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Briefing: Big Ten asks NCAA to pause tampering inquiries

Strategic angle: The Big Ten sent a letter to the NCAA asking the organization to suspend investigations and enforcement related to tampering, and modernize its rules.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Sports

Briefing: Senior who lost 3 in rink shooting lifts R.I. team

Strategic angle: Colin Dorgan, a high school hockey player, scores in double overtime to lead his team to the state final after a tragic loss.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Politics

Briefing: Preliminary inquiry indicates US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary school

Strategic angle: The bombing of the school and its casualties involving children has become a focal point of the war, marking one of the highest civilian casualty events caused by American military operations in recent years.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Life

Briefing: Meet Crocodylus lucivenator, a 12- to 15-foot predator that hunted iconic Lucy's species

Strategic angle: More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Money

Briefing: Hizbollah’s war with Israel deepens its isolation in Lebanon

Strategic angle: Widespread opposition to conflict and mass displacement stoke sectarian tensions

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Money

Briefing: Supertankers rush to Red Sea port as Iran war chokes Gulf oil exports

Strategic angle: Saudi pipeline allows ships to avoid perilous Strait of Hormuz but they must now brave notorious hotspot for Houthi attacks

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Money

Briefing: The AI-driven ‘kill chain’ transforming how the US wages war

Strategic angle: Systems from Palantir and Anthropic are helping to turn torrents of battlefield data into thousands of strikes

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Money

Briefing: Investment fund questions valuations in Blue Owl’s private credit portfolio

Strategic angle: Glendon Capital Management raises concerns over inflated debt valuations compared to public securities.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Money

Briefing: Military briefing: the closest US-Israel war yet

Strategic angle: Not since the Suez Crisis has the IDF fought alongside an ally in a major military offensive

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Money

Briefing: Partners Group sounds alarm on private credit default rates

Strategic angle: Chair of Swiss private capital group warns pace could double to above 5% in coming years

Editorial Staff Mar 12