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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani becomes first MLB player in history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases (More) | 2024 WNBA regular season wraps with the playoffs set to begin Sunday (More) |

> "Saturday Night Live" announces lineup of hosts and musical guests for the show's 50th season set to begin Sept. 28 (More)

> Judge dismisses lawsuit against New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan alleging sex trafficking and assault alongside Harvey Weinstein (More)


Science & Technology
> EU regulators give Apple six months to comply with interoperability requirements under the recently passed Digital Markets Act; rule would enable non-Apple devices to easily interact with iPhones and Apple Watches (More)

> Pocket-sized nuclear battery up to 8,000 times more efficient than existing comparable technologies demonstrated by researchers (More)

> Engineers develop "ventilator-on-a-chip" that allows real-time study of ventilator-caused lung injuries at the cellular level (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.7%, Dow +1.3%, Nasdaq +2.5%); S&P 500 and Dow rise to fresh records following the Federal Reserve's larger-than-expected rate cut a day before (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Nike CEO John Donahoe to step down Oct. 13, will be replaced by longtime Nike veteran Elliott Hill, who retired from the brand in 2020 (More) | The Walt Disney Co. to stop using Salesforce-owned Slack after hack exposed company data (More)

> US existing home sales drop 2.5% month-over-month in August, the slowest pace since October 2023; median home price of $416,700 is up 3.1% from a year ago and is highest median price for any August since records going back to 1999 (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Hezbollah and Israel exchange strikes following pager, walkie-talkie explosions that killed at least 37 people; Hezbollah rockets kill two Israelis while Israel says it destroyed dozens of rocket launchers (More) | See war updates (More)

> Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) takes unconventional step to advance stopgap government funding bill in the Senate following defeat in the House (More) | How the federal budget works (More)

> North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) denies CNN report claiming he posted numerous controversial and sexually explicit messages on adult sites, including calling himself a "Black Nazi"; Robinson says he will stay in the race (More)

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