Morning Brief: March 31
A new budget is due by midnight. Although Governor Cuomo and top New York lawmakers announced a “framework," there are usually surprises before any final deal is done.
NEED TO KNOW
By a nearly 2 to 1 margin, Americans support the notion of striking a deal with Iran [Washington Post]
Connecticut Bans State-Funded Travel to Indiana Over Controversial Law [Time]
NJ Gov announces support for banning abortions at 20 weeks [NJ.Com]
Manhattan D..A Investigating Fatal East Village Gas Explosion [WSJ]
SPORTS
Mets beat Miami 7-1 (preseason)
TONIGHT
indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Columbus, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
WEATHER
A chance of rain and snow before 3pm, then rain. Steady temperature around 40 [full forecast].
ON STAGE TONIGHT
• Todd Snider with Reed Foehl @ City Winery
• Houndmouth with Parker Millsap @ Rough Trade NYC
• Twin Shadow (with Lolawolf) @ the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Milky Chance (with James Hersey) @ Webster Hall
• Debbie Harry @ Café Carlyle
• Borns will be one of the openers for MisterWives @ the Bowery Ballroom
TODAY IN HISTORY
In 1943, "Oklahoma!," the first musical play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened on Broadway.
In 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Ann Quinlan, who was in a persistent vegetative state, could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan, who remained unconscious, died in 1985.)
In 1995, Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
On March 31, 2005, Terri Schiavo, 41, died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Florida, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.
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