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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2024 WNBA Finals kick off tonight (8 pm ET, ESPN) with the New York Liberty taking on the Minnesota Lynx in a best-of-five series (More)

> Vogue reveals theme for 2025 Met Gala, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," and names co-chairs: Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell Williams (More)

> Seattle Kraken's Jessica Campbell becomes NHL's first full-time female assistant coach (More) | 2024 MLB Division Series ongoing; see latest playoff bracket and schedule (More)


Science & Technology
> Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to trio of researchers for developing AI applications, including Google's DeepMind, to predict protein structure and folding (More) | Literature prize announced at 7 am ET this morning; see selection (More)

> Tesla CEO Elon Musk to unveil company's new driverless robotaxi during live event tonight at 10 pm ET; deployment timeline for the "cybercab" not yet revealed (More)

> Consuming fewer calories linked to increased life span in mice, large-scale study finds; results suggest the benefits of dietary restriction extend to improved immune health, genetics factors, and more (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow +1.0%, Nasdaq +0.6%); S&P 500 and Dow notch fresh records as tech stocks—led by Super Micro Computer—continue to rally (More)

> Mining giant Rio Tinto announces it will acquire lithium miner Arcadium Lithium for $6.7B; Arcadium shares close up 31% on the news (More)

> Ratan Tata, former chair of India's oldest conglomerate, Tata Sons, dies at age 86; Tata Sons is the holding company for Tata Group, which oversees nearly 100 companies and acquired British Jaguar and Land Rover for $2.3B from Ford in 2008 (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Joe Biden holds call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid expectations for Israeli response to Iranian missiles last week (More) | See updates on war (More)

> North Korea announces it will cut off all roads and rail lines to South Korea and "permanently" block the border; announcement comes after months of missile tests, trash balloons (More)

> The Tropicana, Las Vegas' third-oldest hotel-casino, demolished in controlled implosion to make space for $1.5B Major League Baseball stadium (More, w/video) | See previous write-up (More)

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