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1. It's Equal Pay Day. Women have lost ground for the second year in a row

   The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it was in 2025.

2. Hoping to unseat Collins, Maine Democrats battle it out in an expensive US Senate primary

   As June's primary election nears, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and combat veteran Graham Platner are effectively engaged in a proxy battle between factions in their own party.

3. Decades ago, a Maryland sailor burned his winter socks. Now it's a spring tradition

   In Annapolis, Md., people gather each year to usher in the warmer weather by burning their socks. The springtime tradition is the unofficial start of the Chesapeake Bay sailing season.

4. A $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals could actually lead to closures and cuts

   States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund established by Congress to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.

5. Morning news brief

   Iran rejects U.S. peace proposal and lays out its own conditions, the Army's 82nd Airborne Division readies to deploy to Iran, jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial.

6. Melania Trump shares the spotlight with a robot at an education and technology event

   The robot accompanied the first lady to the White House East Room for the final day of a summit she had convened with counterparts from around the world through her Fostering the Future Together global initiative.

7. UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans

   The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations.

8. War with Iran disrupts fertilizer exports as U.S. farmers prepare for planting season

   Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.

9. OpenAI's Sora app may be going away, but its legacy will be the spread of AI video slop

   Barely six months after its launch, OpenAI is ending an app that could generate AI video at the click of a button.

10. Doctors worry about FDA scrutiny of RSV shots to protect babies

    The antibody shots are about 80% effective at preventing babies from ending up in intensive care because of RSV. The drugmakers behind them maintain they're safe.