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Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 fight results: Live boxing updates, highlights, scorecard, start time - CBS Sports
Light heavyweight behemoths clash on Saturday in Saudi Arabia with the undisputed title on the line

Lynne Marie Stewart, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' actress, dies at 78 after 'unexpected' illness - USA TODAY
A rep for the actress told USA TODAY a tumor was found in December near her liver and she died "a month or so after her diagnosis."
Pope Francis' condition remains critical after suffering 'asthmatic respiratory crisis': Vatican - ABC News
Italy’s Meloni defends Vance’s Munich speech chastising Europe - POLITICO
The Italian prime minister said that Europe has been “sacrificed on the altar of wokeness, bureaucracy and mercantilism.”

Can Arabs stop Trump’s Gaza displacement proposal? - Al Jazeera English
Some Arab leaders have met to discuss an alternative plan for the Strip devastated by 15 months of Israeli war.

Soto slams 426-foot HR in 1st at-bat with Mets - ESPN
Juan Soto homered in his first spring training at-bat for his new team, hitting a solo shot to left-center field in the first inning for the Mets.

US says revenue from minerals deal will fuel Ukraine’s postwar growth - Financial Times
Kyiv remains sceptical of plan as Treasury secretary Scott Bessent denies it is ‘coercive’ in FT opinion article
Scientists warn of long-term damage as Trump’s orders slow research - The Washington Post
By blocking announcements in the Federal Register, the administration is keeping experts from meeting to evaluate funding proposals.
Killer who ate part of his victim’s brain granted supervised release from psychiatric hospital - The Associated Press
A Connecticut man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity of killing a victim with a hatchet and eating body parts has been granted conditional release from the state’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital. The decision made Friday concerning Tyree Sm…

Economic partnership will protect the Ukrainian people and the US taxpayer - Financial Times
Trump’s bold international leadership aligns interests and benefits all

France stabbing: One dead and police officers injured in Mulhouse - BBC.com
President Emmanuel Macron said there was "no doubt it was an Islamist terrorist attack".
Hamas frees 6 hostages but questions cloud Gaza ceasefire’s future - The Associated Press
Hamas has released the last six living hostages expected under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel with a week remaining. Growing questions over the next phase are clouding the fragile deal's future. Saturday's release of Palestinian prisoners has be…

‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ Wins the Berlin Film Festival, While ‘The Blue Trail’ Earns Grand Jury Prize - Variety
'Dreams (Sex Love)' won the Golden Bear at the 75th anniversary edition of the Berlin Film Festival. Rose Byrne and Andrew Scott won acting honors.
Matthew Stafford to Giants, Aaron Rodgers to Rams? - NBC Sports
The Scouting Combine in Indianapolis will become not only Tampering Central but also the thickest patch in the NFL grapevine of the offseason.

Devin Williams gets candid about Yankees’ new beard policy and its free agency implications - New York Post
Devin Williams spoke to Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman last week to voice his preference for keeping his beard, but didn’t think anything would come of it.
2 Virginia Beach police officers shot and killed during traffic stop - CBS News
The police department asked the public for patience as it works on the investigation and "grieve the loss of their own."

Hamas frees six hostages as first phase of ceasefire nears end - Financial Times
First phase of effort to end more than a year of conflict set to conclude on Thursday
UFC Fight Night 252 predictions: Is Cejudo or Song the better man in Seattle? - MMA Junkie
Check out our staff members’ picks and analysis for UFC Fight Night 252 in Seattle.

What Is HKU5-CoV-2? Scientists Find Bat Virus Similar To COVID-19 - Forbes
Researchers have discovered a virus that could enter human cells in a similar way to COVID-19. But they caution it's much more poorly adapted to humans.
Berlin Stabbing Extends Chain of Attacks Ahead of German Election - The Wall Street Journal
The suspect, a 19-year-old Syrian man, was out to kill Jews, according to German authorities