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25 Things From Target That Your Newly Adopted Pet Will Thank You For Buying

It's time to help them feel more at home.

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James Dator

Video of Shohei Ohtani smashing a home run in Japan will give you goosebumps

This is something else.

The Tokyo Dome was packed to the rafters to see the Dodgers and Cubs compete in the Tokyo Series, and Shohei Ohtani didn’t disappoint. A 5th inning home run was met with one of the best crowd reactions you’ll ever hear.

That Shohei swing. #TokyoSeries pic.twitter.com/ca4BHlOFg9

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 19, 2025

This was the absolute dream moment that all 45,000 fans hoped to see. A national legend, who will likely surpass Ichiro as the...

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Mitchell Northam

The hardest and easiest path to the 2025 women’s NCAA Final Four

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Breaking down which top seeds in the 2025 women’s NCAA tournament can make it to Tampa.

Dawn Staley and Lindsay Gottlieb have both made noise in recent days about their team’s seeding in NCAA tournament. The Gamecocks and Trojans are both No. 1 seeds, but South Carolina is seeded second overall and USC is fourth. UCLA was the No. 1 overall seed, while Texas got the third nod.

But Staley really shouldn’t be complaining. One glance at South...

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NFL mock draft 2025: Browns pair Abdul Carter with Myles Garrett, Titans take QB Cam Ward at No. 1

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With Myles Garrett digging in his heels, the Browns decide to take the draft’s top defender in Penn State’s Abdul Carter.

The first week of free agency has come and gone and it went a long way toward changing what was actually the first rendition of this mock draft. We went back to the drawing board over the weekend and I think we’ve got it in a good place following the plethora of events that happened over the last eight or nine days.

Before...

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Mark Schofield

Isack Hadjar ‘confident’ ahead of F1 Chinese Grand Prix

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F1 rookie Isack Hadjar remains upbeat as he looks ahead to the Chinese Grand Prix

Given the fact that his Formula 1 debut at the Australian Grand Prix ended before it began, with a spin on the formation lap, you might expect Isack Hadjar to have some trepidation ahead of this week’s Chinese Grand Prix.

But that could not be further from the truth.

Speaking ahead of the weekend, the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls driver declared...

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Michael Grothaus

Wall Street layoffs: Morgan Stanley reportedly set to cut 2,000 finance jobs

The cuts are reportedly part of CEO Ted Pick’s plan to keep costs under control about a year after he took the top job.

It’s not just tech and media workers—and, of course, federal government employees—who are facing job cuts this year. Layoffs have come for Wall Street, too. Investment banking giant Morgan Stanley is about to lay off around 2,000 individuals, according to media reports. Here’s what you need to know.

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Mark Wilson

‘Is design dead?’ Design leaders wrestle with the question behind closed doors

10 insights on the health of the design industry from leaders at companies including P&G, 3M, Ford, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and more.

Since the term “design thinking” took off in 2000, the once boutique industry of design became a household term. Spurred on by the stratospheric growth of Apple after the iPhone launch in 2007, businesses invested untold sums purchasing design companies and building design proficiency in-house. The cherry on top arrived when McKinsey published a report in 2018...

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Purdue Pharma files a new $7 billion bankruptcy plan to settle opioid lawsuits

The filing is a milestone in the saga over Oxycontin lawsuits.

Purdue Pharma asked a bankruptcy judge late Tuesday to consider the latest version of its plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin, a deal that would have members of the Sackler family who own the company pay up to $7 billion.

The filing is a milestone in a tumultuous legal saga that has gone on for more than five years.

Under the deal the family members — estimated in...

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Henry Chandonnet

What happened to Netflix’s big bet on gaming?

In 2021, gaming was Netflix’s new economic frontier. In 2025, it’s not clear that the bet has paid off.

In 2021, Netflix’s executive vice president of game development Mike Verdu made a big announcement: “Let the Games Begin.” Four years later, Verdu is out—and Netflix’s grand experiment in gaming still feels like a work in progress.

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Megan Farokhmanesh

The Creator of the Smash Indie Game ‘Animal Well’ Is Already Working on His Next Project

Billy Basso talks about the seven years he spent developing his hit game, and what he’s up to next.

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Emily Mullin

Synchron’s Brain-Computer Interface Now Has Nvidia’s AI

The company has partnered with Nvidia to develop “cognitive AI,” which it says will allow people with severe physical disabilities to have more natural interactions with the world around them.

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Ryan Waniata

JBL Flip 7 Review: Party Time Refined

The Flip 7 adds new features, upgraded sound, and more battery.

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Nena Farrell

Aqara U50 Smart Lock Review (2025): Affordable Until the Hub

Aqara's minimalist, affordable smart lock has a nice price tag and works well, but the expensive Aqara hub is required to use all of its features.

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Julian Chokkattu

Google's Pixel 9a Is $499 and Undercuts the iPhone 16e

Arriving in April, this midrange Android smartphone gets a bigger battery, brighter screen, and even more AI.

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Mitchell Northam

5 under-the-radar players that deserve your attention during the women’s NCAA Tournament, including Diamond Johnson

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Norfolk State’s Diamond Johnson and USF’s Sammie Puisis are among the names you should know heading into the women’s NCAA Tournament.

If you’ve been even a casual observer of women’s college basketball this season, you know who JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers are. Perhaps you’ve seen Hannah Hidalgo and Flau’Jae Johnson in commercials, or Lauren Betts block shots and Aziaha James cross over defenders in highlights.

But do...

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Mark Schofield

6 storylines for the F1 Chinese Grand Prix

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Can Ferrari bounce back? What comes next in the Max Verstappen versus Lando Norris fight? Those and other questions for the Chinese Grand Prix

Last November in Sin City Max Verstappen crossed the line fifth, one spot ahead of Lando Norris.

But it was enough for the Red Bull driver to secure his fourth consecutive F1 Drivers’ Championship, leaving Norris to fight for second in the standings, and wonder what might have been.

At last week’s...

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“The White Lotus” Star Jason Isaacs Has Admitted It’d Be “Absurd” For Him To Think That Men Have “A Harder Time Than Women” In Cinema After His Reaction To Being Asked About His Nude Scene Sparked Backlash

After seemingly suggesting that the reaction to his nude scene was reflective of misandry, Jason has insisted he didn’t mean to imply that men have a harder time than women in cinema.

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Ohtani homers as Dodgers sweep Cubs in Japan

Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, Roki Sasaki threw three eventful innings in his big-league debut and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Wednesday night to sweep the two-game series in Japan.

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Jonah E. Bromwich

Judge Says Khalil’s Deportation Case Can Be Heard in New Jersey

The Trump administration has sought to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, though he is a legal permanent resident and has not been charged with a crime.

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Amazon Echo alternatives with better privacy options

Amazon recently confirmed that Alexa users will no longer have the ability to process requests locally, meaning your voice recordings will be stored in Amazon's servers, no matter what you think about it. That's...not great.

The good news is there are a couple of major alternatives you can use that have better privacy settings. The settings aren't necessarily ideal in every case, as you're still talking into a microphone that's connected to the internet. But they're still better than what...

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