Kyle Nowak

🏀 Over the weekend, the Dallas Mavericks traded 25-year-old superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for 31-year-old big Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick, in a multi-team trade that has NBA fans and players more surprised than at the end of a Knives Out movie.

🔵 Yesterday – after 17,000+ shows and 82,000+ gallons of paint – the Blue Man Group played its final show in the Big Apple, where it’s been celebrating weirdness and inspiring sitcom writers with its antic-filled performances since 1991.

"Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there."

–Will Rogers (1875-1939)

❓ Our question to you: What do you think is needed to get America’s young students back on track?

🔥 It’s Monday, February 3rd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🌎 On Saturday, President Trump announced the first major tariffs of his second administration, in a move that sparked retaliatory measures and laid the groundwork for a global trade conflict.

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📝 The results from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka “America’s Report Card,” were published this week by an Education Department agency.

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"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."

–Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

🏢 This week, the country’s biggest office-to-residential space conversion – a 1,300 apartment remodel of a million-square-foot brick building in NYC’s Financial District originally constructed to house computers – hit the market.

🔥 It’s Friday, January 31st – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

✈️💥 America likely experienced its worst aviation disaster in almost a quarter century on Wednesday night, when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet above D.C.

🎭🤖 It’s awards season in Hollywood – and instead of debating over which A-lister was snubbed, one of the biggest controversies centers around how the Academy should consider AI usage.

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“Anyone who wants to achieve a dream must stay strong, focused and steady.”

–Estée Lauder (1908-2004)

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with the Trump administration’s order to temporarily pause federal aid programs pending an across-the-board review?

🏈📺 Fox is charging a record $8+ million for nearly a dozen of its 30-second slots for the upcoming Super Bowl LIX👅, per multiple reports, up from last year’s $7 million record price.

🔥 It’s Thursday, January 30th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

☄️🧬 Samples from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which were recently collected by NASA, contain a wide assortment of organic molecules – including many of the crucial building blocks of life.