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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić wins 2023-24 NBA Most Valuable Player award, his third MVP win in four years (More) | Minnesota Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert wins a record-tying fourth  Player of the Year award (More) | Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava gives up title two days after Miss USA resigns (More)

> Steve Albini, iconic rock producer and engineer who worked with Nirvana, the Pixies, and many others, dies at 61 (More)

> South by Southwest festival to expand to London in 2025 (More) | Ten countries advance to Eurovision 2024 Grand Final set for May 11 (More)


Science & Technology
> Astronomers discover the first known exoplanet similar to Earth with a substantial gas atmosphere; 55 Cancri e, roughly 41 light-years away, is too hot for organic life but may provide insight into Earth's early development (More)

> Researchers develop modified chemical compound based on the psychedelic venom of the Colorado River toad that reduces anxiety and stress without inducing hallucinations (More)

> Google's DeepMind announces its AlphaFold platform now allows researchers to predict protein structures when interacting with other molecules; capability, currently under restricted access, likely to help accelerate new drug discovery (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 0.0%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq -0.2%); Dow extends winning streak to sixth day (More)

> Airbnb shares fall 8% in after-hours trading on weaker Q2 forecast (More) | Robinhood shares rise over 3% in after-hours trading on better-than-expected Q1 earnings and revenue (More) | Uber shares close down 5%, Lyft shares close up 7% following ride-share companies' respective earnings reports a day earlier (More)

> Archegos Capital founder Bill Hwang and company's chief financial officer begin trial for fraud and racketeering charges over an alleged stock manipulation scheme; Archegos Capital collapsed in 2021 with $36B in assets, drove $10B in losses at global banks (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> House Democrats join Republicans in 359-43 vote to dismiss motion from Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R, GA-14) to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R, LA-4) (More)

> Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suffered from a series of health issues, including a parasite that infected part of his brain, as well as a neurological disorder, heartbeat abnormality, and mercury poisoning, per new report (More)

> Russia launches more than 70 missile and attack drones targeting Ukrainian power plants across six regions (More) | See updates on war (More)

SOURCE:  1440 News