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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Department of Homeland Security revises eligibility rules for specific visa categories, which would ban transgender women from traveling to the US to compete in women's sports (More) | ESPN to acquire NFL Network and other NFL-owned assets in exchange for giving the NFL a 10% stake in ESPN (More)

> Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne's cause of death revealed as a heart attack; death certificate also notes Osbourne suffered from coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease (More)

> Roku launches ad-free streaming service for $2.99 per month, will include 10,000 hours of movie and TV content from Lionsgate and Warner Bros. Discovery (More) | Fox One to launch Aug. 21 at $19.99 per month, will stream all sports and news programming across Fox's broadcast and cable channels (More)


Science & Technology
> NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy announces fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030; part of larger effort to build a permanent lunar base (More) | A brief history of the original space race (1440 Topics)

> Google DeepMind unveils Genie 3, an AI-powered model that creates interactive 3D worlds in real time (More, w/video)

> Pregnant roaches require additional sleep, similar to humans, new study shows; sleep deprivation impacted development of offspring (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.5%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq -0.7%) as investors process weaker-than-expected jobs data and President Donald Trump floats new tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals (More)

> Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino named chief executive of telehealth startup eMed, which is designing a population health management platform for GLP-1 weight-loss and diabetes drugs (More) | Chemical giants Chemours, DuPont, and Corteva to pay New Jersey $875M over 25 years in forever chemicals settlement (More)

> US credit card debt rises $27B in Q2, totaling $1.2T, per new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; total is in line with last year's all-time high (More) | An overview of credit cards and how they work (1440 Topics)


Politics & World Affairs
> House Oversight Committee issues subpoena for records from the Justice Department over its probe into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and eight former law enforcement officials subpoenaed for depositions (More)

> Hong Kong witnesses flooding, heaviest daily rainfall since the city began collecting records in 1884 (More) | Japan records hottest temperature on record yesterday, reaching over 107 degrees Fahrenheit (More)

> FBI data finds crime in the US went down in every category last year, including murder, violent crime, and theft; violent crime decreased 4.5%, with murder and manslaughter down 15% (More)

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