Ever since United Kingdom voters narrowly decided in June 2016 to head for the European Union's exit, and Donald Trump was subsequently elected president in the United States five months later, both the Trump White House and Brexit's most ardent supporters have elevated a potential U.K.-U.S. free-trade deal to mythic status.

Once free of the shackles of the EU and its single market, they argue, Britain will be free to negotiate a massive trade pact with America that would help ease any economic damage to the U.K. economy caused by its divorce from Europe. And that economic damage could be huge if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal — a scenario that's become more likely now that Boris Johnson, the arch-Brexiter and former foreign minister, has taken over as prime minister of the Conservative government.

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Legendary New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has agreed terms on a contract extension that will keep him at the franchise until he is 44.

The two-year extension is expected to be announced in the coming days.

Read more at BBC News.

A 21-year-old white man was arrested at the scene of the attack in the city of El Paso, near the US-Mexico border.

He is believed to have posted an online document calling the attack a response to "the Hispanic invasion of Texas".

Read more at BBC News.

“I don’t think it will be the humans. I think we’ll go quite early on,” says Julie Gray with a laugh. I’ve just asked Gray, a plant molecular biologist at the University of Sheffield, which species she thinks would be the last ones standing if we don’t take transformative action on climate change. Even with our extraordinary capacity for innovation and adaptability, humans, it turns out, probably won’t be among the survivors.

Read more at BBC News.

For many of us, aquariums offer our very first glimpse of what life looks like under the sea. Our oceans and fresh water bodies are teeming with marine life—a dazzling array of animals, plants, and organisms that shape our world, and a visit to an aquarium can be the first step in teaching children how to care for their planet.

There’s no shortage of aquariums, though. According to the MarineBio Conservation Society, there are more than 200 marine aquariums and ocean life centers around the world.

Read more at Budget Travel.

Soaring with the birds. Teeth falling out. A crazy psychopath is chasing you. 

For many of us, our dreams transport us to a surreal world where logic and reason have no reign. Some of us may even look forward to sleep – and the adventures we’ll go on in our dreams. 

Read more at Discover Magazine.

As women, we’ve almost all experienced cramping around our periods at some point or another. But according to the Office on Women’s Health, for more than 11 percent of women ages 15 to 44 (aka reproductive ages), there’s one big culprit behind those pelvic aches: endometriosis.

“Endometriosis is a condition where the inner tissue lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus and causes an inflammatory response,” says Jennifer Conti, MD, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford University.

Read more at Prevention.

U.S. officials decided to accept a deal to sell assets including Sprint’s Boost Mobile brand to satellite TV provider Dish Network (DISH.O) to resolve antitrust concerns, ending extensive talks on a merger the Justice Department is expected to approve this week.

The Justice Department’s lack of response to Charter could raise concerns among critics of the $26.5 billion merger of wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint that officials did not weigh all divestiture offers before deciding on a deal with Dish.

Read more at Reuters.

The next time you go for a job interview, you should spend time brushing up your personality — not just your skill set.

That’s according to a new joint report from U.S. careers advice site TopInterview and job search platform Resume-Library, which ranked personality among the top three factors most employers look for in new hires.

Read more at CNBC.

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that Amazon “destroyed the retail industry across the United States” and that it’s appropriate for the attorney general to investigate the company alongside other tech giants in the sweeping antitrust review that the Justice Department announced yesterday. “There’s no question they’ve limited competition,” Mnuchin told CNBC’s Squawk Box.

Mnuchin said that “although there’s certain benefits” to Amazon’s success, the company has “really hurt small businesses” in the process. “I think it’s absolutely right that the attorney general is looking into these issues,” he said this morning.

Read more at The Verge.