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Wednesday, June 11

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Federal judge dismisses Justin Baldoni's $400M countersuit against "It Ends With Us" costar Blake Lively; Lively is suing Baldoni over alleged sexual harassment on the set of the film (More)

> Frederick Forsyth, English novelist and journalist whose books sold more than 75 million copies worldwide, dies at age 86 (More) | Sly Stone, frontman for influential funk band Sly and the Family Stone, dies at age 82 (More)

> Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco, currently on trial for sexual abuse, faces new charge of illegal possession of a firearm (More) | "Call Her Daddy" host Alex Cooper accuses her former Boston University soccer coach of sexual harassment (More)


Science & Technology
> Apple's WWDC 2025 begins, see highlights from day one of the company's biggest developer event of the year (More) | Apple explained (1440 Topics)

> Fossilized stomach contents provide first direct evidence sauropods—massive, long-necked dinosaurs like the brontosaurus—were vegetarians (More)

> Researchers discover signs of accelerated aging in children with multiple sclerosis; biological age, measured by changes at the cellular level, was up to two years older in some patients (More) | Aging explained (1440 Topics)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.1%, Dow -0.0%, Nasdaq +0.3%) as US-China trade talks kicked off in London and resume today (More)

> Disney to pay an extra $438.7M to Comcast, on top of the $8.6B it committed in 2023, to complete the purchase of Comcast's 33% stake in Hulu; Disney's acquisition of Hulu is expected to close by July 24 (More)

> OpenAI reaches $10B in annual recurring revenue; comes 2.5 years after the release of its ChatGPT chatbot (More) | Amazon to spend $20B on data centers in Pennsylvania, including building one next to an existing nuclear power plant (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid boat carrying climate activist Greta Thunberg as it enters Israel's naval blockade of Gaza; says it will deport Thunberg and 11 other activists (More) | Russia and Ukraine begin prisoner of war exchanges, hours after Ukraine says Russia launched record 479 drones overnight Sunday (More)

> Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removes all 17 members of independent panel advising the CDC on immunization (More) | Executive order banning or limiting travel to the US from 19 countries goes into effect (More)

> Tropical Storm Barbara strengthens into hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific season; dangerous surf and rip current conditions predicted to impact southwestern Mexico's coast (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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