Thursday, November 6

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Ohio State tops first edition of 2025 College Football Playoff rankings (More) | How playoff seeding has changed this year (More, w/video)

> Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. changes name to USA TODAY Co., a nod to its flagship publication (More) | Condé Nast to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue.com, following Vogue Business' move to the platform last week (More)

> Soccer star David Beckham knighted by King Charles III for contributions to sports and charity (More) | English actor Jonathan Bailey becomes People magazine's first openly gay Sexiest Man Alive (More)


Science & Technology
> Stability AI largely wins landmark UK intellectual property lawsuit brought by Getty Images (More) | Amazon threatens legal action against Perplexity AI to block Comet browser from making online purchases on behalf of users (More)

> Scientists observe most distant and powerful flare yet from supermassive black hole—10 billion light-years away and 30 times brighter than previously observed flares (More) | Black holes 101 (1440 Topics)

> Researchers determine Antarctic glacier retreated faster than any other in modern history; nearly 50% of the glacier disintegrated in two months, a pace comparable to retreats at the end of the last ice age (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -1.2%, Dow -0.5%, Nasdaq -2.0%) (More) | Pinterest shares fall 20% in after-hours trading after missing earnings-per-share estimates, providing weak guidance (More)

> Norway's wealth fund to reject Elon Musk's $1T Tesla pay package at annual shareholder meeting scheduled tomorrow (More)

> Papa John's shares close down nearly 10% on reports of Apollo Global withdrawing offer to take the pizza chain private (More) | Pfizer and Novo Nordisk escalate bidding battle for weight-loss drug startup Metsera (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at age 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease; he was known for his role in advocating for the US war with Iraq and was also defense secretary and a congressman for a decade (More)

> FBI arrests two men in connection with Saturday's explosion at Harvard Medical School; the men, aged 18 and 20, do not attend the university (More)

> Federal government shutdown becomes the longest on record, entering Day 36; see live updates (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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