Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 153rd British Open kicks off today at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland; see preview and opening-round tee times (More)
> Main stage of Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival destroyed by fire just two days before the event was set to begin (More)
> Robin Kaye, longtime "American Idol" executive, shot and killed at age 70 alongside her husband at Los Angeles home (More) | Audun Groenvold, Olympic bronze medal-winning skier, dies at age 49 after being struck by lightning (More)
Science & Technology
> Researchers confirm a slight difference in the decay of certain types of subatomic particles, a phenomenon known as breaking charge-parity symmetry; may help explain why the universe is filled with matter instead of antimatter (More) | Inside CERN's antimatter factory (1440 Topics)
> The brain utilizes channels in the lining of its blood vessels to direct blood flow to regions requiring more energy, depending on the task; new study may lead to preventive treatments for neurodegenerative diseases (More)
> Toxic algae blooms release "antivitamins" into the surrounding environment, inhibiting the growth of other algae species and allowing them to spread more quickly (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.3%) after President Donald Trump denied reports he was planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (More) | Ranking all the Fed chairs since 1914 (1440 Topics)
> Meta begins trial over $8B privacy lawsuit filed by shareholders (More) | Scale AI to lay off 200 full-time employees, or about 14% of its global staff, and cut ties with 500 contractors; comes a month after Meta invested $14.3B in the startup (More)
> The US plans to send letters to 150 countries, notifying their leaders of tariffs expected to go into effect Aug. 1 (More) | How world trade depends on the dollar (1440 Topics)
Politics & World Affairs
> Department of Homeland Security expands third-country deportation program, sending five immigrant detainees from various countries to the southern African nation of Eswatini (More) | Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fires two top deputies at the Department of Health and Human Services, reason not immediately clear (More)
> Senate advances $9B package of spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting; package spares $400M global AIDS relief program (More) | Mandatory versus discretionary federal spending (1440 Topics)
> Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland, forcing more than 100 to evacuate; officials say the molten rock isn't threatening infrastructure (More) | See footage (More)
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