Another escalation in the trade war. A former Major League Baseball player dies in roof collapse in the Dominican Republic. And tips for the perfect cup of joe. |
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Trump's trade war with China escalates |
The trade war isn't cooling down. President Donald Trump will hit China with 104% tariffs starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday – escalating a tit for tat between the two countries. China earlier this week threatened a 34% tariff on U.S. goods in response to Trump's recent tariff announcements. The president had already set a 20% tariff for imports from China and announced an additional 34% on Chinese goods. Trump's tariffs are set to go into effect on Wednesday. |
What about stocks? Wall Street saw a glimmer of hope. And then it fell. U.S. markets closed lower again on Tuesday, erasing early gains after the White House doubled down on its aggressive tariff plan, including the new tariffs on goods from China. What the stocks say. | Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on April 8, 2025. Brendan McDermid, REUTERS |
Former MLB player dies in Dominican Republic roof collapse |
A tragedy in the Dominican Republic: Octavio Dotel, a former Major League Baseball pitcher, was among at least 44 people killed when the roof of a nightclub collapsed early Tuesday. More than 130 others were injured when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo crumbled during a performance by merengue singer Rubby Perez. Dotel, 51, played for 13 teams over his 15 seasons in the majors from 1999 to 2013. The roof collapsed around 1 a.m. and search and rescue operations are still underway. More on Dotel's career. | Personnel from civil defense and firefighters work at the Jet Set nightclub following the collapse of its roof in Santo Domingo on April 8, 2025. FRANCESCO SPOTORNO, AFP via Getty Images |
Let's travel back to the Ice Age. Well, we might not be going back in time. But the genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences is bringing an Ice Age-era animal to the present: the dire wolf. The company revealed the recent successful birth of three snowy white dire wolf puppies – an animal that was extinct. The company, which is also working to bring back the woolly mammoth, used DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull combined with genetic information from the modern-day gray wolf to make the dire wolf puppies. 🐺 The 'magic' behind the project. | Shown at 15 days old are two male dire wolves, Romulus and Remus, born by surrogate dog mothers from fertilized and implanted genetically-edited eggs with the ancient DNA of dire wolves. Provided by Colossal Biosciences |
A scientifically perfect cup of joe |
Who doesn't love a nice, steaming cup of coffee to start your day? But with higher coffee prices from bad weather messing with production and rising tariffs, it's looking more like a luxury. Don't worry, though; new research published Tuesday – tested by physicists and fluid mechanics experts at the University of Pennsylvania – is designed to take your coffee grounds further. With just the right pour and fewer coffee grounds, you won't have to cut back on this drink. ☕ How to make a perfect cup of coffee. | The coffee-making station in the Mathijssen lab at the University of Pennsylvania. The group determined the best pouring strategies to maximize coffee production while minimizing bean use when making pour-over coffee. Arnold Mathijssen |
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