The Sweet 16 round is in full swing, and eight matchups will decide who moves forward. First up, Louisville faces Michigan in a game that could hinge on how well the Cardinals defend the perimeter. Michigan’s stars, Olivia Olson and Syla Swords, have been hard to stop this season, so Louisville m
Better Home & Finance is teaming up with Coinbase to let people who own Bitcoin or USDC use those coins as collateral for a mortgage. The plan is to launch the product within three months, offering a way for crypto holders to buy homes without selling their digital assets. Only about 1 % of recen
Canadian trade officials are pushing hard to finish a free‑trade agreement with the Mercosur group by this fall. The country wants to speed up talks, aiming for meetings every six weeks or so, according to the minister of international trade speaking at a WTO event in Cameroon. He has already held t
The White House lawn will soon host a UFC cage‑style fight, scheduled to honor President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and the country’s 250th anniversary. A temporary six‑foot wire mesh octagon will be set up, and fighters will showcase a mix of kickboxing, jiu‑jitsu, wrestling and other martial art
The newest chapter of the horror series, released on February 18, smashed previous sales records. In just three hours it sold 110, 000 copies, reached 175, 000 by the end of day one, and climbed to 275, 000 in its first week. Those numbers put it at the top of global Steam sales and made it the lead
The state’s farmers are the unseen heroes that keep our plates full. Minnesota is sixth in overall farm output across the U. S. and leads in more than 20 products, such as sugar beets, turkeys, green peas, hogs, sweet corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds, canola, dry beans and oats. Corn is the fou
Mackay, a city in Queensland, is getting ready for a big event this December. A traveling exhibition celebrating Disney’s 100-year history will open at the Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre. Visitors won’t just see famous characters—they’ll get a close-up look at rarely shown items, like cost
Doctors often struggle to agree on back problems because scans can look different from person to person. A narrowing in the lower spine called lumbar spinal stenosis is one tough case. Traditional MRI scans help, but experts don’t always see the same things when they look. Now, researchers are testi
Countries across Asia and the Pacific are racing to set 16 as the minimum age for social media apps like TikTok and Instagram. Indonesia will enforce its new rule this month, while Indian states such as Karnataka are considering similar steps. The move plays well with voters and makes tech bosses lo
Researchers have discovered a new biological marker that could change how schizophrenia is treated. The marker is a protein named CACNA2D1 found in the fluid around the brain. People with schizophrenia have lower levels of this protein, which may make their brain signals overactive and cause thinkin
