Tuesday, October 22

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> New York Liberty defeats the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime of decisive Game 5 to win their first WNBA championship (More)

> Cher, Jimmy Buffett, and Mary J. Blige among 16 inductees into the 2024 class of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (More) | Aaron Kaufman, Emmy-nominated director, dies at age 51 of an apparent heart attack (More)

> Oregon leads AP Top 25 college football poll for first time since 2012; Georgia and Penn State round out the Top 3 (More)


Science & Technology
> SpaceX awarded $733M in launch contracts from the US Space Force, beating out United Launch Alliance (More) | Everything you need to know about SpaceX (More, w/video)

> Chinese scientists demonstrate the world's strongest resistive (made out of normal metals like copper or aluminum) magnet; the 42 Tesla field is roughly 800,000 times the Earth's magnetic field (More)

> Researchers discover protein to improve cardiovascular health in patients with progeria, a rare genetic disorder causing accelerated aging in children (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.6%), with the S&P 500 and Dow closing at record highs (More) | Netflix shares jump 11% after beating Q3 expectations (More) | Gold prices climb to all-time high amid uncertainty over US election, Middle East tensions (More)

> Boeing offers production workers a 35% raise over four years, up from 30% in bid to end strike; union workers to vote on deal Wednesday, when new CEO Kelly Ortberg is set to give first public comments (More) | CVS workers in Southern California begin strike at seven stores (More)

> Berkshire Hathaway invests additional $42M in Sirius XM last week, raising company's stake in the radio broadcasting firm to 32.5% (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Israeli airstrikes kill at least 87 people in Gaza, per Hamas-run Health Ministry (More) | Lebanese drone targets home of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu; no one injured, per Israel (More) | US intelligence on Israeli preparations to retaliate against Iran exposed in pro-Iranian account online (More) | See war updates (More)

> Cuba power outage leaves entire population of 10 million people without energy following electrical grid collapse (More) | Collapse came as Hurricane Oscar, a Category 1 storm, approached the island (More)

> Indonesia inaugurates Prabowo Subianto as country's eighth president; the former defense minister was elected with close to 60% of the vote (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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