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Madison365 Daily Update for March 18, 2025

Naturalist and best-selling author Christian Cooper visits Wisconsin to celebrate birding, inclusion, and community 

By Dexter Patterson

March 18, 2025

Christian Cooper, the Emmy Award-winning host of National Geographic’s “Extraordinary Birder” and author of the best-selling memoir “Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World,” recently visited Madison and other parts of Wisconsin, leaving an indelible mark on the state’s birding and conservation communities. His presence was more than just […]

Gaza truce shatters as Israel carries out wave of deadly strikes and says it has ‘returned to fighting’

By CNN

March 18, 2025

By Helen Regan, Abeer Salman and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — Gaza’s fragile ceasefire shattered early Tuesday as Israel carried out deadly strikes across the enclave and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to use “increasing military strength” against Hamas. The overnight bombardments struck multiple locations across Gaza, killing more than 320 people, according to […]

‘How gratifying’: Cheers in China as Trump dismantles Voice of America

By CNN

March 18, 2025

  By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — One nationalist influencer called it “truly gratifying.” Another said he was laughing his head off. And a state-media editorial hailed the demise of what it called the “lie factory.” Chinese nationalists and state media could hardly contain their schadenfreude after President Donald Trump signed an executive […]

From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)

By CNN

March 17, 2025

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — In 1934, an American team featuring the best baseball players in the world – Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and more – went on a barnstorming tour around Japan. More than half a million Japanese fans came out in Tokyo to greet them, before the team went from […]

LOUD to host Wisconsin Conference of Latino Arts and Culture

By David Dahmer

March 17, 2025

Latinos Organizing for Understanding and Development (LOUD), a statewide initiative focused on promoting collaboration between Latino arts and service organizations, artists, and the communities in which they operate, will host the Wisconsin Conference of Latino Arts and Culture on May 2-3 at Centro Hispano of Dane County. The non-profit on Madison’s South Side recently announced […]