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 U.S. on pace to breach debt ceiling, forecasters warn
POLITICO · Jennifer Scholtes
While “quite unlikely,” there is still a possibility that the U.S. could run out of borrowing power in early June.
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 Greenland prime minister slams ‘highly aggressive’ visit by U.S. officials
CNN · Lex Harvey
The planned trip has plunged relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory.
 DNA of 15 million people for sale in 23andMe bankruptcy
404 Media · Jason Koebler
There is no way to know what a buyer will want to do with the reams of genetic information the company has collected.
 Who could be Canada’s next prime minister and how will they be chosen?
BBC News · Nadine Yusif
Canadians will vote for their next government after recently sworn-in Prime Minister Mark Carney called for a snap election on April 28.
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 ‘Twain hated bullies’
NPR · Elizabeth Blair
On a night of silliness, scatological humor, cutting political satire and poignancy, Conan O’Brien receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
 New study reveals the healing power of nature
Atmos · Jason P. Dinh
Researchers discovered that watching scenes of nature reduces pain. It wasn’t just a placebo, either.
 Why trying harder isn’t always the answer
bigthink.com · Jonny Thomson
Change often requires stepping outside a broken framework rather than trying harder within it.
 Winners and losers of the second round of the NCAA tournament
theringer.com · Steven Ruiz
The weekend featured a Derik Queen buzzer-beater, a John Calipari win over Rick Pitino — and a distinct lack of madness.
 Why Robert De Niro’s mob drama ‘Alto Knights’ is such a box office disaster
Variety · Rebecca Rubin
The crime thriller starring dueling De Niros, made moviegoers an offer they easily refused.
 Inside ‘Inside Baseball’: How America’s pastime invented a handy metaphor
mentalfloss.com · Ellen Gutoskey
Before it became a cliché, inside baseball was a buzzy new baseball strategy that took big swings — just not of the home-run variety.
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