Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> MLB postseason kicks off today with the Wild Card Series; see playoff preview and predictions (More) | ... and WNBA playoff semifinals are underway; see latest playoff bracket and schedule (More)
> Gavin Creel, Tony-, Grammy-, and Olivier-winning stage actor, dies of cancer at age 48; Creel was known for roles in "Hello, Dolly!," "Hair," and "The Book of Mormon" (More)
> Oasis announces North American concert dates for their reunion tour; the band announced in August they would be touring again after a 15-year hiatus (More)
Science & Technology
> Last operating coal power plant in the UK shutters; country has no coal-fired power for the first time since 1882, completing shift to a mix of natural gas, renewables, and nuclear (More)
> New analysis suggests Viking cultures traveled thousands of miles to the Arctic to hunt walrus, with the resulting ivory transported through medieval trade networks as far as the Middle East (More)
> Engineers develop headset to noninvasively predict the risk of stroke; device uses lasers to measure blood flow in the brain (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.0%, Nasdaq +0.4%) after Federal Chair Jerome Powell signals further, smaller rate cuts (More) | Chinese stocks rise in biggest single-day rally in 16 years after Beijing last week unveiled sweeping economic package (More)
> DirecTV buys Dish TV, Sling TV from EchoStar for nominal fee of $1 plus the assumption of $9.75B of debt to create largest US pay-TV provider with 20 million subscribers total; AT&T sells its stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG (More) | Explaining nominal fees, plus other $1 deals (More)
> AI chip startup Cerebras Systems files for initial public offering in bid to take on Nvidia; Cerebras last valued at roughly $4B in 2021 (More) | What are IPOs? (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Vice presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) to debate tonight (9 pm ET, CBS) in New York City (More) | Former President Jimmy Carter (D) turns 100 today; he is the longest-living former president in US history (More, w/photos)
> Israel begins limited ground raids against Iran-backed Hezbollah militants near the border in Lebanon ahead of its imminent ground invasion (More) | See updates on the Middle East conflict (More)
> Georgia judge strikes down state's 2022 six-week abortion ban (More) | Biden administration tightens asylum restrictions from June, says border crossing seven-day average must be under 1,500 per day for 28 days before restrictions can be lifted, rather than a week (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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