daily links: march 2024

3.5.24
NBC News—Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to create the first labor union for college athletes in the US
CBS News—Gangs in Haiti attempt to seize control of the country's main airport
ABCnews.com—Arizona independent Kyrsten Sinema announces that she won't run for reelection
CNN.com—Bezos overtakes Musk to once again become the world's richest person
USA Today—Billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban announces that he will support Biden in this year's presidential election
BBC News—Bitcoin briefly hits new all-time high


3.6.24
CBS News—Alabama governor signs law that protects IVF clinics from legal liability after the state supreme court ruled that frozen embryos are the same as fully formed humans
ABCnews.com—National Guard to be deployed in NYC subways after spike in transit crime
BBC News—Nikki Haley drops out of presidential race but stops short of endorsing Trump
NBC News—Oscar Mayer is launching a plant-based hotdog
USA Today—Armorer for the movie Rust found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after live round killed a cinematographer on set
CNN.com—Applebee's and IHOP may open joint locations with one kitchen featuring both brands


3.7.24
ABCnews.com—Biden announces that the US will create a port off of Gaza in order to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid
CNN.com—Study finds that even a single does of LSD can provide immediate and long-lasting relief from anxiety
CBS News—Disgraced con man George Santos, who was expelled from Congress, announces his intention to run for office again
NBC News—Judge denies Trump more time to pay the $83 million in damages that a jury awarded E. Jean Carroll in her defamation trial against the former president
BBC News—Sweden formally joins NATO
USA Today—Discount grocer Aldi plans to add 800 more stores in the US by 2028


3.12.24
BBC News—Biden and Trump both officially clinch their parties' nominations for the next presidential election
CNN.com—Boeing whistleblower found dead in his truck after testifying against the company in a deposition
CBS News—Biden admministration announces $300 in weapons and ammunition will be sent to Ukraine
USA Today—Report finds that some firms, including Tesla and Netflix, pay more to their executives than they do in taxes
ABCnews.com—Reddit preparing for IPO
NBC News—Former employee for Jacksonville Jaguars who stole $22 million from the team is sentenced to six years in prison


3.13.24
CNN.com—Georgia judge dismisses a few of the election interference charges against Trump, but leaves the vast majority of the case intact
NBC News—Vice President Kamala Harris to host a cannabis reform event with rapper Fat Joe
BBC News—UK to ban foreign governments from owning newspapers and magazines published in the country after the UAE attempts to buy the Daily Telegraph
USA Today—Wendy's introduces new Orange Dreamsicle Frosty flavor
ABCnews.com—Dollar Tree to close nearly 1,000 stores
CBS News—Police officer suspended and arrested after video shows him punching driver during traffic stop


3.14.24
BBC News—Vice President Kamala Harris visits Minnesota abortion clinic, a first for a sitting VP or president
NBC News—The third test flight of SpaceX's Starship is its most successful yet
CBS News—UK judge rules that Australian computer scientist is not the inventor of Bitcoin as he claims
ABCnews.com—Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after new city ordiance makes them pay their drivers more
CNN.com—FCC wants more transparency in cable pricing
USA Today—Neil Young allowing his music to return to Spotify


3.19.24
BBC News—Former Trump aide Peter Navarro begins jail sentence for ignoring Congressional subpoenas related to the Jan 6 inquiry
CNN.com—Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce a newly-passed state immigration law, going against the historical precedent that immigration enforcement is the sole domain of federal authorities
ABCnews.com—Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott announces that she will continue her philanthropic spending spree and donate $640 million to more than 360 different charitable organizations
USA Today—Trump files defamation lawsuit against George Stephanopoulos and ABC after the anchor echoed a judge's conclusion that Trump raped E. Jean Carroll
NBC News—Joann Fabrics files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
CBS News—Subway will switch from Coke to Pepsi products in 2025 as new 10 year contract with Pepsi begins


3.20.24
CBS News—Stocks surge after the Fed keeps interest rates steady and indicates that it expects to cut rates three times by the end of the year
ABCnews.com—Florida passes new law that makes it illegal for homeless people to sleep in public spaces
NBC News—GOP budget proposal would raise the retirement age for social security eligibility
USA Today—Shohei Ohtani's interpreter fired after investigation reveals that he stole significant sums of money from the star player in order to settle personal gambling debts
BBC News—Nvidia unveils its latest chips which are aimed at the red-hot AI market
CNN.com—Chips Ahoy! introducing new cookie recipe with improved chocolate chips


3.21.24
CNN.com—Filings from NY AG suggest that the state is preparing to seize Trump's assets if he doesn't settle his judgment or post a bond while he appeals
CBS News—DOJ files massive antitrust suit against Apple
ABCnews.com—Surgeons successfully transplant a genetically edited pig kidney into a human patient
USA Today—Chipotle announces 50-to-1 stock split
NBC News—Reddit issues IPO
BBC News—Biden cancels $6 billion in student loan debt for public service workers


3.26.24
CNN.com—Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge collapses after freighter ship loses power and crashes into a support pylon
ABCnews.com—NBC News hires former RNC chair/Trump supporter/2020 election denier Ronna McDaniel, and then quickly fires her after blowback from the rest of their newsroom
CBS News—Judge imposes gag order on Trump in his criminal hush money case in advance of the April 15 start date
USA Today—Both liberal and conservative judges on the Supreme Court seem poised to reject the arguments of an anti-abortion group that wants to ban a common pregnancy-ending pill
NBC News—Visa and MasterCard settle antitrust lawsuit with retailers
BBC News—Federal agents raid multiple properties belonging to P. Diddy


3.27.24
BBC News—A single player wins Mega Millions jackpot worth more than $1 billion
ABCnews.com—Amazon invests $4 billion into AI startup Anthropic
CNN.com—Former senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman dies at 82
CBS News—Disney and Ron DeSantis agree to drop their lawsuits against each other and settle their differences out of court
USA Today—Multiple MLB Opening Day games postponed due to anticipated bad weather
NBC News—170 year old private college in Alabama will close in May due to financial difficulties

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