• ☝️ The San Diego Air and Space Museum held a celebration on Saturday to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the first Moon landing; Buzz Aldrin (right), the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 crew, headlined the gala.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed down across the board on Friday (S&P:-0.7%; Dow: -0.9%; Nasdaq: -0.8%); the S&P and Nasdaq experienced their worst weeks last week since April (-2% and -3.7%, respectively).
• 🏦 Berkshire Hathaway sold ~$1.5 billion worth of Bank of America stock last week; the Warren Buffett-run conglomerate still owns 999 million BofA shares.
• ☕ Elliott Management, an activist investor firm, has reportedly built a large stake in Starbucks and is pushing for changes.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏌️ Xander Schauffele won the British Open by two strokes yesterday, capturing his second major championship of 2024. | ⛹️‍♀️ WNBA All-Star Game: Team WNBA defeated Team USA Basketball 117-109 behind 34 points from Arike Ogunbowale (a new All-Star Game high). | ⛹️ The USA men’s basketball team beat South Sudan 101-100 in a pre-Olympic exhibition thanks to a last-second LeBron James layup; the US was a 43-point favorite over South Sudan, which became a country in 2011.
• 🌪️ Twisters took the US box office by *bad pun incoming* storm (groans) its opening weekend, generating a better than expected $80.5 million.
• 🎸 The Boss is…well, a boss: Bruce Springsteen is now a billionaire, according to Forbes. | 🎧 Will Ferrell – also a music boss: The actor will be joining the band Swedish House Mafia on stage at a benefit show in Chicago on October 26, per a YouTube announcement.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🤖 OpenAI released GPT-4o mini, a cheaper, slimmed-down version of its flagship AI model. | 🤣 AI-crafted jokes outperformed those written by everyday humans, per a new USC study.
• 🧠 Small regions of the human brain can take micro-naps while other regions are awake, per new pioneering research from UC Santa Cruz and WashU.
• 🧑‍🚀 Dune saw it first: Scientists developed a new device that can capture astronauts' pee and recycle it into drinkable water within minutes.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🚁 The 20-year-old who tried to assassinate former President Trump is believed to have flown a drone around the rally site before the event, per an AP source; the FBI has reportedly recovered the drone.
• 🔥⛪ The First Baptist Dallas church experienced a fire that burned down its sanctuary, which was built in 1890; officials are still determining whether to demolish the sanctuary for structural reasons.
• 🚨 The FBI arrested nine people in connection with a murder-for-hire plot, in which South Florida developer Sergio Pino hired multiple hitmen crews to kill his wife.

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• 💳 They Turned 18 and Immediately Had a Credit Score Over 700.