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➤ The author of a children’s grief book was just convicted of poisoning her husband. (Hear Story)

➤ CBS News journalists staged a 24-hour walkout over fair wages and basic workplace protections. (Hear Details)

➤ Moms of college students are now arranging “playdates” for their socially struggling adult children. (Listen Now)

➤ TSA union leaders demanded that Congress end the DHS shutdown at an Atlanta airport press conference, saying agents face evictions and empty bank accounts after missing their first full paycheck. (More)

➤ Rep. James Comer, GOP chairman of the House Oversight Committee, on Tuesday subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (More)

➤ Joe Kent, head of the National Counterterrorism Center under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, resigned Tuesday over the Iran war, saying Iran had posed no imminent threat. (More)

➤ President Trump told reporters that he believes he’ll have the “honor of taking Cuba” as the island’s national power grid collapsed this week, leaving the population without electricity. (More)

➤ The Kennedy Center’s board voted Monday to shut down operations for two years ahead of a Trump-backed renovation, replacing President Richard Grenell with facilities executive Matt Floca. (More)

The World Cup is the most-watched sporting event on the planet.

Billions of people will tune in, and millions will gather in homes, restaurants, and neighborhoods to watch the matches together.

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➤ Iran is negotiating with FIFA to get their World Cup games moved from cities in the U.S. to Mexico, citing safety concerns. (More)

➤ Team USA soccer revealed two new team uniforms—a stars kit and a stripes kit—ahead of the 2026 World Cup. (See Uniforms)

➤ Projected costs for building the Tampa Bay Rays’ new ballpark have ballooned to $2.3 billion, including the proposed grid shell roof, which would cost $300 million more than projected. (More)

➤ Oregon quarterback Dante Moore penned a letter to the state’s governor earlier this month, revealing his personal struggle with depression and asking her to expand mental health services throughout the state. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: NBA | NHL | NCAAM | NCAAB | NCAASB | Soccer | World Baseball Classic | Tennis

➤ The men’s tournament kicked off last night with two First Four play-in games. Action continues tonight with Lehigh playing Prairie View A&M for a 16-seed and SMU playing Miami-Ohio for an 11-seed. (How to Watch)

➤ Alabama’s second-leading scorer, Aden Holloway, was just suspended after police found over two pounds of marijuana in his home. Coach Nate Oats said the team is preparing to play without him when it faces Hofstra on Friday (More)

➤ Yahoo Sports had Claude, an AI chatbot, pick every game of March Madness. The winner: No. 1 Duke beating No. 1 Arizona in the National Championship game. (More)

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➤ Big Stock Move: Tencent Music Entertainment Group stock fell nearly 25% on Tuesday, sparked by a decline in the user base for China’s leading music streaming platform. (More)

➤ Amazon launched one-hour delivery in hundreds of U.S. cities and three-hour delivery in more than 2,000 cities, with Prime members paying $9.99 and $4.99, respectively, for those delivery speeds. (More)

➤ U.S. diesel prices topped $5 a gallon for the first time since 2022, up 34% since the Iran war began, as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely shut to tanker traffic. (More)

➤ Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav stands to receive a payout of up to $887 million if Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of the company closes later this year. (More)

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➤ The New $450 Million Gold Rush: Military tanks and missiles can’t exist without tungsten, but China controls 84% of the global supply. The answer? Invest in a United States company with 1 million tons of tungsten (worth $450M) available under lease. (More)

At The Flyover, we’re big believers in bringing people together, and big cultural moments like the World Cup create a natural opportunity to do exactly that.

Victory Beyond the Cup makes it easy by sending you a free Host Kit with everything you need to organize a simple watch party for neighbors and friends.

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➤ Flying, wall-climbing robots that inspect ship hulls and ballast tanks up to 50 times faster than manual methods are heading to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet under a new $71 million contract. (More)

➤ A new study found that fewer than 10% of American adults now smoke cigarettes, the first time the rate has ever dropped to single digits, marking a milestone public health officials pursued for decades. (See Study)

➤  A rare blue whale with albinism was spotted off the coast of Loreto, Mexico, a sighting scientists are calling an unprecedented milestone for marine biology. (See Whale)

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➤ A psychologist identified four types of friends that enrich life the most: the Encourager, the Tailor, the Inquirer, and the Reader, each offering a distinct form of care. (Read About Types)

➤  Stress has a surprisingly short expiration date, and a simple timer-based trick can help anyone take advantage of it, a neuroscientist found. (See Trick)

➤ People on the internet are trying a “future self” prompt in ChatGPT, and the letters it writes back are catching them off guard. (Try Prompt)

➤ Sounds crazy, but Harvard scientists found the same bacteria that cause tooth decay deep inside the brains of 97% of patients with severe memory loss. If your gums are a specific shade of red, you could be at risk. Could you be affected? Watch this short video to find out: If Your Gums Look Like This, You Are At Risk of Memory Loss (Here’s What to Do).

➤ Len Deighton, the British spy novelist behind The IPCRESS File, who helped launch Michael Caine’s career with his gritty alternative to James Bond, died Sunday at 97. (More)

➤ The Los Angeles Metro’s Lost & Found office takes in about 1,000 items a month, and current inventory includes a prosthetic leg, a surfboard, a 55-inch TV, and a case of VHS tapes. (Watch Video)

➤ A new children’s book called Goodnight Light appears completely blank during the day but comes to life at night with glow-in-the-dark ink, then folds into a bedside lamp. (See Book)

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Are you filling out a March Madness bracket this year?

1. Already done
2. Still deciding
3. No, not my thing

Yesterday’s Results:

Have you ever written or attempted to write a book?

1. Not my thing: 50%
2. No, but I’d like to: 21%
3. Yes, never finished: 12%
4. Yes, it’s finished: 10%
5. Writing one now: 7%

Today’s Trivia

What’s the tallest man-made waterfall in the world? 

Show me the answer