By Jamie Ross and Hannah Jewell  Email Listen to this briefing Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 4, and if you prefer to listen to your news, check out the podcast version of The 7, hosted by Hannah. If you’re a reader at heart, then let’s get to it. Aid groups are pulling back in Gaza after a deadly Israeli strike. The latest: Several groups have paused their work fighting starvation in Gaza after Monday’s killing of seven workers with World Central Kitchen, including a U.S.-Canadian citizen. What else to know: WCK founder José Andrés said yesterday that the workers “were targeted deliberately, nonstop, until everybody was dead.” The U.S. has condemned the attack. Read this story            More than 600 people remain trapped after a huge earthquake in Taiwan. The latest: Rescue efforts resumed this morning after yesterday’s 7.4-magnitude quake, which left nine people dead. But hundreds of aftershocks have complicated the operation. Taiwan is prone to quakes: It sits on the Ring of Fire, the world’s most seismically active zone. Its tallest skyscraper is fitted with a large steel pendulum to help absorb shocks. Read this story            A late-season snowstorm is hitting the Great Lakes and Northeast. A simulation of the snow moving over the Great Lakes and Northeast. (WeatherBell) In the past few days: A storm system has swept the country, bringing flooding to California before unleashing severe thunderstorms in central and eastern states. The latest: Heavy snow has left tens of thousands of customers without power, mostly in Wisconsin. The snowstorm is forecast to intensify today in the Northeast. Read this story              The U.S. awarded $20 billion to finance the fight against climate change. The idea: The money will go to nonprofits that will act as “green banks.” They’ll provide low-interest loans for clean-energy projects, like installing solar panels and heat pumps. Why it matters: The move, announced this morning, is one of the Biden administration’s biggest climate investments. It could help to cut pollution in disadvantaged areas. Read this story            The FDA approved a new test to predict sepsis in hospitals. It’s a first: The tool, approved this week, uses artificial intelligence to predict the complex condition, which contributes to at least 350,000 deaths a year in the U.S. How it works: It creates a snapshot of a patient’s risk of sepsis by analyzing 22 elements of health, including blood-based measures, temperature and heart rate. Read this story            ADVERTISEMENT     George Carlin’s estate settled a lawsuit over a comedy special made with AI. The issue: A fake Carlin special, called “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” appeared on YouTube in January. It claimed to use AI to impersonate Carlin, who died in 2008. What’s new? Carlin’s estate agreed to a settlement this week with the special’s creators. It would stop them from sharing the video and from using Carlin’s voice and likeness again. Read this story            NASA will decide what time it is on the moon. What to know: The White House ordered the space agency this week to develop a “Coordinated Lunar Time” for the moon by December 2026. Why? Time moves 58.7 microseconds faster per day on the moon than on Earth. A standardized time would help U.S. efforts to return humans — and these new rovers — to its surface. Read this story