Deseret News

• College admission scandal 'almost predictable,' says UVU President Astrid Tuminez
• Salt Lake City uses new sales tax money to launch program to pair, house 50 homeless roommates
• Jackie Biskupski honors Salt Lake's women leaders, hopes awards continue under next mayor
• Local leaders reaffirm support for Utah Compact on immigration
• Utah gun enthusiast granted temporary stay of bump stock ban

Salt Lake Tribune

• Lake Powell’s mercury contamination worse in side canyons, study shows
• Utah wants to host a 2020 presidential debate, and taxpayers have already chipped in $2.5M to help make it happen
• Officials reaffirm family-friendly Utah Compact on immigration. LDS Church still backs it but again doesn’t sign it.

• Utah biotech company's stock drops after SEC actions revealed (Deseret News)
• NCAA tournament brings in millions to Salt Lake City's economy (Deseret News)
• Utah County in 'economic driver's seat' for the state (Daily Herald)
• Developer says ‘it’s time’ for a Snyderville Basin retail hub east of U.S. 40 (Park Record)
• Lawmakers boosted tech economy and embraced new modes in '19 session (Deseret News)

• As Russia collusion fades, Ukrainian plot to help Clinton emerges (The Hill)
• The Left’s Identity Politics Rejects the Vision of Martin Luther King Jr. (Daily Signal)
• The Reckoning of Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center (New Yorker)
• Bookstore Removes Jordan Peterson Book Over Mosque Shooting, Continues Selling ‘Mein Kampf’ (Daily Signal)
• Obama to meet with freshman Dems next week (Politico)
• Stunning Survey Shows Half Of Americans Don’t Know All First Amendment Freedoms (Study Finds)
• Instagram to block anti-vaccine hashtags amid misinformation crackdown (The Hill)
• Another Defense Agency Migrates Data to Amazon Cloud (Nextgov)
• Dunford to meet with Google for ‘debate’ on Chinese ties (Defense News)
• Congress’s Mean Girls Are Trump’s Offspring (Wall Street Journal)
• New York Times CEO warns publishers ahead of Apple news launch (Reuters)

Social Media Crash
“If you’re watching this, it means you survived . . . Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp crash. Or as the millennials called it, the end of the world.” — TREVOR NOAH

Improvement

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best." St. Jerome

Muller report coming soon? Washington is gripped by speculation that special counsel Robert Mueller could be delivering his final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election as soon as today - http://bit.ly/2FuXb65

• Don't expect a harsh condemnation of President Donald Trump in the report if they have not been charged with crimes - https://abcn.ws/2FteB32
• Here's how Mueller's team kept details about the investigation from leaking to the media - https://reut.rs/2FtX62z

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A shift in Israel policy. President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday "it is time" for the US to "fully recognize Israel's sovereignty" over the disputed Golan Heights. The tweet upends longstanding US policy on the territory - https://nyti.ms/2FvP5dz

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview it is "certainly" possible President Trump was sent by God to defend Israel, comparing Trump to Queen Esther - http://bit.ly/2FteKDC

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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump use private accounts to conduct White House business. The two White House advisers use private email accounts and the WhatsApp messenger for official business - https://nyti.ms/2Fs7ZBN

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Fox News viewers have a vastly different view of President Trump. A survey by a Democratic polling firm found Republicans who watch Fox News have radically different beliefs from Republicans who don't watch the channel. For example, 78% of Fox News viewers say President Trump is the most successful president in history, while only 49% of Republicans who don't watch Fox News agree - http://bit.ly/2Fty6IP

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Republicans say Trump will likely lose the popular vote in 2020, but he still has an Electoral College advantage. Get ready for a possible repeat of 2016, where Trump loses the overall vote, but still returns to the White House because of an Electoral College win - https://washex.am/2FsMdxY

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Mail bomber pleads guilty. Cesar Sayoc, the man who mailed bombs to several Democratic politicians and media organizations that were critical of President Trump plead guilty in Federal Court on Thursday - https://wapo.st/2FsK05E

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Troops on the border is an "unacceptable risk." The Marine Corps commandant warns deploying troops to the U.S.-Mexico border would harm combat readiness - https://lat.ms/2Ft5TBH

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Mississippi abortion law.Mississippi's governor has signed a new abortion restriction that bans abortion before some women would know they're pregnant - https://wapo.st/2FuT5uJ

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Trump has shifted campaign money to his businesses. Forbes reports President Trump has charged his own re-election campaign $1.3 million for rent, food, lodging and other expenses since taking office - http://bit.ly/2FvRxRj

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Guns are killing school-age children at "epidemic" rates. Guns killed more U.S. school children in 2017 than police officers and active-duty military members - http://bit.ly/2FuAKhm

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Brexit delay. The European Union has agreed to a two-week delay to the Brexit process for Britain in a bid to avoid a chaotic withdrawal - https://cnn.it/2FthRv9

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Unprecedented flooding this spring. Experts say 25 states are at an elevated risk of flooding until May - https://nyti.ms/2FvQLnn

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Boring but important. Mortgage rates are dropping quickly amid fears of a global economic slowdown - https://wapo.st/2FsLr42

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Instagram is the new home of hatred on the internet. The photo-sharing social network is teeming with conspiracy theories, violent extremist memes and misinformation - http://bit.ly/2FsVmqd

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Change your Facebook password. The social media giant says it mishandled passwords for hundreds of millions of users, storing those passwords in plain text in an internal database that could be accessed by staffers - https://cnn.it/2FthNeT