• ☝️ The first – and only – vice presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle took place last night between Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D); the two candidates clashed over a range of topics, including the economy, immigration, foreign policy, climate change, and healthcare. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets fell across the board (S&P: -0.9%; Dow: -0.4%; Nasdaq: -1.5%).
• 💼 US job openings increased in August following two straight monthly decreases.
• 😋 PepsiCo is buying tortilla chip maker Siete Foods for $1.2 billion.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• ⚾ MLB Playoffs: Game 1 for all four Wild Card series took place yesterday; the Tigers prevailed over the Astros, the Royals shut out the Orioles, the Mets beat the Brewers, and the Padres shut out the Braves; Game 2 in all four series will be held later today.
• 🍿 Reacher is getting a spin-off: Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a new series focusing on the character Frances Neagley (played by Maria Sten).
• ⚖️ Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing sexual assault allegations from 120 new accusers that go back 20+ years, per Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee (who’s representing the accusers).

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🎗️ Rates of breast cancer in US women rose by 1%/year between 2012-2021, per a new American Cancer Society report; on the flip side, breast cancer death rates fell 44% between 1989 and 2022.
• ☀️🪐 Astronomers have discovered a new planet orbiting the closest single star to our Sun (located ~6 light-years away). | ✋🚀 The FAA grounded SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket while the company investigates a recent malfunction in the launch vehicle’s second stage.
• 🧓 Older adults who experience injury-causing falls are more likely to develop dementia within a year of their accident compared to elders who have other kinds of physical injuries, per a large new study.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🌀 Hurricane Helene update: As of last night, the death toll from the storm had risen to more than 160 people across six states, with nearly half of the deaths occurring in North Carolina; hundreds of people remained missing yesterday as rescue efforts continued; the Southeast US has been drenched with 40+ trillion gallons of rain over the past week due to Helene and other storms (enough to fill Lake Tahoe).
• 🏛️ The Biden administration rolled out tougher asylum restrictions for migrants at the US-Mexico border; the new rule shuts down most asylum claims unless apprehensions of migrants entering the US illegally drops below a rolling average of 1,500/day for 28 days (instead of seven days previously).
• 🇲🇽 Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in yesterday as the first-ever female president of Mexico, after receiving nearly 60% of the vote in June’s election; Sheinbaum has promised to continue the policies of outgoing President Andres Manuel López Obrador (her political mentor).

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• 😋🌆 The Best Foodie Cities in America in 2024.