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Asian shares mostly gain while oil prices keep rising
Asian markets that are open for trading are mostly rising as investors continue to closely watch the war in Iran, soaring oil prices and what President Donald Trump might say next.
Vietnam Politics
Delegates attend the opening session of Vietnam's National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Stephen Miller Is Still Pursuing His Immigration Agenda, but More Quietly
Far from acknowledging defeat, Stephen Miller appears to have adjusted his strategy in an effort to minimize political fallout. He has remained steadfast in his view that the administration should act to reverse openness to migration.
Texas Open 2026 leaderboard: J.J. Spaun rallies for first win since US Open ahead of Masters
Spaun is now heading to Augusta with some more momentum to try and capture his second major title
Train transfer hub linked to reduced healthcare spending
Researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University and Japan System Techniques Co., Ltd. evaluated the 2019 Osaka-Higashi Line station openings using a natural experiment and health insurance claims. While the overall rail-line effect was not significant, Shigino Station, a well-connected transfer hub, showed an estimated cumulative reduction of about JPY 62,500 per medically treated person over four years, highlighting that station connectivity and local context may determinewhether new stations deliver healthcare cost benefits.
Coffee company owner in Ferndale preparing to open brick-and-mortar shop
Trump’s Lesson From Risky Rescue: Threaten to Go Harder at Iran
In an expletive-laced social media post, the president said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he would bomb bridges and power plants.
It’s-a hit! Mario movie leads Easter weekend box office
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie.
With eye on long-term health, D-backs tab Kelly for 2nd rehab start
PHOENIX -- It’s not a setback, but Merrill Kelly's 2026 season debut for the D-backs has once again been pushed back. After being announced as the club’s Opening Day starter on Feb. 14 before having the proverbial rug pulled from out under him due to intercostal nerve irritation a week
‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” has scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood film.
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” has scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood film.
My fiancée and I live with my parents in a NYC apartment to save money
My parents live in a rent-controlled NYC apartment, so my fiancée and I moved in. We were able to save enough money to open an art gallery.
Women’s health trainings help reach unreached in remote villages
In remote villages of the Himalayan mountains, women’s health trainings are opening doors for believers to build relationships and share the gospel.
FULL SHOW: Inside INdiana Business 4/5/26
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Leaks: 5,000mAh Battery and 45W Charging Finally Confirmed?
Massive Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 leaks reveal a game-changing "Wide" variant with a 3:4 aspect ratio, 5,000mAh battery, and 45W charging
North Shore businesses suffer in aftermath of Kona-low storms
Spring break is typically busy at Sharlyn Foo’s budget accommodations in Haleiwa. But last month, instead of welcoming surfers and families, Foo spent her days canceling reservations, refunding payments and responding to repeated calls from travelers asking whether Oahu’s North Shore was even open.
No experience needed? Novices, newcomers dominate field in SC’s open coastal seat in US Congress.
SC’s 1st Congressional District race is packed with outsiders — just five candidates have ever held elected office. Mark Sanford’s surprise entry is reshaping an already crowded primary and making the path tougher for lesser-known hopefuls.
'I quit my job over health anxiety - now life's a bed of roses'
Natalie Dyson from Blackpool has bloomed since leaving a job over health anxiety to open a florist.
Super Rare Announces 'Toree & Friends' Physical Switch Collection, Pre-Orders Open Next Week
"5 titles featuring 9 vibrant games"
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science reopens
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After eight months of the New Mexico Natural History Museum being closed for renovations, residents finally got to see what the wait was for. The museum closed last summe…
Microsoft takes on Google and OpenAI with its own AI models
From transcribing boardroom chatter to cloning voices in seconds, Microsoft's MAI model trio is here, and it is priced to make rivals sweat.
What is POTS, the disorder behind Fidji Simo's leave from OpenAI
POTS is a disorder that can cause heart palpitations, lightheadedness, and fainting. It is more common in women than in men.
Some Essentia Health clinics impacted due to inclement weather
Due to inclement weather, the following Essentia Health clinics are closed or have a delayed opening today, Saturday, April 4.
Okaloosa County School District opens employee health clinic
The Okaloosa County School District has opened an employee health clinic. The ribbon cutting was April 2, 2026.
Mizzou is open for business as transfer portal season begins
The process of assembling a new roster begins on Tuesday for coach Dennis Gates with the opening of the transfer portal.
Open Graphics Card Powers Cyberpunk “Laptop”
For once, we can avoid debating in the comments what constitutes a “cyberdeck”, because [LCLDIY] does not refer to his cyberpunk masterpiece as such — he calls it a laptop. Consid…
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
It's back, Albuquerque! The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science reopens today, April 4th after eight months of renovations! Expect a revamped lobby, the brand-new Animal Armor traveling...
New entertainment social venue The Vault opens in downtown Auburn
Owner Dallas Drake described the space as a place where adults can relax without a formal atmosphere.
After barrage of runs, Phillies take on Rockies again
The Philadelphia Phillies entered the weekend hitting .220 as a team, but their offense got healthy in the opener of a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies on Friday in Denver.
Nationals have hands full with menacing Dodgers lineup
After putting together their best offensive performance of the new season in the series opener, the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers will look to take the weekend set against the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
Google's Gemma 4 Runs Frontier AI On A Single GPU
Google's Gemma 4 open models deliver frontier AI performance on a single Nvidia GPU, with Apache 2.0 licensing and native support for agentic workflows.
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
Trump Slashed Funding for Science. Now the U.S. Faces a Costly Brain Drain.
The White House’s attacks on academia and budget cuts for research have provided an opening for other countries to poach leading scientists.
Google Just Released Gemma 4: Why This Open-Source AI is a Game Changer
Google positions Gemma 4 for workstation and edge deployment, with E2B/E4B models offering 128K context for low-latency on-device apps.
Baseball can be a home run for good brain health
Play ball, seniors. The spring sport, which officially ramps up in Toledo on Tuesday with the Mud Hens’ home opener, can stimulate the brain and create ...
Attacks against hospitals and health facilities must end
WHO, UNICEF raise alarm over escalating attacks on health care in Sudan
H.264 streaming license fees were raised to as much as $4.5 million, open standards now look even more attractive
Via LA raises H.264 streaming fees for new licensees, existing deals stay unchanged Via Licensing Alliance has updated its H.264, also known as AVC,
Health care options open in Northeast Florida -- which ones and where
UF Health, HCA Florida and other providers are expanding services and opening new facilities in Northeast Florida.
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.
Naples Community’s Choice Awards business spotlight: Joint Replacement Institute
Nominations for the Naples Community’s Choice Awards are open! It's time to recognize your favorite local businesses.
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.
MacIntyre holds four-shot lead at Texas Open
Scotland's Robert MacIntyre maintains his strong form with a round of 64 for a four-shot halfway lead at the Texas Open in San Antonio.
LinkedIn Hidden Code Secretly Searches Your Browser for Installed Extensions
Every time you open LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser, hidden JavaScript silently scans your computer for installed software without your knowledge, without your consent, and without a single word in LinkedIn's privacy policy.
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.
Colorado Rockies lose, downtown businesses win Opening Day 2026
NBA opens investigation into Bucks’, Giannis’ contradicting stories on health status
Things have gotten ugly, once again.
MINNEAPOLIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT | This Weekend in the Twin Cities Entertainment Guide: April 3 ~ April 5, 2026
Twin Cities weekend features packed events including Twins opening series, concerts, theater, and festivals, reflecting a full return to high spring activity.
Anthropic cuts off OpenClaw support for Claude subscriptions
Anthropic said third-party tools like OpenClaw put an "outsized strain on our systems." OpenClaw's founder said cutting support would be "a loss."
NCAA Tournament expected to expand to 76 teams
The proposed format would add opening-round games and reshape March Madness as soon as 2027.
Phillies 10, Rockies 1: Rox offense MIA on Opening Day
Lorenzen got rocked as Rockies hitters whiffed their way to lopsided loss in Home Opener
Play Ball! Knoxville Smokies kickoff 2026 season at Covenant Health Park
Knoxville Smokies hosts Birmingham Barons for Opening Day for their second season at Covenant Health Park on April 3, 2026.
New Business: Slightly Crooked Pies opens on Manchester’s Elm Street, The Mallard lands in Londonderry
Entering Slightly Crooked Pies on Elm Street in Manchester, customers are taken back in time. The homey wallpaper features cherries in the design to fit the theme, and the space
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.
Northeast Kansas City residents push back against state-run mental health facility planned at Belvedere Park
Kansas City, Missouri, has announced plans to open a state-run mental health facility at Belvedere Park, and community members are saying it is not exactly the dream they were sold.
MassLive: Boston, Springfield land on top 10 list of best cities for STEM professionals
Boston and Springfield were among the "Top 10 best metro areas for STEM professionals" in 2018, according to statistics compiled by WalletHub, a personal finance website. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Boston was ranked second and Springfield eighth on the list. Worcester came in at 18th. The full results can be found here. "We made another good list," Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno said. "Glad to see our educational and workforce development are starting to pay off - this is all about a good four-letter word - jobs!" The 100 largest metropolitan areas in the country were ranked in 17 key metrics, WalletHub said. The evaluation ranged from "per-capita job openings for STEM graduates to annual median growth for STEM jobs, to projected demand for STEM workers by 2020," according to the summary. Seattle was top-rated, followed in order by Boston; Pittsburgh; Austin, Texas; Minneapolis; Madison, Wisconsin; Salt Lake City; Springfield; Chicago; and Atlanta. Original article: https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/11/springfield_makes_top_10_natio.html
COLCLESSER COLLECTS STEEPLE WIN AT PACESETTER SPORTS INVITE
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - IU Indianapolis women's track sophomore Ella Colclesser earned an individual win in the 3,000m steeplechase as the Jaguars opened competition in the two-day Pacesetter Sports Invitational on Friday night (Apr. 3). Colclesser topped the 10-runner field, competing primarily against runners from across the state.
Moon-bound Artemis II astronauts get help for Microsoft Outlook glitch
A day into their historic 10-day journey around the moon, astronauts told Houston they had a problem: They couldn’t open their email.
OpenAI isn’t just buying a podcast
OpenAI’s out-of-the-blue acquisition of TBPN, the buzzy online talk show, stunned the worlds of media and technology. But it’s a continuation of a pattern that dates back a hundred years, to 1926, when RCA created NBC in part to sell radios.
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:
Guardians score, lineups vs. Chicago Cubs in Cleveland home opener
Follow along here for live updates as the Guardians take on the Chicago Cubs in Cleveland's home opener for the 2026 MLB season.
Akin, an Elite Global Law Firm
Akin media, entertainment & sports practice head Chris Spicer and partners Alissa Miller and Vanessa Roman have once again been named by Los Angeles Times as Banking and…
Starfield details PS5 features
Publisher Bethseda Softworks and developer Bethesda Game Studios have released a new trailer and information for Starfield introducing the open-world space action RPG’s PlayStation 5-specific…
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science to reopen this weekend
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is set to reopen this weekend after being closed for the past seven months.
N.J. award-winning actor’s new HBO comedy special set to premiere this weekend. How to watch.
This comedian, who was raised in Rutherford, will open up about his life and opinion on today's issues in upcoming comedy special.
LSU’s new Interdisciplinary Science Building has finally opened. See inside
The Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building has finished construction Wednesday, April 1, 2026, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.
Café Piro earns James Beard finalist spot; city opens health clinic in Central
This week: Café Piro reaches James Beard finals as El Paso opens a new health clinic, plus updates on trails, public art and EPCC César Chávez holiday changes.
Aloha’s new Wilco is open for business
FOX 12’s Wayne Garcia heads to Aloha for an inside look at the new Wilco store.
Microsoft releases new AI models: competition with OpenAI ramps up
Microsoft AI has made its in-house models for transcription, speech recognition, and image generation available on Foundry.
World Cup 2026 stadium guides: Welcome to Miami Stadium, the greatest multi-sport venue in the United States… if not the world
It opened in 1987, making it one of the older stadiums to feature at the 2026 World Cup
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Reopens April 4 with Traveling Exhibition
"Animal Armor: The Evolution of Armor in Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals" puts the spotlight on armored animals and the history of the evolution of armor in prehistoric creatures.
The newest entertainment facility in central Nebraska is now open in Kearney
Drop Zone features an 18-hole putt-putt course, 32 top tracer bays and four pickleball courts.
Today on Pinstripe Alley
It’s time to open the gates in the Bronx at long last.
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.
PSL crackdown! Fakhar Zaman’s appeal dismissed, ban confirmed
Pakistan Super League opener Fakhar Zaman's appeal against a two-match ban for ball tampering has been dismissed. The appellate body upheld the original decision, finding him guilty of breaching the code of conduct during a match against Karachi Kings. This means Fakhar will miss crucial upcoming fixtures for the Lahore Qalandars.
What a Clunker! Braves 17, Dbacks 2
Unfortunately, the Diamondbacks fell victim to an early-season clunker in the series opener, thanks to an explosive eight-run fifth inning from the visiting Atlanta Braves. Getting bitten by the big inning is quickly becoming an unwelcome narrative for this young Arizona club. In a game that offered few positives, one standout moment provided a bright […]
Artemis II astronauts had problems opening Microsoft Outlook
Artemis II zoomed past Earth's atmosphere without a hitch. Then came the real challenge: opening Microsoft Outlook.
Artemis II astronauts had problems opening Microsoft Outlook
Artemis II zoomed past Earth's atmosphere without a hitch. Then came the real challenge: opening Microsoft Outlook.
Jackson business owners concerned amid surge of break-ins
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – For the past two months, some Jackson businesses have seen an influx of break-ins, leaving owners questioning if it’s worth staying in the capital city or worth staying open at...
Rangers unveil Opening Day entertainment plans and new snacks, including 9th Inning Rally Sombrero
The hero of the day
The earliest bits of concrete NC State sports memories I have involve Torry Holt and Justin Gainey—1997 felt a little transformative for both sports at the time. Torry helped the football team pull a huge upset in a (nonconference) game at Syracuse to open the ‘97 season; in March of that year, Gainey played every […]
Selah Downtown Association opens new home in historic district to boost events, business
A new home for the Selah Downtown Association is taking shape in the heart of the city’s historic district.
Kentucky lawmakers clear way for statue or artwork honoring McConnell
The Republican-led Kentucky Legislature plans to install a tribute to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. in the State Capitol rotunda when it reopens.
Google launches open-source model Gemma 4: How to try it
Google's newest Gemma model is now both open-weight and open-source
San Diego's 1st women's sports bar opening in North Park
One of Us opens in North Park, giving fans a dedicated space to watch women's sports.
Greektown businesses prepare for Detroit's Opening Day crowds despite ongoing construction
Detroit's Greektown businesses are gearing up for the Opening Day rush on Friday, even though the area remains a construction zone.
Kat Abughazaleh expands political network, keeps campaign office open as mutual aid hub after primary loss
On Thursday, Abughazaleh announced in a video that she will help campaigns "integrate mutual aid and direct action into their races," and she plans to help races across the country, "especially in the Midwest."
Google battles Chinese open-weights models with Gemma 4
: Now with a more permissive license, multi-modality, and support for more than 140 languages
Microsoft shivs OpenAI with three new AI models for speech and images
: About that partnership...
Arlington Police Department opens new storefront in Entertainment District
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Arlington Police Department has inaugurated a new storefront in the city's Entertainment District, enhancing its presence and commitment to public safety.
OpenAI Buys TBPN Streaming Business Show for Communications
The red-hot streaming show features newsmaking interviews, with a heavy emphasis on tech. Now they will do it for OpenAI: "The standard communications playbook just doesn't apply to us."
Sunrisers beat KKR for first win of this year's IPL
Sunrisers Hyderabad earned their first win of this year's Indian Premier League by comfortably beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs at Eden Gardens. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma put on 82 for the first wicket in just 5.4 overs and even though Australia's Head fell for 46 and India opener Abhishek 48, the visitors still posted 226-8 with South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen adding 52 from 35 balls. Gloucestershire left-armer David Payne conceded 25 from the first over of the chase as New Zealand opener Finn Allen flogged three fours and two sixes but the innings soon fell away.
TOP DAWG ENTERTAINMENT AND WARNER RECORDS PRESENT: NATIONAL AWFUL DAY
Warner Records helps spotlight #NationalAwfulDay, launching April 6, 2026, a first-of-its-kind cultural moment encouraging people across the country to openly acknowledge life's challenges without judgement. To commemorate the holiday and drop the pressure to pretend everything's OK, supporters can download and share an official National Awful Day graphic HERE.
CMS announces data release on health care utilization and prices
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 2 announced the release of new data on health care utilization and prices at the provider and service level in open, machine-readable formats under an open license.
Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take on Claude Code and Codex
As Cursor launches the next generation of its product, the AI coding startup has to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic more directly than ever.
Mount Sinai to integrate OpenEvidence AI enterprise-wide
By embedding OpenEvidence directly into its Epic electronic health records, the New York health system aims to change how its clinicians access health data at the point of care to improve patient outcomes.
Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license
Gemma 4 brings the first major update to Google's open models in a year.
Google's Gemma 4 model goes fully open-source and unlocks powerful local AI
Now open-source under Apache 2.0, Gemma 4 brings offline, multimodal AI to servers, phones, and Raspberry Pi - giving developers total local control over edge and on-premises deployments.