• ☝️ Residents of Easter Island and some areas of South America were treated to an annular “ring of fire” solar eclipse yesterday; just ~175,000 people (0.002% of the world’s population) live in the path of the eclipse.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets rose slightly (S&P: +0.01%; Dow: +0.1%; Nasdaq: +0.1%).
• ✂️ CVS is laying off 2,900 workers, or 1% of its workforce. | 👖 Levi Strauss reported mixed quarterly results; the company also revealed it’s looking to sell its Dockers business.
• 🤘 Costco now sells platinum bars, adding to its precious metals lineup.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• ⚾ MLB Playoffs: The Tigers, Royals, and Padres finished off Wild Card sweeps yesterday to advance to the Divisional Round; the Mets and Brewers play a deciding Game 3 tonight. | 📺 Diamond Sports Group submitted a bankruptcy reorganization plan that calls for it to shed the broadcasting rights it owns for 11/12 MLB teams (except the Atlanta Braves).
• ⚖️ The doctor who helped supply Matthew Perry with ketamine – the drug that caused his overdose death last October – pleaded guilty to a drug charge; he’s the third person to plead guilty to charges over Perry’s death.
• 🏁 Michael Jordan’s NASCAR team is suing NASCAR and CEO Jim France for what it alleges are anticompetitive practices and monopolistic control of the sport. | 🏀🗑️ Dude Perfect hired a new CEO: Andrew Yaffe, who was most recently an executive VP at the NBA; the move comes after Dude Perfect raised $100+ million from private investment firm Highmount Capital in April.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🤖💰 OpenAI officially raised $6.6 billion in new funding from multiple tech giants and large private investors at a $157 billion valuation; investors in the new round can withdraw their money if OpenAI doesn’t complete its planned conversion to a for-profit company within two years.
• 🌡️🥵 Palm Springs, California, recorded a high of 117°F on Tuesday, matching the highest temperature ever observed in the US during October.
• ☀️ The Sun on Tuesday released its second-most powerful flare of this solar cycle (since December 2019); the associated coronal mass ejection is expected to hit Earth tomorrow and spawn a strong geomagnetic storm.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🤔🗣️ What did viewers think of the Walz-Vance VP debate? Here’s what new polls have shown.
• 🗳️💰 A federal appeals court rejected an effort from the CFTC to prevent startup Kalshi from offering bets on US congressional elections; Kalshi says it will resume taking such bets “very soon.” (Dive deeper: The battle over election gambling)
• ⚖️🗳️ A federal judge unsealed court filings from Special Counsel Jack Smith laying out his case for why former President Trump should still be prosecuted on election-interference charges, despite a recent SCOTUS ruling granting broad immunity to presidents for official acts. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)

CLICKBAIT

• 🤖🎙️ Google’s AI turns the words “Fart” and “Poop” written 1,000 times into an entire podcast.

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