Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> NCAA men's basketball tournament Sweet 16 round kicks off today; see full schedule and preview (More) | Previously announced National Women's Soccer League franchise renamed Boston Legacy FC (More)
> YouTube tops Disney for first time on Nielsen's TV distributor rankings, which aggregates total TV viewership by media company (More)
> Lady Gaga announces her first arena concert tour since 2018 with dates revealed for North America and Europe (More) | Yolanda Saldívar, woman convicted of 1995 murder of music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, up for parole for first time after serving 30 years in prison (More)
Science & Technology
> Mathematician Masaki Kashiwara awarded the 2025 Abel Prize—the field's equivalent to the Nobel Prize—for his work in bringing together multiple types of math to investigate the concept of symmetry (More)
> New study reveals how individual cells respond to stress, and the mechanisms that lead to either cell death or resumption of normal activity; findings may lead to new treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (More)
> Research finds obesity reduces the amount of neurotensin, a brain chemical involved in pleasure response, suggesting the body has a built-in mechanism to counter overeating (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.1%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -2.1%) (More) | President Donald Trump announces 25% tariffs on imported cars, up from current tariffs of 2.5%; nearly half of cars sold in the US are imported (More) | Wall Street posts record $47.5B in bonuses for 2024 (More)
> GameStop shares close up 12% after retailer says it will invest corporate cash into bitcoin; follows move by software company MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin (More) | Everything you want to know about bitcoin (1440 Topics)
> Dollar Tree selling Family Dollar brand for roughly $1B to private equity firms Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Federal appeals court holds temporary block on use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations (More) | Senate confirms Marty Makary as head of the Food and Drug Administration by vote of 56-44 (More) | Vice President JD Vance, second lady Usha Vance to visit US Space Force outpost in Greenland tomorrow (More)
> Death toll rises to 24 from deadliest wildfires in southeastern South Korea; over 27,000 people evacuated and an ancient Buddhist temple among 200 buildings damaged or destroyed (More) | South Korea's government found responsible for decades of fraud and abuse in foreign adoption program, per report (More)
> Brazil Supreme Court panel orders former President Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial following an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat (More)
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