Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson among 16 deceased baseball players removed from MLB's banned list, making them eligible for Baseball Hall of Fame (More) | Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum will miss rest of NBA playoffs with torn Achilles tendon (More)
> Robert Benton, three-time Oscar-winning director and screenwriter best known for "Kramer vs. Kramer," dies at age 92 (More) | French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault of two women on film set, receives 18-month suspended sentence (More)
> YouTube to stream NFL's Sept. 5 international game in São Paulo, Brazil, for free; full NFL schedule to be released tonight (8 pm ET, ESPN2) (More) | ESPN sets price of upcoming all-access streaming app at $29.99/month; standalone app will include all of the network's live games (More)
Science & Technology
> Apple partners with tech startup Synchron to create brain-computer interfaces allowing people with disabilities to control iPhones with their thoughts (More) | How brain-computer interfaces work (More)
> Engineers develop eldercare robots capable of helping seniors sit and stand; can also help protect them from a fall (More)
> Researchers observe what is believed to be collective memory loss in schools of Norwegian herring, resulting in shifting of spawning grounds by 500 miles (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow -0.6%, Nasdaq +1.6%) with Nvidia closing above $3T amid Saudi-US investment summit (More) | US consumer price index rose 0.2% in April, bringing annual inflation rate to 2.3%, the slowest pace of inflation since February 2021 (More)
> UnitedHealth Group suspends its 2025 forecast amid higher-than-expected medical costs, with shares closing down 17.8%; CEO Andrew Witty steps down, to be replaced by Stephen Hemsley, company's CEO from 2006 to 2017 (More)
> Microsoft will reportedly lay off 3% of its workforce to reduce management layers, potentially impacting 6,500 people—biggest round of layoffs since 2023 (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump announces $142B weapons deal with Saudi Arabia; Trump says the US will drop sanctions on Syria following the fall of the Assad regime (More) | Israeli strike in Gaza targets Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar; outcome of strike unclear (More)
> Food and Drug Administration announces plan to remove ingestible fluoride supplements for kids at elevated risk of developing cavities; agency will conduct scientific review of the products by Oct. 31 (More)
> Trump administration cancels $450M in research grants to Harvard University, adding to over $2.2B cut earlier this year after the university rejected requests to overhaul its policies and processes (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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