--- title: Morning Must Reads: April 3 description: Co-Pilot Sped Up Plane The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly sped up the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend the... canonical: https://time.com/3770380/morning-must-reads-april-3-2/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-03T11:56:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-26T19:53:40.975Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: April 3 og:description: Co-Pilot Sped Up Plane The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly sped up the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend the... og:url: https://time.com/3770380/morning-must-reads-april-3-2/ 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 3 twitter:description: Co-Pilot Sped Up Plane The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly sped up the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend 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 3 (3 Apr 2015) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 3, 2015 11:56 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 3, 2015 11:56 AM CUT ## [**Co-Pilot Sped Up Plane**](http://time.com/3770372/germanwings-co-pilot-accelerated-before-crash/ "undefined") The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly sped up the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend the A320 into the Alps, the French air accident investigation agency said. The new detail comes from the plane’s black box data recorder ## [**What’s Next for the Iran Deal**](http://time.com/3769320/iran-nuclear-weapons-lausanne/ "undefined") These five things will determine whether the U.S. and Iran can ultimately reach a signed, sealed agreement on nuclear power ## [**Indiana Approves Clarified Law**](http://time.com/3768334/indiana-gay-rights/ "undefined") Governor Mike Pence signed off on changes to a religious-freedom law so it won’t allow businesses to discriminate against gay Hoosiers ## [**Judge Orders California to Pay for Inmate’s Sex Change**](http://time.com/3770225/california-inmate-sex-change-san-francisco-lgbt/ "undefined") A federal judge on Thursday ordered California’s corrections department to provide a transgender inmate with sex-change surgery, the first time such an operation has been ordered in the state. Officials said they are considering whether to appeal the ruling ## [**_Groundhog Day_** **Musical to Premiere in 2017**](http://time.com/3770278/groundhog-day-broadway-musical-march-2017/ "undefined") The 1993 _Groundhog Day_ comedy film will appear as a Broadway musical in March 2017, with casting for the production still in the works. The production will involve screenplay writers Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin, who wrote the original story ## [**Jury Orders Chrysler to Pay $150 Million in Jeep Fire Death**](http://time.com/3770166/chrysler-jeep-fire-death-jury-orders-pay/ "undefined") A jury in Georgia has awarded $150 million to the family of a 4-year-old boy killed when a Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire after a crash. Jurors ruled on Thursday that Chrysler acted with reckless disregard for human life ## [**Christians Hunted Down as al-Shabab Kill 147 in Kenya**](http://time.com/3768749/kenya-alshabaab-garissa/ "undefined") Al-Shabaab militants stormed a university in Garissa, launching grenades and firing guns in an onslaught that killed 147 and wounded scores. “If you were a Christian you were shot on the spot. With each blast of the gun I thought I was going to die,” one survivor said ## [**An Enormous Sandstorm Is Making Life Hellish in Dubai**](http://time.com/3770276/united-arab-emirates-sandstorm-traffic-beathing-problems/ "undefined") A massive sandstorm has hit the United Arab Emirates, blanketing the country in a thick orange cloud, reducing visibility and causing disruption to air and road traffic. Flights were disrupted at Dubai’s two busy international airports ## [**Heinz Wins Legal Battle Over Ketchup Packets**](http://time.com/3770177/ketchup-heinz-packets-michigan-man/ "undefined") The company doesn’t owe any money to a Michigan entrepreneur, a federal jury found Wednesday, who claimed Heinz launched its single-serve ketchup products in 2010 after he introduced a similar idea at a meeting with the company two years prior ## [**_Hunger Games_** **Theme Park Coming in 2016**](http://time.com/3770221/hunger-games-theme-park-katniss-peeta-mockingjay-catching-fire/ "undefined") Katniss, Peeta and Gale are leaving District 12 and headed to Dubai, as Lionsgate has officially announced it will be partnering with Dubai Parks and Resorts to bring _The Hunger Games_ to life via a theme park opening in October 2016 ## [**China’s Former Security Chief Indicted on Corruption Charges**](http://time.com/3770215/china-zhou-yongkang-xi-jinping-corruption-security-chief-communist/ "undefined") Prosecutors say China’s former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and the intentional disclosure of state secrets. Zhou is the highest-level official charged as part of President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign ## [**_House of Cards_** **Season 4 Set for 2016**](http://time.com/3770171/house-of-cards-season-4-next-year/ "undefined") Fans who were left wanting more from the Season 3 finale of the political drama can rest assured, as it has landed a fourth season. The announcement came Thursday in a tweet from the show’s official Twitter account: “I will leave a legacy. #Underwood2016” [**_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/3770380/morning-must-reads-april-3-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3770380/morning-must-reads-april-3-2/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: April 3 (3 Apr 2015)","datePublished":"2015-04-03T11:56:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T19:53:40.975Z","description":"Co-Pilot Sped Up Plane The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly sped up the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend the...","url":"https://time.com/3770380/morning-must-reads-april-3-2/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3770380/morning-must-reads-april-3-2/","name":"Morning Must Reads: April 3 (3 Apr 2015)"}}]}] ```