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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> "Inside Out 2" crosses $1B at global box office, becoming the fastest animation film to break the $1B mark in just 19 days after its release (More)

> San Jose Sharks take Boston University's Macklin Celebrini with top pick in 2024 NHL Draft (More) | See complete list of all 225 draft picks (More) | India tops South Africa to win T20 Cricket World Cup (More)

> Simone Biles win's Team USA trials all-around competition to qualify for her third Olympics (More) | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles to win the Team USA track and field Olympic trials (More)


Science & Technology
> NASA's Odyssey spacecraft completes 100,000 orbits around Mars, more than two decades after launching; agency releases snapshot of Olympus Mons, the solar system's largest volcano (More)

> Gene silencing technology reduces misfolded proteins known as prions by 80% in mouse trials; approach may lead to new therapies for some neurodegenerative diseases (More) | How prion diseases like mad cow and fatal familial insomnia work (More, w/video)

> Researchers identify brain regions associated with the sensation of feeling full; study finds new weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound act on the neurons (More) | How do GLP-1 drugs work? (More, w/video)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower Friday (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq -0.7%) following release of data on inflation and consumer sentiment (More)

> US federal judge rules cryptocurrency exchange Binance must face the majority of a lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission (More)

> DVD rental company Redbox files for bankruptcy after defaulting on loans and missing payroll for employees (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Joe Biden meets with family at Camp David amid Democratic supporters' concerns over the president's fitness to run in the 2024 election (More)

> Iran's presidential race heads to a runoff election between reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian and hard-liner Saeed Jalili; voter turnout was 40%, lowest in the Islamic Republic's history (More)

> South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announces cabinet, which includes the opposition party for the first time, following the election in May (More)

SOURCE:  1440 News