Kyle Nowak

📰 On Friday, Google began removing California news websites from some users’ search results, in response to pending legislation that would require the tech giant to pay news orgs for linking to their content.

🌏 Iran launched a series of airstrikes at Israel; a former US ambassador and career official was sentenced for serving as a secret agent of Cuba for decades; and more.

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with the Biden admin’s move to expand background checks for gun purchases?

🏛️🔍 The House voted 273-147 to renew a controversial US spy program that some lawmakers consider crucial to national security, and others say violates Americans’ privacy rights.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

🔥 It’s Monday, April 15th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

⛳ The 88th Masters teed off yesterday in Augusta, Georgia. And the tournament comes as participation in golf is on the upswing, reaching levels not seen since the “Tiger Woods Boom.”

⚡ The US government’s effort to expand clean energy across the country is facing a major obstacle: lack of available power lines, which can take a decade or more to build from scratch. But there could be a faster – and cheaper – solution that’s already used widely around the globe.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

“True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.”

–Augustine "Og" Mandino (1923-1996)

A Vietnamese billionaire was sentenced to death in the country’s largest-ever fraud case; Israel should expect a major Iran-backed attack in the coming days, per US intelligence; and more.

📝🔫 The Biden admin announced a new law aimed at preventing unlicensed dealers from selling firearms, representing ​​the largest expansion of gun background checks since 1993.

🔥 It’s Friday, April 12th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

📝 US inflation rose 0.4% month-over-month and 3.5% over the prior year in March, according to the latest Consumer Price Index.

🪙 According to a recent Wells Fargo estimate, the retailer is selling between $100 million and $200 million worth of gold bars per month.

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“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.”

–George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

We bring you the most unusual, off-the-wall and occasionally laugh-out-loud headlines from this week.

🌏 The EU parliament approved major reforms to immigration policy; Japan agreed to boost international cooperation with the US; & more.

❓ Our question to you: If November’s presidential election were held today, who would you vote for?