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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Jury deliberations underway in Sean "Diddy" Combs' wide-ranging sex crimes trial, with the jury flagging for the judge that one juror was having difficulty following the judge's instructions (More)

> The US revokes visas of members of British rap punk duo Bob Vylan after the group lead the Glastonbury Festival crowd in "death to IDF" chants (More)

> Three-time NFL All-Pro Jalen Ramsey traded by the Miami Dolphins to the Pittsburgh Steelers for fellow three-time All-Pro Minkah Fitzpatrick (More) | WNBA to expand to 18 teams by 2030, with new franchises in Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia (More)


Science & Technology
> Meta formally announces Superintelligence Labs, focusing on AI models that rival human intelligence (More) | Meta explained (1440 Topics) | Microsoft researchers say new AI tool correctly diagnoses diseases at an 85% rate, four times higher than experienced doctors (More)

> Genetic ancestry linked to risk of contracting severe cases of dengue fever; findings partially explain the wide variability in cases, disease kills around 20,000 people annually (More)

> Researchers discover switching on a single dormant gene enables mice to regrow ear tissue; discovery may lead to treatments for a variety of degenerative diseases (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +0.5%) (More) | DOJ lets Hewlett Packard Enterprise buy Juniper Networks for $14B, boosting both tech firms’ shares (More) | Home Depot to buy building-products distributor GMS for about $4.3B in bid to attract more home-building professionals (More)

> Joby Aviation shares climb 11.8% after delivering first flying air taxi to the UAE, with plans for 2026 regional launch (More) | Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund's annual profits fall 60% due partly to high interest rates and inflation (More)

> Robinhood to offer tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds in Europe, sending shares to record high (More) | Oracle shares up 4% after revealing $30B in cloud deals (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in 2022; hearing scheduled for tomorrow (More) | Police identify 20-year-old suspect in the ambush and killing of two firefighters in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Sunday; police have not publicly identified a motive as of this writing (More)

> Senate debates amendments to President Donald Trump's domestic policy bill in hourslong process known as vote-a-rama (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Department of Health and Human Services finds Harvard University in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act over allegations of antisemitism (More) | Trump signs executive order ending US sanctions on Syria (More) | Justice Department sues Los Angeles over sanctuary city policy (More)

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