Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists signs deal with AI company Narrativ that will allow actors to license a digital replica of their voice for advertisements (More)
> Wally Amos, founder and iconic spokesperson of Famous Amos cookies, dies at age 88 (More)
> Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback JJ McCarthy, the No. 10 pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, to miss regular season due to a knee injury (More) | PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs kick off today (More)
Science & Technology
> Humans undergo rapid biological changes around ages 44 and 60, study finds; thousands of molecules and microbes increase or decrease the most around those periods, causing changes to cardiovascular health and immune function (More)
> South African lungfish species sets record for world's largest animal genome to be sequenced, with 90 billion base pairs of DNA, 30 times as many as the human genome (More)
> Mouse study shows experiencing stress sends messages from the brain to the gut, reducing beneficial bacteria responsible for preventing inflammation (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +0.0%) after consumer price index rose 2.9% year-over-year in July, the lowest since 2021 (More) | Weekly mortgage applications for US home purchases hit highest level in 19 months; refinance applications hit highest level since May 2022 (More)
> Candy giant Mars to acquire snack maker Kellanova in $36B all-cash deal; Mars owns brands like M&Ms and Snickers, while Kellanova owns brands like Pringles and Cheez-Its (More)
> Activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management launches proxy fight at Southwest Airlines, seeks to replace 10 of 15 board directors (More) | Victoria's Secret taps CEO Hillary Super of competitor Savage X Fenty as its next chief (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> World Health Organization declares a global health emergency over the spread of an especially virulent strain of mpox, formerly monkeypox, in Africa (More) | See previous write-up (More)
> Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announces he will not seek reelection next month amid decade-low approval ratings; announcement follows a series of corruption scandals plaguing the country's ruling party (More)
> Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns amid ongoing fallout over the handling of Israel-Hamas war protests on campus (More) | US judge rules UCLA must ensure Jewish students can access classes and campus amid protests (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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