Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Indiana Pacers tonight (8:30 pm ET, ABC) in Game 6 of the NBA Finals; the Thunder are up 3-2 in the best-of-seven series and will look to win the franchise's second NBA title (More) | Buss family to sell majority stake in Los Angeles Lakers at a $10B valuation, the largest ever sale of a US sports team (More)
> Film and TV mogul Tyler Perry accused of sexual assault in $260M lawsuit; actor Derek Dixon alleges Perry threatened career retaliation if Dixon didn't accept his advances (More) | Karen Read found not guilty in murder of boyfriend, police officer John O'Keefe (More)
> David Hekili Kenui Bell, actor best known for "Lilo & Stitch" live-action film adaptation, dies at age 46 (More)
Science & Technology
> US health officials approve twice-a-year preventive HIV shot after clinical trials showed a reduction of at least 96% in new infections; researchers say it may bring a long-sought end to the AIDS epidemic (More) | See previous write-up (More)
> Self-driving startup Waymo files permit to conduct self-driving testing in Manhattan with human oversight; company has fully autonomous cars in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin (More)
> China’s “Dragon Man” skull identified as belonging to a Denisovan; 146,000-year-old specimen allows facial reconstruction of the ancient human relative (More) | Fewer than a dozen remains of the species, mostly small fragments, have ever been recovered (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.0%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.1%) (More) | Federal Reserve leaves benchmark interest rates unchanged, still forecasts two more rate cuts this year (More) | See overview of the Fed's projections (More)
> US Steel shares stop trading on NYSE as Japan's Nippon Steel finalizes its nearly $15B purchase of the iconic American firm; combined company will become world's fourth-largest steelmaker (More)
> Cryptocurrency firm Circle shares rise roughly 34% a day after the US Senate passed a bill to establish federal regulations for stablecoins—cryptocurrencies pegged to the US dollar; bill now heads to the House (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Israel says it destroyed Iran’s internal security headquarters (More) | The US moves at least 30 military planes to Europe as President Donald Trump weighs direct US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict (More) | See live updates (More)
> Federal judge blocks executive order limiting passport sex markers to male and female (More) | State Department resumes processing of foreign student visas, requires access to applicants' social media accounts (More)
> Medicare and Social Security trust funds projected to run short of funds by 2033 and 2034 respectively, limiting full benefit payouts, per new report (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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