In The Know from 1440 Daily Digest
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Willie Nelson, Missy Elliott, and Sheryl Crow headline 2023 class of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | Jamie Foxx makes first public statement since being hospitalized three weeks ago
> Tori Bowie, former 100-meter world champ and three-time Olympic medalist, dies at 32; separately, World Athletics announced the death of Olympic medalist Calvin Davis at 51
> Cristiano Ronaldo ($136M) tops Lionel Messi ($130M) on Forbes 2023 highest-paid athletes list; LeBron James ($119M) is highest earning American | Messi to depart Paris Saint-Germain at end of season
Science & Technology
> Food and Drug Administration approves first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus for those 60 and older; a similar vaccine for infants, the group most likely to be hospitalized by RSV, will be considered later this year
> DNA recovered from a 20,000-year-old pendant reveals the owner or maker as a female of north Eurasian ancestry; results validate new approach to mapping ancient human cultures
> Scientists identify one of the key final steps of photosynthesis, when plants release oxygen into the atmosphere; precise chemical reactions involved in the process have been a decades long mystery
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.7%, Dow -0.8%, Nasdaq -0.5%) as Federal Reserve increases rates
> Darden Restaurants—owner of Olive Garden, Seasons 52, among other restaurants—to acquire Ruth’s Chris Steak House for $715M | Jenny Craig to shut down after four decades in the weight loss business
> PacWest Bank shares fall over 50% in after-hours trading after reports the regional bank is evaluating a potential sale
Politics & World Affairs
> Eight students and one guard killed after 13-year-old classmate opens fire at a school in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade; authorities say the shooter, who was arrested, had a list of targets and called the police himself
> Brazil’s police search former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home as part of probe into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards to comply with US vaccination requirements for entry | At least 136 dead in Rwanda and Uganda from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain
> Library of Congress publicly releases late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’ files on thousands of cases, offering insights into major court decisions, including the 2000 presidential election, affirmative action, and abortion | US history and civics scores hit all-time low among eighth graders
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