Tuesday, April 2

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
In partnership with The Ascent

> Chance Perdomo, actor known for starring roles in "Gen V" and "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," dies following a motorcycle crash at age 27 (More) | Tim McGovern, Oscar-winning visual effects innovator, dies at age 68 (More)

> Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" album becomes most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 on Spotify, most first-day streams for country album by a female artist on Amazon Music (More)

> "Godzilla x Kong: New Empire" hauls in $194M at the global box office in its opening weekend (More) | Singer Lizzo suggests via social media she's departing the music industry amid sexual harassment lawsuit (More)


Science & Technology
> NASA's Curiosity rover begins exploring Mars' Gediz Vallis channel, a surface feature of the planet believed to have been an ancient river (More) | What happened to all the water on Mars? (More)

> Researchers demonstrate optical fiber with data transfer rates above 300 terabits, or roughly 1 million times faster than average household broadband (More)

> Engineers develop four-legged robot with basic climbing and hopping skills; advance may find applications for search and rescue applications in dangerous and unstable terrain (More)


Business & Markets
> Fast-fashion firm Shein reports $2B in profit in 2023, more than double year-over-year; numbers come ahead of planned initial public offering later this year (More) | $20 per hour minimum wage for California fast food workers begins today (More)

> AT&T confirms data leak of an estimated 7.6 million active accounts, more than 65 million former accounts to the dark web; company initiates mass passcode reset (More)

> California public employee pension fund to back activist investors Nelson Peltz and Jay Rasulo in upcoming Disney board vote; CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the US, owns 6.6 million Disney shares (More) | Disney's proxy battle explained (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Crews begin removing first steel section of Baltimore's collapsed Key Bridge following last week's collision by a cargo ship; what caused ship to lose power before crash still under investigation (More) | Minute-by-minute breakdown of the accident (More)

> King Charles makes first major public appearance since cancer diagnosis, attending Easter services in Windsor (More) | Pope Francis skips Good Friday processional, presides over Easter mass; appearance comes amid increasing concerns over the 87-year-old pontiff's health (More)

> India's minority parties unite to protest arrest of prominent opposition leader, accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi of silencing critics ahead of April 19 kickoff of national elections (More)


SOURCE:  1440 News

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