Plus: Weinstein heads for retrial, the Bears pick a QB and ‘Challengers’ hits theaters ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
|  | SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024 · 4 min read |
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| A morning digest from Yahoo News
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| Good morning, all. It’s National Pretzel Day. Fun fact: The pretzel’s history in the U.S. is rooted in Pennsylvania. Now, on to the news. |
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Need to know | It was a big day in court yesterday for former President Donald Trump, as the Supreme Court heard arguments over his presidential immunity claims and his hush money trial continued in N.Y. |
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| | Hush money trial: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker resumed testimony in the case over alleged falsified business records, detailing hush money payment negotiations with Stormy Daniels. [Yahoo News] |
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| | Immunity arguments: Lawyers for Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith argued over whether Trump had “absolute immunity” for his actions as president. Trump’s lawyer conceded that some of Trump’s actions were private. [ABC News] |
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| | Justices split: After nearly three hours, the court’s conservative majority appeared to believe that former presidents have some degree of immunity. The justices are likely to send the case back to a lower court to sort it out. [New York Times] |
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| | Bears draft pick | The Chicago Bears picked Caleb Williams, the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner, as the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Williams has the potential to be the Bears’ best quarterback in decades. [Yahoo Sports] |
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| | Weinstein retrial | New York’s Court of Appeals overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction after it found the trial judge unfairly admitted testimony. He’ll remain in prison as he awaits a retrial due to a 2022 conviction in L.A. [AP] |
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| | Campus unrest | The University of Southern California is canceling its main graduation ceremony as hundreds of protesters against Israel’s war in Gaza have been arrested across the country. [Yahoo News] |
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| | Stormy weather | Severe weather is projected to bring potentially dangerous wind, tornadoes, hail and flash flooding across much of the central U.S. today through the weekend. [AccuWeather] |
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| | Net neutrality returns | The FCC voted to restore net neutrality, a policy that has served as a political battleground for former presidents, which requires broadband internet providers to treat all internet traffic equally. [NBC News] |
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| | The tennis drama Challengers is now in theaters. (More on that below.) [Yahoo Entertainment] |
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| | Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, a four-part docuseries about the legendary band, premiered on Hulu overnight. [Billboard] |
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| | Rounds 2 and 3 of the NFL Draft air tonight at 7 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN. [Yahoo Sports] |
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 | Today in history |  | In 1977, iconic nightclub Studio 54 opened in New York City. It quickly became a hot spot for celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Andy Warhol, as well as Mick and Bianca Jagger (pictured above). “Any celebrity that came into New York made a stop on The Tonight Show, then made a stop at Studio 54,” co-founder Ian Schrager said in 2020. [The Guardian] | Illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Rose Hartman/Getty Images, Getty Images |
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3 Questions... | about Challengers | I asked Yahoo Entertainment’s resident movie buff Taryn Ryder to break down the eyebrow-raising film Challengers, which is in theaters today. |
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| | Tashi catches the attention of doubles partners and best friends, Art and Patrick. Their messy love triangle plays out over 13 years. I loved the acting, the chemistry and the tennis! |
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| | Who am I going to see on the screen, and where might I know them from? |
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| Zendaya, who comes off a stellar performance in Dune 2. Plus: Mike Faist from West Side Story and Josh O'Connor from The Crown. |
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| | Everyone’s talking about the sex scene. How R-rated is this movie? |
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| Spoiler alert: There aren't actually any sex scenes. "Tennis is the sex," Zendaya teased. But it's still a steamy movie. The cast told me all about that viral three-way kiss. |
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| Want more behind-the-scenes info? Read Taryn’s interview. | |
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| | Alanna Matson went viral on TikTok for a story about her cat, who’d learned how to turn on the bathroom faucet to drink water. It was a “great trick,” she said, until he sat on the drain, flooded the bathroom and damaged the house. The response to her story has been “hilarious,” she said. [People] |
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Have a great day. See you next week! |
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| 💡 P.S. Before you go, your daily advice: Traveling on a budget this summer? Take a trip in September. Prices will be better, and you’ll avoid the high-season tourism rush. [Washington Post] |
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 The Yodel team
| The Yodel is written by Anthony Rivas and edited by Ed Hornick. Today's edition was copy edited by Barbara Kempe. Emily Mahaney is our editorial director. |
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