Keeping up with America

• U.S. authorities have been flying migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Canada border to Texas as part of a deterrence effort to tackle a rise in crossings, according to authorities, flight records and a Reuters witness.

• Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, was hospitalized after he was beaten while in a South Florida LA Fitness steam room Tuesday. "An altercation occurred between several individuals, leaving Daniel Hernandez injured," the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

• President Joe Biden plans to have a brief meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's biggest political rival during an official visit to Canada that begins on Thursday, a senior administration official said.

• Six people were killed after a car crashed into a work zone on I-695 in Baltimore County on Wednesday afternoon, Maryland State Police confirmed. At about 12:40 p.m., a car drove in between temporarily placed jersey walls, striking multiple construction workers before overturning, according to a preliminary investigation.

• TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew will be opening a lion's mouth and placing his own head into it. He's giving testimony in the US Congress for the first time, a scary thing to do. And at stake is the future of the phenomenally popular video-sharing app in the US.

Daily World News

• Canada's population grew by over a million people for the first time ever in 2022, the government said on Wednesday. The country's population increased from 38,516,138 on 1 January, 2022 to 39,566,248 people on 1 January 2023, Statistics Canada said.

• Russia launched a new wave of missiles and armed drones into Ukraine, shelling residential buildings in the south and killing seven people in a school dormitory in the Kyiv region, hours after China’s president concluded a visit to Moscow to reinforce a partnership with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

• Israel's settlers change West Bank landscape with hilltop outposts. One thing - perhaps the only thing - is beyond dispute. That this is a stunning landscape, particularly now, deep into spring. (More)

Business & Tech

• Fusion power is coming back into fashion (More)

• Mortgage demand increases again, but interest rates are rising (More)

• Writers Guild Says It’s Pushing to Prohibit AI-Generated Works Under Contract in Negotiations (More)

Wealthy Wise

• U.S. Fed delivers small rate hike amid global banking turmoil (More) | What happens during a ‘credit crunch’ — and how you can prepare for one (More)

• UBS-Credit Suisse deal puts Switzerland’s reputation on the line, Sam Meredith. UBS agreed to buy its embattled domestic rival Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.2 billion) as part of a government-backed, cut-price deal. Swiss authorities and regulators helped to negotiate the agreement, which came amid fears of contagion to the global banking system after two smaller U.S. banks collapsed in recent weeks.

• Here’s How Much Money Experts Say You Should Have in Your Savings Account If You’re in Your 50s (More)

Sports and Entertainment

• Grizzlies' Ja Morant comes off bench in return vs. Rockets (More) | Jets showing real interest to pair free agent receiver with Aaron Rodgers (More)

• Justin Roiland Domestic Violence Charges Dismissed by Orange County District Attorney (More) | 12-Year-Old ‘Cocaine Bear’ Star Unveils New Comic Book She Created and Co-Authored (More)

• Wayne Swinny, guitarist and founding member of Saliva, dies after 'spontaneous brain hemorrhage' (More) | Dolly Parton will reveal 'passion for fashion' in book 'Behind the Seams: My Life In Rhinestones' (More)

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