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At least 31 people have been killed in devastating flash floods that hit parts of Afghanistan over the weekend, authorities say. https://cnn.it/44Ozdf6

Brian Harman has won the 151st Open Championship, sealing the first major of his career in dominant fashion. Surrounded by a sea of umbrellas at a rain-soaked Royal Liverpool, the 36-year-old American weathered a stormy start to lift the Claret Jug, finishing six shots ahead of Australia’s Jason Day, Austria’s Sepp Straka, South Korea’s Tom Kim and Spain’s Jon Rahm. https://cnn.it/3Q8UP1B

It’s been a big “Barbenheimer” weekend at the box office. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” raked in a stunning $155 million domestically over the weekend, giving the film the largest opening weekend of 2023, Comscore said. Coming in behind “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer” opened at $80.5 million, according to Comscore. Both movies essentially doubled predictions from weeks ago, a media analyst said. https://cnn.it/3DqFRw5

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a procedure early Sunday morning so he can be fitted with a pacemaker, a surgery scheduled just before the Knesset is set to vote on a controversial judicial reform bill, according to a statement from his office. “The doctors tell me that I will be free tomorrow afternoon already,” said the prime minister. “I will be discharged from the hospital ready to arrive at the Knesset for the vote.”

Lionel Messi made his long-awaited debut with Major League Soccer side Inter Miami with a flourish only the world’s top player could produce. https://cnn.it/3q7GRlI

“I know a lot of people were waiting or wanting to hear updates but to be honest with you, I just didn’t want you to see me like that, man." Jamie Foxx is speaking out for the first time since he was hospitalized in April for an undisclosed medical condition. https://cnn.it/3Q6kCqW

Zookeepers at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium arrived one morning this week to find a pair of unexpected discoveries: a newborn baby gorilla, and the news that its mother wasn't a male. The gorilla, named Sully, has lived at the facility with her mother since 2019 and was thought to be male until "the gorilla care team discovered her holding the unexpected baby gorilla," the zoo said. https://cnn.it/3K6YcSA

A huge roar from the 41,000-plus crowd greeted the final whistle — and the reigning Women's World Cup champions were well on the way to defending their title. Team USA defeated Vietnam 3-0 in their World Cup opener at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday. Newcomer Sophia Smith scored a first-half double and captain Lindsey Horan added a third in the second half in a dominating US performance that kept Vietnam's defense busy. https://cnn.it/47daZx5

The yearslong artistic partnership between Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga wasn’t an immediately obvious one. Gaga was best known in the 2010s for hits like “Poker Face” and avant-garde experimentation. Bennett, a singer who mostly stuck to standards, was in his 80s when the pair met. And yet they became fast friends and close collaborators. “When I came into this with Tony, he didn’t say, ‘You’ve got to take off all the crazy outfits and just sing,’” Gaga said in 2014. “He said, ‘Be yourself.’”

Tony Bennett, the crooner best known for singing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," has died, according to his publicist. He was 96. In a career that spanned eight decades, Bennett wowed Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, performed live on MTV, had a cartoon cameo on "The Simpsons" and recorded two albums of duets with Lady Gaga. Read more about his life: https://cnn.it/44zQAAq 📷: Scott Legato/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Since the spring of this year, investigators looking into the Gilgo Beach serial killings case have been operating on the theory that the suspect, Rex Heuermann, committed the killings in his Massapequa Park, New York, home. The timing of the disappearances suggests he may have lured victims to the Long Island home, a source tells CNN.

During Wednesday's court hearing on the lawsuit filed against the state of Texas over abortion bans, the women at the center of the case provided very emotional testimony, describing in great detail the physical and emotional trauma they endured. https://cnn.it/3Q8NFu2