Links For The Spring Equinox

Here in my part of the world, the first day of spring has been snowy.  So far, it's been the "wet" variety of snow that seems to melt on contact with roads and sidewalks, and is expected to turn over to rain later today.  Tomorrow, we're supposed to see temperatures of around 60F, so it looks like winter will be over with.  But back to today, here's a bit of what's going on:

From CBS Connecticut, some 36 million Americans will be dealing with winter today.

From Fox News, the US will train 750 Ukrainian troops.

From Vatican Radio, Pope Francis invokes the memory of Japan's "hidden Christians".

From DC Inno, Amazon gets FAA approval to test their drones.

From AOL, a report on yesterday's solar eclipse, seen in parts of northern Europe and islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

From OneNewsNow, Texas appears ready to discontinue a steroid testing program for high school students.

From CNN, suicide bombers in Sanaa, Yemen kill at least 120 people in attacks on Zaidi mosques.

From Politico, General David Petraeus calls Iran a greater threat than ISIL (a.k.a. ISIS).

From Watchdog, Pennsylvania Republicans launch a website to keep track of tax proposals from Governor Tom Wolf (D).

From Townhall Finance, talk of another bailout for Fannie and Freddie.

From UPI, the US dollar and talks with Iran influence the price of crude oil.

From the Epoch Times, Internet users in China can no longer access Reuters websites.

In National Review, columnist Mona Charen gives us her idea of the conversation we should be having about race.

From the Los Angeles Times, farmworkers in Mexico strike over low wages.

From the National Journal, Hillary Clinton's emails could reach the National Archives - in 30 years.

And from WebProNews, a parody of Too Many Cooks.