Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Sean "Diddy" Combs to face 120 new allegations of sexual assault spanning over 20 years (More) | Lauryn Hill faces lawsuit from Fugees bandmate Pras Michél for fraud and breach of contract related to tour cancellations (More)
> Twenty-five finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards announced; winners in each of the five categories to be announced Nov. 20 (More) | CNN launches digital paywall, charging $3.99 per month for unlimited access to web articles (More)
> Frank Fritz, "American Pickers" star, dies at age 60 after suffering stroke in 2022 (More) | John Amos, Emmy-nominated actor known for roles in "Roots" and "Good Times," dies at age 84 (More)
Science & Technology
> Breast cancer rates in women increased 1% annually over the past decade, with the steepest increase in women under 50; overall deaths have decreased by 44% since 1989 (More) | See report (More)
> MIT spinoff Liquid AI debuts "Liquid Foundation Models," a type of AI platform with a different computing architecture than existing industry leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic (More) | Generative AI explained simply (More, w/video)
> James Webb Space Telescope detects carbon dioxide on Pluto's largest moon; findings confirm theory Charon was formed from same proto-planetary disk as Pluto (More) | Why Pluto is no longer considered a planet (More) | James Webb 101 (More, w/video)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.9%, Dow -0.4%, Nasdaq -1.5%) as price of US crude oil rises over 2% on Middle East tensions (More) | US job openings rose to three-month high of 8 million in August, per Labor Department report (More)
> Frito-Lay owner PepsiCo to buy tortilla-chip maker Siete Foods for $1.2B—its first food acquisition in five years; deal expected to close in first half of 2025 (More)
> CVS Health to lay off 2,900 workers amid reports of healthcare giant potentially separating its retail pharmacy chain and Aetna health insurance business (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Rescue crews continue searching for survivors for fifth day as confirmed death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to at least 150 people across six states (More) | Helene, other storms dump over 40 trillion gallons of rain on Southeast US in five days—enough to fill 60 million Olympic-sized swimming pools (More)
> Shelter-in-place ordered for residents east of Atlanta as massive smoke plume lingers from Sunday factory fire at chlorine plant in Conyers, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta (More)
> Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president and Jewish president, sworn into office (More) | Shigeru Ishiba confirmed as Japan's new prime minister; Ishiba unveils his cabinet, calls for snap election (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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