Staff Let Go Map Tool Shut Down in Tumultuous Week at Epa

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 - 1d

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 - 3h

Grayson Rodriguez injury: Orioles righty shut down for a week with elbow 'discomfort,' will start season on IL

The injury hits keep coming as reliever Andrew Kittredge undergoes knee surgery

CBS Sports - 2d

Mariners shut down pitcher George Kirby with shoulder inflammation, likely to place him on IL

Seattle general manager Justin Hollander expects Kirby to miss the first two weeks of the regular season.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Facebook ‘worked hand in glove’ with China on censor tools, claims ex-director

Social media company considered letting Beijing control content for access to its lucrative market, BBC told.

BBC News - 1d

Call Of Duty: Warzone's OG Map, Verdansk, Returns Very Soon; See A New Trailer Now

Call of Duty: Warzone launched five years ago this month, and to celebrate the anniversary, Activision is going back to where it all began. On April 3, Warzone will bring back the OG map: ...

GameSpot - 1d

Let them eat fruit: Meghan’s rainbow plate is easy to make – but hard to justify

I had a go at recreating the duchess’s extravagant platter – and at upwards of £30, I have to wonder if she’s trolling us. Mothers have spent the week cursing the Duchess of Sussex for her ...

The Guardian - 3d

Rollercoaster ups and downs of closed theme park adored by generations

Oakwood Theme Park has shut down after almost 40 years due to a drop in visitor numbers.

BBC News - 2d

How did Reform end up in such a mess? Is that a serious question?

Nigel Farage’s team is down to four MPs, with the suspended Rupert Lowe denouncing it as a “protest party led by the messiah”. Let’s not waste time wondering who’s wrong and who’s right. I have one ...

The Guardian - 1d

Republicans warn Trump not to let trade war drag as he doubles down on tariff threats

Senate Republicans are warning President Trump to not let his trade war drag on as his latest escalation sent Wall Street further into turmoil. Trump on Tuesday threatened to double tariffs on ...

The Hill - 5h

3 groups to watch in the final push to fund the government

The government will shut down next Saturday morning unless Congress can rally around a funding measure by the end of the week, setting up the first big legislative spending fight of President ...

The Hill - 3d

Trump's second term hit by looming budget showdown

The battle over the budget comes to a head this week as the continuing resolution passed late last year expires Friday. If Congress fails to act before the deadline, the federal government will ...

The Hill - 12h

Threaten campuses, shut down debate: that’s what free speech looks like under Trump | Owen Jones

The president has slashed $400m in funding from Columbia University. He wants to stifle criticism of Israel – but the real target is dissent. For those who fear Donald Trump is a despot in the ...

The Guardian - 22h

Cheltenham festival crowds will be down this week for third year running

CEO says accommodation costs affecting attendance Course claims that changes will spark revival in 2026 Cheltenham racecourse has effectively confirmed that crowds at its showpiece meeting will ...

The Guardian - 1d

Lutnick: ‘There’s going to be no recession in America’

Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick shot down the possibility of a forthcoming recession in America, in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “Absolutely not,” Lutnick said when asked ...

The Hill - 2d

Paris Fashion Week gets down to business

Corporate cosplay at Comme des Garçons, Balenciaga and Valentino . . . and investment pieces at Hermès

Financial Times - 1d

Anthropic just launched a new platform that lets everyone in your company collaborate on AI — not just the tech team

Anthropic launches upgraded Console with team prompt collaboration tools and Claude 3.7 Sonnet's extended thinking controls.

VentureBeat - 5d

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 - 11h

‘An ideal tool’: prisons are using virtual reality to help people in solitary confinement

Participants view scenes of daily life as well as travel adventures – then process the emotions they trigger through art. One Monday in July, Samantha Tovar, known as Royal, left her 6ft-by-11ft ...

The Guardian - 3d

Nvidia’s stock is cheap by this metric. Can next week’s GTC get it going again?

Nvidia hosts its annual conference next week at a time when investors have soured on AI stocks.

MarketWatch - 1d

Trump economic adviser: 'First quarter is going to squeak into the positive category'

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Monday the “first quarter is going to squeak into the positive category,” even as anxieties around the economy rise nationwide. Stocks were ...

The Hill - 1d

What Technicolor’s Collapse Teaches Us About Cognitive Lock-in

After 110 Years, the visual effects company behind movies like Dune and Wizard of Oz, shut down.

Inc. - 4d

Eagles accept White House invitation: Super Bowl champions to visit Donald Trump in April

After Super Bowl LIX, there were rumors the Eagles would not accept an invitation, but those were shut down quickly

CBS Sports - 2h

The US Postal Service helped build the Black middle class. Trump could end that legacy

Trump is expected to privatize the USPS, where Black people make up 29% of the staff, and cut down on the number of jobs. In recent weeks, the fate of the United States Postal Service (USPS) , a ...

The Guardian - 14h

'He's got it': An oral history of the NBA's COVID-19 shutdown -- and how it changed sports forever

On the fifth anniversary of the night the NBA shut down, ESPN reveals how it happened, down to the minute -- told by the players, executives, politicians, doctors and journalists who were there.

ESPN - 8h

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Nikola Jokić: Who's the MVP?

The race for the NBA's Most Valuable Player award is awfully close. Let's break down the case for each candidate.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

With US leadership and European support we Ukrainians may at last have peace. But don’t let Russia off the hook | Andriy Yermak

Today’s Jeddah summit will be crucial. But so too is the need for European unity to counter Russian aggression now, and deter it in the future. Andriy Yermak is head of the Ukrainian presidential ...

The Guardian - 19h

Staff Let Go Map Tool Shut Down in Tumultuous Week at Epa

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