Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Katie Ledecky wins women's 1500-meter freestyle, her eighth Olympic gold medal and 12th medal overall (More) | Spanish men's tennis doubles team of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz defeated by Team USA duo, likely ending Nadal's Olympic tennis career (More) | See latest medal standings (More)
> Longtime BBC presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to three counts of "making indecent images of children" (More)
> Lollapalooza 2024, headlined by Megan Thee Stallion, SZA, The Killers, and Blink-182, kicks off today from Chicago; see full lineup and streaming schedule (More)
Science & Technology
> OpenAI rolls out hyper-realistic ChatGPT voice generator to select users (More) | Engineers develop "confidence thermometer" to measure how much users should trust different large language models (More)
> The nose and nasal pathways are home to long-lived immune system B and T cells that learn from incoming pathogens, and act as the body's first line of defense against viruses, study finds (More) | The different types of immune cells (More)
> Preliminary data suggest GLP-1 agonists—drugs to treat diabetes and obesity, like WeGovy and Ozempic—reduce brain shrinkage in Alzheimer's patients by 50% (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.6%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq +2.6%); S&P 500 and Nasdaq record best single-day gain since February as Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, signals possibility of September rate cut (More)
> Meta shares rise in after-hours trading on better-than-expected Q2 revenue and earnings (More) | Etsy to begin testing first-ever loyalty program in September as part of effort to boost sales (More) | StubHub sued by Washington, DC, attorney general over allegations it tricked consumers into overpaying for tickets (More)
> Boar's Head recalls 7 million pounds of meat over listeria risk; at least 34 people have become sick across 13 states, including two people who died (More) | See map of outbreak (More) | What is listeria? (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> The Pentagon reaches a plea deal arrangement with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks; deal would reportedly involve life sentences for all three and avoid a death-penalty trial (More)
> Ukraine receives F-16 jets after monthslong delay; aircraft delivered via the Netherlands and Denmark (More) | ... and repels largest drone attack by Russia since January (More) | See war updates (More)
> Former President Donald Trump attends National Association of Black Journalists conference, claims Vice President Kamala Harris did not always identify as Black (More) | Watch full appearance (More, w/video) | Experts say polling data still early for Trump versus Harris; see current data (More)
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