Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> World No. 1 Jannik Sinner beats Carlos Alcaraz to win his first Wimbledon title and fourth career Grand Slam (More) | Iga Swiatek tops American Amanda Anisimova to win her first Wimbledon and sixth major title (More)
> Chelsea cruises to 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain to win 2025 FIFA Club World Cup (More)
> Washington Nationals take Oklahoma high schooler Eli Willits with top pick in 2025 MLB Draft; see complete Day One draft tracker (More) | Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh breaks American League record by hitting 38 home runs prior to the MLB All-Star Game (More)
Science & Technology
> Tesla adds Grok chatbot to newer vehicles in software update; follows the release of xAI's latest version of its flagship large language model, chatbot not yet capable of issuing commands to the vehicle (More)
> Some gut microbes are capable of processing PFAS, or "forever," chemicals from the body; study may lead to probiotics to replace bloodletting or drug therapies (More) | PFAS 101 (More)
> Archaeologists discover royal burial tomb belonging to the first known ruler of the ancient Mayan city of Caracol; once a major metropolis in modern Belize, city was abandoned about 1,000 years ago (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower Friday (S&P 500 -0.3%, Dow -0.6%, Nasdaq -0.2%) following President Donald Trump's announcement of 35% tariffs on Canada and baseline tariffs of 15% to 20% on other countries (More)
> Google pays $2.4B to license AI coding startup Windsurf and hire company's top talent, including its CEO and cofounder (More) | SpaceX invests $2B in Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, as part of $5B equity round (More)
> North Carolina, Texas, and Florida top CNBC's ranking of best states for business in 2025; Massachusetts is ranked "most improved"; Alaska ranks last (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Lawmakers visit Alligator Alcatraz, the 3,000-bed immigration detention center newly opened in Florida's Everglades; Democrats criticize conditions as unsanitary, overcrowded (More) | See previous write-up (More)
> Israeli strike kills 10 people, including six children, in line to fill water containers in central Gaza; Israel says missile was intended to strike an Islamic Jihad militant, blames malfunction for missed target (More) | US citizen Sayfollah Musallet among two Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank (More)
> Sudanese Armed Forces retake control of strategic North Kordofan region from paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (More) | International Criminal Court suggests both sides are committing war crimes in western Darfur region (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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