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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> LeBron James becomes first player in NBA history to top 50,000 combined regular-season and playoff points (More)

> Collection of unreleased short stories by the late "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee to be published in October (More) | Tom Llamas tapped as new anchor of "NBC Nightly News" after Lester Holt steps down this summer (More)

> Saudi Arabia partners with TKO Group, the company behind WWE and UFC, to form upstart boxing promotion set to hold first event in 2026 (More)


Science & Technology
> Archaeologists discover use of bone tools by ancient humans dating to roughly 1.5 million years ago, around 1 million years before previously believed; discovery sheds light on the development timeline of human cognition (More)

> Scientists discover compound that mimics the pain-blocking effects of cannabis without the side effects; may lead to pain management alternatives to opioids (More)

> New analysis confirms depletion of the ozone layer above the Antarctic circle is repairing, and is primarily driven by global reduction of chlorofluorocarbons (More) | What are CFCs? (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.1%, Dow +1.1%, Nasdaq +1.5%) as investors hope for more tariff concessions (More) | President Donald Trump grants one-month exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada (More)

> Disney to lay off around 6% of staff, or about 200 workers, across ABC News and Disney Entertainment Networks; announces it will dissolve its FiveThirtyEight brand and merge “20/20,” “Nightline,” and “Impact x Nightline" shows (More)

> Abercrombie & Fitch shares close down more than 9% after posting weak guidance for fiscal 2025 sales (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York defend sanctuary city policies in congressional hearing (More) | Rep. Sylvester Turner (D, TX-18), former mayor of Houston, dies at age 70 just two months into his first term in Congress (More)

> At least three people dead in Mississippi after severe storms sweep across the central US and move eastward, bringing hurricane-force winds and blizzard conditions (More)

> South Carolina scheduled to put to death tomorrow the first person by a firing squad in the US in 15 years; Brad Sigmon—convicted of killing ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001—chose the firing squad over an electric chair or lethal injection (More)

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