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HEADLINER
Around 300 people were injured and at least 70 people reported dead in an Easter bombing attack in Pakistan. Families were picnicking in the city of Lahore’s largest park when a suicide bomber, linked to Islamist militants, detonated near an area marked off for women and children. Read more
MORE NEWS
• Storm Katie is hitting parts of England and Wales resulting in cancelled flights from Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The storm, with wind gusts of up to 105 miles per hour, also damaged many properties and shut several major bridges. Speaking of Heathrow, a drone narrowly missed a Boeing 777 as it took from the airportoff back in November ’15, a new report revealed.
• The stage is set for the Final Four as #10 seed Syracuse stunned Virgina with a big comeback to take the game and they will go on to play North Carolina April 2. Both #2 seed Oklahoma and Villanova will also face off April 2 at NRG Stadium in Houston.
• Over the weekend, the Suntimes scooped that Mayor Emanuel will pick Eddie Johnson for the role of Chicago’s next police Superintendent, rejecting the 3 finalists recently presented to him. Johnson, considered a non-polarizing insider, currently serves as chief of patrol but he did not apply for the top job. “While each of the finalists had strong qualifications, the mayor did not feel that any of them were the complete package that Chicago needs at this time and thus none were offered the position.”
ENTERTAINMENT
• Despite bad reviews from critics of the new Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie, the film opened this weekend with box office record for best pre-summer debut grossing an estimated $170.1 million in the U.S. and Canada.
• Lady Gaga, born Stefani Germanotta, officially turns 30 today but over the weekend, stars including Kylie Minogue and fiancé Joshua Sasse, Lorde, Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift, Pharell, Kate Hudson, Nick Jonas, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, Kathy Bates, Lana Del Rey, Lisa Vanderpump all turned up for her star-studded birthday party at No Name restaurant in LA.
FASHION
• Mary Katrantzou reprised her London Fashion Week A/W ’16 collection with a runway presentation Sunday night at China Fashion Week. Asian models strutted down the reflective runway to the upbeat country tunes of Dolly Parton and Lynn Anderson.
“If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.” ― Amy Tan
Japan’s NTT Data Corp to buy Dell Inc’s IT consulting division for over $3 billion
She suprised her husband with a vintage white convertible 1991 Rolls-Royce Corniche
The Chicago Theatre will host a basketball event for the first time
The story of a new haven for laundering money and a French-Israeli con man
California to raise the minimum wage statewide to $15 an hour by 2022
LOOK OF THE DAY
Lady Gaga in Saint Laurent @ her birthday party
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