The Race for the White House

Over the weekend, former presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Corey Booker endorsed Joe Biden, while Rev. Jesse Jackson endorsed Bernie Sanders. A total of 352 delegates are at stake today, as the two (along with Tulsi Gabbard) face off in contests across six states.

Coronavirus Update

Global cases rose above 113,500 with more than 4,000 deaths. According to the NYT, the number of confirmed U.S. cases rose to 696, with 26 deaths.

U.S.

• Several Congressmen have entered a self-imposed quarantine after coming into contact with an infected person at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
• Thirty-six states (plus Washington D.C.) have seen at least one confirmed case of the virus, with the most being Washington (167 cases) and New York (142 cases).

World

• Italy’s PM expanded the lockdown placed on millions of northern citizens to the rest of the country on Monday, banning all non-emergency travel until April 3.
• South Korea recorded just 248 new cases of the virus (7,382 total), its lowest single-day increase since Feb. 25.

More: The largest study on the virus from Johns Hopkins concluded that most patients begin exhibiting symptoms roughly five days after infection.

Sudanese PM Survives Assassination

According to Sudanese officials, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survived an assassination attempt on his convoy Monday morning as he was heading to work. Hamdok tweeted after the incident that he was “safe and in good shape” - authorities currently have no leads as to the perpetrators.

More: Hamdok is the leader of Sudan’s transitional government after the military overthrew longtime President Omar al-Bashir last year.

Welcome Back, Jack

Twitter announced it has reached a deal with activist investor Elliot Management and private equity firm Silver Lake. Under the terms of the agreement, CEO Jack Dorsey’s role will remain unchanged, while the company agreed to give Elliot and Silver Lake each one board seat and allocate $2 billion towards share repurchases.

More: Elliot purchased a more than $1 billion stake in Twitter earlier this month, and reportedly nominated four new board members in a push to remove Dorsey.

FareWells

The chair of Wells Fargo’s board of directors, Elizabeth Duke, resigned on Sunday, along with another board member, James Quigley. Duke and Quigley were scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday regarding the bank’s fake accounts scandal.

More: The company was found guilty of creating millions of fraudulent accounts for its customers without consent.

Shop ‘Til You Drop (Don’t Stop!)

Amazon announced it will begin offering its cashier-less checkout technology to other retailers. Called “Just Walk Out,” Amazon’s system uses a combination of cameras, sensors, and artificial intelligence techniques to allow customers to shop, then leave the store without having to stop and pay.

Waste Management

Amid spreading coronavirus fears, an annual Ohio sports festival prohibited spectators from attending, leaving organizers with a ton of food and nobody to eat it.

Instead of throwing the food away, the festival sent a refrigerated truck with thousands of meals to first responders dealing with the Tennessee earthquake.

Music on the Brain

Matthew Whitaker is not your average piano prodigy. Now eighteen years old, Matt was born blind and survived a whopping eleven surgeries before the age of two.

Matt’s immense musical talent paired with his disability caught the attention of a neurologist, who made a fascinating discovery when he scanned Matt’s brain - his unused visual cortex had been repurposed and was now active when Matt listened to music.

Dress to Impress

When students participated in “Dress as Your Favorite Person Day” at an Arkansas elementary school, many of the kids chose their favorite athlete or movie star to emulate - but not 5-year-old Easton Blocker.

The kindergartener enlisted his mom to help him dress up as the school’s security guard, Jeffrey Cross, and surprise the man Easton calls his hero and best friend.

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