Today in News History
On June 24, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1919, Al Molinaro, American actor (died 2015) was born. In 1922, The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League. In 1922, Richard Timberlake, American economist (died 2020) was born. In 1966, Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician was born. In 1974, Chris Guccione, American baseball player and umpire was born. In 1978, Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer was born. In 1978, Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer was born. In 1985, Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player was born. In 1985, Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model was born. In 1986, Phil Hughes, American baseball player was born. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Meta’s new prediction market app Arena could bring betting to 3 billion users

Mark Zuckerberg has directed a small team at Meta to build a smartphone app that would compete with prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The app, internally called Arena, would operate independently from Facebook and Instagram. Meta declined to comment. Arena would initially use a video-game-style points system [] This story continues at The Next Web
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