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The scary new movie Sinners from the director of Black Panther finds Michael B. Jordan playing twin brothers. It's got vampires, it's got great music, and it's a fun one to see with a big crowd. This is the most excited I've been about a movie in a very long time. We'll tell you why you should see Sinners on the biggest screen you can. Listen to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shae Stevens. A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Tufts University student to New England. Burmesa Ozturk was stripped of her visa

and arrested last month over her pro-Palestinian activism. As NPR's Adrienne Florido reports, Ozturk is now being detained in Louisiana. ICE agents detained Osturk outside Boston and quickly moved her to New Hampshire and then Vermont before flying her to Louisiana. They did that despite a Massachusetts judge's emergency order that she be kept in the state so she could challenge her detention there. The case is now being heard by a federal court in Vermont. Judge William Sessions ruled that because ICE ignored that initial order not to move Osturk, it must now return her to Vermont by May 1. He wrote that not requiring that would turn judicial authority into a mockery. Once Osturk is back in Vermont, he said he will decide whether she should also be freed

from detention while she fights her deportation. Adrian Clarido, NPR News. The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily halted the deportation of Venezuelan migrants using the 18th Century Alien Enemies Act. The order blocks the removal of Venezuelans being held in Texas. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. A federal judge has blocked Masleooffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As NPR's Laura Wamsley reports, agency leaders plan to shrink the Bureau to just over 200

employees. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson halted the Trump administration's attempt to lay off most of the staff at the Consumer Finance Watchdog, saying the action may violate a court order. A day earlier, reduction in force notices were sent to more than 1,400 employees at the Bureau. A three-judge panel ruled last week that the CFPB could conduct a reduction in force if it made a quote, particularized assessment to determine which employees were unnecessary to the Bureau's duties. CFPB's union challenged the layoffs in court, arguing the agency had not done the careful assessment required and the Bureau wouldn't have enough staff to perform its duties.

The ruling is the latest turn in the Trump administration's effort to gut an agency created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Laurel Wamsley, NPR News, Washington. At least 36 new confirmed cases of measles are now connected to an outbreak in West Texas. David Martin-Davies reports. Five hundred and ninety-seven. That's the total of confirmed measles cases since late January, the start of the outbreak, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services in their Friday update.

Sixty-two of the patients have been hospitalized. There have been two fatalities in school-aged children. Despite claims by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the outbreak is not slowing down. Texas Health and Human Services say that due to the highly contagious nature of the virus, additional cases are likely to occur in the... This is NPR.

A federal judge is blocking the Trump administration's ban on the use of the letter X to denote gender on passports, the markers used by many non-binary people. Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order mandating that passports must list the sex assigned at birth. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is now ordering the administration to issue passports that reflect the holder's self-identity. In Massachusetts, festivities are underway to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, marking the start of the Revolutionary War.

From Member Station WBUR, Miriam Walser has this report. Every year, reenactors in full costume and with 18th century muskets recreate the so-called shot heard around the world in Lexington and the battle at the Old North Bridge in Concord. But this year's celebrations are going to be different and a whole lot bigger. Local officials are expecting hundreds of thousands of history buffs from around the country to attend. There will also be a live reenactment of Paul Revere's famous horse ride, big parades, several Fife and drum corps, and a skydiving performance by the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute team. For NPR News, I'm Miriam Wosser.

Mayor Michelle Wu says there's no indication that a crackdown on immigration will keep international runners and foreign visitors away from this year's Boston Marathon. More than 30,000 people from 128 countries have registered to participate in Monday's contest. This is NPR. You have your job, but you also have a life.

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