• 👆 You’re looking at the “true face” of Lucy, the famous human ancestor who proved that our early relatives walked on two legs some ~3 million years ago, before developing larger brains; Lucy’s face was recently reconstructed by an international team of scientists and 3D design experts.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📉 US markets continued their seesaw ride; major indexes fell across the board one day after undergoing a historic upswing (S&P: -3.5%; Dow: -2.5%; Nasdaq: -4.3%). | 🇨🇳 Tariffs on Chinese imports are now 145%, the White House clarified yesterday.
• 📝 Inflation rose 2.4% YoY in March, per new data; that’s less than economists expected and down from 2.8% in Feb.; the month-over-month CPI fell 0.1%, its first monthly drop since May 2020. | 🏡 The average 30-year mortgage rate rose ~0.3% this week to reach 6.90%, per Mortgage News Daily.
• 🤝 Luxury purchase: Prada is buying Versace for ~$1.4 billion.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🍿 The Cannes Film Festival announced this year’s official lineup.
• 💰 Soulja Boy was ordered to pay $4 million to a Jane Doe who accused him of sexual battery and abuse during a two-year relationship.
• ⛳ The Masters teed off yesterday; Justin Rose is currently in the lead by three strokes (-7). | Read about the traditions that make the tournament unlike any other.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🤖 OpenAI countersued Elon Musk, citing an alleged "relentless" yearslong campaign of "harassment"; the company also claims he wants to be “AGI dictator.”
• 🦭 An analysis of medieval books found many were bound using seal skin.
• 🧊 Europe’s climate got a lot colder for a century or two starting around 540 AD, per a new study; this “mini ice age” may have played a role in the fall of the Roman Empire. | 🌌 Researchers unveiled the most precise measurement yet of a neutrino; a better understanding of the tiny particles should help scientists better understand the universe.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• ✈️ Two American Airlines jets clipped wings on the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; the incident didn’t produce any injuries or major damage; six members of Congress were aboard one of the planes.
• 🇮🇷 The US will hold direct talks tomorrow with Iran regarding its nuclear program. | 🇨🇳 Chinese officials in a secret December meeting acknowledged that Beijing was behind years of widespread cyberattacks on US infrastructure, per a new Wall Street Journal report. | 🇷🇺 The US and Russia conducted a prisoner swap.
• 🏛️ The House voted 216-214 in favor of a Republican budget blueprint approved by the Senate; Speaker Mike Johnson made spending cut assurances to GOP holdouts. (Dive deeper: Congress is split over a new budget)

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