (PEOPLE)
📌 Netflix’s new Arctic comedy series North of North debuts with 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating (SCREENRANT)
📌 Michael B. Jordan delivers not one, but two start performances as a set of twins in supernatural thriller Sinners (SLATE)
📌 Drake attacks Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance in new lawsuit (REUTERS)
📌 Katy Perry on coming back to earth after Blue Origin trip backlash (NEW YORK POST)
Wednesday, April 16
🚨NATION
📌 Tempers flare as few Republicans hold in-person town halls (CNN)
📌 A dozen House Republicans fire warning shot to Mike Johnson (AXIOS)
📌 Family says Venezuelan migrant in Lewisville sent to El Salvador mega prison over autism awareness tattoo (NBC)
📌 Trump DOJ sues Maine over refusing to comply with ban on transgender athletes in high school sports (USA TODAY)
📌 2 service members killed near US-Mexico border in vehicle accident (ABC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling (CNN)
📌 U.S. pastor Josh Sullivan rescued in shootout after abduction at gunpoint in South Africa, authorities say (CBS)
📌 Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems (BBC)
📌 Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon for indefinite future (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg initially offered FTC $450M in failed bid to settle antitrust case (NY POST)
📌 The Midwest's data center boom is heating up (AXIOS)
📌 Thousands of Spotify users report problems with the music streaming app (AP)
📌 Mind the roads. People are rushing to buy cars ahead of tariffs 🚗 (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Records released into deaths of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa: a “rodent-breeding ground,” police say of their home (YAHOO)
📌 Funny business. Comedian Nate Bargatze set to host 2025 Emmys (VARIETY)
📌 Sarah Sherman apologizes to Aimee Lou-Wood on “mean and unfunny” SNL impersonation with flowers (PEOPLE)
📌 Blake Lively makes TIME's 100 most influential people list amid Justin Baldoni legal battle: 'She's a risk taker' (PEOPLE)
📌 Dodger Stadium and Universal Studios Lot among venues selected for 2028 Olympics in LA (ABC 7)
Tuesday, April 15
🚨NATION
📌 Trump administration freezes $2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism (AP)
📌 White House bars AP reporter, defying court order (AXIOS)
📌 Trump ‘looking into’ legality of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, White House says (CNBC)
📌 Salvadoran fugitive convicted in deadly attack of Maryland hiker (CNN)
📌 Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to the national stage (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates (CNN)
📌 Trump holds situation room meeting on Iran nuclear deal negotiations (AXIOS)
📌 Sudan talks in London as war enters third year (NPR)
📌 Pope puts architect Antoni Gaudí on path to sainthood (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Autism rates have risen to 1 in 31 school-age children, CDC reports (NBC)
📌 The first meteor shower of spring will be visible from parts of the U.S. April 21-22 (YAHOO)
📌 Amid declining sales, Starbucks tightening restrictions on dress code for baristas (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 His conviction was hailed as a #MeToo victory. After winning his appeal, Harvey Weinstein is back on trial (CNN)
📌 Baseball teams celebrate Jackie Robinson Day amidst uncertainty over MLB diversity initiatives (AXIOS)
📌 Lil Nas X in hospital with partial face paralysis (BBC)
📌 Jesse Eisenberg’s next film will be an A24 musical comedy with Julianne Moore and Bernadette Peters (VARIETY)
Monday, April 14
🇺🇸 NATION
📌 Trump: I hit highest mark on cognitive test after annual physical declares him "fully fit" for presidency (MO NEWS)
📌 5.2-magnitude earthquake strikes San Diego area, jolting Southern California near San Andreas system fault (CBS)
📌 New York plane crash claims lives of high-achieving family celebrating a birthday (USA TODAY)
📌 US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say (AP)
📌 Harvard rejects Trump administration demands amid threats of funding cuts (NBC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Iran nuclear talks expected to continue Saturday in Rome (AXIOS)
📌 Trump blames Zelenskyy for 'horrible job' after Russia ballistic missile strike kills dozens in Ukraine (ABC)
📌 Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Meta and the FTC face off in court over monopoly claims (NPR)
📌 Nvidia to mass produce AI supercomputers in Texas as part of $500 billion U.S. push (CNBC)
📌 Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs (POLITICO)
📌 One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy due to a pause to NIH funding (NBC)
📌 Jury selected for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood condemns SNL’s ‘mean and unfunny’ sketch (GUARDIAN)
📌 ‘The Breakfast Club’ stars reunite for the first time in 40 years (CNN)
📌 ‘Harry Potter’ HBO series confirms casting for Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Hagrid and more Hogwarts staffers (VARIETY)
📌 Leslie Odom Jr. announces return to ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway (TODAY)
Friday, April 11
🚨NATION
📌 RFK Jr. claims new research effort will find cause of ‘autism epidemic’ by September (CNN)
📌 Dow jumps over 600 points to end wild week as investors shrug off China’s tariff retaliation (NEW YORK POST)
📌 Weekly measles cases top 90 in U.S. for first time in years (CBS)
📌 Family was to celebrate child’s birthday when NYC sightseeing helicopter crashed, killing 6 (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 China strikes back with 125% tariffs on U.S. goods as trade war intensifies (CNBC)
📌 Top Iranian officials told Khamenei to allow US nuke talks or risk fall of regime (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌 Chinese state media tells people who weigh less than 110 lb to stay indoors for strange reason (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 73% of Americans are financially stressed. Two-thirds say tariff concerns are the source (CNBC)
📌 YouTube’s new AI tool generates free background music for videos (VERGE)
📌 Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jason Isaacs Addresses White Lotus Cast Tensions amid Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood Feud Rumors (PEOPLE)
📌 Yoko Ono details pain of post-Beatles life with John Lennon in new documentary (CNN)
Thursday, April 10
🚨NATION
📌 House adopts budget blueprint for Trump's agenda after GOP leaders sway holdouts (NBC)
📌 NYC helicopter crashed in Hudson River, multiple deaths reported (MO NEWS)
📌 Plane full of House members evacuated after minor collision (AXIOS)
📌 More than 300 student visas revoked as the government expands reasons for deportation (CNN) U.S. will monitor immigrants’ social media for ‘antisemitic activity’ (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 EU putting tariff countermeasures on hold for 90 days after Trump pause (THE HILL)
📌 U.S. and Russia swap prisoners in deal that released Ksenia Karelina (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 DOJ investigating top U.S. egg producer over price hikes during shortage (MO NEWS)
📌 OpenAI countersues Elon Musk claiming 'bad-faith tactics' (BBC)
📌 Ancient jawbone from Taiwan belongs to a mysterious group of human ancestors, scientists say (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Writer & Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife shot by police, arrested for attempted murder (VARIETY)
📌 A UK edition of Saturday Night Live is premiering in 2026 (VERGE)
Wednesday, April 9
🚨NATION
📌 Federal judges limit Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for some deportations (NBC)
📌 IRS chief to resign on heels of immigrant data deal (AXIOS)
📌 Outrage builds as video shows Idaho police shooting a knife-wielding autistic teenager (CNN)
📌 Trump tax cuts survive key House hurdle as fiscal hawks threaten rebellion (FOX)
📌 New Mexico governor mobilizes National Guard to tackle crime emergency in Albuquerque (NBC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 China denies significant numbers of its citizens are fighting for Russia in Ukraine (AP) Ukrainian intelligence has identified 155 Chinese citizens fighting for Russia, Zelensky says (CNN)
📌 US restores urgent food aid, except in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest countries (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Why the bond market matters for your finances and the economy (MO NEWS)
📌 Scientists map part of a mouse’s brain that’s so complex it looks like a galaxy (AP)
📌 Amazon cancels orders from China after steep tariffs, plans $15B U.S. expansion (YAHOO)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Octavio Dotel, 15-year MLB veteran, dies in Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse (CNN)
📌 National Recording Registry adds Tracy Chapman, Hamilton and the Minecraft game soundtrack (NPR)
📌 Katy Perry to train in zero-gravity for historic Blue Origin space flight (FOX)
📌 Michelle Obama says her newfound independence since leaving White House fueled speculation she and Barack were divorcing (PEOPLE)
Tuesday, April 8
🚨NATION
📌 DHS revokes parole for hundreds of thousands who entered via the CBP One app (POLITICO) IRS agrees to share immigrants' data with ICE (AXIOS)
📌 Judge says White House can’t ban AP from Oval Office, Air Force One (CNBC)
📌 Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers (ABC)
📌 Trump meets with the House GOP as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts teeters (AP)
📌 Supreme Court allows Alien Enemies Act deportations to resume, but with due process (MO NEWS)
📌 Harvard, UCLA, Stanford among schools across US reporting student visa revocations (ABC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Rescuers race to reach around 100 people trapped after nightclub roof collapses in Dominican Republic, killing at least 44 (CNN)
📌 Ukraine captures two Chinese soldiers fighting for Putin, Zelenskyy says (POLITICO)
📌 South Korea says about 10 North Korean troops crossed their border so it fired warning shots (CBS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Instagram unveils new protections for teens to block nudity, livestreams (MO NEWS)
📌 Measles cases in Texas outbreak surpass 500, with 24 new infections confirmed over last 5 days (ABC)
📌 Justice Department shuts down its cryptocurrency fraud unit (USA TODAY)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Iconic sportswoman and activist Billie Jean King honored with Hollywood star (NBC)
📌 Will there be a season 4 of The White Lotus? What we know so far — including where it might take place (PEOPLE)
📌 Meghan, Duchess of Sussex opens up about ‘scary’ condition after childbirth (CNN)
Monday, April 7
🚨NATION
📌 Supreme Court delays midnight deadline for Trump administration to fix mistaken deportation of Maryland man (ABC)
📌 Luna reaches deal with Johnson after standoff over remote votes for new parents (THE HILL)
📌 Visas issued to 6 UC Berkeley, 6 Stanford students revoked (CBS)
📌 Trump threatens veto of bill to curb tariff power (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 American teen fatally shot in Israeli-occupied West Bank as Netanyahu visits Trump (CBS)
📌 Rescue efforts from Myanmar’s deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600 (AP)
📌 Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force (NPR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Apple plans to source more iPhones from India as potential tariff fix (WSJ)
📌 CEOs think the U.S. is ‘probably in a recession right now,’ says BlackRock’s Larry Fink (CNBC)
📌 The return of the dire wolf (TIME)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Duke basketball star among South Sudanese who could be deported due to new Trump policy (NBC)
📌 ‘White Lotus’ finale ratings: 6.2 million viewers watch season 3 shootout, smashing series record by 30% (VARIETY)
📌 Sydney Sweeney and Jonathan Davino spotted together in L.A. after calling off wedding (PEOPLE)
📌 Bill Murray says masked kiss led to sexual misconduct allegation that shut down movie (NBC)
Friday, April 4
🚨NATION
📌 Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison must be returned by the U.S., judge says (AP)
📌 Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate teacher training grants as part of anti-DEI policy (NBC)
📌 The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate ticked up (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel to reoccupy 25% of Gaza to press Hamas to release hostages, official says (AXIOS)
📌 U.S. tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe (CNN)
📌 Ronin the rat sets new landmine-sniffing record (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Trump extends TikTok deadline 75 days to save app in U.S. (CNBC)
📌 Measles outbreak in Texas hits 481 cases, with 59 new infections confirmed in last 3 days (ABC)
📌 Nintendo Switch 2 preorders in U.S. delayed because of Trump's tariffs (NBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Eminem is a grandfather, and his grandson's middle name is Marshall (WXYZ)
📌 British police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault (AP)
📌 Federal prosecutors announce more charges against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (CNN)
Thursday, April 3
🚨NATION
📌 Trump administration gives states 10 days to certify they've ended DEI in schools (USA TODAY)
📌 Potentially Catastrophic Flooding From Historic Rainfall And Severe Weather Expected In Mid-South, Ohio Valley (WEATHER)
📌 Adams to skip New York City’s Democratic primary, run for reelection on nonpartisan line (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Trump's tariffs target Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian territory inhabited by penguins (CBS)
📌 US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens (AP)
📌 Hungary says it will pull out of ICC as Orban hosts Israel’s Netanyahu – who is wanted by the court (CNN)
📌 Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 with hundreds still missing (ABC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 900 employees, including workers at Warren and Sterling Heights plants, temporarily laid off by Stellantis (WXYZ)
📌 Ford offers employee pricing to all car shoppers as new auto tariffs kick in (MO NEWS)
📌 RFK Jr. plans to reinstate some federal workers, programs (WSJ)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Brett Gardner's son died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Costa Rica authorities say (ABC)
📌 'Real Housewives' star Teddi Mellencamp has four more brain tumors (FOX)
📌 Bruce Springsteen to open vault, release 7 albums of never-before-heard songs (NBC)
📌 ‘White Lotus’ composer says he quit show after dispute over theme song (GUARDIAN)
Wednesday, March 26 (Copy)
🚨NATION
📌 Takeaways from the elections in Wisconsin and Florida (CNN)
📌 Wild weather expected Wednesday gets a rare ‘high-risk’ designation — the most severe category (AP)
📌 Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (MO NEWS)
📌 Supreme Court appears divided over whether states can cut off Planned Parenthood funding (AP)
📌 Trump tells inner circle that Musk will leave soon; White House disputes claim (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Senior Russian official visits Washington for talks with Trump administration (CNN)
📌 Suspected U.S. airstrikes in Yemen kill at least 4 people near Hodeida, Houthi rebels say (AP)
📌 Taiwan denies Chinese strikes as Beijing escalates live naval drills around the island (NBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Unanimous Supreme Court upholds FDA block of flavored vapes (ABC)
📌 Tesla reports 336,000 vehicle deliveries in first quarter, 13% drop from a year ago (CNBC)
📌 Norovirus outbreak hits more than 240 people on luxury cruise ship (CNN)
📌 FDA lays off bird flu leadership, among steep cuts to senior veterinarians (CBS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65 (AP)
📌 Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter (CNN)
📌 David Fincher to direct Brad Pitt in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Netflix follow-up from a Tarantino script (VARIETY)
Monday, March 31
🚨NATION
📌 New FDA commissioner agreed to oust top vaccine regulator after private swearing-in (POLITICO)
📌 Fast-moving California wildfire burns 1,200 acres and prompts evacuations (USA TODAY)
📌 Trump 'very angry' with Putin; considers tariffs on anyone buying Russian oil (MO NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Battle over Greenland heats up with Denmark’s PM set to visit just days after JD Vance (CNBC)
📌 Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000 (AP)
📌 Far-right leader Marine Le Pen banned from 2027 presidential race, throwing French politics into disarray (CNN)
📌 Hamas tortures protester to death and leaves body on family’s doorstep (TELEGRAPH) Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah (AP)
📌 Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the U.S. in response to Trump's letter (NBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets (VERGE)
📌 The Proud Boys and militias come to Tesla’s defense (WIRED)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jessica Simpson reveals why she's been drinking snake sperm (E!)
📌 Upsets are out as top seeds dominate 2025 NCAA basketball tournaments (NBC)
📌 Morgan Wallen walks off SNL stage, returns to 'God's country' (FOX)
📌 HBO's 'White Lotus' went 'too far' using Duke apparel in scene of character considering suicide, school says (NBC)
Friday, March 28
🚨NATION
📌 Utah becomes first state to ban fluoride in public water (AP)
📌 Judges extend orders against deportation flights, including wartime act on violent Venezuelan gang members (FOX)
📌 Two more law firms targeted by Trump sue to block punishing executive order (POLITICO)
📌 U.S. Army says recovering 4 soldiers missing in Lithuania "will be a long and difficult" operation (CBS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 JD Vance blasts Denmark in visit to Greenland with wife Usha as Trump administration eyes territory (CBS)
📌 Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand and kills more than 150 people (MO NEWS)
📌 Intense wave of suspected US airstrikes hit Houthi-held cities, airport (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌 King Charles III’s brief hospital stay reminds UK that monarch is still a cancer patient (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Scientists discover weird Mongolian dinosaur that wielded 'sharp, huge' claws (NBC)
📌 Convicted of bilking investors, Nikola founder and Trump donor gets a presidential pardon (AP)
📌 Charlie Javice, founder of startup bought by JPMorgan, found guilty at fraud trial (YAHOO)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Will Smith returns to his Oscar slap in new music (CNN)
📌 ChatGPT’s viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns (AP)
Thursday, March 27
🚨NATION
📌 Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike (AP)
📌 Alleged leader of MS-13 street gang on the East Coast is arrested in Virginia (AP)
📌 Trump pulls Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.N. ambassador due GOP’s tight House majority (MO NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Tourist submarine sinks off Egypt’s coast, leaving 6 dead, officials say, while 38 are rescued (AP)
📌 Israel passes Netanyahu-backed law to give politicians more control of judiciary (AXIOS)
📌 South Korea admits to 'mass exporting' children for adoption (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Ferrari says it will raise prices by 10% on some models to offset auto tariffs (CNBC)
📌 GameStop stock slips after company announces plans to raise $1.3 billion to buy bitcoin (YAHOO)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Sydney Sweeney calls off wedding to Jonathan Davino as they face ‘major issues’ (PAGE SIX)
📌 Goodbye Park City, Utah: Sundance Film Festival heading to Boulder, Colorado (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)