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Economy
The U.S. labor market remains solid, with employers adding 147,000 jobs last month
U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs in June as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%. Job gains were concentrated in health care and state and local government.

Media
Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump’s CBS lawsuit
Paramount Global will pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit over 60 Minutes' interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris — a lawsuit that many legal experts considered spurious.

Business
In a lawsuit, Lululemon accuses Costco of selling knockoffs of the athleisure brand
The athleisure brand is accusing Costco of selling knockoffs of several of its signature designs and offering them at a lower price under the wholesale club giant's Kirkland Signature brand.

Technology
Judge OKs sale of 23andMe — and its trove of DNA data — to a nonprofit led by its founder
The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe's services won't be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
Business
Nike executives expect Trump tariffs to cost footwear giant $1 billion
The Oregon-based athletic wear company plans to mitigate the cost, in part, by raising consumer prices.

Environment
This company wants to be the first to mine the ocean floor, with Trump’s help
The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. Other countries say the minerals aren't America's to mine.

Animals
Lions, guns and meth: Inside the takedown of an Oregon roadside zoo
For decades, West Coast Game Park Safari drew tourists—until a spring raid exposed alleged abuses, detailed in court records and interviews with former employees.

Economy
Trump says China trade deal advances, as broader tariff deadline gets squishier
The U.S. and China are moving forward with a framework they agreed upon earlier this month, and the White House is suggesting more deals are imminent ahead of a July 8 deadline it imposed.

Business
Several countries have privatized air traffic control. Should the U.S.?
An effort to privatize U.S. air traffic control in 2017 never took off. Now the aviation industry is uniting behind the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the system.

Environment
Solar manufacturing is booming. Advocates say it could go bust without incentives
Abruptly ending tax incentives that encourage solar developers to buy American could upend a booming manufacturing sector.