Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> NBA postseason kicks off tonight with the Play-In Tournament; see full play-in schedule (More) | Dallas Wings take former UConn star Paige Bueckers with the top pick in the WNBA Draft; see complete draft results (More)
> Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author, academic, and Latin American political leader, dies at age 89 (More)
> HBO reveals first actors cast for upcoming "Harry Potter" TV series (More) | Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. to reprise role of Aaron Burr in Broadway's "Hamilton" this fall (More)
Science & Technology
> OpenAI releases GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and GPT‑4.1 nano, which can code and follow instructions; OpenAI claims the latest model, available via its API rather than through ChatGPT, outperforms other models (More) | Google launches new AI model to help researchers decode dolphin communication (More)
> Study finds Earth's atmosphere and the sun filter out fragile, carbon-rich meteoroids before they can reach the ground; answers long-running question about why carbon-rich meteorites, which are abundant in space, rarely reach Earth (More)
> Wearable AI system uses visual, audio, and haptic signals to help blind and partially sighted people navigate obstacles; walking distance and navigation time improved by 25% compared to using a cane (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.8%, Dow +0.8%, Nasdaq +0.6%) as tech shares rise after the US exempts electronics from import tariffs (More)
> Nvidia to mass-produce artificial intelligence supercomputer chips in the US for the first time; announces up to $500B investment in the US over the next four years, including in Texas and Arizona (More)
> Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes the witness stand on first day of antitrust trial; federal regulators argue Meta—the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—monopolized personal social networking services (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Trump administration freezes over $2.2B in funding to Harvard after the university rejected the administration's requests to overhaul its policies and processes, becoming first university to refuse to comply with such requests (More)
> Suspect charged with attempted murder, arson, and more after setting fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's (D) home; the 38-year-old man told investigators he would have beaten Shapiro with a hammer (More) | Jury selected in retrial of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) libel suit against The New York Times (More)
> Hungary approves constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public gatherings; legislation was first proposed by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (More)
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