Keeping up with America

• The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has retained advisers to sell the securities portfolios that the new owners of failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank rejected, according to people familiar with the matter.

• At least 24 injured people have been taken to hospital after a "devastating" tornado hit Little Rock, Arkansas, according to the city's mayor. The twister churned through the state's capital city on Friday, flipping cars, smashing roofs and toppling trees.

• Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has been discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his office announced Friday. Fetterman had been undergoing treatment for clinical depression at Walter Reed since checking himself into the hospital in February at the recommendation of the attending physician of the U.S. Congress.

• The U.S. Army on Friday identified the nine soldiers killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Wednesday evening. The U.S. service members were aboard two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters during a routine training mission when the incident occurred, the Army said in a news release.

• Authorities say seven US health investigators fell ill while probing the impact of the 3 February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the investigator's symptoms included nausea and headaches.

Daily World News

• Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of eight migrants, including two children, who died trying to cross illegally from Canada into the US. A police helicopter spotted two more bodies in the St Lawrence River on Friday. Two families from Romania and India are among the dead. Officials at the time were searching for a missing boater in the area, Casey Oakes, 30. He is still missing.

• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in the running to be the new head of NATO. A number of NATO member states have suggested von der Leyen would take over the alliance this October. NATO's current Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is expected to end his term as planned in October, after his mandate has been extended three times and having served for a total of almost nine years.

• Evan Gershkovich Loved Russia, the Country That Turned on Him. The Wall Street Journal correspondent, whose parents fled the Soviet Union, made Moscow a second home. He was detained by the FSB and charged with espionage, an allegation the Journal vehemently denies (More)

Business & Tech

• Archaeology and genomics together with Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American West (More)

• York student uses AI chatbot to get parking fine revoked (More)

• Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT over privacy concerns (More)

Wealthy Wise

• Here are 5 things to know before the April 18 federal tax deadline (More) | This tax move is a ‘game changer’ for the self-employed, advisor says (More)

• Social Security fund projected to be depleted sooner than expected. Rob Wile and Julie Tsirkin, NBC News. The trustees who oversee the Social Security and Medicare trust funds have released new projections outlining the financial health of those programs and how long they are expected to cover payments to recipients. The report cites “significant financing issues” for the shortfall. Despite this, Medicare trustees say the fund "still faces a substantial financial shortfall that will need to be addressed with further legislation.”

• Why Seasonality Doesn’t Matter in the Housing Market This Spring (More)

Sports and Entertainment

• Aldridge cites Brady as he retires for second time (More) | Kansas freshman Gradey Dick to enter NBA draft (More)

• Exit of Netflix’s Lisa Nishimura Marks End of an Era for the Streamer (More) | Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery Among Top Hollywood Stock Gainers in First Quarter (More)

• 'Rust' assistant director Dave Halls gets suspended jail sentence (More) | Shamier Anderson's Hollywood grind is not stopping (More)

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