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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> US men's national soccer team fails to advance out of group stage at Copa América after 1-0 loss to Uruguay (More) | UEFA European Championship quarterfinals set; see latest bracket (More)

> "Beetlejuice" sequel to premiere at 81st Venice Film Festival (Aug. 28); Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder will return, with Jenna Ortega joining the cast for the long-awaited sequel (More)

> Marketa Vondrousova becomes first women's Wimbledon defending champ to lose in the first round since 1994 (More) | Sixteen former college basketball players sue NCAA over use of their likeness for March Madness promos (More)


Science & Technology
> Moderna wins $176M contract to develop an mRNA vaccine for humans to protect against the bird flu (More) | How mRNA vaccines work (More) | Current bird flu outbreak status (More)

> Astrophysicists simulate how cosmic gas disks form and feed supermassive black holes; study provides insight into how galaxies formed in the early universe (More) | Black holes 101 (More, w/video)

> Mosquito study finds the insect's drive for blood is heightened or suppressed by a pair of hormones; may lead to new methods to fight mosquito-borne disease (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.8%) as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says US is on "disinflationary" path (More) | Tesla shares close up 10% after Q2 electric vehicle deliveries slowed year-over-year but beat analyst expectations (More)

> US job openings rise in May to 8.1 million while layoffs also increase, indicating slowing but resilient labor market (More)

> The Federal Trade Commission blocks Tempur Sealy's proposed $4B acquisition of Mattress Firm (More) | Six Flags and Cedar Fair merge in estimated $8B deal to become North America's largest amusement park operator (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> At least 116 people killed—mostly women and children—after crowd surge in northern India's state of Uttar Pradesh during Hindu religious event and amid high temperatures; officials are investigating the cause of the crowd surge (More)

> Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D, TX-37) becomes first Democratic lawmaker to call on President Joe Biden to withdraw from presidential race (More) | Former President Donald Trump's hush money sentencing delayed to Sept. 18 (More) | Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and ex-attorney for former President Donald Trump, disbarred in New York over 2020 election statements (More)

> US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Illinois law banning certain high-power semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines (More)

SOURCE:  1440 News