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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Harvey Weinstein to face retrial this fall after a New York appeals court overturned his 2020 rape conviction last week (More)

> Paul Auster, novelist best known for his "The New York Trilogy" series, dies at 77 (More) | Brian McCardie, actor known for roles in "Line of Duty" and "Rob Roy," dies at 59 (More)

> TV producer Dan Schneider files defamation lawsuit against "Quiet on Set" docuseries producers for implying he sexually abused children on the set of various children's TV shows (More)


Science & Technology
> Endurance exercise has noticeable impact on nearly all bodily tissues and roughly 35,000 biological molecules, even organs not associated with exercise; study is part of effort mapping exercise-related health benefits at the cellular level (More)

> Intel engineers demonstrate ability to read single electron qubits—the unit of information in quantum computers—in silicon; marks a key step toward high-throughput manufacturing of quantum computing devices (More) | How quantum computing works (More)

> Neuroscientists map brain circuit believed to play a critical role in human consciousness; network spans at least five regions of the brain (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.3%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq -0.3%) as investors weigh latest round of economic data (More)

> Exxon Mobil Corp. reportedly reaches agreement with Federal Trade Commission over the oil giant's nearly $60B acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources; deal bars Pioneer's former chief executive officer from joining Exxon's board (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Johnson & Johnson proposes paying $6.5B over 25 years to settle thousands of current and future US lawsuits that claim its baby powder and other talc-based products caused ovarian cancer (More)

Politics & World Affairs
> Arizona state lawmakers pass law repealing Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions; Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) to sign (More) | Florida law banning most abortions at six weeks of gestation takes effect (More) | See map of abortion laws by state (More)

> Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R, GA-14) announces plan to force a floor vote next week to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R, LA-4); Democrats have announced intention to side with Republicans to defeat the vote (More)

> Saudi women's rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi sentenced to 11 years in prison for online posts calling to loosen dress code and male guardianship laws (More)

SOURCE:  1440 News