HILLARY CLINTON TRIES TO SHUT DOWN THE FIRESTORM OVER HER E-MAILS Nobody wants to carry two phones, but if you're Hillary Rodham Clinton, you maybe should have made room in your purse. Clinton broke her silence today on the controversy over her use of a personal e-mail address while at the State Department. She basically said that she was trying to keep things simple by using one e-mail address on one device. Now it's so much more complicated for HRC and her likely presidential campaign, thanks to the brouhaha. Here's what she told us: She didn't break any rules by using personal e-mail. She didn't share any classified info. But she did delete some things because she didn't want us to know when she went to yoga. Or what she and Chelsea talked about when they were planning her wedding, or what went into planning her mom's funeral. The State Department said today it will make the 55,000 pages of her e-mails public in several months after they are reviewed. Clinton has been making news for 50 years, and we have a feeling this story isn't going away anytime soon. Here's a fact-check of what President Obama knew. Here are some answers to some of the questions she didn't answer. And here's what her Twitter avatar looks like today.
RACIST VIDEO GETS TWO OU STUDENTS KICKED OUT — AND THE FRAT'S BLACK CHEF IS OUT OF A JOB Oklahoma. Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain, and where the university president comes sweeping down on bad SAE fraternity brothers. Today, President David Boren kicked out two students accused of playing a "leadership role" in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon racist chant video that went viral on Sunday. He already shuttered the frat house (Members have to be totally out of there by tonight). The investigation into the video continues, Boren said in a statement , and when the identities of others involved are confirmed, they will face "appropriate disciplinary action." Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers are not the only members of the University of Oklahoma family hammered by fallout from the hate video. SAE's black chef is now out of a job, a sorority linked to the video is under fire, and OU recruiters have a lot of explaining to do to keep the university on the list for young athletes and scholars. "I hope the entire nation will join us in having zero tolerance of such racism when it raises its ugly head in other situations across our country," Boren said. We hope so, too.
FRENCH SPORT STARS ARE DEAD AFTER TWO HELICOPTERS COLLIDE WHILE FILMING A REALITY SHOW IN ARGENTINA How very sad. Two Olympic medal winners and a sailing pioneer were among 10 people killed when two helicopters crashed in a remote part of Argentina. The French sports stars were taking part in filmingDropped , a popular survivalist reality show, when the helicopters apparently collided midair; investigators were still working to determine the cause of the crash, which killed eight people from France and two from Argentina. Condolences poured in from French political leaders and sports figures, mourning Olympic gold medalist Camille Muffat, who had retired from swimming to focus on her personal life; for boxer Alexis Vastine, who had some unfinished business after two disappointing Olympics; and for the beloved sailor Florence Arthaud, who was a pioneer for women in her sport.
YOU CAN FINALLY STOP WAITING IN LINE AT STARBUCKS But only if you live in the Pacific Northwest. Starbucks is expanding its mobile ordering feature — currently in Portland — to other spots in Oregon, as well as to Washington, Idaho and Alaska. The app, Mobile Order & Pay, lets you place your order ahead of time and pick it up while skipping the line. It's the alternative to experiencing blind fury as you wait behind people who can't master the very specific art of Starbucks ordering and watching incredulously as the barista butchers the spelling of your name. CEO Howard Schultz has said he hopes the app will be coast-to-coast by the end of 2015.
HBO HAS A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE ZERO 'GAME OF THRONES' SPOILERS THIS SEASON About the only place the Game of Thronespremiere won't be available on April 12 is Westeros. After we all almost lost our minds over the trailer that debuted during the Apple Watch event yesterday (HBO Go and Apple announced a new partnership, and Khaleesi brought her epic Mother of Dragons-ness), HBO said today that the fifth-season opener will be available in more than 170 countries and territories simultaneously, timed to the 9 p.m. ET premiere in the U.S. This is happening because people all over the world are obsessed with the bloody mayhem that is Game of Thrones, making it one of the most-pirated TV shows. HBO is hoping the move might cut into illegal downloads.
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| Compiled by Cara Richardson and Alia E. Dastagir. Contributing: John Bacon, Bruce Horovitz, Susan Page, Catalina Camia, Martha T. Moore, Hoai-Tran Bui, Mike Snider, USA TODAY; Jerome Pugmire, Associated Press |
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