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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Tommy Fleetwood wins 2025 PGA Tour Championship to take FedEx Cup title and $10M top prize (More)

> Jerry Adler, actor best known for starring role in "The Sopranos," dies at age 96 (More)

> Chinese Taipei tops Nevada 7-0 to win first Little League World Series title since 2017 (More)


Science & Technology
> Meta to partner with AI startup Midjourney to license the company's image and video generation technology (More) | What is generative AI good for? (1440 Topics)

> Researchers discover deep sea microbes that collaborate via electrical signals to consume methane seeping from the ocean floor; neither of the two microbe species can break down the molecule on their own (More)

> New study reveals random and inherited genetic mutations can interact to raise the risk of developing blood cancers; findings may lead to new early detection methods (More) | The difference between healthy and cancerous cells (1440 Topics)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +1.5%, Dow +1.9%, Nasdaq +1.9%), with Dow closing at record high following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments seeming to signal lower interest rates (More) | How raising rates can help fight inflation (1440 Topics)

> European and Asian postal services suspend service to the US ahead of the expiration of "de minimis" this Friday; the tariff exemption for packages valued below $800 allowed 1.4 billion packages to enter the US duty-free last year (More) | The early 20th century era of tariffs (1440 Topics)

> Waymo gets approval to test self-driving vehicles in New York City, with trained safety officer in the front seat; won't pick up passengers yet (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> US immigration officials plan to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda if he rejects plea deal on human smuggling charges, refuses deportation to Costa Rica (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Russia accuses Ukraine of launching a drone that causes a fire at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant; Russia launched over 70 drones, one ballistic missile at Ukraine as the country celebrated its 34th Independence Day (More)

> More than 30 million people in the US have been under extreme weather and heat alerts over the weekend, including in California, Oregon, and Washington (More)

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