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Pope Leo says remarks about world being 'ravaged by a ​handful of tyrants' were not aimed at Trump: report

Pope Leo XIV said his remarks about the world being ravaged by tyrants were not directed at President Donald Trump amid their ongoing public exchange of words. (Fox News)

Massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits off Japanese coast

A strong earthquake erupted off the coast of the nation of Japan, the Associated Press reported, noting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center indicated the tsunami threat "has now passed. (Fox News)

Pakistan presses ahead with preparations for Iran-US talks even with Tehran's participation unclear

Pakistan is pressing ahead with the groundwork for a second round of talks between Iran and the United States in Islamabad. (Associated Press, Local 4)

The real reason so many enterprise AI initiatives are failing? LLMs were never built to run a company

When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, the reaction was immediate and visceral: this works. For the first time, millions of people experienced AI not as a distant promise, but as something useful, intuitive, and even with its flaws, astonishingly capable.  That instinct was correct. (Enrique Dans, Fast Company)

Google should share search data to break its monopoly, European Commission suggests

The European Commission this week requested, but did not order Google to allow third party search engines in Europe access to its search data as a means to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), legislation the Commission describes as a law designed to “make the markets in the digital sector fai (Computer World)

The hidden risks of vibe coding: 4 steps to protect your organization

You’ve likely heard of vibe coding and very well may have conducted an experiment or two yourself, enlisting Claude or some other AI tool to create a simple website or an interactive game.  OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy coined the phrase with a tweet in February 2025. (Tom Barnett, Fast Company)

Roman Reigns, CM Punk put on professional wrestling masterclass at WrestleMania 42

Roman Reigns pins CM Punk after a brutal WrestleMania 42 main event at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to become a seven-time world champion. (Fox News)

Blue Jays bus from Phoenix to Southern California after their charter plane is grounded

A mechanical issue with their charter plane forced the Toronto Blue Jays to bus from Phoenix to Southern California on Sunday night, a six-hour drive on a dark desert highway that got the team to its Orange County hotel at around 12:30 a.m. (Mike Digiovanna, Associated Press, KPRC 2)

UFL Trade Blockbuster: Stallions, Storm and Kings, Defenders Swap Stars

The UFL announced a pair of trades on Sunday involving four teams — the Stallions, Storm, Kings and reigning champion Defenders. (Fox News)

Minnesota lawmakers work to define grooming in new law

State lawmakers are looking at measures to prevent grooming of children by adults in schools and other institutions. Experts say understanding what grooming is and isn’t is the first step to ending this damaging facet of child abuse. (Elizabeth Shockman, MPR News)

3 things to know about naval blockades as U.S. begins patrols in the Strait of Hormuz

The White House says it wants to choke off Iran’s oil export revenue. But experts say that blockades are often unpredictable and difficult to enforce. (Scott Neuman, MPR News)

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, Trump: blockade stays

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial vessels. But President Donald Trump says the American blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force until Tehran reaches a deal with the U.S., including on its nuclear program. (The Associated Press, MPR News)