Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Track and field to become first Olympic sport to require genetic testing on female athletes (More) | USC star JuJu Watkins tears ACL, will miss the remainder of March Madness (More)
> "Good Night, and Good Luck," starring George Clooney, hauls in $3.3M to break weekly box office record for a Broadway play (More) | "Adolescence" pulls in 66.3 million views in its first two weeks, a Netflix record for a limited series (More)
> Two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez sentenced to five years in prison on attempted murder charges (More) | Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French soccer star Michel Platini acquitted by Swiss court of corruption charges (More)
Science & Technology
> OpenAI announces image generation capabilities wrapped into its ChatGPT chatbot; integration effectively merges DALL-E image generator into the company's flagship product (More)
> Climate researchers recreate shifts in the Atlantic jet stream over the past 600 years, linking shifts in the global winds to historic weather events (More) | What is the jet stream? (More)
> Study reveals the neurotransmitter dopamine helps baby birds learn how to sing; the reward molecule helps reinforce learning circuitry in the brain (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow +0.0%, Nasdaq +0.5%) (More) | Consumer confidence index over future of US economy falls to 12-year low (More)
> Pioneer music streaming service Napster acquired by 3D technology firm Infinite Reality for $207M (More) | Vertical farming company Plenty files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after raising nearly $1B (More) | Online trading platform eToro Files for US initial public offering (More)
> Chinese EV giant BYD reports record annual revenue of roughly $107B for 2024, outpacing Tesla ($98B) (More) | Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-Hee, credited with helping to boost Samsung's television business, dies of heart attack at 63 (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> PBS, NPR heads testify today on federal support for public broadcasting in House subcommittee hearing (More) | Senate committee advances nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (More) | Social Security chief nominee Frank Bisignano testifies at confirmation hearing (More)
> Japanese court orders Unification Church to dissolve after 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led to probe into group’s political ties (More) | World's longest-serving death row inmate, Iwao Hakamata, receives record $1.4M payout after being acquitted of 1966 murders (More)
> Pope Francis' doctor says medical team considered ending treatment when he came close to death over a breathing issue during his hospitalization (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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