Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scores his 895th goal, passing Wayne Gretzky to become the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer (More) | Carmelo Anthony and Sue Bird headline Basketball Hall of Fame's 2025 class (More)
> "A Minecraft Movie" hauls in $157M in its opening weekend, the top US domestic debut of 2025 and the biggest opening ever for a video game adaptation (More)
> Ed Sheeran and Weezer join Green Day, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, and Post Malone as headliners for the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (April 11-13, 18-20) (More) | What is Coachella, anyway? This week's 1440 Society & Culture newsletter goes deep into the festival (Sign up here)
Science & Technology
> Meta releases Llama 4, the latest version of its flagship family of large language models (More) | Anthropic researchers suggest reasoning models—where chatbots explain how they arrived at an answer—cannot always be trusted (More)
> Researchers who discovered and characterized GLP-1, the hormone behind new weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, lead winners of 2025 Breakthrough Prizes (More) | How semaglutides work (1440 Topics)
> Scientists uncover new cellular mechanism that weakens bones as we age; cells that have stopped replicating release chemicals that make bone structures more brittle (More) | Aging 101 (1440 Topics)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets plunge Friday (S&P 500 -6.0%, Dow -5.5%, Nasdaq -5.8%) as countries respond to President Donald Trump's tariff plan (More) | Universal 10% tariff went into effect Saturday, additional tariffs that vary by country kick in Wednesday; see breakdown (More) | Trump adviser says multiple countries have signaled interest in beginning trade talks (More)
> Payment processor Klarna and ticket platform StubHub delay initial public offerings amid economic uncertainty (More)
> Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, reports highest first quarter revenue on record and 24% year-over-year growth; growth driven by demand for AI products (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> "Hands off!" protests held in cities across the US Saturday; estimates say hundreds of thousands of demonstrators call for end to Trump administration efforts, from federal cuts to deportations (More) | See photos (More)
> Pope Francis makes surprise visit to crowds at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square; appearance comes two weeks after the 88-year-old pontiff was released from the hospital after a severe respiratory infection (More)
> Death toll from Myanmar quake rises above 3,350 as storms continue to slow rescue efforts (More) | See previous write-up (More)
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