4/16/26 GPL News Brief

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 16th 2026:Justin Fairfax and His Wife Dead in Murder-SuicideJustin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move outLebanon-Israel Cease-Fire Goes Into EffectSupreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rightsNAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near MemphisImmigrants Are Scared to File Taxes. It Could Cost the U.S. Billions.A Powerful Health Task Force Is in Kennedy’s Cross HairsRFK Jr. testifies before House Appropriations panel on HHS budgetYounger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less educationRare asteroid expected to pass Earth closer than satellitesDallas County GOP Leader Resigns Following Party Infighting, Voting ConfusionYouTube removes a pro-Iranian channel that was streaming AI videos of Trump in LegoNPR receives $113 million in charitable giftsThose are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free!We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet?Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globallyxx Jalon👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously).Good News!We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes.Subscribe and leave a review for us!Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube!We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe