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Album Review: 6WA by BigXthaPlug & 600 Entertainment

BigXthaPlug spent eight months in Nashville making a country-rap album that debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, put “All the Way” with Bailey Zimmerman at No. 4 on the Hot 100, got him a Rolling Stone cover, and filled arenas with Jelly Roll. And then he came back to Dallas, rounded up four of his signees, and made a gangsta-rap record with N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton on the cover. 6WA is the second group release from 600 Entertainment, named after the 600 block of Meadowridge Street in Ferris, Texas, where BigX and his people grew up. The whole thing is loaded with West Coast samples. From N.W.A.’s “8Ball,” Eazy-E’s “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” and “Boyz-N-The-Hood,” Ice-T’s “6 in the Mornin’,” Snoop Dogg’s “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” and more. BigX is staking his name on the lineup he built—Rosama, MurdaGang PB, Yung Hood, KevanGotBandz, KaineMusic—and claiming a lineage from 1,400 miles away while insisting Dallas is its own thing. A million dollars in cash, split and handed straight to his mother. That’s the first place BigX goes on “From the Bottom.” He’d probably still be in the streets if he didn’t have his son and daughter. He only started rapping to make life better for Carter. Couldn’t start his car back then, now people get starstruck at Starbucks, and he throws the whole field away in one sentence: “How you think we competin’? You on the same bag, I just made me some millions off country.” Goyard bags off a Nashville payday, and he wants you to know exactly how far he’s come from everybody else. “Safe to Say” does something similar but looser. It’s a straight Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” flip, and BigX nails it. Wakes up, checks both phones, nobody’s locked up, kid accounts look good. Gets pulled over, only catches a warning. Pulls up on the squad to liquor, ladies, and haze. Rosama takes the second verse and matches him. Wakes up to his girl cleaning his cuticles, twins playing peekaboo, pays off his car, calls a cousin, sees the opps and they don’t trip. Lawyer calls, he beat his case. Rosama is the strongest voice in the 600 camp after BigX, and “Life of a Gangster” is why. Third person, riding low, blacked-out windows, snub-nose revolver. A character who chose sticking people up over selling dope. “Quick eraser like a number-two pencil.” He never breaks character, and his delivery drops lower and slower than anything he does on the group cuts, like he’s telling you something at a cookout that he probably shouldn’t. Then on “Long Live Fre$h” he’s a completely different rapper. “Short-bus diamonds, these bitches retarded,” wide-body Durango he can’t even park. That kind of range matters on a group record. MurdaGang PB’s best verse is on the title track. Feds at his door at 6 AM, cameras busted, flushing dope, ram truck putting everybody on the floor. Yung Hood on “The Hottest” just lays out four reasons to keep hustling. Who wants to be broke, women cost money, you need bail, and home has to be straight. It’s funnier and more honest than most rappers get when they’re trying to explain why they sell drugs. KevanGotBandz on “Ain’t Never Slowin’ Down” talks about his father getting caught on the dope while he’s sitting on $300K somewhere in the hills, which is a specific kind of guilt that doesn’t usually make it onto crew tapes. KaineMusic, the newest signee, takes the back half of “Who Dunnit” and introduces herself in third person—“Took flight just to show these hoes how to perform”—but it’s too short to know if she can hold a full song. The flex tracks fill the middle of the LP and mostly run together. “I Go” is Rosama and PB trading brands, guns, and food punchlines. Rosama’s “anemic, my iron tucked low in this shirt” is a slick gun bar, PB fires back with “.223 with a clip ‘bout as big as a toddler” and “I go Burger King, stay with that whopper.” Quick, funny sometimes, but it’s all shopping lists. “Dopeman” is a chant. “6ixer Party” brings Snoop Dogg, who does exactly what you’d expect Snoop Dogg to do. BigX contributes the night’s wildest overshare: “She say she brought a friend too, well, I’m tryna put sausage on her dental.” These songs move fast and don’t overstay, but three or four of them could trade verses and nobody would catch it. Midway through, The D.O.C. shows up for a spoken-word interlude. Tracy Curry. West Dallas native, former N.W.A affiliate, co-writer on a lot of the records getting sampled on this very album. He thanks BigX for the tribute and then gets direct: “This your time, this DFW time. You need to do it like we do it down here.” Leave bread crumbs so everybody behind you can eat. Keep God in your life. It’s fatherly and generous, and it does raise the question of whether 6WA follows that advice. The album borrows heavy. The cover art, the Eazy-E samples, “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted” opening with a direct “Boyz-N-The-Hood” lift, Yung Hood rapping “Flag on my left side, Crip until I die.” But the stuff that actually stays with you is Dallas. BigX talking about Pleasant Grove, Rosama calling himself a country boy, PB recounting a raid that could’ve been last Tuesday. The record smells most like itself when it smells like Ferris, Texas, and least like Compton. BigX on “The Hottest” says his father was the first person he knew who had chickens. Not the way rappers usually wave at the drug trade. He means his actual father, his actual family. On “600 Degrees,” Rosama compares his chopper’s stutter to a speech disorder, PB claims he still has the block on his back even after leaving the city. BigX closes that one saying he used to spin and smack, and now the plaques are platinum. Thirty-two minutes was right for this. Nobody overstays, Tony Coles and Rance and Charley Cooks keep the production punchy, and BigX gives his signees real room instead of crowding every song. 6WA doesn’t reinvent anything. Five rappers, good beats, short clock. Most of what they say you’ve heard before. Some of it—the million to his mother, the cuticles and peekaboo, the four reasons to hustle—you won’t forget. Solid (★★★½☆) Favorite Track(s): “Safe to Say,” “From the Bottom,” “The Hottest” Subscribe

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Apr 4 • 8:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • shatterthestandards.com
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A massive arctic thaw is unleashing carbon frozen for thousands of years

A sweeping new study reveals that as Arctic permafrost thaws, it is dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts of ancient carbon that had been locked away for thousands of years. By analyzing decades of high-resolution data across northern Alaska, scientists found that runoff is increasing, rivers are carrying more dissolved carbon, and the thawing season is stretching further into the fall. This carbon eventually reaches the ocean, where some of it turns into carbon dioxide, intensifying global warming.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
The Blue Flame offers entertainment spot for UNH students despite age policy change

The independent student newspaper of New Hampshire University since 1911.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • tnhdigital.com
Sussex Academy shows up strong at Science Olympiad

Building upon their successes last year, Sussex Academy students shined at the Delaware Science Olympiad held March 7 at the John Dickinson School. After a years-long hiatus, students relaunched a Science Olympiad team for last year's event, where...

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • capegazette.com
Most U.S. states are warming but not in the way you think

Warming across the U.S. is far more uneven than it looks at first glance. While only about half of states show rising average temperatures, most are heating up in specific ways—like hotter highs or warmer lows. These hidden shifts vary by region, with the West seeing more extreme heat and the North losing cold extremes. The findings suggest climate change is playing out differently depending on where you live.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Week in Politics: Trump's latest speech; SCOTUS on birthright citizenship; Pam Bondi

President Trump claimed victory in Iran during a prime-time address to the nation. Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi is out, and the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on birthright citizenship.

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Apr 4 • 7:41 AM EDT • Politics • ctpublic.org
Can Kennedy lineage and hype over 'Love Story' help send JFK's grandson to Congress?

As a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg had a lot of hype behind him when he launched his congressional campaign in New York City late last year

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Apr 4 • 7:32 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
The brutal truth about NBA health and how it can end playoff dreams

The Wine and Gold Talk podcast breaks down why availability — not talent — determines championship runs, and the Cavs are walking a dangerous tightrope heading into the playoffs.

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Apr 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • cleveland.com
How a Louisiana lawyer from the 1800s appeared in the legal fight over birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices are considering two cases that could change long-established constitutional interpretations concerning race — and Louisiana plays an integral role in both.

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Apr 4 • 6:15 AM EDT • Politics • nola.com
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Sony TCL Deal Reshapes Home Entertainment Role And Investor Focus

Sony Group (TSE:6758) has agreed to form a new home entertainment joint venture with TCL. The deal transfers a majority stake and global TV and audio product operations to TCL, including manufacturing facilities. The partnership affects Sony branded consumer TVs and audio products across key international markets. Sony Group (TSE:6758) is known for its entertainment, gaming, imaging, and consumer electronics businesses, with TVs and audio products serving as core branded offerings. The new...

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Apr 4 • 6:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
The war’s economic impact could get worse for Americans

Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz is disrupting economic activity across Asia and Europe. The U.S. may escape the worst effects, but it will not emerge unscathed.

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Apr 4 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • washingtonpost.com
Recurring fevers, mental fog left this father ‘praying for death’

Doctors were stumped by an Oregon man’s deterioration. Then an infectious disease specialist had an aha moment.

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Apr 4 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Commanders' Leo Chenal describes where he fits best

Washington Commanders linebacker Leo Chenal opens up about what his role will look like with his new team.

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Apr 4 • 5:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The night Geno Auriemma snapped — and Dawn Staley showed the game has changed

A power dynamic shift is happening at the top of women's basketball. And Auriemma knows it.

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Apr 4 • 5:30 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
A month of war in Iran prompts clashing political views on Long Island

Polls show that a majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's launching of a military operation against Iran.

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Apr 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • newsday.com
‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right

Bally Bagayoko, who was targeted by racist abuse after winning Saint-Denis mayorship, vows to tackle inequality to stem deepening divisions

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Apr 4 • 3:47 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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'Just don’t let her score': Betts delivers game-saving block for UCLA

UCLA center Lauren Betts' crucial block secured a 51-44 Final Four win over Texas, sending the Bruins to their first NCAA national championship game.

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Apr 4 • 3:20 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
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France to Offer Loans to Small Businesses Hit by Fuel Costs

The French government will offer loans of as much as €50,000 ($57,600) to small businesses that are the most exposed to rising fuel costs in transportation, fishing and agriculture.

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Apr 4 • 3:08 AM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
Final Four 2026: Low-scoring semifinals were 'not pretty in any way, shape or form.' Will NCAA championship be any different?
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Apr 4 • 2:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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A Look At Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) Valuation After Recent Analyst Downgrades And Earnings Miss

Recent shifts in analyst sentiment toward Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) have put the stock in focus, after several major banks flagged slower expected Macau EBITDA growth, liquidity questions, margin pressure, and mixed quarterly results. See our latest analysis for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. At a share price of US$5.68, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has seen a 1 day share price return of a 1.56% decline and a 90 day share price return of a 24.37% decline. The 1 year total...

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Apr 4 • 2:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
NCAA championship game: How to watch South Carolina vs. UCLA, start time, TV channel and more
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Apr 4 • 1:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Final Four 2026: Lauren Betts, UCLA shut down Texas in 'ugly' game to reach national championship

Follow along with the latest as the Texas Longhorns and UCLA Bruins face off in the Final Four for a bid to the championship.

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Apr 4 • 12:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sixers' Joel Embiid explains missing Wizards game, pending B2B, health

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid opens up on missing the matchup with the Washington Wizards, the pending back-to-back, and his health.

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Apr 3 • 11:19 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
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Final Four 2026: South Carolina stifles, stuns UConn to end Huskies' undefeated season short of a championship; tensions boil over late
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Apr 3 • 10:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Giannis Antetokounmpo questions relationship with Bucks as NBA investigates team's statements about his health
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Apr 3 • 9:43 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
Texas vs. UCLA score, live updates: Final Four 2026 continues with a trip to the NCAA championship on the line
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Apr 3 • 9:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Power 4 college sports conferences react to Trump's latest executive order

Leaders of the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 support Trump's executive order on college sports and are pushing Congress to pass the SCORE Act quickly.

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Apr 3 • 9:29 PM EDT • Sports • foxnews.com
Trump mulls more Cabinet changes — but wants to avoid ‘massive shake-up’

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer are vulnerable, officials said. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appears more secure.

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Apr 3 • 7:51 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump pushing to stabilize college sports and limit transfers

President Trump signs an executive order aimed at fixing college sports that would give federal agencies authority to cut funding at schools that don't comply.

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Apr 3 • 7:23 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Politics Unusual: CEO of Partnership for NYC Fulop, former advisor on mental illness | FOX 5 New York

In this week's episode of Politics Unusual, FOX 5 NY's political reporter Morgan McKay speaks to Steven Fulop, the CEO and President of Partnership for NYC, about the potential impact of possibly increasing taxes on businesses. Also, a conversation with Brian Stettin, a former senior adviser on severe mental illness in the Adams administration.

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Apr 3 • 7:13 PM EDT • Politics • fox5ny.com
Business Email Compromises: Current Legal Trends and Key Strategies

Businesses have for years suffered from a sophisticated, targeted cybercrime that exploits trust, human relationships, and our reliance on digital communication: the business email compromise (BEC).

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Apr 3 • 6:56 PM EDT • Business • foleyhoag.com
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March Madness Expansion? NCAA Eyes Shocking 76-Team Field

The NCAA is looking to expand March Madness, and a decision is coming soon. NCAA leadership and members of the […]

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Apr 3 • 6:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brentwood student is a finalist for global $250K science competition

It’s not every day a high school student makes the finals in a global competition. But Brentwood's Adam Rakmanov has, and he’s up for a $250K scholarship pr

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Apr 3 • 5:29 PM EDT • Science • wpln.org
Central Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor resort gets into the hotel business

"Right place, right time" led the resort to jump on a long-term lease on the road to its lifts.

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Apr 3 • 5:22 PM EDT • Business • opb.org
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Dead by Daylight Devs Celebrate 10 Years of Eldritch Evil and Hope for Many, Many More

At the Game Developers Conference last month, I sat down with Behaviour's head of partnerships Mathieu Cote, and creative director Dave Richard, to talk to them about Dead by Daylight's tenth anniversary.

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Apr 3 • 5:11 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Galaxy S26 FE Is Up To 33% Slower Than Exynos 2600-Powered Galaxy S26 In Benchmark Leak, Highlighting Samsung’s Lack Of Interest In This Lineup

Samsung is once again treating its non-flagship smartphones with poor specifications, with the Galaxy S26 FE shipping with an inferior SoC

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Apr 3 • 4:57 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Memphis in May announces entertainment lineup for World Championship BBQ Cooking Contest

Memphis In May announced the entertainment lineup for the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, happening May 13-16.

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Apr 3 • 4:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • actionnews5.com
Struggling Heat eager to get right vs. woeful Wizards

Hoping to finish strong, the Miami Heat will play host to the Washington Wizards on Saturday afternoon.

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Apr 3 • 4:41 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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Nashua health officials search for homeless man with tuberculosis

A New Hampshire judge is ordering a homeless man with active tuberculosis to isolate or be arrested.

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Apr 3 • 3:53 PM EDT • Health • wmur.com
Shohei Ohtani Ends Home Run Drought

Shohei Ohtani hit his first home run of the season on Friday, a three-run blast off of Washington Nationals pitcher Miles Mikolas.

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Apr 3 • 3:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How The PENN Entertainment (PENN) Turnaround Story Is Shifting With New Targets And ESPN Progress

PENN Entertainment's fair value estimate has shifted from US$18.44 to US$19.11 per share, putting it closer to a cluster of recent Street targets in the mid to high teens and low US$20s. This revision aligns with analyst commentary that combines optimism around the interactive segment and free cash flow with lingering doubts about management credibility and the turnaround story. Read on to see how to track these changing targets and keep up with the evolving narrative around PENN. Analyst...

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Apr 3 • 3:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
The Rise of Socialism: Washington business owners slam new ‘millionaires tax’

Washington shop owners, talk show radio host Arri Hoffman and a local democratic socialist, Rep. Shaun Scott, discuss the impact of the state’s new “millionaires tax” and how socialist economic policy is impacting local business.

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Logan City School District announces leadership changes, names new business administrator

LOGAN — The Logan City School District has announced a series of leadership changes, including the retirement of its longtime business administrator and the appointment of new administrative leaders ahead

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Angie Stocklin: Bootstrapping forces you to develop discipline

When Randy and I started One Click, we didn’t have a strategy around venture capital.

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Apple releases new iOS 26.5 beta 1 build for iPhone

iOS 26.5 beta 1 arrived earlier this week for developers, but Apple has just shipped an updated beta 1 build...

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Tribal gas stations see surge in business as fuel prices hover significantly below WA state average

Tribal gas stations in Washington are experiencing a significant surge in business as drivers seek lower prices amid rising fuel costs.

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Democrats see Georgia's failure to curb data centers as an electoral gift

Georgia lawmakers have ended their legislative session without addressing concerns over data centers

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50-year-old expired salmon found: the shocking discovery that baffles scientists - Futura-Sciences

Unexpected Treasures in Forgotten Cans Decades-old cans tucked away on a shelf might sound like the start of a food safety nightmare, but recently, they’ve become a scientific goldmine instead. In April 2024, the journal Ecology and Evolution published a study that lifted the lid—literally—on an astonishing scientific resource: canned...

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Apr 3 • 1:30 PM EDT • Science • futura-sciences.com
As fuel prices soar, United is raising bag fees

The carrier says it will charge $10 more for the first and second bags checked by passengers on flights in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the rest of Latin America.

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Relationship with Trump may be beyond repair, Keir Starmer told

PM gets widespread backing after president’s mocking impersonation takes US-UK relationship to new low

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Politics Friday: 3 congressional candidates vying for their party's endorsement

Friday at noon, a check-in on the only Minnesota congressional race guaranteed to send a new person to Washington. MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst speaks with three candidates seeking to represent the 2nd Congressional District.

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Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed

Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:

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White House proposes 23% cut to NASA budget, slashing science funding and prioritizing moon missions

The White House is proposing $18.8 billion for NASA's fiscal year 2027 budget, reducing science funding while prioritizing moon missions.

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NHL Playoff Race: What the Penguins need to do

The Penguins lost to Tampa last night but still remain incredibly well-positioned to secure a playoff spot this season. Here’s the relevant standings for them as of now. While there could be other avenues with a Wild Card spot, for now we’ll keep it simple on the most straight-forward path available to Pittsburgh: finishing in […]

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Maternal health crisis: Why Massachusetts is losing its edge

Despite years of investment by the state, maternal health disparities continue to grow.

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Surprise! Zendaya wears something blue, after the old, new and borrowed

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CrainCo honored with Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award for collaboration with Southeastern | Southeastern Oklahoma State University

OKLAHOMA CITY – Southeastern Oklahoma State University alumni-owned local business CrainCo has been honored with the 2026 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award (RBPEA) as announced Friday. The RBPEA is designed to highlight successful partners

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‘Bigger Than Fashion’ Review: Business That Keeps It Casual

The first streetwear retailers were small-scale operations. One designer sold jeans from the back of his car.

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Surprise! Zendaya wears something blue -- after the old, new and borrowed

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A Look Back at Health Insurance Providers Stocks’ Q4 Earnings: Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) Vs The Rest Of The Pack

The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how health insurance providers stocks fared in Q4, starting with Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC).

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Apr 3 • 9:40 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Wearable Health Devices in Clinical Care

Wearable health devices like smartwatches may be increasingly used in clinical care, as FDA policy shifts may accelerate adoption.

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March job gains outshine forecasts amid inflation pressures

U.S. employers added 178,000 jobs in March, topping forecasts, as unemployment held at 4.3% and wages rose despite inflation pressures.

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An Art-Science Partnership Offering New Views of Dynamic Landscapes

The immersive and interactive WILDLAND exhibition allowed the public—and the exhibition’s creators—to explore connections among water, trees, fire, and other natural and human-made materials expressed…

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Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers tells users not to rely on it for important advice

These might be boilerplate disclaimers, but they kind of contradict the company's ads and marketing.

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Miami Worldcenter Retail and Entertainment District Trades to Falcone-Led Venture in Ownership Restructure

Florida YIMBY says "Yes In My Backyard" to positive new development in Florida.

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PRESS RELEASE: City of Jasper Featured in Business View Magazine

City of Jasper is proud to announce its feature in the March 2026 issue of Business View Magazine, highlighting the community’s strong leadership, strategic planning, and continued momentum across key areas of development.

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Public Health and Criminal Justice: Working Together to Reduce Gun Violence | Center for Gun Violence Solutions

Gun violence remains one of the most pressing public health challenges in the United States. Yet efforts to prevent it are too often siloed with public health and criminal justice working in parallel rather than in partnership.

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Memphis in May BBQ contest schedule, performers and what to know

The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is set for May 13-16 at Liberty Park.

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Slay the Spire 2 nerfs card removal, buffs shivs, and adds a new reward system

New Slay the Spire 2 patch notes include a rework for Borrowed Time, a replacement for the Gloom Ascension, and a system called Badges.

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Who did Commanders land in CBS Sports' latest 2026 NFL mock draft?

The Washington Commanders are predicted to select an edge rusher with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft in CBS Sports latest mock draft.

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Sports quiz of the week: World Cup, Masters and County Championship

Have you been following the big stories in football, cricket, rugby league, boxing, golf, F1, athletics, rowing and chess?

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Emplify Health, Titletown district announce partnership, naming rights

The football field in the Titletown district will have a name after Emplify Health and the Packers announced a new partnership.

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That ACA subsidy isn’t free money. It could cost you at tax time.

If your income exceeds the amount you estimated, you will probably qualify for less in assistance and will have to pay money back.

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Midshipmen Play Host to Holy Cross Saturday Afternoon on CBS Sports Network

Navy (6-4, 2-2 Patriot League) returns home to play host to Holy Cross (5-5, 2-3 Patriot League) on Saturday in a nationally-televised Patriot League contest. Faceoff is slated for 3:06 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and the game is presented by Navy Mutual. Navy is led by Joe Amplo, who has put together a 49-37 record in his 7 seasons at the helm of the Mids' program, while Holy Cross' J.L. Reppert has posted a 15-57 record in 6 seasons as the Crusaders' head coach. The contest marks the 22nd meeting in a series that dates back to 2004.

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Fuel Surcharges Hit Small Businesses as ‘Tariffs 2.0’

Shipping costs are climbing for online sellers as carriers such as FedEx and UPS pass along the rising price of diesel.

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Editorial: Kaufman Astoria Studios foreclosure fight a warning sign for city’s entertainment industry

The foreclosure battle could spell more trouble for New York's entertainment industry going forward.

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Poll: Virginia voters narrowly support redistricting to favor Democrats

A slight majority of Virginia voters supports giving Democrats a temporary edge in congressional maps, but opponents are more motivated in new Post-Schar School poll.

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Southeastern Regional students shine at Region V science fair

Southeastern Regional students earned top awards at the Region V Science and Engineering Fair at Bridgewater State University.

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Southeastern Regional students shine at Region V science fair

Southeastern Regional students earned top awards at the Region V Science and Engineering Fair at Bridgewater State University.

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Southeastern Regional students shine at Region V science fair

Southeastern Regional students earned top awards at the Region V Science and Engineering Fair at Bridgewater State University.

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McKinsey's new AI leadership playbook: flatten teams and move faster

McKinsey and other consulting firms are using AI to streamline management structures — what some call The Great Flattening.

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Trump pushed the Iran war in prime time. The public wasn’t sold.

The president is in a precarious political moment seven months before the midterm elections, facing some of his lowest approval ratings and presiding over an unpopular war.

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Agency Brief—Terri & Sandy continues leadership revamp with Martin hire

This week, we’ve got an exclusive on Terri & Sandy’s C-suite hire, and we dive into Publicis Groupe’s continued push into sports.

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What to know about the Kansas sports authority that will oversee the new Chiefs stadium

The 11-member group will oversee one of the largest economic development projects in the state’s history. We put together a guide to the sports authority's responsibilities, membership and more.

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Commanders TE Chig Okonkwo 'total opposite' of Zach Ertz

Zach Ertz is a potential Hall of Famer and was great for the Commanders, but Chig Okonkwo gives something different.

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Did Commanders GM Adam Peters provide too much intel?

There are some who think Adam Peters may have actually tipped his hand. We don't agree.

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New Webinar Series Explores Relationship Between Microbiome and Health

The free virtual series is open to students, researchers, clinicians and anyone from the public with an interest in microbiome science.

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Opinion: Science Communication Is Central to the Practice of Science

Explaining and defending knowledge is as essential to the scientific enterprise as publishing research.

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Guardianship is not a homelessness policy

By Amelia McKeon The federal government’s proposal to expand guardianship for homeless veterans is being framed as compassionate. It is anything but. It is a dangerous shift toward using one of the most restrictive legal tools we have as a substitute for real solutions — and it risks turning guardianship into a mechanism for forced […]

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Nashville Predators Avoid Near Collapse In Shootout Win Over Kings

Evangelista's shootout heroics secured a dramatic win after Nashville squandered a three-goal lead, pushing past the Kings in a thrilling eight-round conclusion.

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Nebraska thrower Axelina Johansson dominates shot put at the world stage

Husker senior Axelina Johansson placed first in the Big Ten Tournament, first in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship and won bronze at the Indoor World Championships held in Poland.

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Meloni’s gamble backfires: a turning point for Italy

The Italian PM has had an ‘aura of political invincibility’ since taking office in 2022, but a referendum on flagship judicial reforms has left her vulnerable

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NIT bracket, scores, schedule 2026: No. 1 seeds Auburn, Tulsa to meet in title game Sunday with semifinal wins

The Tigers will face Tulsa in the NIT championship game Sunday in Indianapolis

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Punjab face Mohammedan in ISL; Indians at Asian Boxing Championships: Indian Sports LIVE, April 3

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 3, 2026.

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High stakes, big budgets: How brands are navigating a massive sports year

Brands are ditching one-off bets for long-term partnerships. As sports marketing budgets hit record highs, CMOs are choosing their battles.

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Public higher education is the people’s business

Transparency and accountability have long been the hallmarks of government and should be of the state’s flagship university as well.

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How the Chattanooga INCubator became a powerhouse for small business growth and innovation

In 2025, the Chattanooga Chamber's INCubator program solidified its role as one of the Chattanooga region's most powerful engines for small business growth, innovation, and economic resilience. As a flagship program of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce and manager of the 127,000-square-foot Hamilton County Business Development Center, the INCubator exists for one clear purpose: to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses, create jobs, and strengthen the economic heartbeat of the region. The programs progress in 2025 demonstrated that mission in action -- through expanded programming, deeper engagement, and measurable impact across the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Mentorship and Immigration in Scientific Careers

In a cross-continental academic journey, one scientist reflects on how mentorship across borders sustains careers, shapes resilience, and guides scientific paths.

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Apr 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • the-scientist.com
College sports sponsorship reaches 2 in 5 fans at the shelf, but the other half aren't buying it

44% of US college sports fans say sponsorship positively influences their purchase decisions, according to February data from Big Chalk.

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Penguins boat raced in Tampa; playoff cushion slips

The loss ended the Penguins’ two-game winning streak.

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