• ☝️ The Census Bureau released new data yesterday that shows large cities in the Northeast and Midwest grew on average in 2023, reversing earlier population declines – though the fastest growth was seen in the South.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed down across the board (S&P: -0.2%; Dow: -0.1%; Nasdaq: -0.3%); the Dow briefly rose above 40,000 for the first time.
• 🏬 Walmart reported Q1 earnings that beat analysts’ expectations for revenue and earnings; the retail giant’s shares closed up 7%.
• 🎽 Under Armour announced a new restructuring plan and said it projects a 10+% drop in sales for this fiscal year.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🎮 EA Sports revealed its College Football 25 cover athletes yesterday; the new videogame, which is returning after a decade-long break, will be released on July 19. | 🏈🗣️ The NFL published a statement saying Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s controversial commencement speech represents his own personal views, not those of the league. Read a breakdown of the situation.
• 🎰 The Mirage Casino in Las Vegas is closing its doors for good in July after 34 years in business; the casino will undergo a three-year renovation and rebrand as Hard Rock Las Vegas.
• 🏀 Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever drew an average of 2.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched game in league history across ESPN platforms. | 🏌️ The PGA Championship teed off yesterday; see the full leaderboard.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 💊 UK engineers and pharmacists designed a 3D-printed “polypill” that can be customized to include an entire day’s worth of medications.
• 🔭 NASA is considering an offer of a private mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope before it plunges into Earth’s atmosphere around 2034.
• 🌊 A long-buried branch of the Nile river once flowed alongside 30+ pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how their massive stone blocks were transported, per a study published yesterday.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🌶️ A Massachusetts teen who ate a super-spicy tortilla chip as part of a social media challenge passed away due to a combination of a heart defect and eating a large quantity of chile extract, his autopsy report concluded.
• 🗣️ The Biden-Harris campaign accepted an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate in July or August.
• ⚖️ The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the funding process for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional, reversing a lower court ruling. | 🌿 Attorney General Merrick Garland officially began the process to reschedule marijuana on a federal level and classify it as a less dangerous drug.

CLICKBAIT

• 🤔🖼️ The mystery of Mona Lisa’s background may have been solved.