The Short List is a snappy USA TODAY news roundup.\u00a0Subscribe\u00a0here!<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n The president held his first solo press conference on Thursday \u2014\u00a064 days into the job \u2014\u00a0and confirmed that he’s already planning to run for a second term. Biden has taken longer than his predecessors to formally address the press corps, turning today’s show\u00a0into a highly anticipated event. ICYMI:<\/p>\n President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP)<\/span><\/p>\n The man accused of gunning down 10 people in a Colorado supermarket\u00a0will be held without bond pending an assessment \u201cto address his mental illness,\u201d\u00a0a judge ruled Thursday.\u00a0The 21-year-old shooting suspect, whose name we feel does not deserve space in The Short List, didn\u2019t speak other than to say “yes” when asked by the judge whether\u00a0he understood the charges against him.\u00a0It was his first court appearance since the shooting rampage on Monday at the King Soopers market in Boulder. If convicted, the suspect could face a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mental illness is rarely the cause of mass shootings, experts say<\/strong>: The family of the Colorado shooting suspect said he had \u201cmental illness.\u201d But researchers and advocates say the rush to cast blame on mental illness after a mass shooting is misplaced. “There’s no psychotic illness whose symptom is shooting other people,” says Vanderbilt University’s Dr. Jonathan Metzl.\u00a0<\/p>\n An attendee at a vigil to remember the 10 killed in Monday's shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colo., sets out a sign. (Photo: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY NETWORK)<\/span><\/p>\n About 50 million people are in the path of a\u00a0severe weather outbreak\u00a0forecast for the Southern USA on Thursday. In\u00a0Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a\u00a0large tornado was confirmed on the ground\u00a0and was moving northeast toward Birmingham, the\u00a0National Weather Service\u00a0said.\u00a0Some of the major metropolitan areas in the path of Thursday\u2019s storms include Memphis and Nashville in Tennessee.\u00a0In Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency for 46 counties because of\u00a0the severe storm threat.\u00a0The storms were forecast to hit primarily during the afternoon and early evening, and\u00a0some could potentially occur\u00a0after dark. Nighttime tornadoes are especially dangerous as many people may not know a storm is heading to their neighborhood unless closely monitoring severe weather watches and warnings, AccuWeather warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 2021 tornado season<\/strong> may be more destructive because of La Ni\u00f1a. Here’s the forecast.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n With nearly two months left in the 2020-21 season and a lot unsettled in the standings, the NBA trade deadline has come to an end. Who was traded? Kyle Lowry? Victor Oladipo? Lonzo Ball? Harrison Barnes? Who made the big move? Boston? Philadelphia? Miami? Los Angeles Clippers? Denver? Here’s a look at all the major moves that lead up to Thursday’s deadline.<\/p>\n Real quick\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Are we warming up to those vaccines yet? In the U.S., 34.1% of adults report having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and those who aren’t vaccinated and would get the shot say they are relatively brand agnostic, according to a new survey on vaccine hesitancy. Meanwhile, 66% of people willing to get the shot would be up for the Moderna vaccine, while 70% are willing to get the Pfizer vaccine and 67% are willing to get the J&J vaccine. But just 51% of people still unvaccinated say they would get a shot\u00a0if offered to them.<\/p>\n Give it to me straight<\/strong>:\u00a0The U.S. coronavirus death toll exceeds 540,000 and is continuing to rise. But deaths\u00a0could have stayed under 300,000 if America hadn’t botched its COVID-19 response,\u00a0a University of California, Los Angeles economics professor estimates.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fulton County Department of Public Health registered nurse Rosalie Pringle prepares dozens of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Wednesday in Atlanta. (Photo: Curtis Compton\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n64 days in, one press conference down<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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NBA trade deadline: Who moved where?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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34% of US adults have had at least one vaccine jab, while half of the others don’t want it<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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