--- title: Morning Must Reads: March 31 description: March Sadness Indiana—more specifically Indianapolis, the Final Four host city—is stealing the spotlight, thanks to controversial new legislation that Gov. Mike Pence signed last week.... canonical: https://time.com/3764954/morning-must-reads-march-31-2/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-31T11:45:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-26T19:53:33.338Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: March 31 og:description: March Sadness Indiana—more specifically Indianapolis, the Final Four host city—is stealing the spotlight, thanks to controversial new legislation that Gov. 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Mike Pence signed last week.... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Morning Must Reads: March 31 (31 Mar 2015) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 31, 2015 11:45 AM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 31, 2015 11:45 AM CUT ## [**March Sadness**](http://time.com/3764590/indiana-sports-ncaa-final-four/ "undefined") Indiana—more specifically Indianapolis, the Final Four host city—is stealing the spotlight, thanks to controversial new legislation that Gov. Mike Pence signed last week. Critics of the new law say it gives businesses license to discriminate against LGBT residents ## [**Germanwings Motive a Mystery**](http://time.com/3763209/germanwings-plane-crash-andreas-lubitz-suicidal/ "undefined") Prosecutors said they have so far found no indications of any motive that might have prompted Andreas Lubitz’s actions ## [**Stalemate in Iran Nuke Talks**](http://time.com/3764839/iran-nuke-nuclear-talks-deadline-differences-persist/ "undefined") Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of a nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement ## [**Fight Over Religious-Objection Proposals Shifts to Arkansas**](http://time.com/3764843/arkansas-religious-objection-proposals-indiana/ "undefined") The fight over “religious freedom” proposals facing increasing criticism from advocates who call them a license to discriminate against gays and lesbians has shifted toward Arkansas, which was poised to become the second state this year to enact such a measure ## [**Jay Z Just Launched a Music-Streaming Service Called Tidal**](http://time.com/3764675/tidal-for-all-jay-z-streaming-music-spotify/ "undefined") Rap superstar Jay Z launched his own subscription-based music streaming service on Monday, with the support of other titans of the music industry including his wife Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Kanye West and Deadmau5 ## [**America’s Largest Death Row Is Nearly Full**](http://time.com/3764821/usa-largest-death-row-california-san-quentin-no-room/ "undefined") California’s death row has not seen an execution for nearly a decade and, with an anticipated 20 new arrivals per year, the largest execution system in the U.S. has almost run out of room, with 708 out of 715 death-row cells at San Quentin now occupied ## [**New Book Explores Role of Race for First Lady**](http://time.com/3764564/role-of-race-new-book-michelle-obama/ "undefined") Author paints the First Lady as the President’s rock, notes the impact her background would have on her future as the nation’s first black First Lady. “If Barack was a helium balloon,” author Peter Slevin writes, “Michelle was the one holding the string” ## [**Meet the New Host of** **_The Daily Show_**](http://time.com/3763741/trevor-noah-daily-show-sa/ "undefined") South Africans bequeathed yet another star to the international pantheon of household names with the news that Soweto-born comedian Trevor Noah is to take over _The Daily Show_ when host Jon Stewart steps down later this year ## [**UC Berkeley Soccer Player Found Dead Near L.A. Freeway**](http://time.com/3764667/eloi-vasquez-berkeley-student-body-missing/ "undefined") The body of a missing University of California, Berkeley, soccer player was found by police near a Los Angeles freeway on Saturday. Eloi Vasquez, 19, was reportedly hit by a car on California’s Interstate-10 after he attended a fraternity party ## [**The Queen of England Is Facing a Staff Revolt**](http://time.com/3764723/queen-elizabeth-staff-windsor-castle-pay-strike/ "undefined") For the first time in history, the Queen of England’s household staff may take industrial action on Tuesday. They are frustrated by paltry wages, and will cast ballots to determine if they will continue with certain services they currently perform without pay ## [**An Apple a Day Keeps the Pharmacist Away, Study Says**](http://time.com/3763878/apple-pharmacist-doctor-study/ "undefined") Researchers who set out to see if “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” say it’s a bit more complicated. People who consumed apples daily weren’t less likely to stay a night at a hospital, but they were likely to use fewer prescription meds ## [**Spain to Offer Citizenship to 2.2 Million Jews**](http://time.com/3763381/spain-sephardic-jews-citizenship/ "undefined") It may have taken more than half a millennia, but Madrid is finally about to make amends for forcing Spain’s Jewish community to convert to Catholicism or leave the country by offering citizenship to the estimated 2.2 million descendants of those expelled [**_Get_** **TIME** **_’s The Brief e-mail every morning in your inbox_**](http://time.com/politicsemail "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3764954/morning-must-reads-march-31-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3764954/morning-must-reads-march-31-2/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: March 31 (31 Mar 2015)","datePublished":"2015-03-31T11:45:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T19:53:33.338Z","description":"March Sadness Indiana—more specifically Indianapolis, the Final Four host city—is stealing the spotlight, thanks to controversial new legislation that Gov. 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