• ☝️ Americans across the country gathered at memorials, firehouses, city halls, and more to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks yesterday.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets rose across the board (S&P: +1.1%; Dow: +0.3%; Nasdaq: +2.2%). | 📝 Inflation rose 2.5% year-over-year in August, down 0.4% from July and the lowest reading since February 2021; core inflation, which excludes often-volatile food and energy prices, rose 3.2% year-over-year, in line with forecasts. | 🏡 Mortgage rates fell for the sixth straight week last week.
• 💼 PWC is laying off 1,800 employees, or 2.5% of its workforce.
• 🤖🍔 McDonald’s is trialing automatic kiosks that can take cash and give change.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 💃🥇 Rachael Gunn, aka “Raygun,” the Australian Olympic breakdancer who went viral during the Paris Games, was ranked #1 in the world by the sport's governing body.
• 🎸 Jon Bon Jovi helped a woman who was distraught and hanging off the side of a bridge in Nashville climb back to safety this week, according to local police.
• ⚖️ Dawn Richard, a singer in the former girl group Danity Kane, filed a civil lawsuit accusing music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault and inhumane treatment; Richard is the eighth person over the past year to sue Combs for sexual abuse.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

in partnership with Niphtio

• 🚀🌕 NASA confirmed its Europa Clipper mission – which will search for signs of life on Jupiter's moon Europa – is on schedule to launch as early as October 10. | 🧑‍🚀 A NASA official said the recent uncrewed landing of Boeing’s Starliner capsule would have succeeded if the agency had decided to send astronauts onboard.
• 🚄 Siemens Mobility announced plans to build the first US high-speed rail factory, a $60 million facility in Upstate New York.
• 🌌 SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission was gearing up to attempt the first-ever private spacewalk as of this send; the event is expected to start at 5:58 am ET; see live updates.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🌀 Hurricane Francine made landfall along southern Louisiana last night as a Category 2 storm, before weakening to Category 1 as it headed inland; Francine is projected to further weaken into a tropical storm as it reaches Mississippi this morning.
• 🎓 Harvard became the latest US university to report a decline in enrollment among students who identify as Black following last summer’s SCOTUS decision outlawing race-based admissions policies.
• 🗣️👀 The Trump-Harris presidential debate drew 67.1 million viewers across major TV networks, outpacing the 51.3 million viewers who watched the Trump-Biden debate.

CLICKBAIT

• 🪐👀 Scientists spot ancient 'smiley face' on Mars — and it could contain signs of life.