• ☝️ Earth Day 2025: Americans across the country gathered to observe the international annual event aimed at raising awareness about environmental issues.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📈 US markets closed higher, recovering from Monday’s losses (S&P: +2.5%; Dow: +2.7%; Nasdaq: +2.7%). | Gold briefly rose above $3,500/ounce for the first time.
• 🚗 Tesla reported Q1 earnings that missed on top and bottom line estimates; automotive revenue fell 20% from a year earlier.
• 💳 Capital One’s ~$35 billion acquisition of Discover Financial was approved by US regulators; the deal will create America's largest credit-card issuer by total loan volume (~$250 billion; 22% of US credit card market).

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

in partnership with Wild

• 🏀 The NBA Playoffs’ First Round is in full swing. | 🏒 The NHL Playoffs are also in the middle of Round 1.
• 👟 Tennis legend Andre Agassi will make his professional pickleball debut with Anna Leigh Waters, an 18-year-old ranked #1 in the world. | 🥊 WrestleMania 41 last weekend was the most viewed and highest-grossing event in company history.
• 🏈 Shannon Sharpe, a Pro Football Hall of Fame TE, was accused of rape in a $50 million lawsuit filed in Nevada. | 📺 Bill Owens, executive producer and longtime head of CBS' 60 Minutes, resigned after 37 years, citing a loss of independence.
• ❤️‍🔥 Netflix’s Heartstopper will conclude with a full-length feature film after Season 3.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• ☄️ Two separate meteor showers—the Lyrids and Eta Aquarids—will overlap in the night sky through April 26.
• 🤖 Canada has seen a recent spike in books about political figures (like PM Mark Carney) created via generative AI and sold on Amazon, per Bloomberg.
• 🏥 Overall US cancer deaths steadily declined between 2001-2022, per a new study.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

in partnership with Your Everyday Heroes

• 🏛️ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly shared information about US military strikes in Yemen in a second Signal group chat that included his wife and brother; Hegseth says the messages were “informal” and “unclassified.”
• 🎓 The National Institutes of Health says it will pull medical research funding from any US university with DEI programs or boycotts of Israeli companies. | Harvard University sued the Trump admin over its decision to freeze billions worth of grants and contracts.
• 🏛️ Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a plan to reorganize the State Department and realign it with President Trump’s priorities. | Nadine Menendez, wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), was convicted of partnering with her husband in a yearslong bribery scheme tied to Egypt.

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CLICKBAIT

• 🤯 Optical illusions and how they work