In The Know from 1440 Daily Digest
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker for the Chicago Bears, dies at 80 | 2023 WNBA Finals tips off this weekend with the Las Vegas Aces taking on the New York Liberty
> Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour film hauls in $100M+ in advance ticket sales | Chris Rock tapped to direct Martin Luther King Jr. biopic
> MLB’s American and National League Division Series kicks off tomorrow
Science & Technology
> Study suggests cats purr without input from the brain or conscious muscle movement; fibrous pads along the animals’ vocal cords appear to vibrate without specific brain signals
> Amazon to launch its first two broadband internet satellites today; analysts say Project Kuiper is meant to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink as a space-based internet service provider
> Archaeologists uncover the earliest known evidence of cannibalism as a funeral rite; 15,000-year-old artifacts recovered from various sites across northern Europe
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.1%, Dow -0.03%, Nasdaq -0.1%) ahead of today’s September jobs report reading
> US Securities and Exchange Commission sues Elon Musk in an effort to have him testify regarding the purchase of Twitter
> Kia and Hyundai join growing list of carmakers to adopt Tesla’s electric vehicle charging standard
Politics & World Affairs
> At least 80 people killed, more than 240 injured, following a drone attack during a military academy graduation in the Syrian city of Homs; no one had claimed responsibility as of this writing
> Biden administration to extend wall along the southwest US-Mexico border, waives more than two dozen federal laws to continue construction; decision revives effort started by former President Donald Trump meant to slow influx of migrants
> George Tyndall, the former gynecologist at the University of Southern California found guilty of widespread sexual abuse, found dead; cause of death not yet determined | Mass shooter who injured 10 in New York City subway attack last April sentenced to life in prison
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