Thursday, March 21

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
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> Blink-182, SZA, and Tyler, the Creator among headliners tapped to perform at 2024 Lollapalooza in Chicago (Aug. 1-4); see full festival lineup (More)

> "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" becomes Disney+'s most-streamed music film three days after its release on the streaming service (More) | NFL star Travis Kelce in talks to host "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" reboot (More)

> NCAA women's basketball tournament kicks off tonight with "First Four" matchups (More) | ESPN announces $7.8B deal to maintain broadcasting rights for the College Football Playoff through 2031 (More) | Russian and Belarusian athletes barred from 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremonies (More)



Science & Technology
> Google's DeepMind unveils TacticAI, an AI-powered model capable of providing strategic suggestions for soccer, including accurately predicting the outcome of corner kicks (More) | Nvidia announces the world's most powerful chip for AI applications (More)

> World Meteorological Organization releases annual global climate assessment, finds March 2023 to February 2024 was the warmest 12-month period in 174 years of record keeping (More)

> Protein found in human sweat helps protect against Lyme disease, new study suggests; finding may lead to new preventive treatments for the condition that affects half a million Americans annually (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.8%, Nasdaq +0.4%); Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates steady today (More) | Nordstrom shares close up 9% following report of its founding family looking to take the US retailer private (More)

> Bank of Japan raises interest rates for first time in 17 years, bringing rates to a range of 0% to 0.1%; move ends an eight-year era of negative interest rates (More) | How negative interest rates work (More) | Chinese property giant Evergrande's unit Hengda Real Estate and founder fined $590M for allegedly inflating revenues by $78B in 2019-20 (More)

> Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announces donation of $640M to 361 small nonprofits (More) | Microsoft hires DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman to run consumer AI division (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> US Supreme Court clears Texas to implement law allowing local officials to arrest and deport migrants; court’s order in effect while issue plays out in appeals court (More) | Congressional leaders agree on Department of Homeland Security funding, one of multiple bills needed to avoid partial government shutdown Saturday (More)

> Businessman Bernie Moreno wins Ohio Republican primary to challenge Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) in November (More) | Former White House adviser Peter Navarro begins four-month prison sentence following conviction for contempt of Congress (More) | Former President Donald Trump sues ABC over alleged defamation (More)

> Vatican criticized by legal analysts after Pope Francis issued four secret decrees during trial over Vatican's failed $380M investment in London property; decrees allow prosecutors to wiretap and detain suspects without a warrant (More)

SOURCE:   1440 News

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