Month: March 2025

Seth Rogen, Martha Stewart and more NPR interviews this week : NPR

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Hundreds stand outside of a New York courthouse to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who was arrested by federal immigration agents in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Noor Abdalla and her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, are expecting their first child next…

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Immutable X and zkEVM NFT Sales Surge 55% in Q4 2024, But Market Participation Declines

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In the fourth quarter of 2024, the total NFT sales volume across Immutable X and Immutable zkEVM increased by 55.3% quarter-over-quarter. Messari’s latest analysis revealed that the figure rose from $51.2 million to $79.5 million. Market Participation Plummets Despite this growth, both the average daily sellers and buyers declined significantly, with daily sellers dropping 43.0%…

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Cryptocurrency

Reddit Becomes a Lifeline for Federal Workers Scared of Losing Their Jobs

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On March 4, a Trump appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs circulated a memo to senior leadership. The agency, it said, would “move out aggressively” to improve efficiency, with an “initial objective” of cutting the work force to 2019 levels. The next morning, someone posted a copy of this “reduction in force” memo to…

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Technology

NBA free agency: Russell Westbrook, Quentin Grimes and the odd situations that loom

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Get ready for a different kind of free agency this summer: Less wild, perhaps, but weirder. At first, the 2025 NBA free-agent class doesn’t exactly overwhelm you with front-line talent. This isn’t the year for superstars holding meetings in the Hamptons while teams wait on pins and needles for franchise-altering decisions. Only one likely All-NBA…

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Sports

Robert De Niro plays two mob bosses : NPR

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Robert De Niro plays Frank Costello in The Alto Knights. Jennifer Rose Clasen/Warner Bros. hide caption toggle caption Jennifer Rose Clasen/Warner Bros. It’s been 10 years since Barry Levinson directed a new feature, and if that seems like a long wait, I should note that it’s taken 50 years for The Alto Knights, his new…

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China’s property market edges toward an inflection point

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Urban buildings in Huai’an city, Jiangsu province, China, on March 18, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — UBS analysts on Wednesday became the latest to raise expectations that China’s struggling real estate market is close to stabilizing. “After four or five years of a downward cycle, we have begun to see…

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Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri has been detained. Here’s what we know : NPR

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Healy Hall, the flagship building of Georgetown University’s main campus in Washington, D.C., is seen in 2011. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge has blocked immigration officials from deporting a Georgetown University professor and postdoctoral scholar who was detained by the Trump administration earlier…

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Education

PureEdge Pure Smart TruColor A19 Smart Bulb review: Nope

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At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Plenty of flexibility, courtesy of the WiZ ecosystem Very responsive to app commands Cons Wildly overpriced Dynamic modes are not very dynamic SpaceSense feature doesn’t work with mesh Wi-Fi networks Our Verdict PureEdge’s color light bulb supports the WiZ smart home standard and features a bevy of extras, but…

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In star-studded Los Angeles, it’s JuJu Watkins’ show

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LOS ANGELES — USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb and her star player, JuJu Watkins, were invited to the annual Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Blue Diamond Gala in May. In a who’s-who world of L.A. glitterati, Gottlieb was astounded by how many people flocked to Watkins. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and owner Mark Walter wanted to meet…

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Young men drifted Right in ’24. Can the Left compete in the ‘battle for the bros’? : NPR

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TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently joined the manosphere, the world of political podcasts, streams and YouTube channels, where young men have become the new MAGA vanguard. (SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, “THIS IS GAVIN NEWSOM”) GAVIN NEWSOM: This is Gavin Newsom, and this is Steve Bannon. And…

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