Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2025 NFL Draft wrapped over the weekend; see draft grades for all 32 teams (More) | QB Shedeur Sanders, son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, falls from a predicted first-round pick to the fifth round, one of the biggest slides in draft history (More) | See complete list of all 257 picks (More)
> White House Correspondents' Dinner carries on without comedian headliner after association disinvites Amber Ruffin; Ruffin—a former writer for Seth Meyers—had made comments critical of President Donald Trump (More)
> Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa wins 2025 London Marathon, breaks record for a women's-only race; Kenya's Sabastian Sawe wins the men's race (More) | Liverpool wins English Premier League, beats Tottenham 5-1 (More)
Science & Technology
> Meta's AI-powered "digital companions" can engage in sexually charged conversations even when users identify themselves as minors; some of the avatars were reportedly designed to include "romantic roleplay" behaviors (More) | Learn more about generative AI (More)
> Researchers identify antibiotic capable of treating Lyme disease at 1% of the dosage required in current best-in-class drugs; low dosages also decrease the impact on healthy gut bacteria (More) | Zoonotic diseases 101 (More)
> Oldest-known ant specimen discovered in Brazil; 113-million-year-old fire ant fossil sheds light on early insect evolution (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +1.3%); tech earnings expected to drive markets this week (More)
> Slate unveils electric pickup truck expected to cost $20K after incentives when it goes to market next year; truck does not have touch screen, stereo (More)
> California surpasses Japan as world's fourth-largest economy, with a nominal gross domestic product of $4.1T, per report from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> An explosion at Iran's largest port kills at least 40 people and wounds over 1,200 others; local authorities blame a shipment of missile propellant chemicals (More) | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 89, names close ally as his vice president and likely successor (More)
> Virginia Giuffre, who prominently accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, dies at age 41; family says she died by suicide (More)
> Black Hawk helicopter pilot ignored calls to change course seconds before colliding with passenger jet near Washington DC airport in January, new report finds; the collision killed 67 people (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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