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The 2025 March Madness Elite 8 features No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 3 LSU. Here are expert game picks, predictions for women's NCAA bracket.

A plane that left from Des Moines International Airport in Iowa crashed just north of the twin cities in Minnesota. No one aboard the plane survived.

Waning interest in BrightDrop vans is more likely than tariff threats, as the GM Canada plant briefly shut down to adjust for lower demand. See link below ??

After getting two Supplemental Security Income checks in February, beneficiaries will get their April payment at the normal time – but the month of May brings more payment quirks. See the full payment schedule:

President Donald Trump's long-promised “Liberation Day in America” arrives Wednesday, April 2, as he prepares to unleash his most significant round of #tariffs yet after already slapping duties on imports that have shaken markets and ignited a global #tradewar. That day, Trump is set to announce his reciprocal tariffs, which will apply to countries that are the largest contributors to the $1.2 trillion U.S. trade deficit. It will officially go into effect Thursday. Here's what to know ahead of what Trump has called "the big one:"

"They are selfless and incredible." Former Education Department employees grieve for recently laid-off workers. https://lnkd.in/gs6VXzai

?? Alysa Liu let out a shocked smile Friday night, as the crowd at TD Garden roared and the stuffed animals began to rain down on the ice. Three years after retiring, and one year after unretiring, she was, improbably, a world champion. Liu became the first American woman in nearly two decades to win a world figure skating title Friday, clinching history with a brilliant, poised performance to the music of Boston-born disco artist Donna Summer. After winning the short program portion of the women's singles competition earlier this week, she won the free skate, too ? sealing her place atop the podium with the final performance of the night. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dWiy6SjK

Anguish. The feeling was almost palpable in the crisp spring air on Friday, as Nikki Churchwell exited the U.S. Department of Education headquarters. She’d been slotted to clean out her office on the second floor at 9:15 a.m. Then she said one final goodbye to the job she'd loved for almost 10 years. Dozens of well-wishers stood waiting for her with signs. “Your work matters!” one read. “SOLIDARITY.” “Just remember,” a voice in the crowd called out as Churchwell juggled cardboard boxes and tote bags. “They can’t take away what we did.” https://lnkd.in/gbcW4UWy

Today is the final day of business for 27 Kohl's locations. The stores, scattered across 15 states, were marked for closure in January when the company said they would be shuttered by April. The webpages of the stores show that the lights will be turned off at the close of business Saturday. California has 10 stores set to close, the most of any state. Here's a list of all locations: https://lnkd.in/gMMcceJb

The QVC Group which owns shopping channels QVC and HSN, which is in the midst of a restructuring, announced it was laying off 900 employees. It's working to expand beyond its linear cable and satellite TV channels to dominate TikTok, Facebook, Netflix, YouTube and other streaming platforms.