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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> President Donald Trump announces 2025 Kennedy Center honorees, including KISS, Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Crawford; says he was involved in selection, will present awards in December (More)

> University of Kansas receives $300M gift from US businessman David Booth, thought to be among the largest single donations in college sports history (More)

> The 77th Emmy Awards winners announced in select categories; Beyoncé wins first Emmy for costume design for Netflix's "Beyoncé Bowl" NFL halftime special (More)

Science & Technology
> US officials embed GPS trackers in various shipments of advanced AI chips to monitor illegal diversions of shipments to China, reports suggest (More)

> Passively powered flying devices can reach 45 miles above Earth, allowing researchers to study the mesosphere; atmospheric layer is too high for weather balloons but too low for satellites (More) | Visualize planet Earth, from core to atmosphere (1440 Topics)

> Physicists use sound waves to store quantum information; new approach can store quantum memory for 30 times longer than conventional techniques (More) | Explore the best resources we've found on quantum mechanics (1440 Topics)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +1.0%, Nasdaq +0.1%); S&P 500 notches record high as investors bet on potential interest rate cuts (More)

> CoinDesk owner Bullish shares close up more than 83% in NYSE debut, valuing the cryptocurrency exchange at roughly $10B; Bullish launched in 2021 and is backed by tech billionaire Peter Thiel (More)

> US tariff revenue reaches fresh monthly record of nearly $28B in July, up from $8B a year ago; US budget deficit grew to $291B last month (More) | How much federal revenue comes from tariffs (More) | Who pays for tariffs? (1440 Topics)


Politics & World Affairs
> Germany and allies pledge up to $500M in military aid to Ukraine via new NATO supply line (More) | President Donald Trump tells Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders he will push for a ceasefire in tomorrow's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska (More)

> Prosecutors seek retrial for a rape charge in Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's New York sex crimes case, leaving Sept. 30 sentencing for a separate sexual assault charge in limbo (More)

> Air Canada suspends most flights through Saturday due to an ongoing labor dispute with its flight attendant union; cancellations are expected to impact approximately 130,000 passengers each day (More)

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