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- Digital safety Manitoba eyes schools as first step in youth social media, AI chatbot ban Education Minister Tracy Schmidt says the province is looking at classrooms first, but key questions remain about age limits, enforcement and timing
- NBA Awards Cooper Flagg edges Kon Knueppel for NBA Rookie of the Year The Mavericks’ 19-year-old star won a close 2025-26 vote after a season-long race that tightened around Knueppel’s Play-In Tournament struggles
- Economic fallout Iran war’s economic hit may linger through 2026, economists say Oil and gas prices have jumped since the conflict began, raising costs for drivers, travelers and households even if fighting eases soon
Federal charges after dinner shooting
Correspondents’ dinner suspect charged with trying to assassinate Trump
Cole Tomas Allen made his first federal court appearance after prosecutors said he rushed a Washington Hilton security checkpoint with guns and knives during the annual media dinner
Treasury
Bessent defends potential dollar swap lines for Gulf and Asian allies
The Treasury secretary cast the discussions as routine as the Trump administration weighs financial backstops sought by partners during the Iran war
Artificial intelligence
Musk-Altman OpenAI trial puts AI’s mission and money on the stand
The federal case asks whether OpenAI strayed from its founding purpose as it became one of the most valuable companies in artificial intelligence
Reiner family killings
Jake Reiner describes ‘living nightmare’ after parents’ killings
Rob and Michele Reiner’s eldest son wrote that his world collapsed after learning they had been stabbed to death; his brother Nick has pleaded not guilty to murder
EPA science
NYT: Trump Administration Is Dismantling EPA Research Office
The report says a prestigious EPA science office that operated for decades with insulation from political pressure is now being taken apart
Heart drug pipeline
Drugmakers eye Lp(a) as next big test in heart medicine
Novartis, Amgen and Eli Lilly are in late-stage trials to see whether sharply lowering a genetic cholesterol risk can prevent heart attacks