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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Ace Frehley, Kiss cofounder and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, dies at age 74 after suffering injuries from a fall last month (More)

> Former boxing champ Ricky Hatton's September death ruled a suicide (More) | Over 1 million tickets already sold for 2026 FIFA World Cup set to be hosted in the US, Canada, and Mexico (More)

> Spotify partners with Sony, Universal Music Group, and other major music companies to develop AI music products and tools (More)


Science & Technology
> Microsoft rolls out artificial intelligence-focused upgrades to Windows 11 operating system, including enhanced voice chat features (More)

> Neuroscientists pinpoint astrocyte brain cell as key to converting emotional experiences into long-term memories; finding could inform future treatments for memory-related conditions such as PTSD and Alzheimer's (More)

> Researchers discover female stinkbugs store and coat their eggs with fungi to ward off parasitic wasps—a rare symbiotic relationship in which fungi act as a physical, rather than chemical, defense (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.6%, Dow -0.7%, Nasdaq -0.5%) over concerns of loan losses at regional banks (More) | Oil prices drop to lowest level since February 2021 (More)

> Nestlé shares close up 9%—biggest one-day jump since 2008—after company says it will cut 16,000 jobs worldwide (More) | US tariffs to cost global businesses at least $1.2T this year, with most costs passed on to consumers, per new analysis (More)

> Harvard University's endowment grows 11.9%, up from 9.6% a year earlier, to nearly $57B for the fiscal year ending June 30; data comes amid federal funding pressures (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Donald Trump says he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest in the coming weeks; announcement comes after the leaders engage in a roughly two-hour phone call ahead of Trump's meeting today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (More)

> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issues 2025-26 weather forecast, anticipating hotter and drier-than-average weather for southern and eastern US, wetter and colder conditions for northern states (More)

> French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence votes after suspending government's pension reforms, earning support from the country's Socialist Party (More) | See previous write-up (More)

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