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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Conan O'Brien tapped to host next year's Academy Awards; O'Brien returns after hosting this year's Oscars, which hauled in the show's highest ratings in five years (More) | Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress best known for "Rosetta," dies at age 43 (More)

> Universal Music Group files motion to dismiss Drake's defamation lawsuit, which alleged Universal damaged Drake's reputation by promoting Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us" (More)

> Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers kick off the MLB regular season from Tokyo this morning (6 am ET, FOX); regular season begins in earnest on Opening Day, March 27 (More)


Science & Technology
> Google's Gemini 2.0 is highly effective at removing watermarks from copyrighted images, users report (More)

> New study finds gorillas have self-awareness comparable to chimpanzees; results suggest efforts should go beyond the "mirror test"—an evaluation of whether animals can recognize themselves in the mirror (More)

> Engineers develop artificial muscles capable of flexing in multiple directions; advance has applications in soft, form-shifting robots (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.9%, Nasdaq +0.3%), posting back-to-back gains (More) | Trading platform Robinhood launches predictions market, allowing users to bet and trade on current events (More)

> HR software firm Rippling sues rival Deel, alleging the company planted a mole who rose to Rippling's executive ranks to carry out corporate espionage (More) | Pepsi acquires Poppi, maker of lower-calorie prebiotic pop, for $1.7B (More)

> Fashion retailer Forever 21 files for bankruptcy, citing continued drop in mall and brick-and-mortar shopping, will wind down its US business (More) | What is bankruptcy and how does it work? (1440 Topics)


Politics & World Affairs
> Legal showdown begins between federal judge, Trump administration over use of Alien Enemies Act to carry out deportations of nearly 300 alleged Venezuelan gang members; see timeline here (More) | Texas midwife accused of providing an abortion, the first to be charged under state's near-total ban on the procedure (More)

> President Donald Trump expected to release around 80,000 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy today (More) | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) postpones book tour over Democratic backlash to passage of recent funding bill (More)

> US court orders British Prince Harry's immigration records be released by end of day today; Harry, who moved to California in 2020, is accused of lying about past drug use on visa application (More)

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