Thursday, November 21

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano boxing match brought in 74 million live viewers; the match was the co-main event to the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight and is now the most-watched professional women's sporting event in US history (More)

> Bob Love, three-time NBA All-Star, dies at age 81 (More) | Colin Petersen, founding member and drummer for the Bee Gees, dies at age 78 just four days after another Bee Gees drummer, Dennis Bryon, passed away (More)

> Tennis great Rafael Nadal plays in last match of his more than 20 year career as Spain loses to the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals (More)


Science & Technology
> SpaceX makes sixth test launch of its massive Starship space vehicle; skips second attempt at a "chopstick" catch of the Super Heavy rocket booster using giant mechanical arms (More) | SpaceX's "chopstick" method explained (More, w/video)

> Embattled physicist Ranga Dias ousted from the University of Rochester following retractions of controversial papers claiming room-temperature superconductivity (More) | Breaking down the scandal (More)

> Octopuses expend significant amounts of energy to change color, new study finds; amount is roughly equal to what is needed to maintain all bodily functions while at rest (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq +1.0%) (More) | Nvidia stock rises over 4% ahead of third-quarter earnings report today (More)

> Justice Department will reportedly ask federal judge to force Google to sell Chrome—the world's most popular internet browser—today; expected proposal follows August ruling the company operates an illegal search monopoly (More)

> President-elect Donald Trump nominates Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary, pending Senate confirmation (More) | Dr. Mehmet Oz nominated to oversee Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (More) | Linda McMahon nominated to lead Education Department (More) | See list of Trump appointees so far (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Major storm expected this week in Northern California and Pacific Northwest as plumes of moisture known as atmospheric rivers are expected to combine with bomb cyclone to bring heavy rainfall, flash flooding (More) | Bomb cyclone 101 (More) | See live updates (More)

> Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) agrees to postpone sentencing in Trump hush money case (More) | Hacker accesses depositions in since-dropped investigations on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R); includes remarks from woman who says she had sex with the attorney general nominee when she was 17 (More)

> Two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea have been damaged, per European officials, raising suspicions of foul play; one connected Finland and Germany, the other connected Sweden and Lithuania (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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