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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Donatella Versace steps down as creative director at Versace after 28 years leading the luxury fashion house (More) | Oasis movie to be filmed during the band's summer 2025 reunion tour (More)

> National Women's Soccer League season kicks off today; see season preview and storylines (More) | NBC signs $3B deal for US rights to broadcast the 2034 and 2036 Olympic Games (More)

> NCAA basketball conference championships wrap up this weekend; see latest March Madness bracket predictions for the women's tournament (More) | ... and the men's tourney (More)


Science & Technology
> OpenAI calls for protecting the training of AI models on copyrighted work as fair use; comments were submitted to the White House's AI Action Plan, due out in July (More) | The history of OpenAI (1440 Topics)

> Engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons, skipping the traditional step of using stem cells; breakthrough may lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases (More) | What are stem cells? (1440 Topics)

> Scientists develop genetic technology preventing mosquitoes from transmitting the parasite that causes malaria; technology could save thousands of lives annually in lower-income countries (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.4%, Dow -1.3%, Nasdaq -2.0%); S&P 500 enters correction territory, falling more than 10% from all-time high in February as President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on European wine and spirits (More)

> Spirit Airlines exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy after four-month restructuring (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> US average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rises to 6.65%, ending seven-week slide (More) | US weekly jobless claims drop to 220,000 for week ending March 8 (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> White House withdraws nomination of Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (More) | Trump administration asks Supreme Court to narrow nationwide injunctions that have blocked a plan to end birthright citizenship (More) | Johns Hopkins University to eliminate 2,000 positions following federal budget cuts (More)

> Russia claims it has retaken Sudzha, the biggest town in the Kursk border region controlled by Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin signals openness to temporary ceasefire but not an immediate end to the war (More)

> Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstructing justice in a military court-martial; Teixeira receives dishonorable discharge sentence on top of existing 15-year prison sentence for federal charges related to the leak (More)

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