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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Tennis star Novak Djokovic—all-time leader in men's Grand Slam tournaments—wins his first Olympic gold medal, beating rival Carlos Alcaraz (More) | American Scottie Scheffler edges Great Britain's Tommy Fleetwood and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama to take gold in men's golf (More)

> Aerosmith to retire from touring after announcing Steven Tyler's vocal injury is not recoverable (More)

> Devin Hester, Julius Peppers, and Patrick Willis headline 2024 class of seven members inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (More)


Science & Technology
> Reports suggest OpenAI has internal tool capable of detecting text generated by ChatGPT with 99.9% accuracy (More) | The history of OpenAI in three minutes (More, w/video)

> Researchers discover treatment effective against bacteria causing rare flesh-eating diseases; may lead to new drugs to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens (More)

> Scientists identify origins of the moon's thin atmosphere, attributing it to meteorites vaporizing the surface on impact; pressure of the lunar atmosphere is roughly 300 trillion times less than Earth (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down Friday (S&P 500 -1.8%, Dow -1.5%, and Nasdaq -2.4%) on news of hiring slowdown, with mortgage rates dropping; see previous write-up (More)

> Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sells nearly 50% of Apple stock last quarter and raises cash holdings to record $277B amid concerns over high stock prices (More)

> Food giant Mars reportedly considers purchase of Kellanova, maker of Cheez-Its and Pringles, valued at $22B; deal could be among the largest ever for the packaged food industry (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Israeli airstrikes kill over 30 people at two schools in Gaza while rare Israeli airstrikes in the West Bank kill at least nine confirmed Hamas militants; see latest updates (More)

> More than 100 people arrested in the UK amid clashes, vandalization of a hotel hosting asylum seekers; anti-immigration protests fueled by online posts suggesting the suspect who killed three children last week was a Muslim migrant (More) | Officials say suspect was born in the British city of Cardiff; see overview (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal offered to 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two coconspirators (More) | Maui residents reach $4B settlement with Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) over last year's wildfires; half of the settlement to come from Hawaiian Electric (More)

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