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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2025-26 NHL regular season kicks off tonight; see preview and predictions for all 32 teams (More) | LeBron James to make major announcement today (12 pm ET), speculated to be regarding his basketball future (More)

> Jilly Cooper, renowned bestselling British romance author and journalist, dies at age 88 (More)

> Canadian rock band Rush announces 2026 summer reunion tour, their first concerts since 2015 (More) | Instagram announces Rings awards, which will honor the platform's top creators (More)


Science & Technology
> Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to trio of American and Japanese immunologists for discoveries underpinning new autoimmune and cancer therapies (More) | Nobel Prize in Physics to be announced this morning at 5:45 am ET (More)

> Deadly tornado that hit North Dakota in June upgraded to strongest classification, marking the first such rating in the US since 2013; winds reached 210 mph, and width peaked at more than 1 mile (More)

> Researchers link fathers' exercise regimens to endurance and metabolic health of children, suggesting sperm microRNAs transmit benefits of physical activity (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.7%) as the federal government shutdown enters its second week (More)

> OpenAI to purchase computing capacity from chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices for artificial intelligence data centers; AMD shares close up 23.7% (More)

> Fifth Third Bancorp to buy Comerica in $10.9B all-stock deal, creating ninth largest US bank; operations will span the Southeast, Texas, California, and the Midwest; Comerica shares close up 13.7% (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> US Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal by Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted sex trafficker and former associate of Jeffrey Epstein (More)

> Federal government shutdown enters seventh day after Senate fails to pass either of two competing stopgap bills; Republican-led bill failed 52-42, with Democratic bill failing 50-45 (More)

> Rescue efforts begin to save hundreds of hikers stranded on Mount Everest in Tibet amid heavy snowfall, at roughly 16,000-foot elevation (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS