By Lauren Weber
Wednesday March 30th, 2016
TOP STORIES
GOP CANDIDATES WALK BACK PLEDGES TO SUPPORT NOMINEE Donald Trump said the Republican National Committee had treated him unfairly after refusing to say he'd back the GOP nominee if it was not him. Ted Cruz and John Kasich also wouldn’t say if they'd back the nominee when asked at CNN's town hall Tuesday night. And Trump refused to fire campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who was charged with the assault of reporter Michelle Fields. [Christina Wilkie, HuffPost]
MAYORS, CITIES STAND UP TO ANTI-LGBT LAW IN NORTH CAROLINA "The governor of New York, and the mayors of New York City and Seattle, announced on Monday that their state and cities would be joining San Francisco in adopting a ban on publicly-funded employee travel to North Carolina in protest of the state’s new law barring localities for passing laws to protect LGBT rights." And 80 prominent business leaders have also joined the fight. [Daniel Marans, HuffPost]
HACKERS ATTACK BIG LAW The authorities are investigating whether information stolen was used for insider trading. [Reuters]
NUCLEAR FUEL FOR THE TAKING "As President [Barack] Obama gathers world leaders in Washington this week for his last Nuclear Security Summit, tons of materials that terrorists could use to make small nuclear devices or dirty bombs remain deeply vulnerable to theft." [NYT]
PENTAGON PREPARES TROOPS FOR EASTERN EUROPE "The Pentagon has drawn up plans to position American troops, tanks and other armored vehicles full time along NATO’s eastern borders to deter Russian aggression, in what would be the first such deployment since the end of the Cold War." [WSJ | Paywall]
WHEN A COUNTRY TARGETS TERRORISTS' FAMILIES A look at a controversial centerpiece of Russia's counter terrorism strategy. [NYT]
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WHAT’S BREWING
THESE UMBRELLAS COME WITH LIFETIME WARRANTIES Just don't lose them … oh wait… [HuffPost]
FINDING THE QUIETEST SPOT IN THE STATES And what it means to have that much silence. [Crosscut]
'HOW MERYL STREEP WON HER FIRST OSCAR' "At 29, Meryl Streep was grieving for a dead lover, falling for her future husband, and starting work on Kramer vs. Kramer, the movie that would make her a star and sweep the 1980 Oscars." [Vanity Fair]
AVICII IS RETIRING He's 26. Try not to be jealous. [HuffPost]
'ESQUIRE LOSES A MAN AT HIS BEST' The Columbia Journalism Review takes a look at the firing of David Granger. [Columbia Journalism Review]
YOUR OTHER FAVORITE '90s SHOW MIGHT BE RETURNING "Sabrina" 2.0 could be just around the corner. [HuffPost]
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WHAT'S WORKING
THE INVENTION THAT 'LIGHTS UP DISASTER ZONES' "LuminAID [is] a solar-powered, inflatable and portable light that is slowly changing the face of disaster relief. Since its official launch in 2011, LuminAID has been used in more than 70 countries and disaster zones." [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ Former child star and Oscar winner Patti Duke has died. She was 69.
~ Breaking down the similarities among the flags of the world.
~ Twitter just made images accessible to the visually impaired.
~ Are you a male who has been infected with Zika? The CDC is warning you from trying to conceive for at least six months.
~ Reason 58472 not to drink with your bartender.
~ Understanding the new Snapchat.
~ The weird way you can fix the water rings on your table.
~ Those "Lucky Charms" marshmallows have a name.
~ This wedding reportedly cost over a billion dollars.
~ Step by step, how New York City gets its water.
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