• ☝️ You’re looking at some of the 35 finalists chosen for the 2024 Creative Photo Awards, which attracted ~4,200 entries from 135 countries.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed (S&P: -0.5%; Dow: +0.2%; Nasdaq: -0.9%); the small cap Russell 2000 rose 1.3%, recouping some of yesterday’s losses. | 📈 US GDP rose 2.8% in Q2, above both Q1's 1.4% pace and the 2.1% growth economists expected. | 🏡 The typical starter home (defined as the lowest third of residential values in a region) is $1+ million in 237 US cities, according to a new Zillow analysis.
• 📱 Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash can keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors following a judge’s ruling.
• 🏢 Lineage, a storage and logistics giant, raised $4.4 billion in this year's biggest IPO; shares closed up 5.1% on the company’s first day of trading. | 🚘 Ford shares fell 18.4% yesterday, marking the company's worst single-day performance since 2008.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• ⚽ The US Women’s soccer team defeated Zambia 3-0 yesterday in their opening match of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
• 🚽💥 Director Michael Bay is developing a possible big-screen adaptation of the YouTube sensation “Skibidi Toilet.” | 📱 Ava Kris Tyson, a longtime collaborator of YouTube star MrBeast, is leaving the channel following accusations of sexually inappropriate messages with a minor.
• ⚾👌 San Diego Padres starter Dylan Cease threw the second no-hitter in franchise history yesterday in a win against the Nationals.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🤖🔍 OpenAI announced SearchGPT, a temporary prototype of new AI-powered search features; OpenAI says the best features in testing will be incorporated into ChatGPT.
• 🚀 NASA and Boeing said the first crewed Starliner test flight won’t return to Earth until at least August, but didn’t provide a set return date (they’re not stranded though🤔); Starliner’s two crew members have been aboard the ISS since June 6 following a series of delays from their initial June 12 return date.
• 👶 US infant mortality rates rose by 3% in 2022, per a new federal report; it marks the first statistically significant increase since 2002.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 👶📉 A growing share of US adults under 50 say they’re unlikely to have kids, with the most popular reason being they “just don't want to," per a Pew Research report published yesterday. (More: Why Americans are having fewer kids)
• ⛺ California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies to start removing homeless encampments on state land; the move follows last month’s US Supreme Court ruling allowing such bans. | 🔥 A California man was arrested for suspected arson in connection with a fast-growing wildfire north of Sacramento; the fire grew 11x to reach 71,000+ acres over a 24-hour period ending last night.
• 🍗 Ohio’s Supreme Court ruled the term “boneless wings” doesn’t guarantee the food is free of bones, but rather refers to a cooking style. | 📜 Oklahoma issued new guidelines for how teachers should include the Bible in public school curriculums under a new state mandate.

CLICKBAIT

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