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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> March Madness kicks off in earnest today with the first round of the men's tournament; see complete tourney preview (More) | ... and the women's "First Four" matchups wrap up tonight (More)

> Trump administration suspends $175M in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete on Penn's swim team (More) | Columbia University faces deadline today to make a wide range of policy changes or lose $400M in federal funding (More)

> Global music streaming revenue topped $20B in 2024, a 7% increase over 2023; Taylor Swift was biggest-selling global artist for third straight year (More)


Science & Technology
> Federal appeals court rules copyright can only be granted to artworks originally created by humans; case centered on a dispute over AI-generated, "Star Trek"-themed poetry (More)

> Humans and parrots share common brain circuitry for complex vocalizations, new study finds; species known as budgerigars are the only animals known to share the trait (More)

> Genetic study suggests modern humans descended from two separate populations that split around 1.5 million years ago, but intermixed again roughly 300,000 years ago (More)


Business & Markets
> European regulators announce antitrust charges against Google, warn Apple of violations under the Digital Markets Act (More)

> Yum Brands partners with chipmaker Nvidia to accelerate its use of AI in operations; parent company is owner of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC, among others (More)

> Nissan to cut 20% of top managerial positions; timing coincides with arrival of new CEO Ivan Espinosa (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> US Institute of Peace sues to block efforts by Department of Government Efficiency; DOGE staff required local police to enter property earlier this week, IOP officials argue the group is an independent nonprofit (More)

> President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold hourlong call on plan toward ending Russia's war in Ukraine; discussion comes one day after a separate call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (More)

> Historians begin to examine new trove of roughly 63,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, released by President Donald Trump Tuesday (More)

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