USAID staff instructed to clear out classified safes and shred or burn documents

Tiger Woods says he ruptured his Achilles tendon, an injury that will keep him out of the Masters

Tiger Woods is out with another injury

ABC News - 6h

Trump administration's funding, staff cuts spark concerns over Colorado River

Federal funding freezes and staffing cuts are setting off alarms about the future of the Colorado River, a critical artery that supplies water to some 40 million people in 30 tribes and seven ...

The Hill - 3d

Hamburg Airport Halts All Flights as Ground Staff Strike

The airport in Germany’s second largest city said the one-day strike, called over pay and conditions, began earlier than expected “without any notice.”

The New York Times - 2d

Norway suspend staff in ski jump cheat scandal at world championships

Team admitted cheating by employing altered suits Coach and equipment manager both suspended The Norwegian ski federation has suspended a ski jumping coach and an equipment manager over their ...

The Guardian - 2d

More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut

Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.

The New York Times - 2d

Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff

President Trump is planning to gut the work force while trying to turn the I.R.S. into a more political agency.

The New York Times - 1d

Chips Grant Staff Asked ‘Demeaning’ IQ Questions Before Layoffs Hit

Asking an on-the-job employee whether they’re smart enough to do their work is bizarre. But it’s apparently another tactic in the administration’s quest to shrink the federal workforce.

Inc. - 1d

Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

The New York Times - 3h

Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat

Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.

The New York Times - 1h

Google unveils open source Gemma 3 model with 128k context window

Google's Gemma 3 is multimodal, comes in four sizes and can now handle more information and instructions thanks to a larger context window.

VentureBeat - 10h

BYU's Whiting out as women's basketball coach

BYU women's basketball coach Amber Whiting is out after three sub-.500 seasons with the Cougars.

ESPN - 3d

Rubio says 83% of USAid programs terminated after six-week purge

Surviving aid to be administered by state department in radical narrowing of definition of US national interest. US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has taken an axe to ...

The Guardian - 1d

Trump administration briefing: Mahmoud Khalil’s detention, ‘Trumpcession’ fears and gutting USAid

From cries of ‘McCarthyism’ over Palestinian activist’s detention to fears over a ‘Trumpcession’ – key US politics stories from Monday at a glance. The Trump administration’s decision to have ...

The Guardian - 1d

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says Democrats played 2024 elections too "safe"

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is now weighing in on what Democrats should have done better in 2024. Political strategists Joel Payne and Michael LaRosa join "America Decides" with analysis.

CBS News - 1d

How not to be deported: India’s nurses seeking work abroad learn how to migrate safely

Kerala is providing lessons on how not to be scammed by employment agencies as US and UK step up immigration raids. On a warm February morning, Devika, 24, sits with more than 60 classmates in the ...

The Guardian - 11h

From Mexico cartel safe house to US streets: BBC tracks deadly fentanyl targeted by Trump tariffs

As the president tries to force Mexico to stop the flow of drugs, cartel members tell Quentin Sommerville they will not be deterred.

BBC News - 59m

China rolls out retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods

NBC News - 2d

Why even cash is problematic for worried investors in this current state of chaos

Fleeing to money-markets funds isn’t the safe move you might think it is right now.

MarketWatch - 1d

What's behind Trump offering White South African farmers U.S. citizenship?

Trump says he'll offer White South African farmers "safe refuge" as U.S. citizens, but do they actually want it?

CBS News - 2d

Mistral releases new optical character recognition (OCR) API claiming top performance globally

Mistral AI enables businesses to extract, analyze and interact with their documents in more intelligent ways.

VentureBeat - 5d

3/10: America Decides

Stock market takes tumble over fears of recession; Rubio announces 83% of USAID programs terminated

CBS News - 1d

Champions League knockouts: Find out the path to the final in Munich

As the new-look Champions League enters the round of 16, here's how the knockout rounds map out.

ESPN - 22h

$Wyndham Clark cleared of rules infraction related to pitch mark on third hole in Round 2 at Bay Hill$

Wyndham Clark cleared of rules infraction related to pitch mark on third hole in Round 2 at Bay Hill

Clark's tee shot on the third hole was determined to have come to rest in its own pitch mark and relief was allowed.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Firing Kevin Keatts now was cold-blooded, but urgently needed by NC State in face of clear deterioration

Keatts was on the hot seat prior to reaching the Final Four in 2024, so his dismissal should not be a surprise

CBS Sports - 2d

Chiefs restructure Patrick Mahomes, Chris Jones contracts to clear nearly $50M in 2025 cap space, per report

A big reworking of the checkbook in Kansas City

CBS Sports - 5h

This cornhole league inspired a bounty hunt for single men. It's now sold out.

Determined to find enough men to sell out his cornhole league for singles, Tommy Flaim decided to take an extreme, and somewhat comical, measure.

NBC News - 4d

Ian McKellen encourages fellow actors to come out: 'Being in the closet is silly'

English actor Ian McKellen called on closeted gay actors to “come out” and “get into the sunshine” in an interview published Sunday in The Times of London.

NBC News - 1d

PSG, a team remade and reborn, knocks Liverpool out of Champions League

PSG lost its stars, but instead of falling out of Champions League contention, it began to write a new story with an upset of Liverpool on Tuesday.

Yahoo Sports - 18h

Staff shortages halt some federal weather balloon launches amid Trump cuts

The Trump administration is pausing at least a handful of balloon launches that collect weather data in at least three locations due to staffing shortages. On Friday, the administration said it ...

The Hill - 1d

The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA

President Trump has made clear he wants to keep both men and their allies within his movement, but the tensions are growing.

The New York Times - 3d

Google Says Its New AI Mode Will Help You Find Better, Deeper Information

The move to make search more efficient with generative AI is a clear shot at OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine.

Inc. - 2d

Investing in gold bars vs. silver bars: Which is better during inflation?

If you're trying to decide between these two precious metal assets, experts say one choice is the clear winner.

CBS News - 2d

2025 NFL mock draft: Giants, Browns take QBs in top 3; Raiders select playmaker for Geno Smith

All 32 teams' drafts needs will become a lot more clear with free agency kicking off

CBS Sports - 1d

Starmer will not impose immediate UK counter-tariffs to US steel levies

PM to take a ‘cool-headed’ approach as he tries to steer clear of transatlantic trade war

Financial Times - 1d

Spotify says it paid nearly 1,500 artists $1 million or more in royalties for 2024 streams

Spotify wrote in its annual Loud and Clear Report that nearly 1,500 artists generated over $1 million in royalties in 2024.

CNBC - 2h

Trump to slash workforce at US education department

Halving of staff thought to be precursor to campaign pledge of shutting down the agency

Financial Times - 16h

Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts

Researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters are venturing out of labs, hospitals and offices across the country to stand up to what they call an attack on life-saving science by the Trump ...

ABC News - 5d

Germany to reach out to France and UK over sharing of nuclear weapons

But Friedrich Merz cautions such a move could not replace the US’s existing protective shield over Europe. Germany’s chancellor-to-be, Friedrich Merz, has said he will reach out to France and ...

The Guardian - 3d

Trump doesn't rule out recession as trade war stirs uncertainty

As President Donald Trump doubles down on his escalating trade war against some of the country’s biggest economic partners, he is declining to rule out a recession as economic uncertainty grows. ...

NBC News - 2d

Markets plummet after Trump doesn't rule out recession

Markets plummeted Monday as investors expressed fear of an economic slowdown. In an interview that aired Sunday, President Trump was asked point blank if he's expecting a recession this year, and ...

CBS News - 1d

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