4.23.2018

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Royal Baby #3.
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, entered the hospital in the beginning stages of labor early this morning. It will be the third for the Duchess and her husband, Prince William, following George (born in 2013) and Charlotte (2015). Traditionally, the gender of royal babies is not revealed until after birth, with the announcement presented on a gilded easel outside Buckingham Palace. The new royal baby will be fifth in the line of succession to the British throne after Prince Charles, Prince William, George, and Charlotte - even if the new baby is a boy he will not jump Charlotte, due to a 2013 law that stopped younger brothers from jumping older sisters in line to the throne. Prince Harry will be bumped to sixth in the line of succession. 

Oddsmakers have Alice and Arthur as the favorites names for the new baby. 

Romney Hits Speed Bump.
Mitt Romney's senate campaign took a step backward over the weekend after he failed to secure his party's nomination at the Utah state Republican convention. Romney was actually edged out - after two rounds of balloting that whittled an initial field of twelve down to two - by three-term state representative Mike Kennedy, 51% to 49%. The two will now face off in a June 26 primary to replace outgoing senator Orrin Hatch, who caps a nearly 42-year Senate career this term. It's worth noting that the Romney campaign had already secured enough signatures to get him on the primary ballot regardless of the convention, but if he had gotten 60% of the vote, he would have gone straight to the general election in November. The Romney camp actually blamed the setback on the signatures, claiming backlash against signature gathering helped Romney's opponents (delegates don't like it because it undermines the power of the convention). 

Kabul Blast Kills 57.
A suicide bomb killed at least 57 and injured nearly 120 people in an attack in Afghanistan's capital and largest city. The blast, whose victims included 21 women and 5 children, went off outside a voter registration center where people were waiting to register for October's nationwide elections. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack within hours of the blast - the attack hit an area of western Kabul populated by the country's Shia Muslim minority, a frequent target of the militant Sunni terrorist group. The violence worsens dysfunction around the elections, which were originally planned for 2016 before being postponed twice. The country already suffers from significant voter fraud - with 23 million people listed on voter rolls, despite there being less than 15 million citizens of voting age. 

See a good background read on the Islamic State in Afghanistan here. 
 

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The next chapter in the Harry Potter saga hits Broadway.

Earth Day was yesterday, but people seem to be losing interest. 

See which states pay their politicians the most and least. 

After one year staring down Charging Bull, Fearless Girl moves to the NYSE. 

Nabi Tajima, The world's oldest person, passes away at 117 years old. 

The Army is using 3D printing to build octopus-like soft robots.

With scarce talent, AI researchers are making more than $1M, even at non-profits. (paywall)

...Or you can make $70k out of college with a degree in marijuana studies.

Beautiful photos of the most colorful places on Earth.

Clickbait: 12-year-old steals credit card and goes to Bali after fighting with parents. 

Historybook: William Shakespeare born, dies (1564, 1616); HBD Shirley Temple (1928); Rhythm Club fire in Mississippi kills 209 (1940); RIP Cesar Chavez (1993); First YouTube video published (2005).
 

"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful."
- Vincentio, Measure by Measure, (William Shakespeare)
 

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