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Trump’s Victory Rhetoric Undercut by Downed US Jet in Iran War

The downing of a US aircraft and the dayslong search for a missing crew member has pierced the aura of invincibility that President Donald Trump has sought to project as he tries to stave off the increasing political risks of the Iran war he started five weeks ago alongside Israel.

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Apr 4 • 12:58 PM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com
Lander students win divisions, receive special accolades at 2026 Sceince Fair in Laramie

(Laramie, WY) – Several Lander students made an impact at the Wyoming State Science Fair in March, held at the University of Wyoming, where there were approximately 130 student competitors from across the state who had qualified during the regional science fairs. County 10 caught up with Lander advisor Sam Hartpence, who oversaw students Carson […]

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Apr 4 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • county10.com
Israel strikes Hezbollah sites in Beirut

Lebanese state media reported multiple strikes in a Hezbollah stronghold of the capital, which killed two people. The Lebanese Health Ministry has said at least 11 others were injured in overnight air attacks in the south.

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Apr 4 • 10:59 AM EDT • Politics • dw.com
Nancy Guthrie Update: FBI’s ‘Best Lead,’ According to a Cybersecurity Expert

'Today' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mom, 84, remains missing more than two months after her Tucson, Arizona, kidnapping.

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Apr 4 • 8:22 AM EDT • Entertainment • fairfieldsuntimes.com
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Politics of Black hair: why grooming rules are under scrutiny across the diaspora

From schools in Ghana to workplaces in Britain, underpinned by the colonial roots of ‘respectability’, conversations around natural hairstyle persist

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Apr 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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I started using Obsidian as a complete beginner and now I understand why people switch and never go back

It can be as simple, or as complex as you want it to be.

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Apr 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • makeuseof.com
What it's like flying Southwest after all the changes; A-List helped

I hit the spending threshhold on my Chase Reserve card in 2025 to secure free A-List status on Southwest. Now, I wouldn't fly the airline without it.

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Apr 4 • 5:11 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Journalists Capsulize Weight Loss News and ACA Premium Pressures

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Apr 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Laie business seeks community help after flood damages thousands of pairs of slippers

J-Slips Hawaii faces heavy losses from Kona Low flooding and calls on volunteers to help clean and restore affected inventory.

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Apr 3 • 11:08 PM EDT • Business • hawaiinewsnow.com
EBCI Tribal council votes to suspend board running its cannabis business

The EBCI voted to remove the chairman and the rest of Qualla Enterprises’s board at its latest council meeting.

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Apr 3 • 10:41 PM EDT • Business • foxcarolina.com
Minnesota volleyball team cancels spring match with UW over team health and safety concerns

MADISON (WKOW) — The volleyball spring match between the Minnesota Gophers and UW Badgers was canceled. It was scheduled for April 10 at the Sonnentag in Eau Claire.

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Apr 3 • 9:59 PM EDT • Health • wkow.com
Oregon rallies late to take down Michigan, snap losing skid

After a pair of shutout losses, Oregon bounced back to tie the series on the diamond in Ann Arbor against Michigan.

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Apr 3 • 7:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Tarrytown spa undergoing repairs after SUV crashed into business

Repairs are underway at a Tarrytown spa after an SUV crashed into the business. The business hopes to reopen in early May.

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Apr 3 • 6:38 PM EDT • Business • fox7austin.com
Local garage door repair business, customers targeted by nationwide scam

Fallout from a nationwide trend of garage door repair scams showed up at the doorstep of Ray and Brad Larson in the form of angry customers they never heard of.

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Apr 3 • 6:19 PM EDT • Business • kstp.com
90 Painfully Relatable Programming Memes That Might Just Break Your Brain (New Pics)

Every job has its quirks. But some feel almost like a world of their own. Like programming—we (indirectly) interact with it every day, yet many of us know surprisingly little when it comes to what actually goes on behind the screens. The subreddit ‘Programmer Humor’ is the perfect place to bridge this gap. It allows them—and pretty much everyone involved in computer science—to air their frustrations and give the rest of us a better understanding of what their day-to-day really looks like. Here a

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President Trump signs order intended to stabilize college sports, threatens lost federal funding

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring “order, fairness and stability” to college athletics.

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Apr 3 • 5:55 PM EDT • Sports • foxcarolina.com
President Trump signs executive order that aims to stabilize college sports

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring “order, fairness and stability” to college athletics.

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Apr 3 • 5:55 PM EDT • Sports • kait8.com
President Trump signs executive order that aims to stabilize college sports

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring “order, fairness and stability” to college athletics.

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President Trump signs executive order that aims to stabilize college sports

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring “order, fairness and stability” to college athletics.

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Apr 3 • 5:55 PM EDT • Sports • live5news.com
President Trump signs executive order that aims to stabilize college sports

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring “order, fairness and stability” to college athletics.

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Apr 3 • 5:55 PM EDT • Sports • wwnytv.com
President Trump signs executive order that aims to stabilize college sports

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at restoring “order, fairness and stability” to college athletics.

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Apr 3 • 5:18 PM EDT • Sports • wral.com
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President Trump signs executive order that aims to stabilize college sports

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring “order, fairness and stability” to college athletics.

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Apr 3 • 5:15 PM EDT • Sports • apnews.com
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Major companies adding fees, surcharges amid rising fuel costs

United Airlines and Amazon are among the corporations that increased fees this week

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Apr 3 • 4:53 PM EDT • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com
iFixIt tears down the new AirPods Max 2, isn’t surprised

You know the drill: new Apple product, new iFixIt teardown. Here’s what they found when they dug into the new AirPods Max 2.

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Apr 3 • 4:39 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Savannah Guthrie's Today Return: Highly Unusual, Business as Usual

The NBC morning show co-anchor since 2012 has been off-air since her mom Nancy was abducted on Feb. 1. The world will be watching her big return on Monday.

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Apr 3 • 4:13 PM EDT • Business • hollywoodreporter.com
Downed fighter jet punctures Trump’s and Hegseth’s claims of air invulnerability

An Iran war that was already proving quite unpopular with the American people has entered a new, more problematic phase for President Donald Trump.

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Apr 3 • 4:07 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.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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Apr 3 • 2:36 PM EDT • Business • foxnews.com
Don't gift children chicks, ducklings for Easter. Here's why

Oregon health officials warn against gifting live poultry for Easter due to Salmonella risk, especially for young children.

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Apr 3 • 2:31 PM EDT • Health • statesmanjournal.com
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United Airlines splits business class into tiers on long-haul flights

The airline industry is looking for new revenue lines to bolster the bottom line amid stiff economic headwinds.

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Apr 3 • 2:11 PM EDT • Business • axios.com
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How does hair loss differ between men and women?

Learn how men’s and women’s hair loss is treated differently and what you can do to prevent it.

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Apr 3 • 1:21 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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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Apr 3 • 1:11 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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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Apr 3 • 12:57 PM EDT • Technology • interconnects.ai
United now has a 'base' fare for business class and premium economy

United Airlines will roll out tiered fares in business and premium economy, offering travelers different perks and flexibility.

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Apr 3 • 12:34 PM EDT • Business • usatoday.com
Big Month for Small Business in Macon-Bibb

Macon-Bibb County’s Office of Small Business Affairs (OSBA) hosted and co-hosted five workshops and panels throughout March, reaching nearly 800 participants across the community. “These workshops and panels are about making sure our small businesses have access to the information, connections, and opportunities they need to grow,” said OSBA Director Charise Stephens. “When we invest […]

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United Airlines adds new fees to cheapest business-class fares

How would you feel if you paid $2,000 or more for a business-class ticket but still had to pay a fee if you wanted an advance seat assignment?

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Apr 3 • 10:10 AM EDT • Business • thepointsguy.com
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Family-owned Maryland candy business set to close with plans for possible new location

Easter brings a rush of customers to Log Cabin Homemade Chocolates in Bel Air, Maryland, which has been in business for 66 years.

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Apr 3 • 8:49 AM EDT • Business • wtop.com
Kyle Shanahan Drops Hot Take on NFC Contender

Shanahan blasts Rams' Australia game request, demanding league fairness and a Mexico matchup for the 49ers rivalry.

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Apr 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Report: Yakima Valley air quality sees improvements, but health concerns remain

The report highlights East Yakima and Lower Yakima Valley as communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution. Ellensburg and the Moxee area also are mentioned.

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Apr 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • yakimaherald.com
Despite soaring jet fuel prices, air fares aren’t up that much. But they will be

Gas prices are grabbing the headlines, but jet fuel prices have doubled in the last two months. So far, air fares are only up modestly.

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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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Wealthy Donors Are Hiding Political Money in Secretive Nonprofits

Using philanthropy for campaign donations is illegal. But an exception for some nonprofits has allowed Democratic billionaires like Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg to remain anonymous when they want to play politics.

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Apr 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Meadow Montessori students showcase projects at science fair

Top student science projects from Meadow Montessori School will be displayed at Ellis Library through April 10.

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Apr 3 • 4:46 AM EDT • Science • monroenews.com
Celebrate Science Day Takes Off at New Location: Reading Regional Airport

From helicopters to birds and the principles that lift them skyward, guests of all ages will discover how things fly while also enjoying a wide range of interactive STEM activities beyond aviation.

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Apr 3 • 4:45 AM EDT • Science • bctv.org
Labour challenges Farage over cost of private jet trip to Maldives

Anna Turley questions Reform UK leader’s revised £25,000 figure for failed attempt to reach Chagos Islands on plane linked to billionaire donor

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Apr 3 • 4:21 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
'Like two heavyweights throwing haymakers at each other'

Thirty years on from Liverpool beating Newcastle 4-3 in one of the Premier League's greatest ever matches, former Reds player Jason McAteer, former Magpies defender Steve Howey, the Anfield Wrap's Ian Ryan and the Athletic's George Caulkin join Alistair Bruce-Ball on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily to reflect on a true classic. "A game like that kind of takes a life of its own", recalled McAteer.

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Apr 3 • 3:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Spoiler Alert! Devils Rout Caps Behind Bratt, Hughes

Look at the Devils delivering maximum damage to a pair of Metropolitan Division rivals this week, although in very different ways. First, on Tuesday, they rolled over and played dead for a hapless Rangers team that got two points that won’t help them in their race to the bottom for Gavin McKenna. Forty-eight hours later […]

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Apr 2 • 11:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
For the First Time, This U.S. Airline Will Offer Business Class on International Flights

Now travelers can fly to Europe and Asia in added comfort.

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Apr 2 • 7:53 PM EDT • Business • afar.com
OHA launches Business Development Program for Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs in the food industry

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is now accepting applications for its Kūlana ʻĀina Business Development Program, designed to support Native Hawaiian food entrepreneurs ready to grow and expand their businesses across Hawaiʻi’s food economy.

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Apr 2 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • mauinow.com
Impactful innovations reshape learning and technology at ACC 2026

ACC 2026 Chair Kathryn Berlacher, MD, MS, FACC, explains some of the big trend at this year's meeting, including AI, CCTA, hands-on and guideline sessions.

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Apr 2 • 6:22 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com
FTC Announces New Health Care Task Force

In a development likely to ramp up regulatory pressure on an industry already under significant federal scrutiny, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson recently directed leaders…

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Apr 2 • 3:52 PM EDT • Health • crowell.com
Governor Hochul Signs Chapter Amendment to the New York FAIR Business Practices Act

Read how Governor Hochul has signed into law a chapter amendment to the New York FAIR Business Practices Act, implementing changes to the attorney general’s expanded enforcement authority.

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Apr 2 • 3:50 PM EDT • Business • hinshawlaw.com
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The Politics Hour: Supreme Court's birthright citizenship case and why the D.C. budget is delayed

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin on the Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship. Plus, D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson on a busy week for lawmakers, including veto overrides and emergency legislation.

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Apr 2 • 3:34 PM EDT • Politics • wamu.org
Students from Nome showcase homegrown research at Alaska Science and Engineering Fair

The Alaska Science and Engineering Fair took place in Anchorage on March 28, where students from all over the state gathered to present their research and inventions, including several young scientists from Nome's Anvil City Science Academy (ACSA). Before the statewide competition, ACSA students presented at the school's annual science…

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Growing Smarter: PVAMU study explores science behind stronger plants

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Apr. 2, 2026) — From backyard gardens to large-scale farms, how plants grow can make all the difference. A Prairie View A&M University researcher is taking a closer look at that process and how it could help crops become more productive and resilient. Dr. Tesfamichael Kebrom, a research scientist in the College […]

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Stars, Stripes & Slams: Professional wrestling coming to Great Allentown Fair

Organizers say tickets for The Great Allentown Fair’s Stars, Stripes & Slams go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, April 10.

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Apr 2 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • wfmz.com
Sharing her passion for science

By Danielle Rush Communications Specialist, Indiana University Kokomo Hisako Masuda, Indiana University Kokomo professor of biochemistry, was honored by the Indiana Academy of Science (IAS) as its 2026 Distinguished Scholar. The award is given to an individual who is recognized by the IAS as having an exceptional record of scholarship. Recipients are selected from nominations submitted to its awards committee. “I was surprised,” said Masuda, who joined IU Kokomo’s faculty in 2013. “I feel there are many good scientists in the Academy, so I wasn’t expecting it at all.” Patrick Motl, dean of the School of Sciences, said the Academy recognizes up to one member per year, and that Masuda is the second or third IU Kokomo faculty member to receive the commendation. “Clearly this speaks to the strength of Dr. Masuda’s accomplishments in research and scholarship and that her work stands out amongst her peers in Indiana,” said Motl, who received the award in 2019. “Many of the institutions that participate in the IAS are undergraduate institutions or primarily undergraduate institutions, but even having that caveat, Dr. Masuda has built and maintains a very active research program in her lab, working exclusively with undergraduates. She is passionate about science and can share that passion with her students. To carry on a quality research program with so many students involved in so many projects is truly remarkable and I am glad that the IAS acknowledged that for Dr. Masuda.” The IAS specifically commended her for involving more than 50 undergraduates in her research in bacterial metabolism, genomics, and their phenotypic plasticity at IU Kokomo, and publishing 23 articles with many student co-authors. Masuda’s current work primarily focuses on biodegradation and chemical repurposing of nylon. Using soil bacteria, her lab studies bacterial biodegradation of nylon and other environmental pollutants. She applies principles of green chemistry while developing a method to convert nylon waste into other nontoxic polymers. In collaborative work with health scientists, her lab investigates gut microbiomes of Indiana native birds as well as human subjects in a clinical study. She became interested in converting plastic waste while earning her Ph.D. at Rutgers University, working on methods to remove environmental waste not using chemicals or other intrusive methods. She learned about Nylon 11, which is used in pipes for transferring oil, interior components for cars, catheters, and in other industrial hard plastics. Nylon 11 is nontoxic, she added, so it is safe to include students in the research. “Those are considered to be nonbiodegradable, and have to go to a landfill,” she said. “I thought if we could come up with a way to biodegrade it, that would make some kind of impact.” Eventually, she wants to develop a product that would convert nylon waste to something useful, and to reduce waste and microplastics in the environment. “That would be my goal at some point, that we can make that change, and also make people more aware of their use of plastics,” she said. “I hope students stop to think about what we can do as scientists to address issues currently impacting us.” She appreciates the IAS for its support of scientific research at Indiana institutions, and IU Kokomo and the School of Sciences for providing funding for students to attend the Academy’s annual meeting. She added that IU Kokomo has also supported her research with funding from the School of Sciences and Academic Affairs. “Without that, I couldn’t do my research,” she said. Masuda has also earned a Senior Research Grant from the IAS, IU Kokomo’s Distinguished Research Award, and the IU Kokomo Junior Faculty Annual Research Award. She is a Fellow of the Indiana Academy of Science. Education is KEY at Indiana University Kokomo.

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Apr 2 • 8:48 AM EDT • Science • kokomolantern.substack.com
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Fairfax launches pilot to help small business owners obtain permits for store renovations

A new Fairfax County government pilot program aims to make life easier for small business owners seeking to make minor alterations before they open their stores. The Tenant Support Services (TSS) initiative is designed to move applicants through the permit approval process more efficiently by providing "early guidance, clear expectations and coordinated review support," county

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Apr 2 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • ffxnow.com
AirPods Max 2 first deliveries arrive on schedule

Apple's supply chain is seemingly in order. A little over two weeks after their announcement and one week after they went on pre-order, Apple’s AirPods Max...

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The Best Cocktail to Order on a Flight, According to Science

Wondering which is the best cocktail to order on a flight? A study shows the flavor of a Bloody Mary is enhanced by a plane's atmosphere.

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Apr 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • travelandleisure.com
Entertainment briefs | ‘Stampede’ at Humboldt County Fairgrounds next month

Creekside Arts and EXIT Theatre will present “Ali, Cosell, My Dad & Me,” an original play by Michael Bickford, directed by John Heckel and starring Larry Crist, from April 17 to 26 at EXIT Theatre, 890 G St., second floor, Arcata.

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Apr 2 • 6:31 AM EDT • Entertainment • times-standard.com
Ohio sports teams push for carveout in foreign land ownership bill

Several Ohio professional sports teams are wading into a debate over foreign nationals owning land in Ohio. The state's professional basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer teams say their players and staffers could be unfairly punished.

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Apr 2 • 3:55 AM EDT • Sports • ohiocapitaljournal.com
Fairfield eyes North Texas Street makeover with grant funding for local business owners

Building brighter and more vibrant businesses in Fairfield is the goal of the city's newly launched North Texas Street Revitalization Program.

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Apr 2 • 1:45 AM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Kyron Horman vanished after attending a Portland science fair. He's still missing
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Apr 1 • 9:47 PM EDT • Science • king5.com
How Melania Trump Reset the Way We Speak About Fashion in Politics

Her approach harkens back to the pre-Obama era.

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Apr 1 • 7:57 PM EDT • Politics • vanityfair.com
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Mark Cuban tells D-FW business owners to get with the AI program

The billionaire investor gave North Texas business owners some blunt advice.

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Apr 1 • 5:53 PM EDT • Business • dallasnews.com
Fairlawn business owner makes soaps in memory of brother and supporting the environment

Naomi Carter is selling soaps named in honor of her brother who took his life in April 2015. All proceeds from the soap will go to the Friends of Peak Creek.

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Apr 1 • 5:51 PM EDT • Business • wdbj7.com
Alaska Airlines unveils lie-flat suites, upgraded perks in new international business class

Alaska Airlines unveiled its new international business class with lie-flat suites that will debut on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners this spring.

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Apr 1 • 4:29 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
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Chair of WA House’s powerful budget committee won’t seek reelection

Washington Rep. Timm Ormsby, the lead budget writer for House Democrats, has represented the 3rd Legislative District since 2003.

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Apr 1 • 4:24 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Republican leaders in Congress say they'll pursue a path to ending the partial shutdown

The plan represents a return to what Republican senators had in mind when, early Friday, they passed a bipartisan funding agreement through unanimous consent.

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Apr 1 • 4:20 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Jersey City Student Qualifies for International Science Fair

A Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School student nabbed a top award at the 68th Hudson County STEM Showcase last month, earning her the opportunity to compete at the world’s most prestigious hig…

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Apr 1 • 4:18 PM EDT • Science • jcitytimes.com
High Desert Stampede returns to Redmond with rodeo and entertainment

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- One of Central Oregon’s signature events has returned for another action-packed year at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. The High Desert Stampede is gearing up to bring rodeo, live entertainment, and community traditions back to Redmond, drawing world-champion competitors and crowds from across the region. It's known for its

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Nissan Americas head: 'We've had some pretty good success regrowing the business'

Nissan Americas chair Christian Meunier came to the New York International Auto Show with a simple message: The brand is back, and it's building in America.

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Apr 1 • 3:52 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
PDX launches year two of the pop-up program; two local businesses open up shop

Two new local businesses have opened up shop at Portland International Airport as part of the PDX pop-up program.

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Apr 1 • 3:03 PM EDT • Business • katu.com
Apple just changed AirTag 2’s anti-stalking feature

Apple shipped new AirTag firmware yesterday, and per official release notes, the update improves AirTag 2’s anti-stalking feature.

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Apr 1 • 1:54 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Borchetta Entertainment Group Signs The Band Perry To New Management Division

Founder and Chairman Scott Borchetta announced the signing of The Band Perry (Kimberly Perry and husband Johnny Costello) to the new Borchetta Entertainment

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Apr 1 • 1:06 PM EDT • Entertainment • news.pollstar.com
MLB revives 'This Week in Baseball' as a digital series

Major League Baseball is bringing back “This Week in Baseball” by giving it a digital flair. The iconic series will be revived on Major League Baseball’s X account, as well

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Apr 1 • 12:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Mayor Brandon Johnson demotes housing authority board chair over CEO flap

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he demoted the CHA board chair because Johnson believes the appointment of Keith Pettigrew violated state law.

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Apr 1 • 11:54 AM EDT • Politics • chicagotribune.com
7-year-old vanishes from the science fair in 2010
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Apr 1 • 11:24 AM EDT • Science • king5.com
2026 NFL mock draft 7.1: Jeremiyah Love, pair of Buckeyes go top-5 as attention turns to April
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The Strange, Shaky Alliance Taking on Trump and His Big Tech Friends

A billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual distrust and work together?

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Apr 1 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Middle School Science Olympiad takes place in Fairbanks

If it flies, hovers or scrambles, you would’ve found it on the Troth Yeddha’ campus over the weekend during the fourth annual Alaska Middle School Science Olympiad. After a full

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Apr 1 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • newsminer.com
Get AirPods Max 2 on Sale for Launch Day

Apple's new AirPods Max 2 launch today, and Amazon is one of the only retailers offering any sort of discount on the headphones. You can get the Midnight color option for $529.00 on Amazon, down from $549.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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Apr 1 • 9:46 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
The party of the rich just taxed the rich in WA. Can that hold?

About 8 in 10 of the Washington residents who will have to pay the new millionaire's income tax live in Democratic districts. Legislators there say their rich constituents are fine with it.

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Apr 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Why Mike Colter And His Daughters Created A Hair Care Business

Actor Mike Colter joined Forbes senior writer Jabari Young on The Enterprise Zone at the Nasdaq MarketSite to discuss why he invested $50,000 to start a hair care business.

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Apr 1 • 7:58 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Braiding hair? That’ll require 500 training hours and a permit.

Louisiana’s licensing rules are strangling businesses for no good reason.

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Apr 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • washingtonpost.com
Mid-Sized Cities Emerge As Viable Hubs For Business Travelers

Charleston, SC, Richmond, VA and Boise, ID, an other mid-sized cities, have been grinding out their fair share of the business travel market over the last several years.

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Apr 1 • 6:42 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Cook County health officials warn of measles exposure at O'Hare Airport

You could have been exposed to a measles patient if you were at O'Hare last week.

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Apr 1 • 6:15 AM EDT • Health • abc7chicago.com
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'Fighting' Bob La Follette's Progressive legacy lives on in Madison

A century after Bob La Follette's death, his ideas live on at The Progressive magazine and UW-Madison's growing School of Public Affairs.

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Apr 1 • 6:01 AM EDT • Politics • jsonline.com
Air Force discovers another gem in Malakye Matsumoto

Malakye Matsumoto is 6 feet 5 and developing fast like the last SoCal Air Force prospect, Paul Skenes

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Apr 1 • 3:45 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
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TMZ may collect a share of sales or other compensation from links on this page.

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‘Political stunt’: Democrats scold DeSantis over $5.5M cost to rename Palm Beach airport after Trump

In a statement, House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, said Monday that DeSantis and Republicans in the Florida Legislature "decided to prioritize wasting five million of your taxpayer dollars on renaming an airport after the President."

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Apr 1 • 1:53 AM EDT • Politics • wlrn.org
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America Is Losing the Innovation Race

Why the future of science might be Chinese.

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Apr 1 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • foreignaffairs.com
Spokane students headed to global science fair with eight qualifiers

SPOKANE, Wash. — Eight Spokane students who qualified for the International Science and Engineering Fair, a major science and engineering competition.

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Mar 31 • 11:29 PM EDT • Science • khq.com
Thailand haze: Chiang Mai air pollution sparks worry in families

Chiang Mai now ranks among the world's most polluted cities as fires engulf the surrounding countryside in recent weeks.

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Mar 31 • 11:19 PM EDT • Health • bbc.com
Candidates confirmed for Inside California Politics governor’s debate on KRON4

(KRON/NEXSTAR) — On April 22, KRON4 and our parent company Nexstar will host a California gubernatorial debate airing across the state on stations from San Francisco to San Diego. The five ca…

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Mar 31 • 8:42 PM EDT • Politics • kron4.com
Spotlight Now: Civil Beat politics editor Chad Blair

Civil Beat’s Chad Blair says Derek Kawakami’s LG bid energizes 2026, as Sylvia Luke faces scrutiny and key congressional races take shape.

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Mar 31 • 8:12 PM EDT • Politics • hawaiinewsnow.com
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Scientists discover hidden “winds” inside cells that could explain cancer spread

Cells aren’t as passive as scientists once thought—they actively create internal currents to move proteins quickly and efficiently. These “cellular winds” push materials to the front of the cell, enabling faster movement and repair. Discovered by chance and confirmed with advanced imaging, this system challenges decades of textbook biology. It may also reveal why some cancer cells spread so rapidly.

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Mar 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com