Entertainment headlines today swing from spectacle to remembrance. FIFA is giving the 2026 World Cup final a distinctly pop-cultural stamp, announcing that Madonna, Shakira and BTS will headline the tournament’s first-ever halftime show at MetLife Stadium, with Chris Martin curating a production tied to a $100 million education initiative. Elsewhere, the business world is watching reports that U.S. authorities may soon drop fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani while also moving toward a civil settlement, a sign that a long-running legal saga could be nearing its end. In a very different kind of public drama, a Washington state tourist has been arrested on federal charges after prosecutors say he hurled a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal in Maui, an incident that drew outrage after video surfaced online. And music is also mourning Clarence Carter, the blind soul great behind “Patches” and “Strokin’,” who has died at 90.