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March 31st, 2023

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In Today’s Brief

Finland: Earns final NATO approval
Minnesota: Derailed train carrying ethanol
Apple: Developing a Lou Gehrig series
Ford: Resumes F150 Lightning production

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Former President Trump indicted

A grand jury in Manhattan yesterday voted to indict former President Donald Trump.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating Trump on the allegation that he violated campaign finance laws by reimbursing his former lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130K “hush money” payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) to not speak about her relationship with Trump in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. Bragg’s office said they would contact the former president’s attorneys to discuss his surrender to face an arraignment. In a statement, Trump called the indictment “political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history.”

The indictment has been filed under seal and is expected to be announced in the coming days, with the charges not publicly known as of last night. It marks the first time in U.S. history that a current or former president has faced criminal charges.

Army helicopter crash

Two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division collided during a training exercise in Trigg County, Kentucky.

The crash occurred at approximately 10 PM local time on Wednesday night, about 30 miles northwest of Fort Campbell. According to a statement from Army officials, all nine U.S. service members aboard the two helicopters lost their lives. Brigadier General John Lubas, deputy commanding general for operations of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), said during a press conference at Fort Campbell that no additional casualties or injuries were reported, as the two aircraft went down in an open field across from a residential area.

Last month, two people were killed when a Black Hawk helicopter operated by the Tennessee National Guard crashed during a training flight near Huntsville, Alabama. In 2018, two U.S. soldiers died when their Apache helicopter crashed in a training area of Fort Campbell.

NCAA Final Four

The Final Four teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will play tonight at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, setting the stage for the championship game to cap March Madness 2023.

This year’s Final Four teams are UConn, Florida Atlantic University, San Diego State University, and the University of Miami. Only UConn has reached the Final Four stage previously. The official NCAA schedule shows that Florida Atlantic will face off against SDSU at 5:09 PM CT, while UConn will play Miami at 7:49 PM. The two prevailing teams will face off for the NCAA championship trophy on Monday, April 3rd.

This year, not a single top-three seed reached the Final Four for the first time since the tournament began seeding teams in 1979. As of last night, UConn is the betting favorite to clinch the title, followed by SDSU. Miami is third, and Flordia Atlantic is last.

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Around the Globe

Russia will reportedly offer food for North Korean weapons and is sending a delegation to the country to acquire more munitions, according to U.S. national security spokesperson John Kirby (More)
Finland earned final approval to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) after Turkey became the last country to approve the Nordic nation’s membership in the military alliance (More)
A journalist named Evan Gershkovich who works for the ‘Wall Street Journal’ was arrested in Russia yesterday and accused of spying; Gershkovich’s arrest marks the first time an American reporter has been arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War (More)

On the Homefront

Hundreds of protesters gathered inside the Tennessee State Capitol building yesterday, demanding stricter gun control policies following Monday’s mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville (More)
Jacob Chansley was released from prison 14 months early and has been transferred to an Arizona halfway house, per local reports; Chansley became known for entering the U.S. Capitol shirtless and wearing a horned coyote-fur headdress on January 6th, 2021 (More)
A train carrying ethanol derailed in Minnesota yesterday near the town of Raymond, causing a number of cars to catch fire and prompting evacuations of residents in the area, per local authorities (More)

Glitz & Games

Apple is developing a TV series based on the Lou Gehrig biography Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig written by Jonathan Eig; Apple is reportedly partnering with Universal Television and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video on the project (More)
Chicago Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman was called for a pitch clock violation, making him the first player to be penalized under the new rule during a regular-season MLB game (More)
Universal Music Group extends the contract of CEO & Chairman Lucian Grainge until May 1st, 2028; Grainge will reportedly take a salary reduction with equity and performance-based stock options added to his compensation (More)

Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market closed higher for the second consecutive day (Dow +0.43%, Nasdaq +0.73%, S&P 500 +0.57%)
Ford Motor Co. is raising the price of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup and says it has resumed full production of the vehicle following a February battery fire (More)
Wells Fargo will pay fines of $97.8M for inadequate oversight of its compliance risks, which allegedly helped a foreign bank avoid U.S. sanctions, according to federal regulators (More)

Tips & Tricks

Sneak Peek: Watch Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in the official trailer for White House Plumbers, an upcoming HBO limited series that tells the story of how Nixon’s Watergate masterminds accidentally toppled the presidency they were trying to protect
Bump This: South Korean girl group NMIXX evoke the bombastic bubblegum-pop vibes of the early aughts in their new single “Love Me Like This” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Jaw Drop: See Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s massive interpretation of Water Lillies by French impressionist painter Claude Monet…made entirely from 650K Lego pieces
Nerd Out: Check out the new plug-in hybrid supercar Lamborghini Revuelto, the first of its kind from the Italian manufacturer that pumps out 814 horsepower at over 9K rpm
Go Deep: Read about melting Antarctic ice that is slowing down the flow of water through the world’s oceans–a phenomenon that some scientists say could bring adverse effects to the planet’s climate “for centuries to come”
Hot Goss: Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in federal court yesterday to five additional charges related to the collapse of his former exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda Research
Life Hack: A glass of lemon water first thing in the morning is one of the most vouched-for wellness tips, and not just for its purifying properties - here are five benefits of drinking lemon water after you wake up, explained by a nutritionist

Tip-Offs

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A brief history of meditation in video games.

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A filmmaker explains why movies are getting darker.

To avoid a police raid, one man’s bizarre hiding place.

The questions to ask when you’re hit with a medical bill.

…and the mental benefits of “deep time” thinking.

Looking Back…

On March 31st: The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris (1889); Daylight Saving Time goes into operation in the U.S. for the first time (1918); Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar for the first time at London’s Finsbury Park Astoria theater (1967); labor leader and activist Cesar Chavez is born (1931).

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