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Janet Protasiewicz
personDemocratic-backed Judge Janet Protasiewicz wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race. She defeated Republican-backed candidate Dan Kelly. New court controlled 4-3 by liberals is expected to decide a pending lawsuit challenging the state’s 1849 law banning abortion.
Steve Cooper
personNottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has ended speculation over manager Steve Cooper's future. Cooper had come under mounting pressure after Forest’s 2-1 loss at relegation-rivals Leeds extended their winless Premier League run to eight matches. Forest are in 17th place hovering above relegation based on their goal difference.
Taliban
organizationU.N. tells 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for next two days. Close to 400 of them are female employees. Taliban administration says it respects women's rights in accordance with Islamic law.
Brandon Johnson
personBrandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner and organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union, won a hotly contested race for mayor. Johnson defeated Paul Vallas, the former head of Chicago Public Schools. The win shows that voters in the city are focused on progressive policies, including in the battle against crime.
Dan Kelly
personFormer Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly lost his race by at least 10 percentage points. He refused to call his opponent to concede, instead choosing to lash out against her in a concession speech. Kelly called Protasiewicz's campaign "deeply deceitful, dishonorable and despicable"
Volodymyr Zelensky
personPoland has been a key ally for Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year. Poland has taken in more than a million Ukrainian refugees over the past 13 months. Poland pledged additional Mig-29 fighter jets to Kyiv.
Brentford
organizationMarcus Rashford scored the only goal of the game in the 27th minute. Luke Shaw limped off in the first half with an injury. Victory lifts United to 53 points, three ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur.
Jyotiraditya Scindia
personScindia launched a sharp attack on Gandhi and the Congress. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should "beware" of a man who did not stay loyal to his former party.
Emmanuel Macron
personFrench President Emmanuel Macron is in China for a three-day tour of the country. He will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, keen to enlist Xi in the pursuit of checking Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Xi sees Macron as someone who can push the European Union toward a more moderate position on China.
FBI
organization'Republicans in Congress should defund the DOJ and FBI until they come to their senses,' he wrote on his social media platform, writing in all-caps. Trump is the first former or current U.S. president to face criminal charges.
Nicola Sturgeon
personPolice did not identify Peter Murrell as the 58-year-old man arrested Wednesday. Scotland's Press Association, the BBC and others reported it was Murrell. Police Scotland has been investigating the SNP’s handling of money slated for Scottish independence campaigning.
Rory McIlroy
personRory McIlroy in 'good place' for Masters bid after 'breakthrough' last year. Northern Irishman has had eight attempts to win a green jacket. Tiger Woods is among the 20 23 Masters longshots at 60-1.
Everton
organizationTottenham threw away a lead against 10-man Everton on Monday night. It’s the second successive game Spurs have squandered three points late on. The draw at Goodison Park led to some scathing criticism from the likes of Jamie O'Hara and Jermaine Jenas, who said he can no longer watch the team.
Virgin Orbit
organizationSaga swings back to profit; Rathbones and Investec wealth businesses to merge. JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon warns that the banking crisis will have "repercussions for years to come" C3.ai falls over 25% after short-seller Kerrisdale Capital alleges accounting and disclosure irregularities.
Amir Khan
personAmir Khan has received a two-year ban from all sports. Khan tested positive for the prohibited substance ostarine. Former light-welterweight world champion Khan, 36, announced his retirement last May.
Lucknow Super Giants
organizationGujarat Titans climb back to the top of the 2023 Indian Premier League points table. Rajasthan Royals down to second, with Royal Challengers Bangalore moving down to third. Lucknow Super Giants also dropped down one spot to fourth as Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings stayed fifth and sixth. GT beat DC by 6 wickets and CSK defeated LSG by 12 runs in their respective second match.
Charlie Javice
personCharlie Javice, the 31-year-old founder of student-aid assistance app Frank, is accused of defrauding JPMorgan Chase. Prosecutors allege that Javice repeatedly claimed Frank had 4.25 million users while in sale talks with JPMorgan Chase and another unnamed bank. When JPMorgan asked for proof of Frank’s user base, Javice allegedly paid “outside data scientist” $18,000 to create a fake customer list.
Donald Trump
personEx-president has lost $700M MILLION amid failure of Truth Social which promised 81m users by 2026. Trump's wealth dropped from $3.2 billion to $2.5 billion ahead of his historic arraignment today. The charges stem from hush money paid to a former porn star to keep quiet over an alleged affair.
NATO
organizationThe North Atlantic Treaty, the founding act of the alliance, was signed 74 years ago. The move is a strategic and political blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Turkey, the last holdout on Helsinki's accession to the military coalition, gave its approval on Finland's membership bid on March 30.
Tesla
organizationOPEC+ announces surprise output cut of 1.16 million barrels per day. Oil prices surge by 6% with analysts predicting a potential 20% increase. Energy sector stocks see gains of over 6%, while WWE stock drops by 7%. Tesla falls short of Q1 delivery expectations, dragging NASDAQ lower.