Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Football coaching legend Nick Saban tapped to co-chair presidential commission on college athletics, examining a range of issues, including college athlete payment structures (More)
> Universal Music Group files motion to dismiss Drake's updated defamation lawsuit, which alleges UMG damaged Drake's reputation by promoting Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us" (More)
> Several "Les Misérables" cast members to boycott June 11 Kennedy Center performance to be attended by President Donald Trump; those who perform will donate wages from the night to charity (More) | New "Lord of the Rings" film sets December 2027 release date (More)
Science & Technology
> Many US cities are sinking, new analysis suggests; between 20%-65% of urban zones in all cities studied were dropping around a few fractions of an inch per year, primarily driven by large-scale groundwater extraction (More) | Read paper (More)
> Astronomers discover first example of an "off-center" massive black hole consuming a star; object is located roughly 2,600 light-years from Sagittarius A*, the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way (More) | 1440 Topics: Black Holes (More)
> New study reveals eggs are more resilient to falls when landing on their side, overturning conventional wisdom; microstructure study finds sideways orientation acts as an efficient shock absorber (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +1.1%) after US unveils outline of UK trade deal and signals optimism for talks with China (More) | Bank of England lowers interest rates to 4.25% from 4.5% (More)
> Coinbase Global agrees to acquire Deribit, the world's biggest trading platform for bitcoin and ethereum options, for $2.9B (More) | Bitcoin climbs above $100K for the first time since February (More) | Learn more about bitcoin (More)
> Bill Gates announces he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune (estimated at around $107B) to the Gates Foundation over the next 20 years; the foundation is set to close in 2045 and currently has a $77B endowment (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> India accuses Pakistan of attacking three military bases with drones and missiles; Pakistan denies the claim (More) | Pakistan says its air force downed five Indian fighter jets, more drones (More) | Pakistan also says 125 Indian and Pakistani jets fought in the air for over an hour Wednesday; if true, would be among biggest air battles since World War II (More)
> Acting chief of Federal Emergency Management Agency is fired the day after testifying to Congress that FEMA should not be closed (More) | President Donald Trump pulls nomination for DC's top prosecutor known for firing Jan. 6 prosecutors amid pushback from congressional Republicans (More)
> At least 80 pro-Palestinian Columbia University students arrested Wednesday after taking over a library room (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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