• ☝️ The winners of the 17th annual iPhone Photography Awards were unveiled yesterday, with honorees selected among entries from 140+ countries around the world.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets fell across the board (S&P: -0.2%; Dow: -0.2%; Nasdaq: -0.3%).
• ✈️ Alaska Airlines’ $1 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines has cleared the DOJ's antitrust hurdles; the deal still needs approval from the US Transportation Department before becoming official. | 🔍 The FAA is requiring inspections of Boeing 787 planes following a sudden midair dive in March that was caused by a loose pilot's seat.
• 📺 The saga continues: Media mogul Edgar Bronfman Jr. submitted a $4.3 billion offer to acquire Shari Redstone's National Amusements, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global; the offer could upend Paramount's planned merger with Skydance Media.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🎙️ Alex Cooper signed a three-year exclusive deal with SiriusXM that will see the platform host her hit podcast, Call Her Daddy, and network of shows (instead of Spotify); conflicting reports place the deal’s value at either $100 million or $125 million.
• 📺⚖️ Disney dropped its bid to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit and send it to arbitration on grounds the victim’s family had waived the right to sue by signing up for Disney+. | 🤖📰 OpenAI announced a multiyear licensing deal allowing the company’s products to use content from Condé Nast publications.
• 💔 Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after two years of marriage; their official separation date is listed as April 26.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 💉 A new observational study found people taking Ozempic and Wegovy appeared to experience suicidal thoughts at a higher rate than people on other drugs – though experts raised concerns about the study’s methodology. | 💉 Zepbound, the weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly, significantly reduced the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in pre-diabetic adults who are overweight or obese, per a new three-year study.
• 🧠 A new implant that responds to brain signals in real time was shown to dramatically reduce the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, per results from a small, early trial published in Nature Medicine.
• 🌌 NASA citizen scientists recently discovered a new hypervelocity star that’s hurtling through space at 1.3 million MPH; at 400 light-years from Earth, it’s the closest known hypervelocity star.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🌍🙏 Maria Branyas Morera of Spain, the world’s oldest living person, passed away at the age of 117.
• 🌧️ The National Weather Service is looking into reports that Connecticut on Sunday recorded its most rainfall ever over a 24-hour period (14.8 inches).
• 🔵 The Democratic National Convention concluded its second day of events and speeches; see updates from Day 2. | 🗳️ Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said their campaign is considering dropping out of the race to “join forces” with former President Trump. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)

CLICKBAIT

• 🚢 22 mysterious shipwrecks you can see on Google Earth.