Things you should know today: 3/26/18

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    This YouTube group, How Ridiculous, makes videos showcasing different experiments they’ve decided to try. They’ve created other videos of themselves dropping watermelons, ice blocks and other objects from great heights to a trampoline at the bottom. However, this video in particular received over 27 million views, making it one of their most popular.

    Frontier gun maker Remington seeks bankruptcy protection

    Associated Press
    FILE- In this April 30, 1943, file photo, Mae Zelisnky shoots as Betty O’Beda feeds a 30-caliber rifle during an ammunition test at Remington Arms Company. The gun was fired down an enclosed range into a sand pit. U.S. gun maker Remington Outdoor Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, after years of falling sales and lawsuits tied to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Records from the bankruptcy court of the district of Delaware show that the company filed late Sunday, March 25. (AP Photo, File)

    As debates about gun laws have continues, Remington has filed for bankruptcy protection. Remington is a gun-making company that has been around since as early as 1816.

    Russian shopping mall fire kills 64; no alarms reported

    Associated Press
    In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry photo, on Sunday, March 25, 2018, smoke rises above a multi-story shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. At least three children and a woman have died in a fire that broke out in a multi-story shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. (Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations photo via AP)Remington

    Sixty-four people died in a shopping mall fire in Kemerovo, Russia over the weekend. The fire was extinguished on Monday morning after burning through the night. Investigators found that the alarm system was turned off and emergency exits were blocked.

    TIPPING OFF: Wild March stabilizes a bit with Final Four set

    Jae Hong
    Michigan coach John Beilein, right, celebrates with players, coaches and family after Michigan defeated Florida State 58-54 in an NCAA men’s college basketball tournament regional final Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)

    Villanova (No. 1 seed), Kansas (No. 1 seed) and Michigan (No. 3 seed) all make sense in the Final Four. However, what is to be expected of No. 11 seed Loyola-Chicago in the final stretches of the NCAA tournament?

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