Events are planned to mark the anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death, IRS begins sending COVID-19 relief payments and more news to start your weekend.      …

Chris Harrison will sit out the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette” after defending a contestant’s past racially insensitive behavior.       http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/646474480/0/usatoday-newstopstories~Chris-Harrison-will-be-replaced-by-Tayshia-Adams-Kaitlyn-Bristowe-as-The-Bachelorette-host/

Duke basketball will miss the NCAA Tournament but there are still plenty of battles happening on the March Madness bubble.       http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/646398372/0/usatoday-newstopstories~NCAA-Tournament-bubble-watch-Winners-and-losers-as-conference-championship-week-marches-forward/

Three Tennessee football players were named in a campus police report about an incident in a dorm that occurred Tuesday night on the Knoxville campus….

The Louisiana Legislative Women’s Caucus released a statement Friday saying “we strongly demand” that Brennan’s unredacted police report be released.       http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/646460482/0/usatoday-newstopstories~LSU-releases-unredacted-police-report-five-months-after-USA-TODAY-sued-for-access-to-it/

After a year of isolation, government regulators try to open up nursing homes for visits amid inconsistent state rules, enforcement.       http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/646456984/0/usatoday-newstopstories~Just-cruel-at-this-point-Nursing-homes-pushed-to-reopen-for-visits-hugs-after-Covid-vaccine/

Described by critics as a “gag rule,” the Trump provision was praised by anti-abortion groups who saw it as a means to cut Planned Parenthood…