Weather.com / Jan Wesner Childs

Tornadoes Tear Through Several States
 

Powerful tornadoes and storms roared across parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois and Tennessee on Friday, leaving at least four people dead, dozens injured and entire neighborhoods destroyed. 

NBC News / Dareh Gregorian and Jane C. Timm

Dominion Suit Against Fox News Cleared For Trial 

A judge denied granting summary judgment to Fox News in its attempt to get Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit thrown out Friday, meaning the case will go to trial in mid-April. 

ABC News / Libbey Cathey

Why Indictment Might Hinge on Novel Legal Theory
 

Donald Trump is now the first former president in American history to face criminal charges, but until the indictment laying out his alleged crimes is made public, it's unclear what prosecutors plan to argue. 

The Hill / Jared Gans

Soros on Bragg: "I Don't Know Him"
 

Prominent Democratic donor George Soros responded to Republican attacks on him over Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s (D) investigation that led to an indictment of Trump, saying that “I don’t know” Bragg. 

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Fetterman Leaves Walter Read After Treatment for Depression
 

PA Sen. John Fetterman has left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after six weeks of treatment for clinical depression, with plans to return to the Senate when the chamber resumes session. 

BBC / Shiona McCallum

ChatGPT Banned in Italy Over Privacy Concerns
 

Italy has become the first Western country to block ChatGPT as the Italian data-protection authority said there were privacy concerns relating to the model, which was created by U.S. start-up OpenAI. 

Tom's Guide / Malcolm McMillan

No GPT Did Not Pass the Turing Test
 

ChatGPT has been impressive since its launch in late 2022, yet its tone can often struggle to resemble a human’s — we even recommend teaching it how to write in your style, but that could be changing soon. 

GQ / Lisa DePaulo

Tacopina: 1-800-Save-My-Ass
 

Tonight, Joe Tacopina – or "Joe-too-bad-he's-married-Tacopina" – is the best-dressed, smoothest-talking, hardest-working criminal-defense attorney going, and for a mere $750 an hour, everything will be okay. 

NY Magazine / Margaret Hartmann

Ivanka Trump Declares Neutrality on Father's Indictment
 

Ivanka Trump has some thoughts on the indictment, as most Americans carry an opinion about this historic development, but you wouldn’t know it from the statement posted to her Instagram midday Friday. 

Business Insider / Bryan Metzger

Lindsey Graham Encourages Trump to Be Violent
 

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says he's got a plan to keep former President Donald Trump from being prosecuted after being indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan on Thursday. 

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Fox News / Brianna Herlihy

Barr Says Indictment is "Pathetically Weak"
 

Former AG Bill Barr said Friday that he suspects Democrats are pushing the indictment of Trump to help him win the 2024 nomination in the hopes that the legal baggage will sink him in the general election. 

New York Post / Jonathan Turley

Turley Says Trump Would've Been Better Robbing Stormy With Gun
 

While the actual charges will not be disclosed until the release of the indictment, the underlying theory discussed for months is an effort to revive a dead misdemeanor offense of falsifying business records. 

WKMG-TV /Brenda Argueta

Officers ‘Arrest’ Alligator at Tampa Bay Stadium
 

Tampa police officers had an interesting encounter when they found a 9-foot alligator in the road and had to get onto the gator’s back and hold it down while waiting for a trapper to arrive. 

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Minneapolis Council OKs Policing Reform Post-Floyd Murder
 

The city of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights signed a “court-enforceable settlement agreement” to revamp policing in the city where George Floyd was murdered. 

East Idaho News / Kelcie Moseley-Morris

Idaho Enacts Law Criminalizing Abortion Aid for Minors
 

Idaho’s House Republicans voted nearly unanimously to pass a bill meant to help ease physicians’ fears about being prosecuted under Idaho’s abortion laws while providing care. 

WLWT5 / John Seewer

DOJ Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment
 

The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals. 

Science.org / Andrew Curry

Native Americans' Horse Use Predates Historians' Estimates
 

For millennia, the Pawnee had relied on dogs to haul their belongings on bison hunting trips; when they acquired horses, the impact was immediate and dramatic. 

Politico / Steven Shepard

Data Clear: Republicans Like Trump More After Indictment
 

The indictment of former President Donald Trump is likely to deliver a temporary boost to him in the GOP primary, but at the expense of his standing among the broader electorate. 

Vice / Chloe Xiang

Belgian Man Dies By Suicide After Chat With Bot
 

A Belgian man recently died by suicide after chatting with an AI chatbot called Chai – the incident raises the issue of how businesses and governments can better regulate and mitigate the risks of AI. 

Axios / Russell Contreras

Anti Trans Movement Sweeps U.S.

The sudden flood of state-level efforts to restrict transgender rights is being fueled by many of the Christian and conservative groups that led the charge against Roe v. Wade. 

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Iran's Judiciary Chief Threatens to Prosecute 'Without Mercy' Unveiled Woman
 

Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute "without mercy" women who appear in public unveiled as an increasing number of women defy the country's compulsory dress code. 

For the Right

Here's What 'Friendshoring' Means for Canada 

The federal budget says Canada will rely more on its allies for trade in the future. But some experts warn that the us-versus-them language means Canadian businesses will need to adjust.