--- title: Morning Must Reads: April 1 description: Arkansas Follows Indiana's Lead Lawmakers gave final approval to a religious freedom bill that has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who say it opens the... canonical: https://time.com/3766788/morning-must-reads-april-1-2/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-01T11:45:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-26T19:53:34.482Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: April 1 og:description: Arkansas Follows Indiana's Lead Lawmakers gave final approval to a religious freedom bill that has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who say it opens the... og:url: https://time.com/3766788/morning-must-reads-april-1-2/ og:site_name: TIME og: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 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Morning Must Reads: April 1 twitter:description: Arkansas Follows Indiana's Lead Lawmakers gave final approval to a religious freedom bill that has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who say it opens the... 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: April 1 (1 Apr 2015) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 1, 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 Apr 1, 2015 11:45 AM CUT ## [**Arkansas Follows Indiana’s Lead**](http://time.com/3766304/arkansas-religious-freedom-bill/ "undefined") Lawmakers gave final approval to a religious freedom bill that has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who say it opens the door to state-sanctioned discrimination against gays and lesbians. Protesters filled the Arkansas Capitol urging the governor to veto the bill ## [**Heir to Getty Oil Fortune Dies**](http://time.com/3766488/getty-heir-dies-in-california/ "undefined") Andrew Getty was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home from what was most likely natural causes or an accident, authorities said ## [**Airline Executives Visit Crash Site**](http://time.com/3766697/germanwings-lufthansa-executives-visit-crash-site/ "undefined") The heads of Lufthansa and its low-cost airline Germanwings are visiting the site of the crash that killed 150 people amid mounting questions ## [**ISIS-Affiliated Group Claims It Carried Out Tunisia Attack**](http://time.com/3766562/tunisia-museum-attack-jund-al-khilafah-isis-responsibility/ "undefined") A terrorist group reportedly affiliated with ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack on a museum in Tunisia in March that killed 22 people, mainly foreign tourists. A purported announcement by the group was uploaded to YouTube on Monday ## [**April Fool? No, the Amazon Dash Button Is Real**](http://time.com/3766581/amazon-dash-button-ordering-april-fool/ "undefined") Amazon unveiled its latest innovation on Tuesday — the wi-fi enabled Dash Button that can be stuck anywhere in the house and used to order goods at the press of a button. The timing of its release had many on social media wondering if it was an April Fool’s Day prank ## [**Joni Mitchell Hospitalized but in ‘Good Spirits’**](http://time.com/3766568/joni-mitchell-hospital-emergency/ "undefined") Music icon Joni Mitchell was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday after being found unconscious in her Los Angeles home. According to her website, the singer “regained consciousness on the ambulance ride to an L.A. area hospital” ## [**UberX Driver Arrested for Trying to Rob Woman’s Home**](http://time.com/3766635/uber-ride-sharing-denver-san-francisco-uberx/ "undefined") Police in Denver arrested an UberX driver Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to burgle a woman’s house after he dropped her off at the airport. The incident is the latest to raise safety concerns regarding the hugely popular ride-sharing app ## [**Gamers May Learn Visual Skills More Quickly**](http://time.com/3766715/video-games-gamers-visual-skills-cognitive-ability/ "undefined") A study from Brown University suggests gamers, who are already known to have better visual-processing skills, may also be able to improve on those attributes faster than the average person. A researcher compared them to athletes who learn quickly ## [**Porsche Blames Paul Walker Crash on Driver**](http://time.com/3766709/paul-walker-fast-furious-porsche-crash-death-carrera-gt/ "undefined") Lawyers for Porsche are blaming the man who was behind the wheel during a fiery Southern California crash that killed _Fast & Furious_ star Paul Walker. The statements were made in a response to a civil lawsuit alleging a vehicle flaw caused the 2013 crash ## [**A Massive Typhoon Is Approaching the Philippines**](http://time.com/3766700/philippines-typhoon-maysak-landfall/ "undefined") The Philippines on Wednesday warned its citizens and visiting tourists to be prepared for a high-intensity supertyphoon that looks set to hit within the next three days, with troops placed on standby and supplies of food and medicine readied as a precaution ## [**Mark Wahlberg Eyes a Lead in Boston Bombing Film**](http://time.com/3766441/mark-wahlberg-boston-marathon-cbs/ "undefined") Actor-producer Mark Wahlberg is said to be eyeing a starring role in a newly unveiled film about the Boston Marathon bombing. CBS Films’ movie, _Patriots’ Day_, will tell the firsthand story of the citywide manhunt for the suspects in 2013 ## [**The Wrld’s Oldest Person Dies in Japan**](http://time.com/3766662/worlds-oldest-person-misao-okawa-117-dies/ "undefined") The world’s oldest person, who celebrated her 117th birthday less than a month ago, died early Wednesday in Osaka. Staff at Misao Okawa’s nursing home said she died of heart failure. 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