• 👆 Octagon Earthworks, the largest remnant of hand-constructed hills in Ohio dating back ~2,000 years, is now open to the public for the first time in over a century. Researchers believe the site was built by the ancient Hopewell Culture, a mysterious civilization that left no written records. The structure is in perfect alignment with the moon and was likely used for shared rituals and worship.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 💳 11.12% of credit-card accounts were making the minimum payment in Q4 2024, up from 10.87% in Q3 2024, per new Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia data; both figures represent record highs.
• ✍️ President Trump signed executive orders aimed at boosting the US coal industry, in part to meet the energy-intensive needs of artificial intelligence. | 🗳️ The House voted 217-211 to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5; it now heads to President Trump to sign.
• 🛰️ Amazon delayed the launch of its first Project Kuiper internet satellites due to bad weather.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🙏 Dominican nightclub collapse: The roof of the legendary Jet Set club in Santo Domingo collapsed early Tuesday, killing at least 124 people and injuring 250 others; the death toll includes merengue icon Rubby Pérez (who was singing) as well as former MLB players Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco.
• 🎥 HBO’s The Last of Us was renewed for a third season ahead of Season 2’s premiere.
• 🎸 Tracy Chapman is re-releasing her debut album in celebration of its 35th anniversary. | 🌞 Coachella kicks off this weekend; see some of the most anticipated acts.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🪰 Harvard researchers used a combination of light and smells to control fruit flies and make them act like miniature robots.
• 🦕 Dinosaurs weren't in decline before the meteor that wiped them out ~66 million years ago, per a new study; researchers say the previous theory that dinos were shrinking in numbers and diversity comes from faulty fossil data.
• 🔥 The hottest Schrödinger's cat ever was created by physicists in a quantum technology breakthrough.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• 🎓 The Trump admin froze $1+ billion in federal funding for Cornell and $790 million for Northwestern over alleged civil-rights violations.
• 📰 A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the Associated Press’ access to presidential events after the White House exiled AP reporters over the org’s refusal to use “Gulf of America” in its stylebook.
• 🇺🇦🇨🇳 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 155 Chinese nationals are fighting alongside Russia’s military in Ukraine; White House officials said the US is still working to confirm Zelensky’s assertion.

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