Wednesday, August 28

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> NFL teams must cut rosters down to 53 players by 4 pm ET; see latest cuts for all 32 franchises (More) | Dallas Cowboys to sign wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to four-year, $136M deal, the second-largest nonquarterback deal ever (More)

> Oasis to make announcement this morning, rumored to be of a reunion 15 years after the iconic British band broke up (More)

> Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen becomes first MLB player to play for both teams in a single game after facing the Toronto Blue Jays, resuming a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto in June before being traded to Boston in July (More)


Science & Technology
> Apple announces date for its annual product event Monday, Sept. 9; company is expected to reveal iPhone 16, new Apple Watch and AirPod models (More)

> World's most sensitive particle experiment narrows down candidates of what may make up dark matter, eliminating hypothetical particles known as WIMPs over a certain size (More) | What is dark matter, one of the most significant remaining mysteries in science? (More)

> Brain study reveals different clusters of neurons involved in processing language that operate at different speeds; researchers suggest some regions interpret individual words while others analyze context (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.3%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq -0.9%); Dow Jones hits all-time intraday high as S&P 500, Nasdaq fall from broad decline in tech shares (More)

> Uber hit by record $324M fine in Netherlands for sending Dutch user data to the US, breaching European Union's privacy laws (More) | Canada imposes 100% tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, including those made by Tesla, matching US tariffs (More)

> Red Lobster's new owners tap former PF Chang's CEO to lead the world’s largest seafood chain as part of its bankruptcy exit plan (More) | Media veteran Edgar Bronfman Jr. drops bid for Paramount Global (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Russia strikes Ukrainian power grids in barrage of roughly 200 missiles and drones, killing at least seven people and wounding at least 47 others; attack appears to be one of Russia's biggest since the war began (More) | Chinese military aircraft reportedly breaches Japan's airspace in first-known incursion since records began in 1958 (More)

> Judge temporarily halts Biden administration policy offering permanent residency to certain immigrants without legal status in the US who are married to US citizens (More) | Jury selection begins in trial against mass shooting suspect accused of killing 10 people at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket in March 2021 (More)

> Massachusetts towns on high alert over rare eastern equine encephalitis virus; virus is spread to humans from the bite of an infected mosquito, with an average of 11 human cases reported in the US annually (More) | See EEE overview (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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