Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> CBS will cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," retiring the franchise in May 2026, citing financial reasons; the program is the most-watched late night franchise on US broadcast television (More)
> Connie Francis, singer of "Stupid Cupid" and viral TikTok song "Pretty Little Baby," dies at age 87; Francis became the first woman in history to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960 (More) | Bryan Braman, former Super Bowl-winning linebacker, dies of cancer at age 38 (More)
> The 2025 WNBA All-Star festivities kick off tonight with the three-point contest and skills challenge (8 pm ET, ESPN), followed by tomorrow's All-Star Game (8:30 pm ET, ABC); star Caitlin Clark will miss weekend with injury (More)
Science & Technology
> OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Agent that can control multiple applications on a user's computer to carry out complex tasks such as making purchases, planning trips, creating slide decks, and more (More)
> Surgeons perform world's first pediatric heart transplant using a technique that restarts the heart outside the donor's body; procedure saved the life of a 3-month-old patient, could increase organ donor pool by 20% (More)
> Researchers discover unique electrical patterns that occur as the brain transitions from sleeping to being awake; findings may help lead to new treatments for sleep disorders (More) | Breaking down the different stages of sleep (1440 Topics)
Business & Markets
> US House passes bill regulating dollar-pegged stablecoins, which now heads to President Donald Trump for signing; two House-passed bills governing regulatory oversight of digital assets and barring Federal Reserve from creating its own digital currency head to the Senate (More) | See previous write-up (More)
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.7%); S&P 500 and Nasdaq rise to records (More) | Mark Zuckerberg and Meta Platforms investors settle shareholder claims seeking $8B in damages over alleged Facebook privacy violations (More)
> Newsletter publisher Substack raises $100M at $1.1B valuation, achieving unicorn status (More) | AI coding startup Lovable also reaches unicorn status after raising $200M at a valuation of $1.8B (More) | What are unicorn startups? (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with benign condition known as chronic venous insufficiency, White House press secretary reveals; the condition occurs when blood pools in the vein, restricting flow to the heart (More) | Department of Homeland Security reaches deal with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to get access to data on 79 million Medicaid enrollees (More)
> House of Representatives slated to vote today on Senate bill to reduce $9B in federal spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting (More) | Republicans advance judicial nomination for former Trump lawyer, Democrats walk out (More)
> Israeli strike on Gaza church kills at least three people, wounds 10 others, including the priest; Israel says the strike was a mistake (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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