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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2025 Masters—one of four major championships in men's golf—begins today (3 pm ET, ESPN) from Augusta, Georgia; 2022 and 2024 winner Scottie Scheffler enters as favorite to win (More)

> Universal set to open a theme park in Bedford, UK, its first in Europe, in 2031; Universal currently has theme parks in Los Angeles, Orlando, Japan, Singapore, and China (More)

> "Hamilton" cast album and music by Elton John and Tracy Chapman among 25 recordings added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry (More) | See complete Library of Congress registry list (More)


Science & Technology
> Google unveils Ironwood, its most advanced dedicated AI processor to date; chips are designed to run in clusters of more than 9,200, capable of more than 42 quintillion operations per second (More)

> Engineers develop first wearable device to monitor health by analyzing gases going out of and into the skin (More)

> Complete genomes of six separate ape species fully detailed for the first time; results expected to provide insight into human evolution, inform conservation efforts (More)


Business & Markets
> Apple shares rise 15% in best day since 1998 on President Donald Trump's 90-day tariff pause ​​​(More) | Bitcoin surges more than 7% to over $82K as part of broader market rally (More) | Everything you want to know about bitcoin (1440 Topics)

> Delta Air Lines withdraws full-year financial guidance due to global trade disruptions (More) | Walmart pulls guidance for Q1 operating profit growth, vows to keep delivering low prices amid tariff uncertainty (More)

> Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee alleging Meta compromised national security by sharing US artificial intelligence initiatives with China to expand its business there (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Trump administration pauses $1B in federal funding for Cornell University and $790M for Northwestern for allegedly violating civil rights on campus (More) | Federal judges in Texas, New York block Justice Department from removing plaintiffs in deportation cases tied to 1798 Alien Enemies Act (More)

> FBI Director Kash Patel removed as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, replaced with Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll (More) | Acting IRS commissioner plans to resign after data-sharing deal with federal immigration authorities (More)

> Death toll from roof collapse at Dominican Republic music venue rises to at least 124 people (More) | See previous write-up (More)

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