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NEWSNATIONNOW (Ryan Mancini) - Early COVID pandemic death toll much higher than official count: Study

The journal Science Advances found that more than 155,000 unrecognized additional deaths likely went uncounted.

NYTIMES (James R. Hagerty) - Christopher A. Sims, 83, Dies; Won Nobel for Modeling Economic Policy

He and Thomas J. Sargent shared the prize in 2011 for devising statistical tools to help guide economic policymakers.

AXIOS (Maxwell Millington) - AI hacks for your March Madness bracket

Most people making March Madness brackets will be getting help from AI — and 37% will solely rely on it — according to a Hard Rock Bet survey . Why it matters: AI can be a helpful tool for bracket-building, but only if used thoughtfully. What they're saying: "AI isn't designed to predict random events," Sheldon H. Jacobson, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois, tells Axios. "It's designed to look for patterns." - So avoid relying on AI to tell you who will win each game — the robot's guess is as good as yours. - Instead, Jacobson recommends prompting AI to analyze multiple simulated brackets and track patterns. Zoom out: There are plenty of ways to have AI assist with bracket selection. - For example, fans…

NEWSNATIONNOW (MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press) - US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, or about 24,000 fewer than in 2024. The decline seems to confirm predictions by some experts, who doubted a slight increase in births in 2024 marked the [...]