In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The Las Vegas Aces sweep the Phoenix Mercury to win third WNBA championship in four years; A'ja Wilson wins finals MVP (More)

> "Family Matters" star Darius McCrary arrested near US-Mexico border after being declared a fugitive for having missed a court appearance over unpaid child support (More)

> The Milwaukee Brewers advance to the National League Championship Series for first time since 2018; will face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLCS tonight (8 pm ET, TBS) (More) | ... see complete NL and ALCS schedule (More)


Science & Technology
> Nobel Prize in economic sciences announced this morning at 5:30 am ET, see here for updates (More) | The history of the Nobel Prize (More, w/video)

> Cofounder of Thinking Machines Lab, an AI startup launched by Mira Murati, leaves to join Meta; Andrew Tulloch previously turned down a package worth up to $1.5B from Meta (More)

> Scientists develop injectable gel to treat voice loss and help recovery from vocal cord injuries (More)


Business & Markets
> Stocks drop sharply Friday (S&P 500 -2.7%, Dow -1.9%, Nasdaq -3.6%) following renewed threats by President Donald Trump to levy tariffs on China (More) | Cryptocurrency market capitalization loses roughly $800B in 24-hour period (More)

> AstraZeneca and the Trump administration strike drug pricing deal, will sell some medications to Medicaid patients at a price equal to the lowest rate offered in other high-income countries (More)

> Warner Bros. Discovery rejects $20-per-share takeover bid from Paramount Skydance; Paramount completed a $150M acquisition of the Free Press last week (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> More than 4,000 civil service workers are laid off amid federal government shutdown, per court filing; hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control have since been reinstated (More)

> Madagascar's president says coup attempt is underway as elite army unit takes control of the military and joins weekslong anti-government protests (More)

> French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu races to form a new government and present a budget by tomorrow's deadline after being reappointed to his role late Friday (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS