Today we cover updates on various current events. First, they highlight a national weather summary, predicting severe weather across the central US and an early-season heat wave along the Gulf Coast. Second, they cover market summaries for the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices from the previous trading day. Third, the texts detail YouTube's launch of a weekly chart ranking the most popular podcasts in the US by watch time, a move seen as competing with similar features from Spotify, and note that The Joe Rogan Experience currently holds the top spot. Fourth, the articles announce a major merger between cable providers Charter and Cox Communications, valued at $34.5 billion, which will see the combined entity surpass Comcast in customer numbers and operate under the Spectrum brand. Finally, the sources report that Apple has rejected Epic  ...