Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's flag-draped casket was displayed in Tehran with millions expected to attend his dayslong funeral after his death in an airstrike.
President Trump announced pardons for people convicted of emissions and clean air-related violations prosecuted for modifying their vehicles.
Organizers canceled Washington's Independence Day Parade due to extreme heat with temperatures expected to reach 115 degrees.
World
Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war, with mourners gathering in Tehran.
China's President Xi Jinping promoted newly generals Wang Shuguang and Wang Gang on Friday in a shake-up believed to ensure the military's loyalty to the Communist Party.
Venezuelan authorities put the death toll from twin earthquakes on June 24 at more than 1,700, with 5,034 injured and up to 68,000 missing.
Business
Trump Accounts, a new federal savings investment vehicle for children, went live on July 4.
Google's 2025 environmental report revealed a 37% year-over-year increase in electricity consumption, primarily attributed to rapid AI infrastructure and data center expansion.
Microsoft announced Microsoft Frontier Company, a new operating unit backed by a $2.5 billion investment staffed by approximately 6,000 engineers to embed AI systems directly with enterprise clients.
Technology
OpenAI floated a plan to give the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company as part of discussions with the Trump administration.
Meta is preparing to rent out its own AI compute capacity, and Google's data centers drove a record 37% jump in electricity use.
Anthropic began preliminary discussions with Samsung Electronics to manufacture a custom AI accelerator using Samsung's advanced chip technologies.
Science
Researchers created quantum control techniques making a system appear to run backward in time by precisely managing quantum measurements.
Scientists discovered a common stroke type may be caused by enlarged and damaged blood vessels deep in the brain, not fatty plaque as previously thought.
A spray-on powder developed by KAIST can stop life-threatening bleeding in one second by instantly forming a strong gel over a wound.
Economy
June payroll employment added only 57,000 jobs and unemployment stayed at 4.2 percent, both essentially flat.
April and May jobs figures were revised down by a combined 74,000, suggesting job growth is slowing more than initially reported.
Average hourly earnings increased 3.5 percent over the year, but recent price data suggest year-over-year real wages likely fell in June as workers struggle to keep pace with inflation.
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