1. Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion through his FTX cryptocurrency exchange scheme. Prosecutors had sought a longer sentence of 30 to 40 years. “They built something really beautiful and I threw all of that away,” the 32-year-old said of his team at the company. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said, “Samuel Bankman-Fried orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in history.” (JN)

2. Here’s when you can watch Cumberland’s Julia Gagnon on American Idol next. Her platinum ticket allows her to skip the first round of the Hollywood week competition, which will be the focus of Sunday’s episode. Gagnon will likely find out if her “American Idol” journey continues on Monday’s episode, when the judges are scheduled to reveal the top 24 contestants. Both episodes, Sunday and Monday, can be seen from 8-10 p.m. on ABC. Some 150 singers are competing during Hollywood week. (PH)

3. The University of Maine men’s hockey team enjoyed its best season in a dozen years, but it came to an end Thursday night with a 3-1 loss to Cornell in front of 5,765 fans at MassMutual Center in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. (PH)

4. Anna DeWolfe of Cumberland and her No. 2 seed Notre Dame will take on 3 seed Oregon State today at 2:30pm in the NCAA women’s basketball sweet 16. Gorham-native and Indiana baller Mackenzie Holmes will play number one overall seed South Carolina at 5 p.m. today. (WMTW)

5. Easter weekend. Today is Good Friday. Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. Sunday is Easter. Easter is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. Also the Easter bunny sneaks into children’s homes while they are sleeping and leaves a basket of goodies and hides eggs for them to find.

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