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Elon Musk is ready to buy Twitter at his original offer of $44B after a monthslong legal battle, according to a new legal filing. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX made the proposal in a letter to Twitter before an emergency meeting with a judge yesterday. The news comes a month after Twitter shareholders voted to approve the original deal and two weeks before the trial over Musk's previous attempt to terminate it.
Twitter sued Musk in July after he declared his intention to withdraw from the April agreement. Musk alleged Twitter undercounted the number of fake accounts on its platform. Legal analysts say the billionaire entrepreneur faced an uphill battle in court, citing the judge frequently ruled in Twitter's favor on evidentiary matters. See a timeline of events here.
Twitter shares were halted for much of the day before closing up 22% at $52 per share, bringing the price closer to Musk's offer of $54.20 per share. |
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North Korea Fires Missile
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North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time since 2017, according to Japanese officials yesterday. The missile flew approximately 2,800 miles—the longest traveled by a North Korean test missile—over the country before landing in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday morning local time, prompting Japan to issue shelter warnings and pause train operations.
The news comes after North Korea recently escalated its ballistic missile tests, including a test ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to the demilitarized zone last week. The country has conducted nearly two dozen missile tests this year, with five in the last 10 days. Only seven have ever flown over Japan. South Korean intelligence also reported last week North Korea is preparing for its seventh nuclear test. See a breakdown of North Korean missiles here.
The US and South Korea responded by launching fighter jets and practicing bombing runs in the Yellow Sea. |
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Loretta Lynn, one of country music's pioneering solo female artists and the first to release a certified gold album, died peacefully at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, yesterday. She was 90.
Born during the Great Depression in the coal-mining community of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, Lynn was celebrated for her original songs spotlighting the experience of poor and working-class women. Her breakthrough came in the late 1960s and 1970s with a string of number one country hits, including "Coal Miner's Daughter," which became the title for a 1976 autobiography as well as the Oscar-winning 1980 musical film about Lynn's life. Over six decades, Lynn recorded 50 studio albums and received numerous awards, including three Grammys and a 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom. See a list of all her awards here.
Several of Lynn's hits were banned for dealing directly with sensitive issues like marital infidelity, birth control, and alcoholism. See photos and a timeline of her life here. |
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