This Startup Founder Wants to Sell Cocaine (www.thedailybeast.com)
Tammy Murphy Drops Out of Race for Menendez’s Senate Seat (www.nytimes.com)
The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies (www.nytimes.com)
Chuck Todd Chides NBC News Over Handling Of Ronna McDaniel Hire; Network Gets Backlash Over Decision To Retain Former RNC Chair As Analyst (deadline.com)
Chuck “Both Sides” Todd thinks NBC went too far....
Canada is already preparing for Trump's potential tariff threats (www.cbc.ca)
Canada staged a large-scale diplomatic deployment this week in preparation for a U.S. presidential election of more consequence than usual....
Bentley CEO says sales are down because the rich are experiencing ‘emotional sensitivity’ due to the cost of living and don’t want to flaunt their wealth with a new luxury car (fortune.com)
Chick-fil-A changing its chicken sparks backlash (www.newsweek.com)
Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has sparked a social media backlash after announcing that it will soon allow certain antibiotics in the chickens it raises, citing supply issues....
Oath Keepers’ son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid (apnews.com)
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father’s control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting....
‘Worst' NYC landlord attacked upon arrival at Rikers, may have broken bones in face: source (www.nbcnewyork.com)
Trump spirals as bond deadline in fraud case nears (thehill.com)
New Islamic State videos back claim it carried out Moscow concert hall attack (www.theguardian.com)
The videos, which were published by IS’s news agency Amaq, showed the gunmen filming themselves as they hunted concertgoers through the lobby of the Crocus City Hall and fired at them from pointblank range, killing scores of people. At one point, one of the gunmen tells another to “kill them and have no mercy”....
World’s largest oil companies ‘way off track’ on emissions goals, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Despite splashy climate pledges, firms including BP and Saudi Aramco have plans to expand fossil fuel production, says analysis...
‘The final act’: fears US journalism crisis could destabilize 2024 election (www.theguardian.com)
Job losses, declining circulations and local newspaper closures could mean spread of misinformation in pivotal election year...
California parents oust school board members who enacted anti-LGBTQ+ policy (www.advocate.com)
Two members of the Orange Unified School District board have been removed by parents who opposed a policy requiring school staff to out transgender kids....
8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death (newsroom.heart.org)
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Google, Apple breakups on the agenda as global regulators target tech (www.reuters.com)
Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to Apple and Alphabet’s Google, a first for the industry....
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United States (apnews.com)
ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. (AP) — Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field where more than 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in 1814 while defending their homeland from United States forces....
Germany ‘Takes Note’ of Kejriwal's Arrest, Expects Standards of Judicial Independence to Apply (thewire.in)
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Laurent de Brunhoff, author of Babar children’s books, dies at 98 (www.theguardian.com)
Babar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global multimedia franchise, has died at the age of 98....
NASA needs your smartphone during April's solar eclipse (www.popsci.com)
Global fertility rates to plunge in decades ahead, new report says (www.cnn.com)
U.S. Doubles Down on Defunding UNRWA — Despite Flimsy Allegations (theintercept.com)
The U.S. government will defund the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians through next year — even as 1.1 million people in Gaza face threats of famine in coming months — on the basis of flimsy allegations by Israel against a tiny minority of the agency’s staff that have yet to be proven....
Kamala Harris announces new office to implement ‘red flag’ gun control laws (www.theguardian.com)
Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for Oil Spills in California (www.propublica.org)
Oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay a record-setting $13 million to two California agencies for past oil spills, but some of the company’s spills are ongoing....
California's unemployment rate rises to the highest level in the nation. Slower job growth is to blame (apnews.com)
