Wednesday's Daily Briefing: What's next after Biden's big night

Happy Wednesday, Daily Briefing readers! Are you stocking up on toilet paper because of the concern about coronavirus and the subsequent buying frenzy? So is this Australian woman who took stockpiling to new heights by accidentally buying a 12-year supply of the necessity and turning herself into a self-proclaimed toilet paper queen in the process. Long may she reign.

Speaking of coronavirus, today we've got more updates on the COVID-19 outbreak, what's next after Joe Biden's big wins on mini-Super Tuesday, and the sentencing of sex offender Harvey Weinstein.

It's N'dea and here's more news you need to know today.

P.S. I'd like to take a minute to celebrate because we just hit 100,000 subscribers! Thank you all for reading. 🎉

Primary results: Biden continues his streak

Joe Biden has tightened his grasp on the Democratic nomination, racking up significant wins Tuesday in ways that could make it almost impossible for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to catch him in the coming weeks. Biden collected the biggest prize –Michigan – delivering a symbolic blow to Sanders while denying him what might have been his last best chance to regain momentum. Despite Biden's good night – he was the projected winner in Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, while results from Washington and North Dakota are expected Wednesday – exit polls indicated he still has work to do winning over the young voters that formed the core of Sanders’ support and were an important part of Barack Obama's coalition. 

• Takeaways: Biden keeps his winning streak alive and other lessons from last night's primaries
• How it all went down: Our live coverage as the primary results rolled in
• The numbers: See the full Democratic results here and the full Republican results here
• Coronavirus concerns lead to cancellation of Biden, Sanders events in Ohio
• No live audience for Phoenix presidential debate as coronavirus precaution, DNC says

Sentencing set for sex offender Harvey Weinstein

Ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing in New York on Wednesday for his conviction on charges of third-degree rape and forcible sexual assault involving two women. In a letter to the trial judge, Manhattan prosecutors said Weinstein's sentence should reflect his "lifetime of abuse" as shown at his trial and in 36 other cases of sexual harassment and assault, workplace abuse and physically assaulting a reporter. Weinstein could be sentenced to prison for five years to 25 years. The two women he was convicted of sexually assaulting, Miriam "Mimi" Haleyi and Jessica Mann, are expected to give victim impact statements.

• Jailhouse mishap: Weinstein fell and hit head while in jail
• 'Lifetime of abuse': Weinstein prosecutors seek tough sentence for his past actions

Also in the news

• 'This is a dark day': A pair of rare white giraffes are dead in Kenya, likely killed by poachers
• Listeria outbreak linked to enoki mushrooms kills 4, sickens 36 across 17 states
• Days were a half-hour shorter when dinosaurs roamed the Earth 70 million years ago
• Furniture giant Ikea kept selling a dresser it knew was dangerous to children
• Dow rebounds 1,167 points after worst day since the financial crisis
• Billie Eilish confronts body shaming with powerful video that shows her stripping down
• 'London Patient,' the second-ever person to be cured from HIV, reveals identity

Emergency stay on Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy ends — unless Supreme Court intervenes

After a court blocked the Trump administration's policy of returning asylum-seekers to Mexico to await court hearings in February, it granted an emergency stay – requested by the administration –  allowing the program to continue until Wednesday. The process – called the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as "Remain in Mexico" – had been seen as a successful tool in President Donald Trump’s asylum crackdown, but immigrant advocates have denounced it as inhumane and deadly. If the Supreme Court does not intervene Wednesday, the court's initial ruling will block the program in Arizona and California – the states under its ruling. 

• President's reaction: Trump to deploy 160 active duty troops to border in response to court rulings, coronavirus
• The Wall: One reporter drove the entire U.S.-Mexico border. Another flew above it. Here are their stories.

Coronavirus: US State Department limits services in Italy

The U.S. State Department will reduce its staffing in Italy effective Wednesday, leaving only emergency services available to American citizens in the country, which has the highest number of coronavirus infections in Europe. The State Department recommends that Americans reconsider travel to Italy, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges U.S. citizens to avoid nonessential travel there. In Santa Clara County, California, coronavirus concerns have prompted the county's Public Health Department to cancel mass gatherings of more than 1,000 people beginning Wednesday, a move that is slated to have a significant impact on the sports world.

• Travel industry is reeling: Economists fear 9/11-like repercussions for the industry
• From 'great' to 'blindsided': How Trump changed his coronavirus message amid fear, confusion in the White House
• Middle East deaths: At least 44 people died in Iran from consuming bootleg alcohol after a fake coronavirus cure rumor

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• Coronavirus updates: Seattle to implement event ban; Michigan reports first cases as US death toll hits 28
• Coachella, Stagecoach music festivals move to October amid coronavirus concerns
• These 10 household essentials are selling out across the country—here's where to get them
• What happens if you break a coronavirus quarantine in the USA? You could face jail time
• The NBA is trying to stay ahead of the coronavirus outbreak
• US coronavirus map: Tracking the outbreak

Cardinal George Pell: Australia's High Court to hear child sex abuse appeal

The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse will take his appeal to Australia’s highest court on Wednesday in potentially his last bid to clear his name. Cardinal George Pell was sentenced a year ago to six years in prison for molesting two 13-year-old choirboys in Melbourne’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral while he was the city’s archbishop in the late 1990s. Pope Francis’ 78-year-old former finance minister will argue before the High Court that the guilty verdicts were unreasonable and could not be supported by the whole of the evidence, including more than 20 prosecution witnesses including priests, altar servers and former choirboys.

• From 2019: Pell, Pope Francis' top financial adviser, convicted of child sex abuse
• Earlier coverage: Pell sentenced to six years for child sex abuse

In better news: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away bad guys get silly 🌌

The villainous First Order is a rather serious bunch in the most recent "Star Wars" trilogy, taking over from the Empire in taking over the universe, bullying everyday folks in the galaxy, blowing up planets and overall being jerks with English accents.

It's all pretty heady stuff, but USATODAY.com is premiering an exclusive bloopers clip with some lighter moments from the filming of "The Rise of Skywalker" featuring Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson as exasperated First Order officer General Hux and his new boss Allegiant General Pryde, played by Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant.

Gleeson is a goofball between scenes, flubbing lines and dropping (bleeped) f-bombs as the buttoned-up Hux, who (SPOILER ALERT) outs himself as a Resistance spy aboard a Star Destroyer to good guys Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac).