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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> French actor Gérard Depardieu to face criminal trial over alleged rape accusations from an actress in 2018; Depardieu was found guilty in May of sexually assaulting two women in aseparate case (More)

> George Raveling, basketball Hall of Fame coach and longtime Nike exec, dies of cancer at age 88 (More) | Ohio State tops college football AP poll after Week One, with Penn State and LSU rounding out the top three (More)

> "Call of Duty" live-action film adaptation in the works at Paramount; the video game franchise has sold 500 million copies worldwide and brought in over $30B in revenue (More)


Science & Technology
> Cancer study reveals how pilocytic astrocytoma tumors, the most common form of childhood brain cancer, use a molecule called glutamate to grow (More)

> Engineers develop rubber band capable of generating electricity from body heat; could provide passive power for health monitoring, smartwatches, and more (More)

> Brain-computer interface allows paralyzed patient to control robotic arm via thought; device uses AI to decipher and transmit brain signals (More)


Business & Markets
> Federal judge rules Google can keep Chrome browser but cannot forge exclusive contracts and must share search data with rivals to rectify the company's monopoly on search; parent company Alphabet's shares rose in after-hours trading (More)

> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.7%, Dow -0.6%, Nasdaq -0.8%) as President Donald Trump seeks expedited Supreme Court hearing on last week's lower court ruling that found most of his administration's tariffs illegal (More)

> Anthropic closes $13B funding round at a $183B valuation, roughly triple what the AI startup was worth during its last raise in March (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump announces move of Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, following 2021 Air Force recommendation; decision is expected to bring $1B annually to Huntsville, Alabama's local economy (More)

> House Oversight Committee publicly posts Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, mostly containing information already publicly known (More) | US strikes suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, killing at least 11 people allegedly tied to Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang (More)

> Second earthquake hits Afghanistan yesterday as death toll from Sunday's quake exceeds 1,400 people (More) | Israeli army begins ground operation in Gaza City after approving plans last month (More)

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