Morning Must Reads January 30
Guantanamo to Stay in U.S. Hands, U.S.-Cuba relations have been thawing recently, but on Thursday the White House said it would not return Guantanamo Bay, the site of a significant U.S. naval base and controversial military prison, back to Cuba, IBM Thinks It Can Make Food Safer, IBM announced on Thursday that it's partnering with Mars to sequence the makeup of various foods and enter that information into a database, Senate Passes Keystone Bill, The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would authorize construction of a pipeline linking the Canadian tar sands with Gulf Coast oil refineries, Eddie Murphy Says He's Returning to SNL After 30 Years, It's been more than 30 years since Eddie Murphy has appeared on Saturday Night Live, but the comedian confirmed his return to Studio 8H for the show's 40th anniversary special. "It just never worked out where the timing was right for me to do it," Murphy said, Obama to Request 1 Billion for Central America, President Barack Obama will request 1 billion from Congress on Monday to aid Central American governments making tough reforms as more youth seek opportunities in the United States, Vice President Joe Biden wrote in an op-ed published Thursday, Disneyland Measles Outbreak Likely Came From Overseas, An outbreak of measles that began in California's Disneyland is likely to have come from overseas, health officials said on Thursday. Health professionals say the outbreak highlights the need for childhood vaccinations, Amazon Just Made a Profit for the First Time in 6 Months, Amazon's fourth-quarter earnings beat analysts' expectations but missed on revenue. The Internet retail giant turned a profit of 214 million, a stark reversal from last quarter. The big number is 53, or the increase in paid membership, worldwide, for Amazon Prime, How to Be Single Cast Taking Shape, New Line Cinema has entered negotiations with Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Dakota Johnson, and Dan Stevens to star in the upcoming romantic comedy How to Be Single. The much-anticipated movie is slated for Valentine's Day release next year, Indian Woman Sues Uber in the U.S. Over Alleged Rape, An Indian woman who says she was raped by an Uber driver while she was traveling in his cab in December is suing the San Franciscobased online firm behind the service in a U.S. federal court in California, claiming it failed to put in place basic safety procedures, Texas Executes Man After Court Rejects Impairment Plea, Robert Ladd was convicted of killing a woman nearly two decades ago while on parole for a triple slaying. The court also rejected an appeal that challenged whether the pentobarbital Texas uses in executions is potent enough to not cause unconstitutional pain and suffering, Two Men Just Flew a Balloon Across the Pacific, When Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev land in Mexico on Saturday in their large helium balloon Two Eagles, they will have broken at least one and possibly two world records. The duo set out flying across the Pacific from Japan on Sunday, Russia Says It Would Consider Financial Help for Greece, Russia's finance minister said his country would consider providing financial support to Greece, raising the stakes for the European Union as it confronts the new Euroskeptic reality in Athens, We will hold an AskTIME subscriber QA today, Friday, January 30 at 1 p.m. with TIME columnist, Joel Stein, who wrote this week's cover story on his experience working with the "sharing economy" companies such as Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, RelayRides, Yerdle and others. He is the author of Man Made A Stupid Quest For Masculinity. His other stories can be found here. Please submit your questions beforehand on Twitter using the AskTIME hashtag or in the comments of this post. We depend on smart, interesting questions from readers. You will need to be a TIME subscriber to read the Q  A. 30 a year or 8 cents a day for the magazine and all digital content. Once you're signed up, you can log in to the site with a username and password. Get TIME's The Brief e-mail every morning in your inbox