Friday, May 31

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> All charges dropped against world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, including felony assault of a police officer and three misdemeanors; Scheffler was arrested May 17 outside PGA Championship venue (More) | See footage of the arrest (More)

> Harvey Weinstein may face new indictment as prosecutors say more accusers may testify in Weinstein's retrial; a New York appeals court overturned his 2020 rape conviction last month (More)

> The 2024 Women's College World Series kicks off today from Oklahoma City; see previews for all eight teams in the field (More) | Minnesota beats Boston 3-0 to win Professional Women’s Hockey League's inaugural Walter Cup (More)


Science & Technology
> New "smart" antibiotic targets a group of gram-negative bacteria—those most likely to turn into drug-resistant superbugs—without affecting the microbiome (More) | Trillions of organisms live in your gut; learn about the gut microbiome (More, w/video)

> First menstrual cycles in US-born girls shifted from 12.5 years to 11.9 years in a comparison of those born from 1950-69 and 2000-05; childhood obesity may be a partial driver of overall trend, effect more pronounced in minority adolescents (More)

> Precision Neuroscience sets record for largest number of pins on a neural interface chip to be implanted in a human brain with 4,096 connections (More) | Researchers demonstrate transparent skull implant allowing direct imaging of patient's brain (More)


Business & Markets
> Markets close down (Dow -1.1%, S&P 500 -0.7%, Nasdaq -0.6%); Dow falls more than 400 points, with shares of UnitedHealth falling more than 3% (More) | Salesforce shares drop 17% after missing revenue estimates (More)

> Oil giant ConocoPhillips to acquire rival Marathon Oil in $17.1B all-stock deal; bid, the latest in a string of energy industry consolidations, must be approved by Marathon shareholders (More)

> Carmaker Stellantis says it plans to introduce a $25K fully electric jeep in the US market in the near future; current average sticker price of an electric vehicle is above $55K (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Jury to begin second day of deliberations as former President Donald Trump faces 34 counts related to allegations of hush-money payments (More) | Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito tells House Democrats he will not recuse himself from two Trump-related cases (More)

> Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signs laws barring people from helping minors get an abortion or receive gender-related medical care without parental consent; those who violate the laws face an almost one-year prison sentence (More)

> Israel expects war in Gaza to last until at least the end of 2024 (More) | Israeli military says it captured entirety of the buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt, uncovering 20 previously unknown tunnels (More) | See updates on the war (More)


Source:  1440 News

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