Gas approaches $4 a gallon national average, says AAA

Gas prices continue to creep higher. According to Triple-A, the national average for gasoline is just under 4 bucks — at 3-98 a gallon. Drivers in the western U-S are paying even more. The average gallon of regular gas is 5 dollars and 30 cents in Washington and 5-83 in California.

Supreme Court Justice Alito recently fell ill

We’re learning of a health episode involving one of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices. The high court’s spokeswoman says Justice Samuel Alito fell ill at an event in Philadelphia last month and was treated for dehydration before returning home to suburban Washington. The Supreme Court statement says Alito’s illness did not require an overnight hospital stay and he was back on the bench the following Monday. Alito, who turned 76 this past week, is the second-oldest member of the court, after 77-year-old Justice Clarence Thomas.

GOP Promises Thorough Oversight Hearings On Trump Executive Moves

UCLA Women’s Team Moves to NCAA Championship

PHOENIX (AP) – South Carolina smothers UConn to advance to NCAA Women’s title game.
Reporter Bernie Bennett has details.

VERBATIM: Ta’Niya Latson scored 16 and Agot Makeer added 14 points and South Carolina played stifling defense to beat UConn 62-48 on Friday night, ending the Huskies’ 54-game winning streak and advancing to the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game.

The Gamecocks have now reached the NCAA championship game in four of the last five seasons, including the past three. They will be looking to win a fourth national title Sunday when they face UCLA, capping off another March Madness.

UConn entered the Final Four undefeated for the ninth time in school history and for the third straight time left without a title. The Huskies also lost in the 2017 and 2018 national semifinals.

I’m Bernie Bennett.

An unusual decision by the Washington Post

An unusual decision by the Washington Post

VERBATIM:  The newspaper, long a bastion of liberal thought, has published an editorial criticizing the supreme court of Finland for denying the religious freedom of a member of its parliament.  Pavi Rassanen has been fined for quoting the Bible on homosexuality and the Post calls the decision a farce, adding “It’s not a crime to publish unpopular religious views”.  The paper goes on to urge Americans to cherish their First Amendment rights.  MH REPORTING

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