The restaurants with no water
The restaurants with no water
Nicole Fallert, USA TODAYTue, March 31, 2026 at 10:42 AM UTC
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Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these headlines:
US campuses in Middle East temporarily closed after Iran threats.
Are fungal storms becoming more common?
Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings were stolen in under three minutes.
Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Tuesday. We start with far less water than normal out West and a birthright citizenship case in the Supreme Court. Plus: Everything to know about the Artemis II launch.
Water restrictions and concerns in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
Stretching out in their beach chairs as the temperature climbed toward 70 degrees, Seth and Renee McLaughlin watched their three kids play in the sand on what was supposed to be a family ski trip.
Booked last November, their spring break vacation to Colorado's mountains required a hard shift in plans following a historically warm and dry winter. And climatologists told USA TODAY it will be a dangerously dry summer across the West. In many areas, all-important snowfall has been half of normal, with even hotter, drier temperatures expected in the coming months.
Alarmed civic officials across the West have already begun ordering restrictions on watering lawns, cleaning cars and even whether restaurant patrons get served glasses of water.
Longtime Western water expert Brad Udall told USA TODAY it's hard to put into words just how bad things are.
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Supreme Court to rule on birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court hears debates Wednesday on the legality of Trump's order not to recognize the citizenship of babies born in the U.S. if neither parent is a citizen or lawful permanent resident.
"Cicada" COVID variant detected in at least 25 states. This variant is more effective at evading current vaccination formulations and immune systems that have built a resistance to other COVID-19 infections — raising the potential of a "summer surge."
Could the US reinstate the military draft? Despite some calls the U.S. should align with other countries that require conscription, bringing back a draft appears unlikely at the moment.
March Madness
Women's Final Four is set
Texas forward Madison Booker celebrates on the bench in the fourth quarter.
The UConn Huskies, UCLA Bruins, Texas Longhorns and South Carolina Gamecocks are the Final Four women's teams still standing in the 68-team March Madness field. Now, all four teams will take the floor in Phoenix, Arizona, this Friday. UConn will face South Carolina and UCLA takes on Texas.
Space
Artemis II won’t land on the moon
The Artemis II mission is NASA's first human lunar mission in more than 50 years. The venture set to launch April 1 is a historic undertaking — one that will send the first Black man, first woman and first Canadian on a journey that will take them farther from Earth than any humans before them. Instead of touching down on the surface, the four astronauts are due to circle the moon in NASA's Orion capsule before heading back to Earth. That highly-anticipated moon landing? That should come about two years from now. And get your Krispy Kreme Artemis II doughnut.
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