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Five of Raleigh's chefs, restaurateurs and bar owners open a neighbourhood restaurant and bodega on Brookside Drive, with Cheetie Kumar as executive chef.

Lilly agrees to buy Centessa Pharmaceuticals, maker of the orexin agonist cleminorexton for narcolepsy, for $38 a share in cash (about $6.3 billion) plus a CVR worth up to $1.5 billion more; the deal closed on 24 June 2026.

The FDA approved Eli Lilly's Foundayo, a once-daily GLP-1 pill for weight loss that needs no food or water restrictions, with direct-to-consumer sales from April 6.

Ferrero North America's first portfolio-wide campaign, its biggest marketing commitment ever, offers a $1 million prize to shoppers across the World Cup summer, fronted by Tom Brady.

Jon Sybert and Jill Tyler replace Tail Up Goat with a counter-service New American restaurant in the same space.

Shenman Entertainment streams Cang Yuan Tu 3, continuing the Chinese action-fantasy ONA's story of swordsman Meng Chuan directly from where its second season left off.

Bones film's Yomi no Tsugai (Daemons of the Shadow Realm) begins airing, a fantasy series set in an isolated mountain village where twin siblings Yuru and Asa guard a dark secret behind her confinement.

Inter Miami played its first match at the 26,700-seat Nu Stadium, the centrepiece of the 131-acre Miami Freedom Park built on the former Melreese golf course beside Miami International Airport, drawing 2-2 with Austin FC. The club had played out of Fort Lauderdale since 2020 while the site was fought over and built.

The Latin Recording Academy named Daddy Yankee its 2026 Person of the Year on 7 April 2026, to be honored at a gala in Las Vegas on 11 November during Latin Grammy Week.

Studio PuYUKAI's Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Kyuukei Jikan (Break Time) 4th Season begins streaming, the latest run of chibi-style comedy shorts spun off from the Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- franchise.

After 40 days of US-Israeli strikes, the United States and Iran agreed to halt attacks for two weeks while Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, in a truce brokered by Pakistan; Israel said it did not cover Lebanon.

Fast Retailing, the owner of Uniqlo, reported record first-half fiscal 2026 results, with consolidated revenue up 14.8% to ¥2.06 trillion and business profit up 28.3% to ¥386.9 billion, driven by flagship store openings across Japan and abroad.

Alo's fourth sneaker, a $295 multi-terrain trail shoe with an oversized lugged sole and speed lacing, went on sale worldwide with a campaign starring boxer Ben Whittaker.

DC Water lowered the tunnel boring machine Mary into a 100-foot-deep shaft in West Potomac Park and started her north towards Georgetown University, the first 2.4 miles of a 5.5-mile combined sewer overflow tunnel. The $819 million tunnel is part of the Clean Rivers Project and will cut Potomac overflow events from 74 a year to four; a second Herrenknecht machine, Emily, bores south towards Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.

The 25th Coachella filled the Empire Polo Club in Indio over two April weekends, headlined by Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G, the first Latina artist to top the bill, and Anyma.