Here’s the new plan to boost background checks for guns bought at shows or online The Justice Department’s new rule requires background checks for all gun sales, not just ones sold at gun stores. Attorney General Merrick Garland said it will save lives. Read more on NPR

White-sounding names get called back for jobs more than Black ones, a new study finds Economists sent 83,000 fake job applications to a slew of major U.S. companies, and found that the typical firm favored white applicants over Black ones by around 9%. Read more on NPR

On a remote island, a test of wills between the Philippines and China About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away. Read more on NPR

Five things to know as the tax deadline looms April 15th, the deadline to file your income taxes, is just around the corner. Filings so far this year are on track with last year’s, while the average refund is slightly larger. Read more on NPR

So long, skinny jeans. See you in the next cycle Skinny jeans are out and looser pants are in. But it’s so much more than that. This is the logic and life cycle behind fashion trends. Read more on NPR

Japan will give new cherry trees to replace those lost in D.C. construction Japan is giving the U.S. 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the seawall around the capital’s Tidal Basin. Read more on NPR

EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of the bloc’s migration laws European Union lawmakers have approved a major revamp of the bloc’s migration laws, hoping to end years of division and deprive the far right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections. Read more on NPR