• 👆 World Press Photo announced the winners of its 2025 photo contest, which highlights some of the world’s best photojournalism and documentary photography.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 🏡 Rocket Mortgage is acquiring Mr. Cooper Group, the country's largest mortgage servicer, for ~$9.4 billion; the combined entity will handle 1 out of every 6 mortgages in the US.
• 📺 Newsmax, the conservative cable channel, went public yesterday; shares rose 700+% in their first day of trading; company closed with a market cap of $10+ billion.
• 💰 OpenAI raised $40 billion at a $300 billion valuation; it marks the largest private funding round on record.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

in partnership with Niphtio

• 🇬🇧 Prince Harry resigned from Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in memory of his mother, amidst a dispute between the org’s chair and five of its trustees.
• 🐲 HBO’s House of the Dragon began production on Season 3; also announced new cast members. | 🌴 The White Lotus set a new viewership record with Season 3’s second-to-last episode, drawing 4.2 million cross-platform US viewers.
• 🏀 The Women’s Final Four is set: ___fill in later___ will join #1 seeds South Carolina and UCLA in Tampa this weekend. | ⚾ Braves OF Jurickson Profar, who joined the team this offseason in a three-year, $42 million deal, was suspended 80 games for using performance-enhancing drugs.

*From our partners: 🙃 Bookmarks: The digital equivalent of shoving papers in a drawer… Break the cycle with Niphtio, the browser extension helps you easily save, retrieve, and organize all that golden content that was important enough to save. Now compatible with Bluesky. Get Niphtio FREE here.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• ❄️ An iceberg the size of Chicago recently broke away from a floating glacier in Antarctica, revealing a never-before-seen underwater ecosystem.
• 🧑‍🚀 NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams gave their first public interviews since returning to Earth following a surprise nine-month ISS residence due to issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.
• 🦠 How eating “family style” may have set the stage for life as we know it.

MISCELLANEOUS

in partnership with Commons

• 🎓 The Trump admin is opening a review of ~$9 billion in federal grants and contracts received by Harvard University as part of the admin’s investigation into allegations of antisemitism on campus.
• 🇫🇷 Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s right-wing National Rally party, was convicted of embezzling EU funds; the ruling carries a four-year prison sentence and bans Le Pen from seeking public office for five years.
• 🏛️ President Trump floated the idea of seeking a third presidential term in a telephone interview with NBC News, saying he’s “not joking” about the prospect but doesn’t want to focus on it now; Presidents are limited to two terms under the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)

*From our partners: 🌎 Join Commons for the 2025 Earth Summit on Apr. 21-22…. Hosted in Oakland (in-person & FREE virtual tickets available), this event will be an Earth Day celebration and contemplation of collective power, company accountability, and community resilience. Learn more and get tickets here.

CLICKBAIT

• 🤔 What Does a Galaxy Taste Like?