Friday, November 8

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Viewership of primetime coverage for presidential election across major networks and cable news channels falls to 42.3 million viewers, down 26% from 2020; lowest percentage of households follow TV coverage since 1960 (More)

> Ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" up for auction nearly 20 years after being stolen from Minnesota museum; the Judy Garland-worn slippers are expected to fetch more than $1M at auction (More)

> Netflix confirms 2025 release for fifth and final season of "Stranger Things" (More) | Argentine police are investigating three people as part of probe into One Direction's Liam Payne's Oct. 16 death (More)


Science & Technology
> Ride-hailing platform Lyft to partner with trio of self-driving car startups to bring autonomous rides to Atlanta by next year (More)

> Astronomers link fast radio bursts—high-energy spikes in radio waves lasting a few seconds or less—to massive star-forming galaxies; likely sources include magnetars, dead stars believed to emit universe's strongest magnetic fields (More)

> Vampire bat metabolism, unique among mammals, mirrors that of blood-sucking insects, new study finds; the animal has evolved to subsist on diets composed almost entirely of blood (More)


Business & Markets

> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +2.5%, Dow +3.6%, Nasdaq +3.0%) following election; Dow notches record close in best day since 2022 (More) | Bitcoin hits all-time high, surpassing $75K (More) | Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates today for the second time this year (More)

> Tesla shares close up 15% at record high on expectations CEO Elon Musk and EV company will benefit from Trump presidency (More) | Toyota reports first drop in quarterly profit in two years following certification scandal and recalls (More)

> Super Micro shares continue to fall, closing down 18% after issuing weaker-than-expected unaudited financial results amid accusations of accounting irregularities (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Justice Department works to wind down two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump—related to Jan. 6 and classified documents storage—in alignment with longstanding policy not to prosecute a sitting president (More)

> German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls vote of confidence in his government for January 2025, potentially ushering in early elections; announcement comes after Scholz dismissed his finance minister over disagreements on economic reforms, endangering ruling centrist coalition (More)

> Moldovan President Maia Sandu wins reelection against pro-Russian candidate in second round of voting, with eligible voter turnout at 54% (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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