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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2025 college football season kicks off tomorrow with a limited slate of Week 0 games, including No. 17 Kansas State taking on No. 22 Iowa State (12 pm ET, ESPN) from Dublin, Ireland (More)

> Rapper Lil Nas X is arrested and hospitalized after walking in Los Angeles in only underwear, allegedly punching an officer twice in the face (More)

> The 2025 US Open tennis championships begin this weekend in New York City (More) | See complete women's bracket (More) | ... and men's bracket (More)


Science & Technology
> CT scans and 3D mapping of an ancient child's bones discovered in modern-day Israel suggest humans and Neanderthals interacted 100,000 years earlier than previously believed (More)

> Giraffe genetic data reveals Africa is home to four distinct species, not just one as long assumed; new taxonomy will enable more nuanced understandings of population threats and targeted conservation efforts (More)

> Light pollution is interfering with songbirds' biological clocks, causing them to chirp an average of 50 minutes longer per day—18 minutes earlier in the morning and 32 minutes later in the evening (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.3%) ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's annual policy speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, today (More) | Why do stock markets matter? (More)

> US existing home sales rise 2% month over month in July; median home price of $422,400 is up 0.2% from a year ago, representing smallest annual increase since June 2023 but still the highest median home price for any July on record (More) | How do mortgages work? (1440 Topics)

> Cracker Barrel shares close down 7% following pushback on its new simplified logo—part of a larger brand refresh (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Supreme Court clears the Trump administration to cut $783M in National Institutes of Health grants linked to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives while a lawsuit over the cuts continues (More) | California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs legislation sending redrawn congressional map to voters for approval (More)

> Erik Menendez is denied parole 36 years after murdering his parents in Los Angeles, will next be eligible in three years; brother Lyle goes before the parole board today (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Influential evangelical leader James Dobson dies at age 89; the conservative activist served as an adviser to President Donald Trump and former presidents including Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush (More)

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