Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> George Wendt, six-time Emmy-nominated TV and stage actor best known for "Cheers," dies at age 76 (More)
> Chess legend Magnus Carlsen draws against "the world" in 46-day game; 143,000 players competed against Carlsen, with their moves determined by popular vote (More)
> NFL owners approve proposal to allow players to compete in flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics (More) | Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky matchup Sunday hauled in 2.7 million viewers, the most-watched WNBA regular season game since 2000 (More)
Science & Technology
> Google debuts real-time language translation for Google Meet, beginning with English-Spanish translation for Google AI subscribers (More) | See highlights from Google I/O, the company's annual developer conference (More)
> Engineers develop membrane improving carbon capture and release cycle; approach is six times more efficient and up to 20% cheaper than existing systems (More) | How carbon capture works (More)
> New species of dumbo octopus discovered more than 3,425 feet below the surface off the Australian coast; the "flapjack" octopus can flatten itself along the seafloor or stretch vertically like an umbrella (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.4%) driven by tech stocks drop; S&P 500 ends six-day winning streak (More) | Tesla stock up as CEO Elon Musk commits to staying in the role for five years, plans to reduce political spending (More)
> Insurance broker Acrisure valued at $32B in latest Bain-led funding round (More) | Microsoft-backed software unicorn Builder.ai, formerly Engineer.ai, enters insolvency proceedings (More)
> GM CEO Mary Barra tops Fortune's list of 100 most powerful women in business, followed by Accenture CEO Julie Sweet, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Trump administration secures release of US Air Force veteran from detention in Venezuela; veteran's father says his son traveled there to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (More)
> European Union adopts four new sets of sanctions against Russia, targeting fleet of ships covertly exporting oil (More) | See war updates (More)
> Sudan's military says it has taken full control of Khartoum state, ousting all rebel forces (More) | Sudanese government accuses the United Arab Emirates of launching a drone strike on Port Sudan, the first allegation of direct UAE military involvement in the conflict (More) | See recent war developments (More, w/maps)
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