Wednesday, June 18th

🚨NATION

• Break-In reported at the home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman (NBC)

• Kristi Noem is ‘alert and recovering’ after trip to hospital over allergic reaction (AP)

• Supreme Court okays nuclear waste storage in Texas (FOX)

• Florida attorney general held in contempt after enforcing blocked immigration law (GUARDIAN)

• Dangerous Midwest, Northeast heat wave will bring hottest weather of year so far, including Chicago, New York (THE WEATHER CHANNEL)

• Karen Read found not guilty of murder at second trial (MO NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

• U.K. Parliament bans women from being prosecuted for late-term abortion (NPR)

• North Korea to send thousands to help rebuild Russia's Kursk region (BBC)

• India and Canada to restore diplomatic services nearly two years after killing of Sikh separatist (AP)

• Indonesia volcano spews ash more than 6 miles into sky, dozens of Bali flights canceled (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

• Sam Altman says Meta is offering $100 million to poach his employees (CNN)

• Social Security retirement trust fund may be depleted in less than a decade, new trustees’ report finds (CNBC)

• Average long-term US mortgage rate eases to 6.81%, third consecutive weekly decline (ABC)

• FDA approves the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV (AP)

• Cannabis use linked to a doubled risk of heart disease death, new study finds (CBS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Anne Burrell, TV chef who coached the ‘Worst Cooks in America,’ dies at 55 (AP)

• Jeremy Allen White is Bruce Springsteen in first footage from biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (VARIETY)

• Tennis great Chris Evert calls out WNBA players for lack of sportsmanship after latest Caitlin Clark skirmish (FOX)

• Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders get 400% pay raise (ABC)

• Tyler Perry sued for $260M by actor claiming sexual harassment and assault (FOX)