SR 99 First Avenue South Bridge closure: Seattle repairs start this month ahead of FIFA World Cup in June  MyNorthwest.com

CFTC Sues Trio of States to Reaffirm its Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Prediction Markets  Commodity Futures Trading Commission | CFTC (.gov)

The father of a "Texas Killing Fields" victim says he met the newly indicted suspect roughly 30 times without knowing of his alleged involvement in the case.

Some 20,000 Jordan’s Furniture customers could be fully repaid for $50 million worth of sales if the two teams win their Final Four games on Friday and Saturday. The post Jordan’s Furniture will refund customers if both UConn teams make the NCAA title games appeared first on Boston.com.

The launch of Artemis II captured the tenor of the times in a country that can still do big things but seems forever mired in big problems.

United States (U.S.) Pushes Energy Partnership in Caribbean, Eyes Suriname’s Growing Oil Sector  Africa24 TV

For over 100 years, Washington Memorial Chapel has served as "the soul of Valley Forge"  CBS News

Israeli settlers have increased their attacks on Palestinians, while the military suspends a battalion that assaulted a CNN reporting team.

St. Louis CITY SC to Play FC Tulsa in U.S. Open Cup Match at Energizer Park  St. Louis CITY SC

NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us stories on food fortification, why some people don't seem to get the flu, and a study on how much vigorous exercise you really need.

Space robotics expert Jessica Todd told ABC News the translunar injection burn is "the make or break for whether our astronauts are going to get out to the moon or stay in orbit around Earth."

Intense Santa Ana winds and damaging gusts to pound Southern California this weekend  Los Angeles Times

The U.S. telehealth giant says hackers stole customer support ticket data over the course of several days in February.

Puyallup shooting that killed 2, injured 1 started with family dispute, police say  The Seattle Times

Justin Baldoni just scored a huge victory amid the ongoing It Ends With Us legal battle! On Thursday, Judge Lewis Liman dismissed ALL of Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against him ahead of their trial! OMG! And it is because, in part, that the Gossip Girl alum did not sign the Actor Loanout Agreement, or [...] Read More... The post Justin Baldoni Scores MASSIVE Win Relating To Blake Lively's Harassment Claims Before Trial! appeared first on Perez Hilton.

With ‘deplorable’ education conditions, numerous bills attempt to address Alaska school crisis  Alaska's News Source

Rising rates, global tensions slow Western Washington’s spring housing market  kiro7.com

Isaiah Andrews, accused in a fatal Seattle shooting, was captured in St. Louis months after being mistakenly released from a California jail in October.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with NASA's Kelly Evans Young, the Artemis science flight operations lead, about the rigors of space and the lunar slingshot to get home.

Hegseth asks Army's top uniformed officer to step down as U.S. wages war against Iran  PBS

United rolls out new app feature to help navigate DHS security nightmares  SFGATE

Question of the week: How does Washington draft a Lombardi Trophy roster?  Washington Commanders

Portland State University professor Bruce Gilley is angered after a faculty book club selection contained repeated negative references to White professors and students.

United States Collegiate Selects squad headed back to Spengler Cup tournament in 2026 and ’27  The Boston Globe

Several people arrested for $50M health care fraud across Southern California  NBC Los Angeles

Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States  United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)

A major player from The Pitt will NOT be returning for season 3! On Thursday, Variety reported that the HBO Max original is losing Supriya Ganesh, who plays Dr. Samira Mohan. According to the outlet, the 28-year-old is exiting as part of a “story-driven” decision. The outlet noted the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center is [...] Read More... The post Fans Of <i>The Pitt</i> Left Speechless After Actor Leaves Series Before Season 3! appeared first on Perez Hilton.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Politico on Wednesday over a report about President Donald Trump's speech on the war in Iran in a post to X.

Joseph Duggar reportedly begged his family for forgiveness in handwritten letters following his arrest… But not for what you think. On Wednesday, sources for DailyMail.com alleged Joseph took time to write letters to each individual family member following his child molestation charges. In these letters, the reportedly “humiliated and embarrassed” Duggar took time to apologize [...] Read More... The post 'Humiliated' Joseph Duggar Wrote Letters To Each Of His Family Members Following Arrest -- THIS Is What He 'Apologized' For! appeared first on Perez Hilton.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said that AI could surpass "almost all humans at almost everything" shortly after 2027. While AI's capabilities are certainly improving, such rapid progress might seem at odds with findings that show AI is still failing at 95%+ of remote freelance projects, and continues to struggle with hallucination, long term planning, and forms of abstract reasoning that humans find easy. But recent work from METR has found evidence that LLMs can gain capabilities in rapid surges—jumping from succeeding almost never to almost always in just a few years. If this is true across the economy, it could mean that workers could be blindsided by AI advances.

Opinion | Investing has changed. Retirement plan regulations haven’t caught up.  The Washington Post

TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOR GLENN CLOSE WITH HAND & FOOTPRINT CEREMONY  Warner Bros. Discovery

Iran’s president appeals to Americans − but does his office still hold any real power?  The Conversation

Jonathan Turk faces murder charges after allegedly confessing in a 911 call to killing his parents with a hammer and knife at an Arizona home.

The CDC and White House issued a health advisory about medetomidine, a deadly veterinary sedative known as rhino tranq, found in illegal fentanyl.

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The suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry.

Live updates: Countries meet about Strait of Hormuz after Trump’s Iran war speech fails to calm nerves  CNN

Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as his attorney general  The Seattle Times

American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Detroit after a passenger allegedly made a false bomb threat, according to federal authorities.

Federal health and environmental agencies to study microplastics and pharmaceuticals in drinking water  Los Angeles Times

The truck was reportedly stolen under circumstances eerily similar to another theft that occurred at the same garage just weeks prior. The post Mass. family flies home from vacation to find truck stolen from Logan Airport garage appeared first on Boston.com.

"There is so much the world tells this community they cannot do because of a diagnosis, but Special Olympics focuses on what athletes can do, and I wish more of the world did that." The post This registered nurse is running Boston for Special Olympics Massachusetts appeared first on Boston.com.

US agencies to monitor drinking water for microplastics, pharmaceuticals  Reuters

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València, part of the Valencian University Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (VRAIN) and ValgrAI, has participated in the development of ADeLe, a new methodology that offers precise explanations and predictions regarding whether large language models (LLMs) will succeed or fail at specific new tasks they have not yet performed. Furthermore, this methodology identifies exactly the limits of any given model's reasoning capacity.

Police officials say that a former employee used the department's Facebook page to make a "deeply troubling" comment under a post about Fitzsimmons. The post North Andover police investigate ‘unauthorized’ social media comment about Kelsey Fitzsimmons case appeared first on Boston.com.

Oil prices jump after Trump demands others ‘take the lead’ on Hormuz Strait  The Washington Post

This video on Seattle's KEXP has music fans celebrating human creativity in an age of AI slop  GeekWire

They bought an S.F. alley for $26,000. Now it’s a community art project  San Francisco Chronicle

Less Performance, More Policy: A Case for Quiet Progress in Washington  Los Angeles Sentinel