In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2024 James Beard Awards announced; Michael Rafidi from Albi in Washington, DC, named outstanding chef and Portland's Langbaan won outstanding restaurant (More)

> Ben Potter, YouTube content creator known as Comicstorian who had amassed over 3 million subscribers, dies at 40 of "unfortunate accident;" details of accident have not been made public (More)

> Dallas Mavericks take on the Boston Celtics tonight (8:30 pm ET, ABC) in Game 3 of the NBA Finals; Celtics lead the series 2-0 (More) | WNBA pulling in 1.3 million TV viewers per game, a record for the league and triple last year's average (More)


Science & Technology
> Expert panel recommends experimental Alzheimer's drug donanemab, finding its slowing of cognitive decline outweighed safety concerns (More) | What is Alzheimer's and how does it work? (More, w/video)

> Cancer-spreading gene identified by researchers; silencing the gene prevented metastatic cancer cells—responsible for 90% of cancer deaths—from growing and spreading in mice tests (More)

> Evidence discovered of skull elongation of women in medieval Viking culture; finding provides new insight into body modification practices of the region during the period (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq +0.9%) with Apple shares closing up 7%; Federal Reserve to share interest rate policy decision today (More)

> Raspberry Pi—creator of tiny computers used for robotics and dashboards, among other purposes—goes public on the London Stock Exchange, valued at $690M; retail investors able to buy shares beginning Friday (More)

> Shari Redstone, controlling shareholder of Paramount Global through National Amusements, reportedly rejects Skydance's offer to purchase the company; instead will pursue a sale of National Amusements (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Malawi's vice president and nine others confirmed dead after thesmall military plane they were traveling in crashed due to bad weather conditions in the mountainous northern region near the city of Mzuzu (More)

> Ukraine strikes missile launch sites in Russia (More) | See updates on the war (More) | Israel and Hamas signal openness to UN-backed cease-fire proposal as negotiations continue (More)

> Boat carrying migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia capsizes off the coast of Yemen, with 49 people dead as of this writing and more than 140 missing (More)

SOURCE:  1440 News