| From Sri Lanka attacks to deaths at plastic surgery centers, here's Tuesday's top news. |  | | | | | | | | | | | | A new group says they bombed Sri Lanka, and the U.S. wants to straight-up ask: Are you a citizen? It's Ashley, back with what everyone's talking about today. | | But first, are you a breakfast person? I hope so. People who skip a morning meal have an 87% higher risk of heart-related death, a study shows. | Felons opened a plastic surgery center. Deaths followed. | | Felons can't run massage parlors or pawn shops in Florida, but they can run plastic surgery centers. Four convicted felons opened Miami-area cosmetic surgery clinics that have become assembly lines for body sculpting procedures at discount prices. And at those businesses, women have paid with their lives. According to a USA TODAY Network investigation, at least 13 women have died after surgeries and nearly a dozen have been hospitalized with critical injuries, including punctured internal organs. Florida lawmakers failed to pass legislation four times that could have shut them down. Each time they failed, women died. |  | | Nicola Mason was left badly scarred during a botched surgery at Spectrum Aesthetics in Miami. | | Jarrad Henderson | | ISIS, with no evidence, claims Sri Lanka bombings | | The Islamic State claimed responsibility for deadly Easter bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 321, including four Americans, and injured hundreds more. Its claim on Tuesday came after a Sri Lankan official said the bombings were "in retaliation" for shootings at New Zealand mosques last month. Neither ISIS nor the Sri Lankan government offered any evidence. ISIS, which has lost territory it previously held in Iraq and Syria, did not provide video, photos or testimony from people who carried out the attacks pledging loyalty to ISIS, as the group often does. Sri Lankan Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne had said members of the radical Muslim group National Thowfeek Jamaath – a domestic militant group – were behind the attacks. |  | | Nilanga Anthony, center, mourns the death of his seven-years old nephew Dhulodh Anthony, a victim of Easter Sunday bomb blast during the burial at Methodist cemetery in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. | | Gemunu Amarasinghe, AP | | ✅ No, not a U.S citizen | | There's a good chance you'll be asked if you're a U.S. citizen on the next census. A closely divided Supreme Court was poised Tuesday to let the Trump administration ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. The ruling, expected by late June, would mark the first question about citizenship on the census since 1950. The court's four liberal justices seemed dead-set against the question, citing that it would reduce responses to the census among households with noncitizens by more than 5%. The census is slated to begin April 1, 2020. | | A quick reminder: The U.S. census plays a key role in shaping congressional districts and the spread of federal funds to schools, health systems, highways and other programs. The information also helps determine the annual distribution of $675 billion in federal funds. | Real quick | | | Is 'Jeopardy!' in financial jeopardy? | | "Jeopardy!" phenom James Holzhauer is on track to win $2.5 million – the record set by Ken Jennings – in half the time. But his success could make the game show's accountants tremble. Holzhauer set a single-show record of $131,127 in winnings. Since Monday's episode aired, the professional sports gambler has won around $943,000. The average single-show earnings typically come in around $20,000, so The Atlantic looked into how much Holzhauer's earnings would take out of the show's budget: It's a lot. |  | | James Holzhauer, a 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas won more than $110,000 on "Jeopardy!" on April 9. 2019, breaking the record for single-day cash winnings. | | Jeopardy Productions, Inc. via AP | | Parking officers who chalk tires may be unconstitutional | | That bit of chalk left on your car's tire by a parking officer is unconstitutional, a federal court ruled Monday. A three-judge panel took up the case of a Michigan woman who received 15 parking tickets during a three-year feud with a parking officer. Her lawyer argued that the city's physical marking with chalk, done to note how long a vehicle is parked, amounted to searching without a warrant — a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously agreed. The court's decision affects Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Now the case will return to U.S. District Court in Bay City, Michigan. | | This is a compilation of stories from across the USA TODAY Network. Want this snappy news roundup in your inbox every night? Sign up for "The Short List" newsletter here. | | | | | | MORE ARTICLES | | | | | | | |
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