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Judge halts requirement that colleges show race isn't considered in admissions
The states argue the data collection effort threats student privacy and could lead to baseless investigations of colleges and universities
‘Bob’s Burgers’ Star Eugene Mirman Shares Health Update After Fiery Crash
The governor of New Hampshire and a member of her security detail swung into action at the scene after Mirman became trapped in the burning car.
Steven McBee Jr. Shares a Behind-the-Scenes Update on the "Family Business" (PHOTO)
The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys' Steven McBee Jr. is sharing a behind-the-scenes look at running the family business.
Does a late state budget really matter? This Albany watchdog says yes
It’s a pattern that one good-government watchdog group doesn’t want you to get too comfortable with.
N.Y. attorney general, other AGs sue over Trump mail-in voting executive order
It calls for the Social Security Administration to prepare a list of verified eligible voters and requires absentee ballots to only be sent to each state's approved list.
DC Wrap: 2 U.S. planes go down in Mideast; Trump proposes defense spending boost
A look at the day's biggest stories in national politics
DC Wrap: 2 U.S. planes go down in Mideast; Trump proposes defense spending boost
A look at the day's biggest stories in national politics
Major companies adding fees, surcharges amid rising fuel costs
United Airlines and Amazon are among the corporations that increased fees this week
Is there enough supply of cannabis in New York to meet the demand?
New York’s legal cannabis market continues to grow, surpassing $3 billion in total reported retail sales. As demand grows, so must supply.
State denies challenge to candidate for York County Sheriff
The Maine Secretary of State’s office has denied two challenges to a Lyman man’s fitness to run for York County Sheriff this fall.
Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer named AP men's national player of the year
Boozer received 59 of 61 votes from AP Top 25 voters in results released Friday.
Legislator calls for Albany County to drop sales tax on clothing, footwear
Republican Mark Grimm is introducing legislation to cut the county sales tax on purchases of clothing and shoes costing less than $110 per item.
Former U.S. ambassador speaks about Iran at UMaine
Nicholas Burns, who served as ambassador to China, NATO and Greece, shared his thoughts on the Trump presidency, U.S. relations with China and the war in Iran: “When you conduct a war, the whole reputation and future of the country is on the line."
Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed
Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:
Stay tuned, Cincinnati: WKRP is coming to town, N.C. station's director says
The call sign, made famous by a TV sitcom that ran 1978-82, will be transferred by the Raleigh station that acquired it more than a decade ago.
‘The Madison’ Star Ben Schnetzer Reveals His Favorite Scene to Film
Why there was something magical about that day on set in Montana.
Democratic-led states sue to stop Trump's mail-in ballots executive order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to create a national list of eligible voters and limit mail-in ballots
15 New York state senators urge Hochul to suspend gas tax
Sen. Michelle Hinchey and others are calling on the governor to enact a gas tax holiday in response to rising fuel costs caused by the war in Iran.
Kentucky lawmakers clear way for statue or artwork honoring McConnell
The Republican-led Kentucky Legislature plans to install a tribute to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. in the State Capitol rotunda when it reopens.
DC Wrap: Bondi fired; Trump orders new tariffs; panel OKs ballroom plans
A look at the day's biggest stories in national politics
Trump ballroom gets approval from agency after judge halts work on it
The future of the $400 million ballroom is uncertain following the ruling from a federal judge this week halting construction.
Kenosha barbershop owner sees higher prices due to tariffs
A White House spokesperson defended the President’s tariffs, saying he's use them to renegotiate trade deals and lower drug prices.
Federal judge dismisses South Texas woman’s wrongful arrest lawsuit
The lawsuit stems from the woman’s arrest four years ago in the Rio Grande Valley over a self-induced abortion.
Take a Sneak Peek at a Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred In-Game Cutscene
Our April IGN First "cover story" is underway with Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred! As we kick off our coverage today, get an exclusive first look at an in-game cutscene from Diablo 4's upcoming second expansion.
Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security
He announced the unilateral move in a social media post
EqualityMaine says ruling not likely to impact Maine law
On Tuesday, the nation’s highest court ruled 8-1 that a Colorado law is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment rights of mental health professionals.
SCOTUS hears arguments on birthright citizenship
Supreme Court justices are debating whether to strip children of their American citizenship if their parents are undocumented immigrants.
State audit critical of financial operations, oversight at Western Regional OTB
The audit reveals that "board members have allowed a system with a lack of transparency, documentation or oversight," Tom DiNapoli stated.
Columbus is betting big on women's sports — and the payoff is already here
Columbus is going all in on women's sports — and the city's bottom line is already feeling it.
White House ballroom expected to get approved days after ruling halting work
A spokesperson for the National Capital Planning Commission says the agency is moving ahead with Thursday's vote because the judge's ruling affects construction activities, not planning
Republican plan to fund Homeland Security could get first test vote on Thursday
Johnson and Thune announced a return Wednesday to the bipartisan Senate plan worked out with Democrats that funds most of the department
Republican plan to fund Homeland Security could get first test vote on Thursday
Johnson and Thune announced a return Wednesday to the bipartisan Senate plan worked out with Democrats that funds most of the department
Maine high court hears ranked choice voting arguments
In 2017, the justices “concluded that ranked-choice voting was inconsistent with the constitutional requirement that the winners of those elections must be determined by ‘a plurality of’ all votes returned,” according to the AG’s office.
Memphis People in Business for April 2, 2026
A look at promotions, hirings, movers and newsmakers in the Memphis area business scene.
General Assembly passes budget, JCPS changes in final-day rush
Kentucky lawmakers passed a two-year state budget and several other major bills on the final day before the veto period.
Dayton health dept. launches hub showing community health data
The data includes community health outcomes, environmental measures, emergency preparedness data and more.
State budget overtime: Where talks stand around climate, immigration
It comes as conversations continue at a glacial pace around Hochul’s pitch to transform car insurance policy to lower rates and dial back the state’s 2019 climate law amid affordability concerns.
After USDA discontinues it, N.Y. pushes to continue food security reporting
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports. "These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger."
THC vapes used by teens impacting their health, doctors say
A small device, illegal to use in New York until age 21, is having ripple effects on schools.
Yet another San Antonio business shutters in rapidly evolving part of town
The neighborhood's food and drink scene is in flux.
City Council proposes $6B savings plan to plug budget gap
City Council Speaker Julie Menin revealed the proposal as an alternative to the mayor's approach.
DC Wrap: Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case
A look at the day's biggest stories in national politics
Mamdani unveils comprehensive childcare provider map
The mayor said the map will also show health and safety information.
Texas judge rejects push to let churches make political endorsements
Several Texas churches and national Christian groups brought the lawsuit challenging the Johnson Amendment.
Scene One Entertainment completes purchase of Spectrum 8 Theatres, renovations coming soon
It's official: Scene One is the new owner of the Spectrum 8. CEO Joe Masher plans upgrades to parking and seating, as well as lobby renovations for Albany theater.
The She Wolf returns to Los Angeles
Shakira will perform at Intuit Dome June 13-14
Pictures: Vehicle hit brick pillar outside business on Sawmill Road
A vehicle hit a building at 6591 Sawmill Road in Dublin.There were no injuries, despite structural damage at the scene.Police are investigating the incident. T
Faulkingham responds to alleged labor violations
Faulkingham is an outspoken critic of Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, and many of the state agencies under her control.
Lineup announced for Rochester Broadway Theatre League's 2026-2027 season
"BOOP! The Musical" will lead the next season beginning in October.
Behind the scenes at the Department of Public Health: How a Harvard physician is supporting child well-being
When Harvard Medical School and Mass General Hospital’s Ingrid Bassett, M.D. ’00, M.P.H. ’07, began her public service leave at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), she set out…
Collins does not want ‘boots on the ground’ in Iran
The senator also shrugged off polling data about her potential opponents in the election this fall.
Maine GOP says audit shows continued problems in state government
House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) said he and other Republicans have been demanding improvements since last year’s audit showed deficiencies.
Proposed Amazon distribution hub draws crowd in Waterville
Camber Development, a Boston-based company, is in the early stages of applying for the permits needed to build a 159,000 square foot building on about 50 acres on Junction Road near Trafton Road.
Scene calendar: Local theater, live music, art and dance at Santa Fe
A comprehensive list of Gainesville-area entertainment events.
Trans athletes find space in Brooklyn sports leagues
All programs are inclusive, though the center says some ensure trans people are centered.
Procurement Roadshow in Germany: Health
Join German companies to explore World Bank Group health sector procurement. Learn about WBG reforms, tender requirements, and market opportunities with experts.
Manhattan DA pushes state lawmakers for tougher 3D-printed gun laws
The top Manhattan prosecutor is supporting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s effort to crack down on both 3D-printed ghost guns and 3D-printed auto sears.
Contract for license plates readers 'automatically renewed,' Troy mayor says
the contract for the Flock license plate-reading cameras and software was "automatically renewed," Mayor Carmella Mantello said.
Deborah Glick: SCOTUS ruling on conversion therapy ban will harm LGBTQ+ kids
An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment.
Mayor Mamdani announces return of social media app for NYC government
The city will now allow agencies to start posting again on the short-form social media site.
'I didn't know we had one': Some lawmakers unaware of airline perks
Delta Airlines announced it was suspending a special service for members of Congress during the partial government shutdown.
Person Trapped Under Crane Dies At Carol Stream Business: Authorities
The person was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR, PBS
The judge says the First Amendment right to free speech "does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type"
Bruce Blakeman denied public campaign matching funds in race for N.Y. governor
The state Public Campaign Finance Board on Tuesday voted 4-3 on a resolution that disqualifies Blakeman from the program over a technicality.
Jury can't reach verdict in corruption trial of 2 ex-FirstEnergy executives
A jury in Akron said Friday it was at an impasse in the trial of former CEO Chuck Jones and former senior vice president Michael Dowling.
Transgender sports participation initiative challenged
Challengers say if the errors are corrected, the petitioners would fall below the 67,682 signatures need to qualify for the November ballot.
New York lawmakers pass state budget extender through April 7
This will ensure the Legislature won’t have to return to Albany until after the Easter weekend.
Jury can't reach verdict in corruption trial of 2 ex-FirstEnergy executives
A jury in Akron said Friday it was at an impasse in the trial of former CEO Chuck Jones and former senior vice president Michael Dowling.
How the ACC is struggling with NIL and television contracts
The ACC has traditionally earned a reputation as a legendary basketball conference.
Niskayuna team earns trip to National Science Bowl
At nationals, the top two high school teams win $5,000 for their school's math and science departments.
Ex-NYPD sergeant arrested in corruption case linked to NYC lawmaker, Hochul aide
The case is linked to a City Council member and Hochul aide.
Ohio University, Anthem work to strengthen rural health care
The partnership aims to expand endowment funding, microgrants and increase experiential learning opportunities for students.
Wembanyama records fastest double-double in league history
San Antonio had six players score in double figures while extending its lead to 29 points in the third quarter.
Schumer had a plan for Maine and other states. Some Democrats aren't on board
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is backing establishment candidates in key races. Some of his own senators are breaking ranks and endorsing more progressive challengers.
Behind the scenes and in front of cameras, Hegseth serving as top cheerleader for military power in Iran war
In the immediate lead-up to the first bombs being dropped on Iran last month, President Donald Trump met with a small group of advisers to discuss options. He made it clear that he wanted to launch a military campaign alongside Israel, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Poll: Hochul lead over Blakeman in race for governor narrows to 13 points
On the national front, a clear majority of New Yorkers support voters having to show proof of citizenship when registering and photo ID when they vote.
See scenes from 'Fantasy Life,' written by former Westchester resident
Former Larchmont resident Matthew Shear wrote, directed and stars in 'Fantasy Life', which hits theaters nationwide April 3.
Hochul tees up budget extender as Tier 6 talks percolate
Conversations have yet to fully lock in around countless issues that relate directly to spending, including pension reform.
Feds probe whether council member, Hochul aide took bribes
Voicemail messages seeking comment from Farah Louis and Edu Hermelyn were not returned.
What a Kentucky bill could mean for Sen. Rand Paul
The legislation would benefit Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a potential White House candidate in 2028.
DeSantis signs bill renaming Palm Beach International
The FAA has yet to approve the change.
Texas hardliners dig in as House, Senate clash over Homeland Security funding
The House rejected a Senate deal that approved legislation to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security except for immigration enforcement.
Blakeman accuses Hochul of planning to raise taxes
Although he’s running for governor, Blakeman made his pitch to New Yorkers outside the mayor’s office Monday.
New York looking to impose new gambling safeguards
Gov. Kathy Hochul has previewed sweeping new measures that would block minors from accessing betting apps and limit how companies target users.
Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis to launch new Vegas residency
The hitmaking duo joined “Your Morning"
Progressive groups in Maine push for wealth taxes
On Friday, a coalition of 21 business groups, led by the Maine Association of Realtors, said they are urging lawmakers to reject the 2% tax on incomes over $1 million and a measure to increase taxes on individual high earners.
Scene One Entertainment completes purchase of Spectrum 8 Theaters
Scene One Entertainment says it has completed its purchase of Spectrum 8 Theaters, setting up new upgrades at the longtime movie house.
Leaked GTA IV Dev Kit Reveals Unfinished Zombies Mode And More
Fans have already found loads of beta content via this newly leaked dev kit, including cut weapons and early cutscenes
Border czar: ICE will stay at airports until operations back to normal
Tom Homan said ICE agents will assist TSA with airport security until it gets back to normal operations
Turns out Crimson Desert's lead voice actor was as confused by the game's disjointed story as some players
Crimson Desert voice actor Alec Newman has explained what happened behind the scenes when voicing lead protagonist Kliff.
CT Business Blend: March 30, 2026
Hartford Business Journal’s Greg Bordonaro and WTIC’s Brian Shactman explore the people, companies and trends shaping Connecticut’s business scene every Monday at 8:30 a.m. on WTIC 1080 AM.
Efforts to rebrand César Chavez Day are fueled by emotion and duty
Renaming efforts also are underway for dozens of schools, streets and other locations across the United States that are named for Chávez.
CPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA's choice for Senate over Cornyn
Paxton was the overwhelming favorite in CPAC's straw poll, beating Cornyn by more than three to one, and he won the organization's endorsement.
UNC halts talks on future of basketball arena during coaching search
The university has been considering whether to renovate the Smith Center or build a new arena, possibly off the main campus.
Better Business Bureau warns of spring and summer scams targeting homeowners
The BBB's scam tracker shows some New Yorkers have lost nearly $12,000.
Workers approve a contract deal with Bath Iron Works, ending weeklong strike
Hundreds of employees at one of the U.S. Navy's biggest shipbuilding contractors have voted to approve a deal with Bath Iron Works, ending a weeklong strike.
UConn eliminates No. 1 overall seed Duke from NCAA Tournament
A desperation 3-pointer stunned Duke and sends the Huskies to the Final Four.
Lauren Betts and UCLA are Final Four-bound
UCLA is two wins away from the program's first NCAA title