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Paris baguette champ nabs Élysée deal as spring warmth arrives; judge blocks VOA layoffs amid DHS ad war, Aussie polls shift, Penn State wrestling rolls, and Trump’s offshore wind freeze risks whiplash
Sri Lankan-born baker wins Paris’s best traditional baguette and lands Élysée contract
Sithamparappillai Jegatheepan, 43, beat out established French bakers to win Paris’s award for best traditional baguette. The prize includes about £4,000 and a contract to deliver fresh baguettes to the Élysée Palace each morning. Jegatheepan moved to France in 2003, opened his own bakery in 2019, and said this was his first time entering the competition, with his French citizenship application still pending.
AccuWeather: Showers early, then sunshine and springlike warmth
AccuWeather forecasts Sunday will start with morning showers before clearing to sunshine later in the day, as the recent cloudy pattern breaks and warmer, springlike air moves in.
Federal judge voids Voice of America layoffs, says Kari Lake unlawfully held acting CEO authority
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., voided recent layoffs at Voice of America and found that Kari Lake unlawfully exercised authority as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Judge Royce Lamberth ruled her leadership violated the Constitution’s appointments clause.
Conservative media infighting over a $220 million DHS ad campaign featuring Kristi Noem
Fox News host Tomi Lahren criticized outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over a taxpayer-funded $220 million DHS ad campaign that prominently featured Noem, calling it wasteful and a distraction from immigration policy. Lahren backed President Donald Trump’s move to replace Noem with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, pending Senate confirmation. The campaign also drew scrutiny from Sen. John Kennedy, who questioned Noem about whether Trump approved it, she said the president was aware and called it effective.
Australian state polls: One Nation surges in Victoria, mixed leaders elsewhere
Two Victorian polls put One Nation around 23 to 24 percent on primary votes, while disagreeing on whether Labor or the Coalition leads on primary support. Two-party results range from 50 to 50 to 52 to 48 Coalition. The polling shows weak approval for Premier Jacinta Allan, broad dissatisfaction with the state’s direction, and strong support for a royal commission into alleged CFMEU corruption. A New South Wales poll shows Labor well ahead on a two-party basis, aided by optional preferential voting that splits the right-wing vote, and South Australia is tracking toward a record number of lower-house candidates for the March 21 election.
Penn State sends eight wrestlers to Big Ten finals after dominant semifinal round
Penn State advanced eight wrestlers to the Big Ten championship finals on Sunday after going 8-1 in Saturday’s semifinals at the Bryce Jordan Center, building a 146.5-point team total ahead of Nebraska and Ohio State at 112. Luke Lilledahl, Marcus Blaze, Shayne Van Ness, Mitchell Mesenbrink, Levi Haines, Rocco Welsh, Josh Barr, and PJ Duke reached the finals, with Mesenbrink and Barr earning tech falls. Heavyweight Cole Mirasola fell to the consolation bracket after a 5-2 loss to Michigan’s Taye Ghadiali, and Braeden Davis will wrestle for seventh.
Opinion: Trump’s offshore wind freeze could backfire by creating regulatory whiplash
An opinion piece argues that President Donald Trump’s second-term efforts to stall offshore wind, including freezing leases, slowing permits, suspending projects, and appealing court rulings, could undermine “energy dominance” by increasing regulatory uncertainty. It says concerns about subsidies, costs, or national security should be addressed directly through policy and market reforms rather than reopening projects that already cleared permitting, warning that stop-start politics raises financing costs, threatens jobs, and could trigger cancellation liabilities. The piece calls for bipartisan, technology-neutral permitting reform to speed energy infrastructure approvals across pipelines, transmission, nuclear, and renewables.
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