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Saturday March 15th, 2025 morning edition

image for Star Wars: Hunters will be shut down later this year on October 1

After careful consideration, we want to let you know that the final content update for Star Wars: Hunters on all platforms will be on April 15th.

The game will remain playable until October 1st, 2025, when the game’s online servers will be shut down.

We understand this news may be disappointing and want to assure you that this decision was not made lightly.

April 15th, 2025 - Final content update will be released for free and in-game purchases will be disabled across all platforms.

Tuya will be available and playable for all users immediately at no cost, along with a slate of additional in-game content.

October 1st, 2025 – Online servers will officially shut down, and Star Wars: Hunters will no longer be playable beyond this point.

Thank you for being a part of this incredible journey and for the time you’ve spent playing Star Wars: Hunters. »

Trump Orders US Military to Plan Invasion of Panama to Seize Canal: Report

Authored by commondreams.org

The officials explained that the likelihood of a U.S invasion depended on the level of cooperation shown by the Panamanian military.

Trump has repeatedly refused to rule out use of military force to seize control of the vital U.S.-built waterway, as well as Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.

"In short," Illueca added, "the way forward for Panama lies in replacing strategic dissonance with strategic clarity. »

Grassroots Democratic group calls for Schumer to resign as minority leader

Authored by thehill.com

Pass the Torch, a grassroots Democratic group that called for former President Biden to step out of the 2024 presidential race, is now calling for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to resign as minority leader.

“Chuck Schumer is unwilling and unable to meet the moment,” Pass the Torch said in a statement Friday.

The group said the Senate minority leader should resign “to make way for leaders who will actually fight for the American people.”. »

Native American Suicide Rates Drop 43% in New Mexico

Authored by nativenewsonline.net

Newly published data from New Mexico shows a promising drop in deaths by suicide among the state’s Native American population.

The state saw a 43% decrease in Native American suicide rates from 2022 to 2023, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) Center for Health Protection.

In 2011, following several suicide clusters — deaths by suicide that occur in a community in a short span of time — involving Native youth, New Mexico passed a set of bills to create a clearinghouse of culturally-centered Native American suicide prevention resources. »

‘An ideal tool’: prisons are using virtual reality to help people in solitary confinement

Authored by theguardian.com

Now released, Carlos Ortega went through the virtual reality program in March of last year while in solitary confinement at Corcoran state prison.

But prisons that have piloted the VR program report a 96% reduction in infractions from incarcerated participants in solitary confinement, according to Creative Acts.

However, participants said the small doses of virtual freedom and exposure to the outside world shifted their behaviors and perceptions more than solitary confinement ever did. »