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Need To Know
Ground Zero's Final Tower
Construction crews broke ground yesterday on the final office tower at the new World Trade Center campus, nearly 25 years after the 9/11 attacks destroyed the complex.
American Express will be the sole tenant of 2 World Trade Center upon its completion, currently slated for 2031. The 55-story glass tower will accommodate up to 10,000 employees across nearly 2 million square feet of office space (scroll for mock-ups). At 1,226 feet tall, it will stand 550 feet shorter than One World Trade Center, directly to the west. American Express has not disclosed project costs, but New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) expects the development to create 3,200 jobs and generate $6B in economic activity.
Officials began soliciting proposals to rebuild the World Trade Center campus eight months after the terror attacks. The first new building, 7 World Trade Center, opened in 2006, and the landmark One World Trade Center opened in 2014. See the reconstruction timeline here.
Trump International Airport
Palm Beach Airport officially changed its name to President Donald J. Trump International Airport yesterday, becoming the first airport named after a sitting US president. The official airport code will change from PBI to DJT in the coming weeks. See the new welcome sign.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation authorizing the change in March, with up to $5.5M in costs expected for new signs, branding, and other updates. Under the deal, the airport can use Trump’s name and likeness, and Trump will not receive royalties or revenue from merchandise sold there. The airport—visited by roughly 8 million people per year—is now one of more than a dozen across the US named after presidents. (See if you can name some of them here.)
Separately, the I-40 bridge in Tennessee was renamed the President Donald J. Trump Bridge yesterday. See coverage from the naming ceremony here; explore a list of places and things being named after Trump here.
🫶 Humankind: Mother, who grew up relying on food pantries, builds and stocks shame-free pantries with the help of her carpenter husband and their five children.
Bonnie Tyler Dies
Bonnie Tyler, the pop singer best known for the 1980s ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at age 75 after a recent illness following emergency intestinal surgery.
Born Gaynor Hopkins in Wales in 1951, she rose from the local pub-rock scene in the mid-1970s, breaking through with her first worldwide hit “It’s a Heartache” in 1977. Her No. 1 hit, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"—originally written for a vampire musical and offered to Tyler after Meat Loaf passed on it—has since surpassed a billion streams across Spotify and YouTube (watch music video) and still surges in popularity during solar eclipses. She also recorded “Holding Out for a Hero,” from the 1984 film “Footloose,” and released more than a dozen albums, including 2024’s “In Berlin.” Tyler earned Grammy, Academy of Country Music, and American Music Award nominations, and represented the UK at Eurovision.
Her trademark husky voice emerged after vocal-cord surgery in the late 1970s, when she resumed talking sooner than doctors recommended. See life in photos.
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In The Know
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Live-action "Moana" hits theaters with soft $60M to $65M domestic debut projections against a $250M budget (More) | Low-budget action thriller "Citizen Vigilante" reaches top 10 on Apple and Amazon after boost from Elon Musk (More)
> US' Coco Gauff loses Wimbledon women's singles semifinal in a tiebreaker, Czech Republic's Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková advance to final Saturday (More) | Christian Pulisic fractures right leg during US World Cup loss to Belgium (More)
> Terrific curling effort from Kylian Mbappé headlines a 2-0 victory for France as it defeats Morocco, advancing to the semifinals (More) | Spain takes on Belgium at 3 pm ET, with the winner meeting Les Bleus in the next round (More, w/schedule)
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Science & Technology
> Wally Funk, a trailblazing female aviator who eventually became the oldest person to fly to space at age 82, dies at age 87 (More) | Funk was the youngest member of the canceled all-female Mercury 13—what happened? (More)
> Scientists create a robot that swims, breaks through the water's surface, and soars like a diving bird, potentially inspiring drones and vehicles capable of collecting data from aquatic regions too difficult to reach with traditional vessels (More)
> Coin-sized pockets of turbulence deep in the ocean can change sea levels, storm intensity, and nutrient distribution within decades; scientists say current climate models likely underestimate the importance of these tiny pockets (More)
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Business & Markets
> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.8%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +1.3%) (More) | Micron shares rise after announcing investments of up to $3B in US semiconductor supply chain (More)
> Fed Chair Kevin Warsh names leaders of five task forces designed to help reshape the central bank; group includes venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma (More) | See list of leaders and the five task forces (More)
> US existing home sales fell 2.4% month over month in June; median home price of $440,600 is up 1.8% from a year ago, an all-time high since records began in 1999 (More) | Visualizing housing price increases by state (More)
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Politics & World Affairs
> Iran and the US continue to exchange strikes as Iran buries former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (More)
> Fire at a shoe factory in southeastern China kills at least 28 people (More) | Chinese-made shoes accounted for roughly 35% of the US’ footwear imports in 2024; see chart (More)
> Prosecutors in the Charlie Kirk assassination case present testimony from Lance Twiggs, former roommate of suspect Tyler Robinson (More) | Watch the video (More)
In-Depth
> Midlife Crisis Corolla
Zocalo Public Square | Ky-Phong Tran. The author buys himself a souped-up Toyota Corolla for his 50th birthday. While some may find it peculiar to invest so much into a mainstream car, he says it's one of the coolest things he's done. (Read)
> Lost Art of Handwriting
Vox | Staff. Most American kindergartners get about 10 minutes of handwriting instruction per week as keyboarding becomes the primary mode of writing. It may have negative impacts on their brains. (Listen)
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Etcetera
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Map of the world's hottest recorded temperatures.
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Unusual state fair foods from across the US.
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