Hot Off The Wire

On this version of Hot off the Wire (posted March 21 at 4 p.m. CT):

• Former President Donald Trump was waiting in Florida as New York City braces for potential charges to be filed against the ex-president. 
• Russia and China have showcased their “no-limits friendship” during a pomp-laden Kremlin ceremony intended to further cement ties amid the fighting in Ukraine. 
• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Willis Reed, who led the New York Knicks to two NBA titles, has died. He was 80.
• French garbage collectors, refinery workers and others are striking again. They are angry about President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force the divisive bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through without a parliamentary vote.
• MacKenzie Scott is launching a $250 million “open call” for community-focused nonprofits that the billionaire philanthropist can fund.
• Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she’s focused on stabilizing the U.S. banking system following regional bank failures in California and New York.
• A handful of red-state Democrats were instrumental in helping Republicans secure a rollback of banking regulations sought by then-President Donald Trump in 2018. Now those changes are being blamed for contributing to the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank that prompted a federal rescue and stoked anxiety about a broader banking contagion.
• Gwyneth Paltrow trial started Tuesday in the ski town of Park City, Utah, where Paltrow is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier, who says he has brain damage and four broken ribs.
• Two years after a fire devastated Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang camp for seriously ill children, a rebuilt camp center is opening.

—The Associated Press

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