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• Amazon ups its drone delivery game

• Sugary drinks linked to cancer

• Wedding skydive

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Big Stories

Cancer Vaccine Advances

• An experimental personalized cancer vaccine from Moderna and Merck helped prevent high-risk melanoma from returning or spreading in a late-stage clinical trial. The treatment was given to patients who had already undergone surgery to remove their cancer.

• The vaccine, called Intismeran, uses mRNA technology to train each patient's immune system to recognize proteins unique to their cancer cells and attack them. It is administered alongside Merck's immunotherapy drug Keytruda, effectively giving the immune system a personalized target and then helping it mount a stronger response.

• The companies have not yet released the new Phase 3 data or published it in a peer-reviewed journal, including how much longer patients remained cancer-free. Earlier research on the treatment found it cut the risk of melanoma returning by roughly half after five years. Moderna’s stock rocketed 180% on the news.

Primary Results

• Florida: Democratic socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon pulled off a major upset in the U.S. Senate primary, defeating former national security official Alex Vindman by roughly 56% to 44%. Nixon raised less than $1 million compared with more than $16 million for Vindman, overcoming his huge financial advantage to advance against Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in November.

• Alaska: Former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola finished ahead of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in the state's nonpartisan Senate primary. Both advanced under Alaska's top-four system, setting up a competitive November race for the Republican-held seat.

• Wyoming: Republicans selected nominees for governor and two open congressional seats, including the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis. The GOP winners will be heavily favored in November in one of the country's most Republican states.

Drone Delivery Takes Off

• Amazon plans to expand drone delivery more than sixfold by the end of the year, reaching suburban areas across nearly 500 U.S. cities and potentially 30 million customers. The drones can carry packages weighing up to five pounds and are designed to deliver orders within 30 minutes.

• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company aims to deliver 500 million packages by drone annually by 2030. However, obstacles such as trees, limited drop zones, airports, noise concerns, and local regulations still restrict where the service can operate.

• Amazon is also racing Walmart, which plans to expand drone delivery to 270 locations by 2027 through a partnership with Alphabet's Wing. Prime members will get free Amazon drone delivery on orders over $50 and pay $2.99 on smaller orders, while nonmembers will pay $4.99.

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Quick Stories

US News

• Washington Dulles approved a $19.9 billion overhaul that will rebuild its main terminal and replace its slow “People Mover” vehicles with underground tunnels, with major construction beginning in 2027. (More)

• Harvard agreed to pay $53 million to families whose donated relatives’ body parts were stolen and sold by a former medical school morgue manager, who was sentenced to eight years. (More)

• Miami reached 100 degrees Tuesday, tying the city’s hottest temperature ever recorded, as dangerous heat gripped South Florida and feels-like temperatures climbed well above 100 degrees. (More)

World

• The UAE indefinitely suspended trade and financial transactions with Iran after reporting two Iranian ballistic missiles landed near its territorial waters. (More)

• Spain reversed course and will relocate 500 unaccompanied migrant children from Ceuta to the mainland, weeks after roughly 70,000 people crossed into the Spanish territory from Morocco. (More)

• Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for elections despite martial law, arguing democracy cannot be “held hostage by Russia” as he challenges President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s wartime leadership. (More)

Business & Economy

• US stock markets closed higher on Wednesday (S&P +0.21%, Nasdaq +0.16%, Dow +0.22%), as long-term borrowing costs fell after the Treasury Department announced plans to double its purchases of longer-term government debt. (More)

• The U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, rising from $30 trillion in about four and a half years as persistent federal budget deficits continue. (More)

• Target reported a 5.3% increase in quarterly sales and raised its full-year forecast as its turnaround showed progress, while nearly $1 billion in tariff refunds provided a one-time earnings boost. (More)

Sports & Entertainment

• The Little League World Series began Wednesday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with 10 U.S. and 10 international teams competing in double-elimination brackets before the Aug. 30 championship game. (More)

• Frank Beard, longtime drummer for rock band ZZ Top who played on hits including “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Legs,” died Tuesday at 77. (More)

• FX ordered “Legends,” a limited series reuniting much of the “Sons of Anarchy” cast, including Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal, more than a decade after the original ended. (More)

Science, Health, & Tech

• People who drank at least one sugary beverage daily were 2.45 times more likely to develop stomach cancer than non-drinkers, according to the first U.S. study examining the connection. (More)

• Krypton gas cuts the temperature needed to produce superconducting tantalum films in half, potentially making high-performance quantum chips easier to manufacture with existing equipment. (More)

• Sophie Adenot became the first French woman to perform a spacewalk during a six-hour mission outside the International Space Station. (More)

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