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The Supreme Court reshapes presidential power, the yen sinks to a 40-year low, and ancient human DNA turns up in cave paintings.
Politics & World
A single SCOTUS term day produced four major rulings touching presidential power, central bank independence, election law, and digital privacy — each with direct US-citizen and market impact. The Fed ruling alone moves…
Business
Medicare covering GLP-1 obesity drugs starting tomorrow is a policy change affecting tens of…
Sources: CNBC Top News, STAT News
Science & Tech
Researchers published findings today showing that a common brain protein acts as a vehicle carrying…
Sources: Science Daily, Scientific American
People killed when a stunt pilot clipped the Soviet Maxim Gorky — the largest aircraft in the world at the time — while performing loops around it in 1935. The disaster remains one of the deadliest air show accidents in history.
Source: Boing Boing
How female soldiers in the U.S. Army face a greater risk of death from fellow service members than from enemy combatants, through domestic violence and sexual assault.
The Intercept · Austin Campbell
Why the AI data center construction boom is deepening a global memory chip shortage — and what that means for the broader tech supply chain.
Business Insider · Steven Tweedie
What new satellite images reveal about the scale of destruction caused by the recent earthquakes in Venezuela.
Wired · Fernanda González
NBA free agency is officially open as of today, with the Ja Morant trade setting the market in motion — watch for more blockbuster moves in the coming days.
Wimbledon begins its grass-court Grand Slam tournament at the All England Club, with the world’s top players in action.
World Cup knockout round action continues as the round of 16 gets underway in North America, following Monday’s dramatic eliminations of Germany and the Netherlands.
Today’s clickbait, so you don’t have toA Stunt Pilot Decided to Do Loops Around the World’s Biggest Plane. It Did Not Go Well.
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