Sources Raptors Barnes Expected to Miss Weeks

Department of Education lays off nearly 50% of its workforce

Mass layoffs are impacted 1,315 employees of the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

ABC News - 13h

New open-source math model Light-R1-32B surpasses equivalent DeepSeek performance with only $1000 in training costs

Companies can freely deploy Light-R1-32B in commercial products, maintaining full control over their innovations.

VentureBeat - Mar. 5

Alibaba’s new open source model QwQ-32B matches DeepSeek-R1 with way smaller compute requirements

While DeepSeek-R1 operates with 671 billion parameters, QwQ-32B achieves comparable performance with a much smaller footprint.

VentureBeat - Mar. 5

Seahawks trade star WR DK Metcalf to Steelers for second-round pick: Sources

The Pittsburgh Steelers finally have their established big-play wide receiver.

NBC News - 2d

Bills reward Allen with new contract after NFL MVP season. Deal is worth $330M, AP source says

NFL MVP Josh Allen was rewarded with a contract extension worth $330 million, with an NFL record $250 million of it guaranteed, which makes him among the league’s highest-paid players

ABC News - 2d

OpenAI unveils Responses API, open source Agents SDK, letting developers build their own Deep Research and Operator

OpenAI is also making its web search, file search and computer use tools available directly through the responses API.

VentureBeat - 1d

Fantasy Baseball Busts 2.0: Shohei Ohtani's pitching side may be a source of Fantasy frustration

Plus, find out why Chris Towers has added Garrett Crochet to his latest busts list

CBS Sports - 12h

Migrant Boats Capsize Off Yemen and Djibouti, U.N. Says

The missing people were on two boats that capsized off Yemen, which is on a major route for migrants trying to reach Gulf countries for work.

The New York Times - 5d

Florida teen killed, dismembered after couple lured her on app

St. Petersburg police detectives said the remains of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette were found in a dumpster after she was reported missing last month.

CBS News - 3d

Report: CB Nate Hobbs heading to Packers

Hobbs had 49 total tackles and an interception in 11 games last season, though he missed several games with an ankle injury and an illness.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Kawhi Leonard hits buzzer-beater to lift Clippers past Kings in OT as coach Ty Lue misses contest with back pain

Ty Lue went home before Sunday night's game started due to a sudden back injury.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Penn fires coach Steve Donahue, Columbia coach Jim Engles steps down after teams miss Ivy League tournament

Both Ivy League schools will now be looking for a new head coach.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Bestselling author: This simple routine helps me feel happy and energized when I'm tired from work—I do it 'every week'

Mel Robbins says her 7-step, weekly reset can help you get rid of the Sunday scaries and feel fulfilled. Here's how to do it.

CNBC - 4d

Rockets' Amen Thompson out up to two weeks after injuring ankle in final minutes of 29-point win, per report

Thompson was one rebound shy of a triple-double in a 35-point game when he was hurt

CBS Sports - 2d

Fantasy Basketball Week 21 Start/Sit: Keon Johnson emerges as a viable option, plus other Nets you can trust

Plus, what to make of Naji Marshall's 34-point effort in Sunday's loss to the Suns

CBS Sports - 2d

Infowars employee killed in Texas, law enforcement confirms

Jamie White, an Infowars employee, was the victim of a homicide in southeast Austin, Texas, late Sunday night, law enforcement sources confirmed to Nexstar's KXAN.

The Hill - 1d

Jones joins Colts, to battle Richardson for QB job

Free agent quarterback Daniel Jones is finalizing a one-year, $14 million contract with the Colts, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

ESPN - 23h

EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants

EPA staffers have been told they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to monitor, according to multiple sources inside the agency.

ABC News - 4h

Nate Hobbs's new four-year contract is really a one-year deal, with three one-year options

The free-agency period entails a storm of reports regarding new contracts, with all of them painted in the light most favorable to the sources for those reports — the players' agents.

Yahoo Sports - 2h

NOAA braces for mass layoffs, fueling concerns about lifesaving weather services

NOAA is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's mandate for agencies to prepare "reductions in force," according to sources.

ABC News - 3h

NFL free agency: When it starts, top free agents and teams with most cap space

There's a flurry of NFL activity in next week's forecast.

Yahoo Sports - 5d

Is euro-dollar parity now off the cards?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Financial Times - 3d

Arctic air brings freeze to UK as weather warning issued

Temperatures have plummeted. What's in store for the rest of the week?

BBC News - 11h

Here’s where the jobs are for February 2025 – in one chart

February marked another strong month for health care despite job growth overall coming in weaker than expected but stable.

CNBC - 5d

Chipmakers are finding that good earnings aren't enough to please Wall Street

After investors poured into semiconductor stocks last year, expectations are high, and companies are having trouble making Wall Street happy.

CNBC - 5d

Private Prisons Are Ramping Up Detention of Immigrants and Cashing In

The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort.

The New York Times - 5d

Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton says elbow injuries are 'severe,' surgery would be season-ending if needed

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is expected to begin the season on the IL due to elbow injuries, but could be out a significant amount of time.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

House unveils stopgap measure to keep government funded, avert shutdown

The continuing resolution bill will go to the House Rules Committee on Monday and a floor vote is expected Tuesday.

CBS News - 4d

What Cooper Flagg Is Doing Is One of One, and It Deserves to Be Recognized

The expected No. 1 pick in this summer’s N.B.A. draft has a strong case for N.C.A.A. basketball’s player of the year award.

The New York Times - 3d

Here’s why Ozempic maker’s new weight-loss drug isn’t good enough for investors

New trial data showed CagriSema led to “superior” weight loss, but at a rate much less than original expectations of 25%.

MarketWatch - 2d

Championship top-two fight will go to wire - Wilder

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder expects the battle for automatic promotion to the Premier League to go all the way.

BBC News - 2d

Ontario says it will slap a 25% surcharge on US-bound electricity

The move is in retaliation to Trump's tariff threats on Canada, and is expected to raise energy costs for 1.5 million US homes.

BBC News - 2d

DOGE chief Elon Musk says he's running businesses 'with great difficulty' as Tesla shares tank

The Tesla CEO Musk said he expected to realize $1 trillion in government savings for the Trump administration as part of the DOGE project.

CNBC - 2d

Suns reported asking price for Kevin Durant will include three first-round picks, young player

Durant and the Suns are expected to part ways this summer and the bidding will be high for the future Hall of Famer.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Can Mikel Arteta lead Arsenal to glory or is another change inevitable? | The Cooligans

Arsenal's challenges this season have been put under the microscope. Are the Gunners meeting expectations, or is change on the horizon?

Yahoo Sports - 1d

What lies behind the dramatic shift in markets

The sudden change in investors’ growth expectations for the three largest economies is upending many consensus trades

Financial Times - 1d

House to vote on government funding bill as shutdown deadline approaches

The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September, days before Friday's shutdown deadline.

CBS News - 1d

Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed despite tariff uncertainty and recession fears in the U.S.

Economists polled by Reuters expect India's inflation rate to slow to 3.98% in February from 5.68% in January.

CNBC - 18h

Elon Musk was right — Social Security is a Ponzi scheme

Social Security is unsustainable. The rare, brave soul who admits this truth can expect to suffer the consequences.

The Hill - 14h

Investors buoyed by signs of cooling U.S. inflation

Wall Street breathes a sigh of relief after a new report showed inflation slowed last month by more than expected.

CBS News - 11h

Sources Raptors Barnes Expected to Miss Weeks

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