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6th Article: Iowa’s win over LSU shatters record for most-watched women’s college basketball game

 When asked about what she said to Caitlin Clark after Iowa’s 94-87 win over LSU in the Elite Eight game in Albany — a game that saw the transcendent Clark score 41 points and tie the NCAA Tournament single-game record with nine 3-pointers — LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey said, “What did I say to her? I said, I sure am glad you’re leaving. I said, Girl, you something else. Never seen anything like it.” https://theathletic.com/5386550/2024/04/02/womens-basketball-elite-eight-ratings/?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20240403&instance_id=119200&nl=the-morning&regi_id=231199031&segment_id=162464&te=1&user_id=e5feb627b4b23bed77b6a97dcb833877

5th Article: See-Through Baseball Pants Have Fans, and Brands, Pointing Fingers

The new white: Preseason conversation among baseball fans has been dominated by the apparent translucence of new uniform pants designed by Nike and produced by Fanatics. “Buying my wife Fanatics baseball pants instead of lingerie,” one social media poster joked. Fanatics says the pants are made from the same material as last year’s uniforms, but many players are dubious.  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/style/mlb-fanatics-uniform-pants.html?te=1&nl=the-morning&emc=edit_nn_20240313

Fourth Article: "U.S. Begins Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza"

  link "The United States made its first airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration tried to prevent a greater humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian territory. Three U.S. Air Force cargo planes airdropped 38,000 ready-to-eat meals, in a joint operation with the Jordanian Air Force, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Saturday."

Third Article: "Tim Scott lost his own presidential bid. But he’s gotten Donald Trump’s attention for vice president"

link   " The biggest winner of the Republican primary season so far, besides   Donald Trump , might be   Tim Scott . The South Carolina senator  failed in his own bid for president . But his enthusiastic campaigning for the former president has been generating buzz about Scott’s prospects as Trump’s potential pick for a running mate. Scott played a starring role in his   home state’s Feb. 24 primary election , hyping the crowd about Trump at rallies and in interviews. During a Fox News town hall, Trump, who rarely likes to share the spotlight, taped a segment in which he and Scott appeared together on stage in matching red ties, a visual that made them look like they were already a ticket. "

Second Article: "Breaking news: CVS and Walgreens to begin selling abortion pills this month"

 link "The two largest pharmacy chains in the United States will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month, a step that could make access easier for some patients. Officials at CVS and Walgreens said in interviews on Friday that they had received certification to dispense mifepristone under guidelines that the Food and Drug Administration issued last year. The chains plan to make the medication available in stores in a handful of states at first. They will not be providing the medication by mail."

First Article: "The Morning: Climate change and ‘last-chance tourism’"

  link "Melting away A lot of climate discussion revolves around time. Lines rise across charts predicting the next century. Scientists set deadlines for the coming decades. Each month seems to bring news of a new heat record. The sense that time is running out can be heady."

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