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Sweet 16 Friday: Duke, Michigan, UConn, and Iowa State Fight for Elite Eight Spots
Four high-stakes Sweet 16 matchups tip off Friday night, with No. 1 Duke facing a surging St. John's, UConn looking to defend its recent dynasty, and No. 9 Iowa pulling off one of the tournament's best upsets. Here's what's at stake.
5 min read - Entertainment
Project Hail Mary Opens to $80.5M, Proving Original Sci-Fi Can Still Win at the Box Office
Ryan Gosling's adaptation of Andy Weir's novel shattered Amazon MGM's opening weekend record with $140.9M globally. A 95% Rotten Tomatoes score and A CinemaScore suggest the film has legs — and greenlight momentum for more serious science fiction.
5 min read - Tech & AI
Trump's New Science Council Is Nine Tech Billionaires and One Scientist — What That Means for AI Policy
Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Sergey Brin are among 13 executives named to Trump's PCAST. With Sam Altman and Elon Musk conspicuously absent, the lineup signals who will shape US AI regulation and chip export policy.
6 min read - Breaking News
TSA Chaos at Spring Break Peak: Trump Signs Executive Order as DHS Shutdown Enters Week 7
With TSA officer absences hitting a record 11.83%, Trump bypassed Congress to restart agent pay. The House rejected a bipartisan Senate deal, leaving the DHS funding standoff unresolved heading into the busiest travel week of the year.
6 min read - Breaking News
Oil Hits $112/Barrel as Iran Keeps Hormuz Closed: What It Means for Gas Prices, Your 401(k), and the Global Economy
Brent crude closed at its highest level since July 2022 after Iran's IRGC formally declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, cutting roughly 20% of global oil supply. The Dallas Fed projects a 2.9-point GDP hit. Here's the full financial impact.
7 min read - Breaking News
US-Iran Indirect Talks: What's in the 15-Point Framework and Why a Deal Before April 6 Is Harder Than It Looks
Pakistan confirmed it is relaying messages between Washington and Tehran as Trump extends his Hormuz deadline to April 6. The US wants a complete nuclear rollback; Iran insists on sovereignty over the strait. The gap is wide.
7 min read - Breaking News
Ukraine Peace Talks at 90%: Why the Last 10% — Territory and Nuclear Plant Control — May Be Impossible
Trump and Zelenskyy have reportedly agreed on 90-95% of a peace framework, but the remaining disputes over Zaporizhzhia, Donbas territory, and security guarantees are the hardest ones. Meanwhile, the Iran war is draining Western attention and Ukraine's fuel supply.
7 min read - Breaking News
Russia's Unexpected War Dividend: How the Iran Conflict Is Filling the Kremlin's War Chest
Oil above $110/barrel is generating billions in unbudgeted Russian revenue, easing the economic pressure that Western sanctions had imposed. Meanwhile, the Iran war is diverting Western attention, straining Ukraine's fuel supply, and benefiting Moscow strategically.
6 min read - Seasonal
Oil Hits $101, S&P 500 Falls 6% Since February: What the Iran War Is Doing to Your Finances
Brent crude is back at $101 and the S&P 500 is down 6.3% since the Iran war began. Gas is $4.87 and mortgages are up 48 basis points. Here's the household math.
7 min read - Tech & AI
Apple Relaunches Siri With Google's Gemini Engine in iOS 26.4: What Changes and What It Costs
iOS 26.4 relaunches Siri on Google's 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini engine, adding on-screen awareness and cross-app intelligence for iPhone 15 and later.
7 min read - Sports
March Madness 2026: Big Ten Sends Five Teams to Sweet 16 in Record-Setting Opening Weekend
The Big Ten sent five teams to the 2026 Sweet 16 as CBS reported its highest first-weekend NCAA Tournament audience ever — 13.4 million Sunday viewers.
6 min read - Sports
MLB Opening Day 2026: Yankees Shut Out Giants 7-0 on Netflix, Earliest Full Slate in League History
The Yankees blanked the Giants 7-0 at Oracle Park in the Netflix-exclusive Opening Night, starting the earliest full MLB slate in history on March 26.
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