• ☝️ The world's largest convenience store – a Buc-ee’s in Luling, Texas – officially opened for business this week; the 75,000-square-foot location is ~30x larger than a traditional convenience store, with a total of 120 fuel pumps.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed yesterday (S&P: +0.3%; Dow: -0.3%; Nasdaq: +0.9%); the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both ended trading at fresh record highs.
• 🍎 All about Apple: Affirm’s buy now, pay later services will soon be available for purchases on Apple devices, both companies announced. | Elon Musk threatened to ban Apple devices at his respective companies if the tech giant integrates OpenAI at the operating system level. | Apple shares closed up 7% yesterday to reach a new record high.
• 🚘🔌 GM trimmed its projections for sales and production of all-electric vehicles this year; the company also said it expects EVs to make up 8% of US sales industry-wide in 2024.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏈🎮 Christian McCaffrey, star running back for the San Francisco 49ers, will be the cover athlete for Madden 25.
• 🎾 Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports signed a 10-year deal for exclusive rights to broadcast the French Open tennis tournament in the US beginning next year.
• 🧑‍🍳 The 2024 James Beard Award winners, a collection of the best restaurants and individual chefs in America, were announced yesterday.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🚀 The crewed return of Boeing’s Starliner space capsule from the ISS was extended by six days to June 18 due to a range of factors, NASA announced.
• 🪐❄️ Mars’ tallest volcanoes feature on and off patches of water frost, upending scientists’ previous belief that it was impossible for frost to form at Mars’ equator, per a new study.
• 🏃‍♀️ Female athletes have faster reaction times and make fewer errors when on their period, even though they feel their performance suffers, new research suggests.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🎓🇨🇳 Four American instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College were stabbed in a public park in China on Monday; a 55-year-old suspect was arrested, with the incident believed to be isolated. | 🇲🇼 Malawi Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima was confirmed to have died in a plane crash Monday morning that killed nine other people onboard.
• 🏥 A Florida law that fully blocks gender-affirming care for minors and partially restricts such treatments for adults was struck down by a federal judge yesterday as unconstitutional. (Read more)
• ⚖️ Hunter Biden was convicted yesterday on all three felony charges of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a firearm; he’s the first son of a sitting US president to be criminally convicted; Biden’s sentencing date has yet to be set. (Read more)

CLICKBAIT

• 🤖⌚ How to Use ChatGPT to Give Yourself More Free Time.