• ☝️ You’re looking at some of the winners from the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards, an annual contest celebrating the beauty of birds; the competition received 8,500+ submissions this year.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed yesterday (S&P: +0.4%; Dow: -0.8%; Nasdaq: +1.3%). | 📦 FedEx reported quarterly revenue and earnings outpacing analysts’ expectations, alongside a drop in capital spending; FedEx shares rose 15+% in after-hours trading.
• 🚘 Volkswagen agreed to invest $5 billion in EV startup Rivian, in a deal that also creates a joint venture allowing VW to use Rivian's technology for its own EVs; shares of Rivian rose ~40% in after-hours trading.
• 🛒 Amazon Prime Day 2024 will take place on July 16-17.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🍿 Warner Bros. Discovery is moving most of its upcoming big-budget, tentpole projects – including its Harry Potter TV show and It prequel series – from the MAX brand to the HBO brand.
• 📰 The Associated Press is launching an independent nonprofit that aims to raise at least $100 million to expand state and local news.
• 🙏 Seth Binzer, aka Shifty Shellshock, the lead singer of Crazy Town, passed away at the age of 49.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🤖🚗 ChatGPT has been integrated into the voice assistants of some Volkswagen models; the update is initially available only in Europe, with North America coming soon.
• 🦋 A group of painted lady butterflies crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the first transoceanic journey ever recorded by an insect, per a new peer-reviewed study.
• 🌎🛰️ The NOAA’s GOES-U weather satellite was successfully launched into space yesterday onboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. (Dive deeper: A next-gen US satellite is poised to revolutionize weather forecasts)

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🌊 President Biden declared a major disaster in northwest Iowa following major flooding this past weekend that destroyed hundreds of homes. | 📝 The US surgeon general issued an advisory declaring gun violence a public health crisis; US gun-linked deaths surpassed 48,000 people in 2022, over half by suicide.
• 🛻 Ford is recalling 550,000+ F-150 pickups from the 2014 model year due to an issue where their transmissions can suddenly downshift to first gear. | 🚛 Tesla recalled ~11,000 Cybertrucks due to issues with the windshield wipers and loose trim.
• 🎓💰 Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri temporarily blocked large portions of President Biden’s new student loan repayment plan, called SAVE; the Biden admin can no longer forgive debt or reduce payments under SAVE until the cases are decided. (Read more) | 🏫 Oklahoma’s Supreme Court blocked what would have been America’s first publicly funded religious charter school. (Read more)

CLICKBAIT

• 🗣️🗳️ Presidential Debates in History That Moved the Needle.