Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Mistrial declared in Harvey Weinstein's retrial after jury foreman refuses to rejoin deliberations on final rape charge; Weinstein was previously found guilty on one charge and acquitted on another (More)
> Ananda Lewis, TV personality known for hosting "Total Request Live," dies of breast cancer at age 52 (More) | Chris Robinson, actor best known for longtime role on "General Hospital," dies at age 86 (More)
> The 2025 Men's College World Series kicks off today; see preview of all eight teams competing for NCAA baseball national title (More) | FIFA Club World Cup begins tomorrow night; see new format and predictions for the 32-team tournament (More)
Science & Technology
> Google launches Weather Lab, partnering with the National Hurricane Center to apply its AI models to cyclone predictions (More) | Hurricanes explained (More)
> Missing link in tyrannosaur evolution potentially found in Mongolian museum; 86-million-year-old "Dragon Prince" fossils are believed to be the closest ancestor to Tyrannosaurus rex (More)
> Ornithologists determine why most songbirds begin singing during the dawn hours; territorial species use vocalizations to alert others to their locations (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq +0.2%) as US dollar slides to a three-year low (More) | Boeing shares fall close to 5% following Air India crash (More)
> GameStop shares slide nearly 24% a day after it announced plans for a $1.75B convertible notes offering to potentially fund its bitcoin purchase; also said it will turn toward the trading card market (More) | What are convertible notes? (More)
> Chime Financial debuts on Nasdaq, closing 38% above its IPO price of $27 per share and valuing the digital bank around $12B (More) | Initial public offerings, explained (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Authorities forcibly remove and handcuff Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) from a Los Angeles conference room after he interrupts Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during press briefing (More) | Watch video of the arrest (More)
> President Donald Trump blocks California's first-in-the-nation ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 (More) | CIA releases 54 documents on Robert F. Kennedy assassination; includes details on RFK serving as voluntary informant to the CIA following a trip to the Soviet Union (More) | Former Rep. Billy Long (R, MO-7) confirmed as IRS commissioner (More)
> Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces capture Libya-Egypt-Sudan border region, allegedly with the help of forces loyal to eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS

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