In The Know from 1440 Daily Digest
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> NFL regular season kicks off tonight (8:20 pm ET, NBC) with the defending champs Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Detroit Lions | San Francisco’s Nick Bosa signs five-year, $170M extension, making him the highest-paid defensive player in history
> New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) to take action against organizers of Electric Zoo Festival after the event’s production issues led to overbooking and canceling its first day
> Class-action lawsuit filed against Charter Communications, which operates Spectrum Cable, amid contract dispute with Disney that led to blackout of ABC and ESPN for Charter customers
Science & Technology
> SpaceX stacks its Starship launch vehicle on top of a Super Heavy booster in preparation for its second launch attempt; first test flight passed maximum dynamic pressure but failed to separate from booster
> Paleontologists discover 150-million-year-old bird-like dinosaur fossil, one of the earliest such specimens discovered; finding raises questions about the evolutionary timeline of certain dinosaurs into birds during the Jurassic Period
> New study suggests the ability to remember the order in which information is received is likely unique to humans; function is considered the foundation of more complex human behaviors
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.7%, Dow -0.6%, Nasdaq -1.1%) led by tech stocks
> Streaming device giant Roku to lay off 10% of workforce, approximately 360 employees
> Federal Aviation Administration approves three drone companies for beyond the visual line of sight operations, allowing firms to fly drones out of ground operator sight
Politics & World Affairs
> At least 17 people killed after Russian missile strikes a market in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kostiantynivka; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Kyiv, announces new $1B US aid package
> Special counsel David Weiss intends to seek grand jury indictment of Hunter Biden on gun charges this month, according to court filing | Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case plan to call at least 150 witnesses at trial; two of the 19 defendants head to trial Oct. 23
> Mexico’s Supreme Court strikes down federal law criminalizing abortion, ruling nationwide criminal penalties for the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights
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