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Top Eight

Top eight stories for today including the World Health Organization pleaded with richer nations to share their stockpiles of vaccine doses; The Connecticut Supreme Court heard arguments over whether a white drug dealer has standing to claim the state’s anti-marijuana laws unconstitutionally target minorities; Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News for spreading election disinformation about its voting boxes, and more.

Your Friday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top eight stories for today including the World Health Organization pleaded with richer nations to share their stockpiles of vaccine doses; The Connecticut Supreme Court heard arguments over whether a white drug dealer has standing to claim the state’s anti-marijuana laws unconstitutionally target minorities; Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News for spreading election disinformation about its voting boxes, and more.

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National

1.) Demanding $1.6 billion in damages, Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News on Friday for spreading election disinformation about its voting boxes.

Photo included in a lawsuit that Dominion Voting Systems filed on Friday, March 26, 2021, against Fox News. (Image via Courthouse News)

2.) As states broaden Covid-19 vaccine eligibility, it could take months for distribution to catch up — creating a race to limit new cases and lock in vaccination progress

3.) Dueling trips to the border by Republican and Democratic lawmakers came amid a partisan divide on how the government is responding to the dramatic spike of undocumented migrants flowing into the U.S. since President Biden’s inauguration.

A smuggler paddles a small inflatable raft across the Rio Grande river from Mexico into the U.S. carrying migrant families in Roma, Texas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. As soon as the sun set, at least 100 migrants crossed through the river by smugglers into the United States. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Regional

4.) The Connecticut Supreme Court appeared split Friday on whether a white drug dealer has standing to claim the state’s anti-marijuana laws unconstitutionally target minorities.

A bud tender shows a top cannabis strain at Serra, a dispensary in Portland, Ore., on Feb. 7, 2019. In an attempt to reduce the marijuana inventory in Oregon, the state is moving toward allowing the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to refuse to issue initial marijuana production licenses, based on supply and demand. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

5.) Driven by the reopening of restaurants and the tourism industry, California unemployment dropped to 8.5% in February, the Golden State’s lowest mark of the pandemic.  

Patrons eat their meals outdoors at a city-owned patio area "Public Parklet" after ordering to go food at Simmzy's restaurant in Manhattan Beach, Calif. in 2020.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

6.) A Texas judge on Friday rejected the state’s claims Governor Greg Abbott has unlimited authority to force cities and counties to comply with his Covid-19 orders under the Texas Disaster Act.

A worker passes a nightclub that remains boarded and closed in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 18, 2020. Texas continues to go through phases as the state reopens after closing many non-essential businesses to help battle the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

7.) In time for the holiest day on the church calendar, a federal injunction against attendance restrictions means that the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington can welcome as many worshippers as other pandemic-minded guidelines will allow.

A parishioner makes an offering after outdoor mass at St. Agnes, a Catholic church in San Diego, California, during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Courthouse News photo/Barbara Leonard)

International

8.) With the coronavirus pandemic accelerating around the globe, the World Health Organization on Friday pleaded with richer nations to share their stockpiles of vaccine doses with the rest of the world.

Passengers wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus wait for transportation at a bus station in Jammu, India, Friday, March 26, 2021.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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