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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Women's Final Four tips off tonight with South Carolina taking on Texas (7 pm ET, ESPN) and UCLA taking on Connecticut (9 pm ET, ESPN) (More) | Men's Final Four is set for tomorrow with Florida vs. Auburn (6 pm ET, CBS) and Duke vs. Houston (9 pm ET, CBS) (More)

> London's Tate Modern museum receives largest donation since 1969 as a Miami-based philanthropist gifted the museum a collection of works, including a six-meter-wide Joan Mitchell painting (More)

> The US tapped to host 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup and the UK to host 2035 Cup as both countries were the lone bidders to host the world soccer tournament (More)


Science & Technology
> ChatGPT users have generated more than 700 million images in roughly 10 days since OpenAI launched the image generation feature; company previously had to throttle access due to overuse (More) | The Studio Ghibli controversy, explained (More)

> Scientists develop test to identify HIV in minutes, at quicker speeds and lower costs than existing technology; device builds on coronavirus and water pollution sensors (More)

> Scientists discover female hormones can stimulate natural opiates; findings may lead to new pain treatment therapies (More)


Business & Markets
> Stellantis pauses production for two weeks at assembly plants in Mexico, Canada as it assesses President Donald Trump's new 25% tariffs on auto imports (More)

> Number of announced layoffs in the US jumps 205% in March to third-highest ever recorded (behind April and May 2020), following federal government's reduction-in-force effort, per report (More)

> Hershey strikes $750M deal to buy healthier snacks maker LesserEvil; comes after a string of similar deals from Hershey as the chocolate company seeks to expand into salty snacks (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump reportedly fires group of national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal (More) | Pentagon watchdog to review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey US plans against Houthi rebels (More) | Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid agencies (More) | New York City Mayor Eric Adams to run for reelection as an independent (More)

> At least seven dead in Tennessee, Indiana, and Missouri after severe thunderstorms swept across the Midwest to the mid-South, leaving nearly 250,000 people without power (More) | See photos (More) | See storm tracker (More)

> Hungary to withdraw from the International Criminal Court; comes hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an international arrest warrant, lands in the country (More) | How the ICC works (More)

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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> NFL owners approve several rule changes, including alterations to kickoffs, replays, and overtime (More) | NFL sets a tripleheader on Christmas, the first-ever Thursday games on the holiday, to be broadcast by Netflix and Amazon (More)

> Sony announces 2028 release date and the cast for a four-film Beatles project with each film centered on a member of the band (More) | "The Handmaid's Tale" sequel "The Testaments" confirmed for Hulu (More)

> Steve Kornacki, political correspondent known for his election night analysis, to depart MSNBC for chief data analyst role at NBC News and NBC Sports (More)


Science & Technology
> Physicists release proposal for a next-generation particle accelerator to eventually replace the Large Hadron Collider; the Future Circular Collider would have a circumference of almost 57 miles, probe particles beyond the Higgs boson (More) | Why is it called the "God Particle"? (More)

> Tuna and swordfish hunt for the majority of their prey in the ocean's "twilight zone," roughly half a mile below the sea surface; study sheds light on the marine ecosystem of two of the most common commercial fish species (More)

> Researchers link omega-6 fatty acid to an aggressive type of breast cancer; also known as linoleic acid, the molecule activates a major tumor growth pathway for "triple negative" cancers (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.0%, Nasdaq +0.9%) (More) | Elon Musk ($342B), Mark Zuckerberg ($216B), and Jeff Bezos ($215B) top Forbes annual list of world's billionaires; list features 3,028 people, up from last year (More)

> Conservative cable channel Newsmax shares rise 179% in second day of trading on NYSE; network now valued at over $16B, twice as much as The New York Times (More) | OpenAI closes $40B funding round, the most ever raised by a private tech company, valuing the ChatGPT maker at $300B (More)

> Restaurant chain Hooters files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, sells company-owned restaurants to franchise group led by company’s founders (More) | Judge rejects Johnson & Johnson's $10B settlement plan over its talc-based baby powder (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Democrat Susan Crawford defeats Republican Brad Schimel in Wisconsin Supreme Court race (More) | State Sen. Randy Fine (R) wins former Rep. Mike Waltz's (R) seat in Florida's 6th Congressional District; Jimmy Patronis (R) wins former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R) seat in Florida's 1st Congressional District (More)

> Trump administration sued by 23 states and Washington, DC, over decision to rescind $11B in health funding (More) | ICE admits to mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to an El Salvador prison, says the US is unable to bring him back (More) | Justice Department seeks death penalty for Luigi Mangione, charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (More)

> Russia calls up 160,000 men aged 18 to 30 for military service, marking the country's largest conscription effort since 2011(More)

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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Richard Chamberlain, longtime stage, film, and TV actor who also charted as a singer, dies of a stroke at age 90 (More) | Rapper Young Scooter dies at age 39 after severely injuring leg while fleeing from police (More)

> "A Working Man" upsets "Snow White" to lead slow box office with $15M over the weekend; Disney's "Snow White" dropped 66% from its first to second weekend (More)

> "Beautiful Girls" singer Sean Kingston and his mother found guilty of federal wire fraud charges; each faces a maximum of 20 years in prison at July sentencing (More)


Science & Technology
> Top vaccine scientist resigns from Food and Drug Administration, accuses agency officials of misleading public on the topic; Peter Marks helped lead previous Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed during the pandemic (More)

> NASA's Curiosity rover discovers the longest-chain carbon molecules on Mars found to date; such molecules are key ingredients in organic life on Earth (More)

> AI startup Anthropic releases two papers investigating how large language models reason to produce answers; how the models arrive at realistic outputs using billions of parameters remains an open question (More) | Generative AI 101 (1440 Topics)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets drop sharply Friday (S&P 500 -2.0%, Dow -1.7%, Nasdaq -2.7%), driven by increased core consumer prices and trade policy uncertainty (More) | Athleisure brand Lululemon falls 15% after lowering 2025 expectations (More)

> Frank founder Charlie Javice found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase of $175M; student loan assistance startup allegedly fabricated millions of user profiles to facilitate its acquisition by the bank (More)

> China to issue a reported $72B in capital injections to four of the country's largest banks in an effort to shore up their lending capacity (More)

Politics & World Affairs
> Federal judges block executive orders from President Donald Trump targeting two law firms, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, calling the directives retaliatory in nature (More) | Separate firm, Skadden, agrees to provide $100M in pro bono work to administration-aligned causes during Trump's term to avoid executive order (More)

> Columbia University's interim president resigns; move comes a week after the university agreed to a raft of policy changes over Trump administration's threat to pull $400M in federal funding (More)

> French court to deliver verdict against nationalist-populist opposition leader Marie Le Pen on embezzlement charges today; guilty verdict would bar Le Pen from elections for five years (More)

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In The NEWS

Utah becomes first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water.

Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed legislation Thursday preventing people or government entities from adding fluoride to water systems in the state, effective May 7. Fluoride is a mineral that helps inhibit or reverse cavities and tooth decay and can be naturally found in water, soil, and rocks (see overview). As of 2022, roughly 44% of Utah's population received fluoridated water, according to the CDC (see stats)—among the lowest in the US.



State Department formally notifies Congress it is dissolving USAID.

The State Department officially informed Congress of its plan to shutter the US Agency for International Development and transfer some of its functions to the department by July 1. The move, expected to face legal challenges, comes after the Trump administration laid off thousands of USAID employees and revoked funding for over 80% of the agency's programs. The administration has argued USAID mismanaged taxpayer funds and supported programs not aligned with US interests. See our previous write-up here.



Nearly 500 cases of measles reported across 20 states, per CDC.

As of Friday, the measles outbreak in Texas had infected 400 people, while four other states are also experiencing outbreaks. The outbreaks—defined as three or more cases—include New Mexico, Kansas, Ohio, and Oklahoma. In total, the US has 483 confirmed measles cases, with 157 cases in children under the age of 5 and 204 in those between the ages of 5 and 19. See data from the CDC here.



CoreWeave begins trading on Nasdaq after raising $1.5B in IPO.

The Nvidia-backed cloud computing firm provides graphics processing unit infrastructure to artificial intelligence developers. Its initial public offering is the largest tech IPO since 2021 after selling 37.5 million shares priced at $40 each. CoreWeave initially planned to sell 49 million shares for between $47 and $55 each. Its shares began trading at $39 each Friday and closed at $40. Learn more about IPOs on our 1440 Topics page.



Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case.

Milton was convicted in October 2022 on securities and wire fraud charges for falsely claiming to investors about the success of Nikola's electric and hydrogen-powered trucks. He was sentenced to four years in prison (but had been free on a $100M bail while appealing the case). President Donald Trump's pardon exempts Milton from serving prison time and paying restitution to Nikola shareholders, though he may still face civil lawsuits.

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In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Ari Emanuel steps down as CEO of Endeavor, the talent agency he founded in 1995, as part of deal to take the company private; Emanuel will remain as CEO of TKO Group, which owns WWE and UFC (More)

> NCAA women's basketball tournament Sweet 16 field set; see latest bracket (More) | University of Virginia women win record-tying fifth straight NCAA swimming and diving championship (More)

> French actor Gérard Depardieu's sexual assault trial begins; Depardieu is accused of sexually assaulting two crew members on a movie set in 2021 (More)


Science & Technology
> UK officials report world's first known case of H5N1, also known as the bird flu, in sheep; risk to general public remains low, health officials express concern the strain could mutate into more dangerous strain (More) | Zoonotic diseases 101 (1440 Topics)

> Marathon runners metabolize brain-cell insulation known as myelin as fuel during races; MRI study shows brain recovers over the course of around two months (More)

> Mathematicians decode patterns of how people walk in large crowds; model allows predictions of when crowd movement transitions from orderly to chaotic (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.8%, Dow +1.4%, Nasdaq +2.3%) as President Donald Trump signals he might exempt some countries from reciprocal tariffs expected April 2 (More)

> South Korean conglomerate Hyundai announces $21B US investment, which includes $5.8B steel plant in Louisiana (More)

> Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1B in damages to man who says Roundup weed killer caused his cancer; Bayer faces more than 177,000 lawsuits involving the weed killer (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg says US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz mistakenly included him in Signal group chat where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of military plans against Yemen's Houthi rebels (More) | See original report (More) | US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after five years in the role (More)

> Turkey detains more than 1,100 people following mass protests after Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested over corruption charges; İmamoğlu had emerged as a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (More)

> Oscar-winning Palestinian director of "No Other Land" documentary reportedly attacked by Jewish settlers in the West Bank and detained by Israeli military (More)

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In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> NCAA women's basketball tournament kicks off in earnest today; see full preview (More) | ... and see latest men's tourney bracket (More)

> Mariah Carey wins lawsuit against songwriter who alleged copyright infringement on Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" (More) | "Coco" sequel in the works at Disney with a 2029 release date (More)

> Kirsty Coventry, two-time swimming gold medalist and current Zimbabwe Minister of Sport, elected as the first woman and first African president of the International Olympic Committee (More)


Science & Technology
> AI startup Anthropic adds web search in preview to Claude 3.7 Sonnet for paid US users, enabling the chatbot to automatically search for information across the internet (More) | Everything you need to know about generative AI (1440 Topics)

> Babies form episodic memories in hippocampus, study finds, challenging long-held belief that infantile amnesia is due to inability to store memories; finding suggests issue may instead be an inability to access those memories (More)

> Scientists successfully replace defective gene in mice to alleviate symptoms of Dravet syndrome—a rare form of epilepsy—without adverse side effects or death (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow -0.0%, Nasdaq -0.3%) (More) | Fintech startup Klarna inks deal with DoorDash to offer US customers deferred and installment food delivery payments; comes ahead of initial public offering (More)

> Tesla recalls 46,000 Cybertrucks manufactured from November 2023 to February 2025 due to an exterior trim panel that can detach from the vehicle (More) | US charges three people accused of using Molotov cocktails to set fire to Tesla cars, dealerships, or charging stations (More)

> US existing home sales rose 4.2% month over month in February, beating estimates of 3.2%; median home price of $398,400 is up 3.8% from a year ago and is the highest median home price for any February (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> At least 85 dead from expanded Israeli strikes in Gaza, while Hamas fires rockets back at Tel Aviv, with no casualties reported; Israeli military says Palestinians will no longer be allowed to enter northern Gaza from the south (More)

> European Union delays implementing first retaliatory tariffs on US goods, including a 50% levy on whiskey, to mid-April for more time to negotiate (More)

> Delta plane that crashed and overturned upon landing at Toronto's international airport last month descended too quickly, preliminary report finds (More)

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In The NEWS

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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In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Prince Harry's US immigration files to be made public tomorrow amid questions about whether his prior drug use may have disqualified him from obtaining a visa (More)

> Sean "Diddy" Combs pleads not guilty to new charges related to alleged forced labor of past employees; the new charges are in addition to his racketeering and sex crimes charges he already faces (More)

> Apple TV+ comedy "Ted Lasso" renewed for a fourth season (More) | Matt Richtman becomes first American male to win the Los Angeles Marathon since 1994 (More)


Science & Technology
> Replacement crew for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrives at the International Space Station; the two have been stuck in orbit since June, expected to return as early as Wednesday (More)

> Texas measles outbreak rises to at least 259 cases, with 34 hospitalizations and one death; the US reported 285 total cases across the country in 2024 (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> New study proposes "microlightning" inside individual droplets of water may have helped start the chemical reactions needed to create life on Earth (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets mark big gains Friday following tumultuous week (S&P 500 +2.1%, Dow +1.7%, Nasdaq +2.6%); rise comes a day after S&P fell into correction territory, down more than 10% since recent peak (More)

> Fintech startup Klarna files for initial public offering; firm seeking valuation above $15B, made $21M on $2.8B in revenue last year (More) | What are IPOs? (1440 Topics)

> The price of gold briefly passes the $3K per ounce mark for the first time Friday amid tariff fears, settling near $2,990 per ounce as of this writing (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Trump administration issues memo instructing seven smaller agencies to reduce headcount and limit activities to the statutory minimum required by law, including Voice of America (More)

> President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold call this week in attempt to advance Ukraine ceasefire talks (More) | Russia reportedly retakes nearly all of the Russian border region of Kursk (More)

> The US carries out strikes on Houthi rebel-held positions in Yemen over attacks on commercial vessels using Red Sea shipping lanes (More) | Nightclub fire in North Macedonia kills at least 59 people, injures more than 150 (More)

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Shakespeare

The art of Shakespeare's storytelling


A Shakespeare expert lectures on what makes the Bard such a compelling storyteller who has captivated audiences for centuries. In her estimation, the details of his plots are obvious and largely unimportant. Instead, we return to his works to learn how things unfold, using his plays to understand why humans act the way they do. Listen here.



What it means to call something 'Shakespearean'

Comparing a modern work to Shakespeare is intended as praise, but, as this writer points out, it’s not a terribly helpful descriptor. This article highlights the varied ways “Shakespearean” gets tossed around, including an oft-cited but rarely interrogated claim about "The Lion King," then proposes a more practical application. Find out more here.



How math breakthroughs influenced Shakespeare's plays

New mathematical concepts—like calculus and the concept of zero—arrived in the late 1500s and early 1600s, when Shakespeare was reaching his creative peak. This article highlights Shakespeare’s interest in mathematical metaphors and motifs, arguing that he was reflecting the new, iconoclastic ideas. Read more here.


How did Shakespeare's Globe Theater burn down?

The Globe Theater was the home of Shakespeare’s troupe, the King’s Men, and the stage where some of his most iconic plays first appeared. But on the opening for "Henry VIII," the Globe burned to the ground. Dr. Will Tosh explains how it happened, how the cast responded, and what happened to the famed theater after the flames were extinguished. Watch here.


The story of Missouri inmates performing 'Hamlet'

Hamlet is considered one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays—many consider it the greatest play, period. This episode of Ira Glass’s "This American Life" focuses on one particular production staged at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in 2002 and performed by its inmates, many of whom were convicted of violent crimes. Listen to the story here.


The curse of 'Macbeth' performances

Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" is loaded with ghosts, witches, and magic spells. Legend has it that the uncanny made its way off the page and into the play’s first production, a superstition that has led actors to refuse to utter the show’s name. This history of the curse sorts through the folklore to tease out the facts behind why actors avoid calling it "Macbeth." Read here.

In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Donatella Versace steps down as creative director at Versace after 28 years leading the luxury fashion house (More) | Oasis movie to be filmed during the band's summer 2025 reunion tour (More)

> National Women's Soccer League season kicks off today; see season preview and storylines (More) | NBC signs $3B deal for US rights to broadcast the 2034 and 2036 Olympic Games (More)

> NCAA basketball conference championships wrap up this weekend; see latest March Madness bracket predictions for the women's tournament (More) | ... and the men's tourney (More)


Science & Technology
> OpenAI calls for protecting the training of AI models on copyrighted work as fair use; comments were submitted to the White House's AI Action Plan, due out in July (More) | The history of OpenAI (1440 Topics)

> Engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons, skipping the traditional step of using stem cells; breakthrough may lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases (More) | What are stem cells? (1440 Topics)

> Scientists develop genetic technology preventing mosquitoes from transmitting the parasite that causes malaria; technology could save thousands of lives annually in lower-income countries (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.4%, Dow -1.3%, Nasdaq -2.0%); S&P 500 enters correction territory, falling more than 10% from all-time high in February as President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on European wine and spirits (More)

> Spirit Airlines exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy after four-month restructuring (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> US average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rises to 6.65%, ending seven-week slide (More) | US weekly jobless claims drop to 220,000 for week ending March 8 (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> White House withdraws nomination of Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (More) | Trump administration asks Supreme Court to narrow nationwide injunctions that have blocked a plan to end birthright citizenship (More) | Johns Hopkins University to eliminate 2,000 positions following federal budget cuts (More)

> Russia claims it has retaken Sudzha, the biggest town in the Kursk border region controlled by Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin signals openness to temporary ceasefire but not an immediate end to the war (More)

> Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstructing justice in a military court-martial; Teixeira receives dishonorable discharge sentence on top of existing 15-year prison sentence for federal charges related to the leak (More)

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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> "Othello," starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, hauls in $2.8M to break record for highest-grossing week for a Broadway play (More)

> Wendy Williams taken to hospital after being removed from her assisted-living home following a wellness check by NYC police (More) | Stanley R. Jaffe, Oscar-winning producer known for "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Fatal Attraction," dies at age 84 (More)

> College basketball conference championship week is under way; see schedules and odds for the men's tournaments (More) | ... and complete schedule for the women's tournaments (More)


Science & Technology
> Researchers demonstrate recycling process that breaks down common plastics using only an inexpensive catalyst and moisture pulled from the air (More)

> Scientists create "berkelocene," the first metallic compound using the element berkelium; with an atomic number of 97, the achievement sheds light on chemistry with elements heavier than uranium (More)

> Water droplets flowing across a surface generate as much as 10 times more electric charge than previously believed; results shed light on the microscopic physics of interfaces, may lead to improved fuel systems (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.8%, Dow -1.1%, Nasdaq -0.2%) amid trade policy uncertainty (More)

> Ontario, Canada, temporarily suspends planned 25% surcharge on electricity exported to US states; comes after President Donald Trump vowed to raise Canadian steel and aluminum imports tariffs to 50% before reversing course (More)

> US job openings rose to 7.7 million in January, after falling in December, per the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey report (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Education Department sends reduction-in-force notices to 1,315 staffers yesterday evening, while 572 employees have accepted separation packages in recent weeks and 63 probationary workers were laid off last month; roughly 50% of around 4,000 agency employees have been let go (More)

> House Republicans vote 217-213 to pass bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, includes increasing military spending by $6B and rolling back $20B in IRS funding; bill heads to Senate ahead of shutdown deadline at midnight Friday (More) | Former US Rep. Katie Porter (D, CA-47) to run for California governor (More)

> UK police arrest 59-year-old man on suspicion of manslaughter a day after a container ship struck an oil tanker in the North Sea, leaving one crew member missing and presumed dead; 36 others were rescued alive (More)

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y (More) > Ontario, Canada, temporarily suspends planned 25% surcharge on electricity exported to US states; comes after President Donald Trump vowed to raise Canadian steel and aluminum imports tariffs to 50% before reversing course (More) > US job openings rose to 7.7 million in January, after falling in December, per the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey report (More) Politics & World Affairs > Education Department sends reduction-in-force notices to 1,315 staffers yesterday evening, while 572 employees have accepted separation packages in recent weeks and 63 probationary workers were laid off last month; roughly 50% of around 4,000 agency employees have been let go (More) > House Republicans vote 217-213 to pass bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, includes increasing military spending by $6B and rolling back $20B in IRS funding; bill heads to Senate ahead of shutdown deadline at midnight Friday (More) | Former US Rep. Katie Porter (D, CA-47) to run for California governor (More) > UK police arrest 59-year-old man on suspicion of manslaughter a day after a container ship struck an oil tanker in the North Sea, leaving one crew member missing and presumed dead; 36 others were rescued alive (More)