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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Music by ABBA, Notorious BIG, and Green Day among 25 recordings added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry (More) | See complete Library of Congress registry list (More)

> Whitey Herzog, Baseball Hall of Famer and influential manager, dies at age 92 (More) | Carl Erskine, last surviving member of iconic Brooklyn Dodgers' "Boys of Summer," dies at age 97 (More)

> The 2024 Paris Olympics flame lit in Greece as 3,000-mile torch relay begins (More) | Team USA men's basketball roster headlined by LeBron James and Steph Curry (More)


Science & Technology
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> NASA scraps current plans to return rocks collected by the Perseverance Mars rover to Earth, citing cost and complexity; agency to seek new proposals for the mission (More)

> Meta Oversight Board to review policies governing the spread of sexualized deepfake images on Facebook and Instagram following two high-profile incidents involving female celebrities (More)

> Researchers develop new pigment chemistry to produce a range of magentas for use in energy-efficient coatings; discovery was inspired by lunar minerals and similar pigment formulation used by ancient Egyptians (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq -0.1%) after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says inflation remains stubborn, reducing expectations for any imminent interest rate cuts (More)

> China's economy expands more than expected with 5.3% growth year-over-year in first quarter, driven by increased exports (More) | International Monetary Fund raises US economic forecast to 2.7% growth this year, outpacing Europe; anticipates global growth of 3.2% (More)

> Morgan Stanley beats first quarter earnings and revenue expectations, with profit up 14% year-over-year, sending stock up 3% on the news; all three divisions (wealth management, trading, and investment banking) saw a jump (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Bob Graham, former Democratic US senator and two-term Florida governor, dies at age 87; Graham chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee during and after the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq war (More)

> Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to testify about antisemitism today before House committee following December hearing with since-resigned University of Pennsylvania and Harvard presidents (More) | University of Southern California bars pro-Palestinian valedictorian from speaking at commencement, citing safety concerns (More)

> Oman flooding leaves at least 18 people dead with others missing (More) | Dubai International Airport—second busiest in the world—partially underwater as United Arab Emirates receives a year's worth of rainfall in a single day (More)

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