Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> ESPN signs five-year deal with the WWE for streaming rights to WrestleMania and other major live events; deal averages $325M per year (More)
> The PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs kick off today; read about the playoff format, including its bonus prize pool of $100M with the overall champion earning $10M (More)
> "Hamilton" to get US theatrical release on Sept. 5, five years after its initial premiere on Disney+, which purchased the rights to the filmed version of the Broadway hit for $75M (More)
Science & Technology
> Replenishing the brain's natural supply of lithium appears to reverse memory loss and neurological signs of Alzheimer's, new study suggests; researchers identify lithium orotate as potentially protecting against onset of the disease (More) | What we know about Alzheimer's (1440 Topics)
> OpenAI to offer the enterprise version of ChatGPT to federal agencies beginning next year at a cost of $1; move seen as a bid to beat competitors in adoption into government workflows (More)
> Ancient stone tools more than 1 million years old discovered on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi; suggests human relatives made a major sea crossing prior to the use of boats (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq +1.2%) as corporate earnings continue rolling in and the Trump administration's new trade tariff deadline looms (More)
> Apple to invest an additional $100B on domestic manufacturing; Apple previously announced plans to spend $500B in the US over the next four years (More) | How Apple became a $3T company (1440 Topics)
> Accessories retailer Claire's files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for second time since 2018 amid debt load and changing consumer preferences; follows second bankruptcy of teen retailer Forever 21 in March (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump imposes an additional 25% tariff on India over its Russian oil purchases, raising combined levies to 50%; takes effect Aug. 27 and comes as new tariffs kick in for dozens of trading partners today (More)
> Texas Democrats who left the state in protest of a redistricting bill were temporarily evacuated from an Illinois hotel following a bomb threat (More) | US Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) enters race to replace outgoing Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R), pledging to push forward Trump's agenda (More)
> United Airlines grounds flights nationwide for several hours amid technical issue with its weight calculation system (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
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