Who sat down for a one-on-one...Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yesterday, ousted Fox anchor Tucker Carlson released his interview with the Russian president. He's the first Western journalist to interview Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. The two-hour interview — filmed in Moscow — kicked off with Putin spending nearly 30 minutes sharing a revisionist history of Russia and Ukraine. On the war between the two countries, Putin reportedly said it would be “over within a few weeks” if the US stopped helping Ukraine. The Russian President said the US should focus on its own issues instead and asked, “Wouldn’t it be better to negotiate with Russia?” Putin also indicated a deal could be reached to release US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia since last year on espionage charges. The Wall Street Journal and the White House have denied the charges.
Where abortion is now in the spotlight…Texas. This week, a 39-year-old man was sentenced to 180 days in jail for drugging his then-wife’s drinks in order to try to get her to miscarry. Texas bars all abortions except in cases where there is a “medical emergency.” Still, the man managed — on seven separate occasions — to drug his wife’s drinks, allegedly with a Mexican brand of abortion pills. Doctors who facilitate abortions in Texas face the threat of life in prison, fines, and the loss of their license. In this case, however, the man will face only 180 days in jail and 10 years’ probation after pleading guilty to injuring a child and assaulting a pregnant person. The woman, who ended up giving birth 10 weeks early, said her daughter suffered developmental delays and had to reportedly spend 117 days in the hospital in her first few months of life.
What's got scientists fired up…Clean energy. Yesterday, scientists in the UK said they set a nuclear fusion record using the same process that powers the sun and other stars. They maintained 69 megajoules of fusion energy for five seconds — reportedly enough to power four to five hot baths — using 0.2 milligrams of fuel. For decades, experts have worked on making nuclear fusion a reality on Earth in hopes of creating a massive energy source that needs little fuel and emits no planet-warming carbon. While nuclear fusion energy would be revolutionary in tackling climate change, experts say by the time the tech is commercialized, it will be too late.
What’s actually an Aries…Google’s AI chatbot. Yesterday, it renamed its Bard chatbot Gemini, after the new AI that powers it. Google unveiled the chatbot in March 2023 as a contender to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Now, the tech giant’s hoping its chatbot will be its next claim to fame.
What fumbled the delivery…An Uber Eats Super Bowl commercial.
What Paris Olympics medal winners will walk away with…Pieces of the Eiffel Tower.
What’s the new nepo baby...Pretty parent privilege. | 
