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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson named 2024 WNBA MVP; Wilson becomes the second player to be unanimously selected as the league's MVP (More)

> Mercury Morris, three-time NFL Pro Bowler and two-time Super Bowl champion, dies at age 77 (More) | Kathryn Crosby, actress and wife of Bing Crosby, dies at age 90 (More)

> Catherine, Princess of Wales, makes first public appearance since announcing she's completed her cancer treatment (More)


Science & Technology
> Social media platform X could return to Brazil as soon as this week after complying with a judge's demand to censor certain posts, appoint a legal representative in the country (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> US health regulators approve the first self-administered, at-home influenza vaccine; treatment is delivered via nasal spray (More)

> Engineers demonstrate 3D-printed glass bricks with similar strength to concrete blocks; interlocking structures can be used many times over and repurposed at the end of a building’s life (More)


Business & Markets
> Markets end mixed following the Fed's first rate cut in four years Wednesday (Dow +0.1%, S&P 500 -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.4%); Dow finishes at record high (More) | The history of stock markets (More, w/video)

> US officials to propose ban on Chinese-made software and hardware in self-driving cars as soon as today, according to reports; follows a recent tariff of 100% on imported Chinese electric vehicles (More)

> Indian hotel chain Oyo acquires G6 Hospitality, owner of Motel 6, from private equity firm Blackstone for $525M (More) | Qualcomm reportedly considering an acquisition bid for rival chipmaker Intel (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> At least four people killed, 17 wounded in late-night mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama; officials suggest the incident stemmed from a personal dispute (More)

> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Scranton, Pennsylvania, ammunition plant to thank workers ahead of this week’s United Nations General Assembly (More) | See updates on war (More)

> Leftist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake wins Sri Lankan presidential election; results come with the country stuck in a yearslong economic crisis (More) | See an overview of the economic challenges (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS