Saturday, October 26

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Los Angeles district attorney recommends resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez due to new evidence related to their conviction for the 1989 murder of their parents (More)

> Ron Ely, actor best known for starring in titular 1960s TV role on "Tarzan," dies at age 86 (More) | Jack Jones, two-time Grammy-winning singer and actor, dies at age 86 (More)

> TKO, parent company of the WWE and UFC, purchases Professional Bull Riders, On Location, and IMG for $3.25B (More)


Science & Technology
> Group of cable companies, advertisers, and news outlets sue the Federal Trade Commission over "click-to-cancel" rules, which would simplify canceling contracts from a variety of businesses (More)

> Study finds the human brain can parse and process single sentences as quickly as 125 milliseconds, roughly equal to the blink of an eye (More)

> Astronomers discover first black hole in a triple star system; findings raise questions about how black holes form and their resulting gravitational pull on nearby objects (More) | Explaining black holes, one of the universe's biggest mysteries (More, w/video)


Business & Markets

> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq +0.8%); Tesla stock lifts Nasdaq, closing up 22% in best day since May 2013 (More) | Lilium shares close down 61% after air taxi startup says main subsidiaries will file for insolvency (More) | Insolvency 101 (More)

> Keurig Dr Pepper to buy energy-drink maker Ghost for over $1B, with initial cash investment of $990M in exchange for 60% ownership stake; Keurig Dr Pepper will acquire remaining 40% stake in 2028 (More) | Judge blocks Coach owner Tapestry's $8.5B acquisition of Michael Kors owner Capri (More)

> Southwest Airlines and activist investor Elliott Investment Management strike deal on Southwest's leadership, including keeping CEO Bob Jordan; deal averts proxy fight (More) | Proxy fight 101 (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Owner of Dali container ship that crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year and killed six people agrees to pay $102M in settlement with Justice Department (More)

> Three Georgia men convicted in 2022 for federal hate crime in the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery seek new trial; the three men had confronted and shot Arbery, who was out on a run (More)

> India's east coast braces for Cyclone Dana as more than 1 million people are evacuated (More) | Hurricane Kristy strengthens into Category 5 storm in Pacific Ocean southwest of the southern tip of Baja, California; Kristy is expected to remain away from land (More, w/tracker)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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