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A woman covers her face near Maelbeek metro station as she reacts following yesterday's attack, on March 23, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.(Photo: Carl Court)
Extradition hearing set for suspect in Paris terror attacks
Salah Abdeslam, who was arrested last week in Brussels as a primary suspect in last year's Paris attacks, is set to appear Thursday at an extradition hearing after it<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was rescheduled following Tuesday's attacks on the Belgian capital. France seeks to extradite Abdeslam, 26, in connection with the November attacks that killed 130 people. Meanwhile, Brussels Airport reported that flight operations will be grounded<span style="color: Red;">*</span>through Thursday and Friday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>airlines worldwide are waiving fees for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Brussels flights.
Salah Abdeslam, once the most-wanted man in Europe, has been charged in connection with the November Paris attacks.Video provided by Newsy Newslook
Rams say goodbye to St. Louis
The Los Angeles Rams will finish packing Thursday and head home to the West Coast. After 21 seasons in St. Louis, the franchise filed to relocate to Los Angeles, where they had previously played from 1946 until 1994. NFL owners approved the move in mid-January.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The move caps<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a big week for the Rams: The NFL also<span style="color: Red;">*</span>announced this week that the Rams'<span style="color: Red;">*</span>first L.A.-area<span style="color: Red;">*</span>training camp will be featured on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>HBO’s Hard Knocks<span style="color: Red;">*</span>this summer.
The Rams will be featured in this season's Hard Knocks series. USA TODAY Sports
Apple starts taking orders for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the iPhone SE
Customers eyeing Apple’s<span style="color: Red;">*</span>iPhone SE can order<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the new model Thursday, <span style="color: Red;">*</span>a week before it becomes available March 31. Apple unveiled the SE this week, describing it as "the most powerful 4-inch phone ever." The 16GB phone is priced at $399, or $17 per<span style="color: Red;">*</span>month without a service contract. Despite the cheaper price tag, the phone features the same processing power of the iPhone 6S.
At $399, the new iPhone SE is Apple's lowest priced iPhone ever, with many of the features from bigger iPhones in a smaller, 4-inch body. But how do the price and features stack up to rivals? Jefferson Graham reports. USA TODAY
March Madness continues with Sweet 16
Just when<span style="color: Red;">*</span>you thought you had recovered from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>#MarchSadness <span style="color: Red;">*</span>— last week's bracket-busting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>upsets<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— the remaining 16 teams will take the court again beginning<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Thursday. No mid-majors made it past the Round of 32,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>which makes the next matchups even more highly contested. It might be too late to save your office-pool bracket, but you can still follow USA TODAY Sports’ game analysis and insight here. Live TV coverage tips off when<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Miami takes on Villanova at 7:10 p.m. ET on CBS.
Planned Parenthood shooter's competency challenged
A competency hearing for Robert Dear, who admits to killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic last year, was rescheduled for Thursday because of a springtime blizzard moving through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. A judge ordered the mental evaluation after Dear announced that he wanted to fire his public defenders and represent himself. The exam will determine whether he is capable of making that decision.
Robert Lewis Dear is accused of opening fire inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Three people were killed and nine others were hurt before the suspect surrendered to police.
And<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the essentials:
Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Heavy snow will pound the upper Midwest Thursday while severe storms batter portions of the South.
Stocks: U.S. stock futures were lower Thursday.
TV Tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wondering<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what to watch tonight?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>TV critic Robert Bianco looks at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Grey's Anatomy, American Idol and Baskets.
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