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> Singer and rapper Jelly Roll wins video of the year at the 2024 Country Music Television awards; see full list of winners here (More)
> Oregon Powerball player wins nearly $1.33B jackpot, ending three-month run without a winner; jackpot, equal to $621M if taken in a lump sum, was the eighth largest in US history (More)
> Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg retires; the 35-year-old pitcher was the 2019 World Series MVP and former overall No. 1 draft pick but suffered multiple injuries and medical issues (More)
Science & Technology
> Engineers determine technical issue causing Voyager 1, launched in 1977, to return garbled communications beginning late last year, raising hope of a potential fix (More) | The space probe is the most distant human-made object from Earth, having entered interstellar space; see current location (More)
> University of Rochester discloses findings from probe into high-profile academic fraud scandal by physicist Ranga Dias, alleged to have faked room-temperature superconductivity results (More) | See case overview (More)
> Semaglutide, the key ingredient in new weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, has been shown to reduce symptoms and physical limitations in patients with a common type of heart failure (More) | How Ozempic works (More, w/video)
Business & Markets
> Markets rebound Friday, closing up (Dow +0.8%, S&P 500 +1.1%, Nasdaq +1.2%); Dow sees worst week in 2024 despite Friday's gains (More)
> Tesla reportedly suspends plans to build a low-cost entry-level sedan; decision comes amid slowing US electric vehicle market and competition from China (More) | CEO Elon Musk denies reports, also says company will unveil a robotaxi vehicle Aug. 8 (More)
> Retail giant Target launches paid membership program, including one- or two-day shipping, in bid to compete with Amazon Prime and Walmart+ (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Israel reduces its troop presence in the southern Gaza Strip, leaving one brigade reportedly to rest and resupply troops; the move comes at the six-month mark of the war and at the onset of renewed cease-fire talks with Hamas (More) | See updates on the war here (More)
> Los Angeles heist at a money storage facility believed to yield $30M over Easter weekend in one of the largest cash thefts in US history; FBI reportedly investigating the incident (More)
> Trump campaign raises $50.5M at Florida fundraiser over the weekend, surpassing $26M haul from a late March fundraiser held by the Biden campaign (More) | See current polls (More)
Business & Markets
> Markets rebound Friday, closing up (Dow +0.8%, S&P 500 +1.1%, Nasdaq +1.2%); Dow sees worst week in 2024 despite Friday's gains (More)
> Tesla reportedly suspends plans to build a low-cost entry-level sedan; decision comes amid slowing US electric vehicle market and competition from China (More) | CEO Elon Musk denies reports, also says company will unveil a robotaxi vehicle Aug. 8 (More)
> Retail giant Target launches paid membership program, including one- or two-day shipping, in bid to compete with Amazon Prime and Walmart+ (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Israel reduces its troop presence in the southern Gaza Strip, leaving one brigade reportedly to rest and resupply troops; the move comes at the six-month mark of the war and at the onset of renewed cease-fire talks with Hamas (More) | See updates on the war here (More)
> Los Angeles heist at a money storage facility believed to yield $30M over Easter weekend in one of the largest cash thefts in US history; FBI reportedly investigating the incident (More)
> Trump campaign raises $50.5M at Florida fundraiser over the weekend, surpassing $26M haul from a late March fundraiser held by the Biden campaign (More) | See current polls (More)
SOURCE: 1440 News
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