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1. March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season

   The NCAA will expand its March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season. It will add more early-round games in the first week without altering the overall format.

2. North Korea says it will deploy new artillery guns targeting Seoul

   North Korea says it'll deploy new long-range artillery systems capable of striking the capital region of rival South Korea this year and commission its first naval destroyer in coming weeks.

3. Trade court strikes down a second round of Trump tariffs

   The Court of International Trade has struck down a second round of global tariffs ordered by President Trump, after his earlier import taxes were outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

4. U.S. military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on 3 Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz

   The U.S. military also says that it "targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces." The exchange occurred Thursday as U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post.

5. Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update

   The outbreak began in early April on a cruise ship. Now health authorities around the world are working to contain it. Here's what infectious disease experts have to say.

6. She helps families in need. As gas and grocery prices rise, she needs help, too

   She has spent decades helping others struggling to make ends meet. Now the rising cost of gas and groceries has left Dalene Basden feeling the strain herself.

7. With legal briefs in, Supreme Court weighs telehealth access for the abortion pill

   After an appeals court tried to end telemedicine access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in a medication abortion, the Supreme Court stepped in. Here's what's happened and what's to come.

8. A Trump council recommends overhauling FEMA. Here are 3 key changes

   A group of emergency experts wants the Trump administration to raise the bar for federal help after disasters, and also make it easier for survivors to get money quickly.

9. DHS blames funding lapse for shutdown of internal detention oversight

   The office investigates detainee deaths and access to medical care, among other issues. It's being wound down, even as the number of detention deaths and length of detention stays has grown.

10. A judge unsealed Epstein's purported 2019 suicide note. More documents could follow

    At the request of the New York Times, a judge unsealed a goodbye note that Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate says he found after the convicted sex offender's first suicide attempt in July 2019.