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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Argentina edges Colombia 1-0 in extra time to win a record 16th Copa América championship (More) | Twenty-seven arrested amid security breach at main entry gate, which caused a delayed start to the Copa América (More)

> Disney investigating hacking after a trove of internal communications data was leaked by a hacktivist artists' rights group (More)

> The American League takes on the National League in tonight's (8 pm ET, Fox) 94th MLB All-Star game (More) | MLB Draft continues today; see complete draft tracker (More)


Science & Technology
> AT&T reportedly pays $300K ransom to hacker group to delete stolen data following the company's second major breach in three months (More)

> Researchers pinpoint gene capable of slowing the aggressive spread of pancreatic cancer; gene produces the molecule HNF4A, and gets "switched off" in early stages of the disease (More)

> Gulf War Illness explained in new study; mysterious illness, affecting up to one-third of veterans from the 1990-91 Gulf War, likely caused by intestinal exposure to biological and chemical agents (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.4%), with Dow closing at a record high; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signals the Fed won't wait until annual inflation hits 2% before cutting interest rates (More)

> Amazon kicks off Prime Day 48-hour sale today; this year's Prime Day expected to set record in US online spending, with an estimated $14B in total sales (More)

> Macy's ends buyout talks to go private for $6.9B with activist investors Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management; Macy's shares close down 12% (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Gambian lawmakers uphold ban on female genital mutilation, reversing course months after an initial vote; despite the ban, the practice remains widespread in Gambia, with more than 70% of girls and women undergoing the procedure (More) | What is FGM? (More)

> Moscow court convicts US journalist Masha Gessen in absentia for violating Russia's law criminalizing criticism of Russian war in Ukraine (More) | See latest updates on the war (More)

> Rwandan President Paul Kagame expected to extend his 30-year rule after defeating two candidates permitted to run against him in yesterday's election (More)

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