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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar tops two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark to win his third Tour de France title (More)

> Singer and rapper Sean Kingston and his mother indicted on six federal charges related to wire fraud; both face up to 20 years in prison if convicted (More)

> American golfer Xander Schauffele wins 152nd British Open, Schauffele's second major championship victory (More) | Dallas Wings' Arike Ogunbowale leads Team WNBA to 117-109 victory over Team USA in WNBA All-Star Game (More)


Science & Technology
> Friday's global computer outage affected 8.5 million Windows users, or 1% of total, despite causing widespread disruption (More) | Faulty Windows update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike triggered outage; see previous write-up (More)

> Chemists discover new method to turn waste Styrofoam into conducting polymers for use in electronics (More)

> New imaging technique reveals early stages of how amyloid-beta plaques form in the brain; molecule is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer's disease (More) | Everything you need to know about Alzheimer's (More, w/video)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower Friday (S&P 500 -0.7%, Dow -0.9%, Nasdaq -0.8%) in continued shift from tech companies to smaller cap stocks (More)

> Disneyland unions vote to authorize a potential walkout of 14,000 employees amid ongoing contract negotiations; if negotiations fall through, walkout would be Disneyland's first in 40 years (More)

> Federal Aviation Administration investigates Southwest Airlines plane flying at low altitude over Tampa Bay, Florida (More) | American Airlines reaches deal with flight attendants union to avoid strike (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Bangladesh's top court reduces quotas for government jobs sparking deadly protests; policy reserving one-third of government jobs for relatives of veterans led to protests killing over 100 people (More)

> Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will testify today before the House Oversight Committee after report Secret Service denied requests by former President Donald Trump's security detail for more personnel, resources (More)

> Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D, TX-18) dies following battle with pancreatic cancer at age 74; Lee spearheaded the cause to make Juneteenth a national holiday, among other efforts (More)

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