Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Harvey Weinstein's retrial on rape and sexual assault charges begins in New York with opening statements; Weinstein's previous conviction was overturned last year by a court of appeals (More)
> American Music Awards (May 26) nominations announced with rapper Kendrick Lamar leading all artists with 10 nods (More)
> Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions tapped to kick off 2025 NFL season at the Pro Football Hall of Fame game (July 31) (More) | Three-time Olympic gold medalist Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile June 26 in Paris (More)
Science & Technology
> An estimated 84% of the world's ocean reefs affected by ongoing global coral bleaching event; phenomenon occurs when external stress, including warming water temperatures, causes coral to expel algae living in their tissue (More)
> Engineers develop ultrathin electronic skins roughly 10 nanometers, fractions of the width of a human hair; advance has applications in a wide range of wearable and medical applications (More)
> Genetic analysis reveals the ancient Phoenician culture spread primarily through cultural transmission, versus mass migration; findings shed light on the development of early Mediterranean society (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.7%, Dow +1.1%, Nasdaq +2.5%) on hopes of easing trade tensions between the US and China as well as between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (More)
> Apple and Meta fined roughly $570M and $200M, respectively, by the European Union for allegedly breaching the bloc's Digital Markets Act, which seeks to prevent tech giants from monopolizing digital markets (More)
> Chipotle misses Q1 revenue forecasts after its same-store sales declined for the first time since 2020; earnings report comes a few days after the burrito chain said it was expanding into Mexico (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> India closes main border crossing with Pakistan, revokes key water treaty, and orders Pakistani nationals to leave; comes a day after suspected militants killed at least 26 tourists in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir (More) | The role of Kashmir in the Pakistan-India conflict (More)
> US Sen. Dick Durbin—the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat—won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026, will retire after 44 years in Congress (More)
> Remains of mom, child found near Gilgo Beach identified, though deaths may be unrelated to serial killings; Rex Heuermann was previously charged in deaths of at least seven other women whose remains were found in or near Gilgo Beach (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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