Wednesday, July 3
🚨NATION
📌 Trump hush money sentencing delayed to September, weeks before US election (REUTERS)
📌 Presidential candidate RFK Jr. responds to new Vanity Fair story: He denies eating BBQ dog; doesn’t deny sexual assault allegation (CNN)
📌Former Trump lawyer and NYC mayor, Rudy Giuliani, disbarred in New York after criminal indictments (CNBC)
📌 Supreme Court to review FDA’s power to regulate e-cigarettes and hear First Amendment case on age limits for porn sites next term (CNN)
📌 Biden administration proposes rule to protect workers from extreme heat (CBS NEWS)
📌 Rep. Lloyd Doggett is first Democrat to publicly call for Biden to step down as party’s nominee (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away (AP)
📌 Viktor Orban, Putin’s greatest European ally, makes first trip to Kyiv since start of war (CNN)
📌 UK polls point to a massive win for Labour. The party doesn’t want voters to think victory is a done deal (CNBC)
📌 Israeli generals, low on munitions, want a truce in Gaza (NY TIMES)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Some antidepressants contribute to weight gain more than others, study finds (CNN)
📌 Six Flags merges with Cedar Fair to become largest amusement park operator in North America (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 CNBC launches sports vertical amid broader biz shift (AXIOS)
📌 Air France to take a $193 million hit as tourists avoid Paris Olympics (FORBES)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jamie Foxx's mysterious health scare started with 'bad headache': 'I don’t remember anything' (EW)
📌 ‘American Idol’ judge Luke Bryan shares which stars have been ‘in the talks’ to replace Katy Perry on hit show (FOX NEWS)
📌 JoJo Siwa curses out fans after getting booed at NYC Pride (E!)
📌 Childish Gambino announces final album release date and puts out first single ‘Lithonia’ (VARIETY)
Tuesday, July 2
🚨NATION
📌 Democrats weigh early mid-July vote to formally tap Biden as nominee (BLOOMBERG)
📌 New law requiring California bars to offer drink-spiking drug test kits takes effect (CNN)
📌 Hunter Biden sues Fox News under New York's 'revenge porn' law (NBC NEWS)
📌 Newly released transcripts show Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Deadly Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean en route to Jamaica (AXIOS)
📌 Lawsuit by October 7 victims takes aim at Iran, North Korea, Syria for supporting Hamas (AP)
📌 Israel orders Palestinians to flee Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city, signaling likely new battle (AP)
📌 Nepal court sentences 'Buddha Boy' to 10 years in jail for sexual abuse (REUTERS)
📌 Pope Francis formally approves canonization of first-ever millennial saint, teen Carlo Acutis (CBS NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Meta accused of breaking European law with its ‘pay or consent’ model (CNN)
📌 Boeing agrees to buy Spirit AeroSystems for nearly $5 billion as part of plan to shore up safety (AP)
📌 Category 5 Hurricane Beryl may be an 'ominous' sign of what's to come (USA TODAY)
📌 Boston Celtics' owner puts team up for sale after winning NBA title (REUTERS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Michael J. Fox makes surprise appearance with Coldplay at Glastonbury Festival (CBS NEWS)
📌 Inclusion of O.J. Simpson in BET Awards 'In Memoriam' blasted as 'just wrong' by families of Nicole Brown Simpson, Ron Goldman (NBC NEWS)
📌 Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet step out together for the first time in months (PEOPLE)
📌 Transgender runner Nikki Hiltz is headed to the Paris Olympics (NBC NEWS)
Monday, July 1
🚨NATION
📌 Hurricane Beryl sets records as he it heads into Caribbean, aims for Mexico (ACCUWEATHER)
📌 Several US military bases in Europe put on heightened state of alert for potential terror attack (ABC NEWS)
📌 Authorities say 13-year-old boy with replica handgun fatally shot by police after chase in upstate New York (CBS NEWS)
📌 Steve Bannon remains defiant after Supreme Court rejects case, is set to report to prison today (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Ayataollah Khamenei’s protege, reformist to battle in Iranian presidential runoff (REUTERS)
📌 US and Europe warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war (AP)
📌 North Korean officials sport Kim Jong Un pins for first time (REUTERS)
📌 Bolivian president accused of organizing ‘self-coup’ (AP)
📌 Russia wants to confront NATO but dares not fight it on the battlefield – so it’s waging a hybrid war instead (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Hurricane Beryl — the first of the season — is super-charged by warm seas, stuns experts, and is expected to make first landfall today (AXIOS)
📌 Study suggests connection between anxiety and Parkinson’s disease (NEWSWEEK)
📌 Warren Buffett warns Gates Foundation there is no guarantee his support of the charity will continue once he’s gone (FORTUNE)
📌 Scientists create smiling robot face from living human skin cells (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 ‘Inside Out 2’ becomes first movie of 2024 to hit $1 billion at global box office (VARIETY)
📌 Khloé Kardashian celebrates 40th birthday with a saloon-themed party featuring denim, diamonds and Snoop Dog (PEOPLE)
📌 Jennifer Lopez looks tense in LA after Ben Affleck moved things out of their $60M mansion amid marital woes (PAGE SIX)
📌 Behind Olivia Culpo’s traditional Dolce & Gabbana ballgown for her Rhode Island wedding over the weekend (VOGUE)
Friday, June 28
🚨NATION
📌 The Supreme Court blocks Biden administration from enforcing plan to reduce smog-forming pollution (MO NEWS)
📌 Former Uvalde school police chief and officer indicted over Robb Elementary response (AP)
📌 Michelle Obama's private frustration with the Bidens (AXIOS)
📌 Oklahoma superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible (CBS NEWS)
📌 House committee passes bill that would allow Medicare to cover weight loss drugs (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 US confirms Iran will run absentee ballot stations in US for the Iranian election (VOA)
📌 Georgian parliament gives initial approval to sweeping curbs on LGBTQ rights (NBC NEWS)
📌 Radioactive material inserted into Rhino horns in anti-poaching project (ABC NEWS)
📌 French far-right dominates polls three days ahead of snap elections (FRANCE24)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Boeing sanctioned by NTSB for "blatantly" violating investigative rules (NBC NEWS)
📌 Customers of AT&T, T Mobile, and Verizon reported major outages while outside of the country (MO NEWS)
📌 CDK says it’s brought a small group of car dealerships back online after massive weeklong outage (CNN)
📌 7 states show promising recovery from youth mental health crisis (AXIOS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna's daughter Dream, 7, debuts her first song, 'Besties Do It Better' (PEOPLE)
📌 Marilyn Monroe’s former LA home declared historic cultural monument, stopping demolition (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 NBA Draft prospect Bronny James, LeBron’s son, goes undrafted in the first round (FOX NEWS)
📌 NBC to use AI version of announcer Al Michaels’ voice for Olympics recaps (CNN)
📌 Bronny James, LeBron’s son, taken by Lakers with 55th pick in NBA draft (AP)
Thursday, June 27
🚨NATION
📌 House Democrats try bypassing GOP to force gun vote (AXIOS)
📌 Highland Park, IL parade mass shooter rejects guilty plea deal, crushing victims' families (ABC NEWS)
📌 Supreme Court overturns ex-mayor’s bribery conviction, narrowing the scope of public corruption law (AP)
📌 Paris Hilton testifies she was ‘force-fed medications and sexually abused’ while institutionalized as a teen (GUARDIAN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Soldiers storm Bolivian presidential palace in apparent coup attempt (BBC)
📌 Kenya's president withdraws tax plan after deadly protest (BBC)
📌 American reporter Evan Gershkovich arrives in Russian court for secret espionage trial (ABC NEWS)
📌 World’s first carbon tax on livestock will cost farmers $100 per cow in Denmark (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 New study finds that multivitamins don’t help you live longer (NY POST)
📌 Finland to start bird flu vaccinations for humans, in world first (REUTERS)
📌 Oil prices move higher despite unexpected build in U.S. crude, gasoline stockpiles (CNBC)
📌 Fossilized skull of Neanderthal child with Down syndrome reveals communal caregiving among species (ABC NEWS)
📌 America’s drinking water is facing potential attack from China, Russia and Iran (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jessica Biel spotted dancing at Justin Timberlake’s concert after his DWI arrest (TMZ)
📌 Law enforcement believes 'multiple people' should be charged in Matthew Perry's ketamine death (PEOPLE)
📌 Alex Morgan doesn't make USWNT roster for Paris Olympics (USA TODAY)
📌 Actor Jeremy Renner recalls 'crushing force' of snow plow that twisted his bones 'like a pretzel' (NBC NEWS)
Wednesday, June 26
🚨NATION
📌 Rep. Lauren Boebert wins primary after switching districts to save seat (AP)
📌 After FBI raid, defiant Oakland mayor says she did nothing wrong and will not resign (AP)
📌 NTSB reveals cause of 2023 toxic train crash in East Palestine, Ohio (ABC NEWS)
📌 Judges halt key parts of Biden’s student loan forgiveness, repayment plan — risking relief for millions (CNBC)
📌 Nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school blocked by Oklahoma Supreme Court (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Wikileaks’ Julian Assange pleads guilty in deal to secure his freedom (AP)
📌 International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Putin allies (CNN)
📌 Israel court ends draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews (REUTERS)
📌 Protecting just 1.2% of land on earth could save most-endangered species (GUARDIAN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 China has just returned the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon (NPR)
📌 WHO and scientists call for urgent action on highly dangerous mpox strain (NBC NEWS)
📌 Federal judge rejects $30 billion settlement between Visa, Mastercard and retailers (CNN)
📌 CDC issues dengue fever alert in the US (PBS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 UK’s Princess Anne suffering memory loss, remains hospitalized after horse 'incident' (PEOPLE)
📌 Céline Dion insisted on sharing ‘upsetting’ footage of seizure in doc amid stiff person syndrome battle (NY POST)
📌 Gena Rowlands, star of ‘The Notebook,’ is living with Alzheimer’s (CNN)
📌 Kenya Moore exits Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 after suspension for explicit photos scandal (DEADLINE)
Tuesday, June 25
🚨NATION
📌 Parents, ACLU file suit against Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Anti-semitic protest outside LA synagogue lead to street fights; Biden says he is ‘appalled’ (AP)
📌 After being accused of stealing AirPods in high school, a woman files a $20 million federal civil rights lawsuit (NBC NEWS)
📌 Melania Trump might not return to D.C. full-time for a second term (AXIOS)
📌 Supreme Court to decide whether states can restrict gender-affirming care for minors (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Jordan discovers Iranian plot to destabilize country (REUTERS)
📌 Iran liable to join fight if Israel takes on Hezbollah, US warns (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌 Extreme heat has now killed 6 tourists in Greece — more are missing (NBC NEWS)
📌 Betting scandal inside the UK’s ruling Conservative Party mars election race (CNBC)
📌 Apple becomes first target of EU’s new digital competition rules aimed at big tech (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 US prosecutors want Boeing to face criminal charges (BBC)
📌 Frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires have doubled in last 20 years, new study finds (ABC NEWS)
📌 As Americans trim spending, some cheap steakhouses are booming (CNN)
📌 South Korea plant fire kills 22 people after lithium battery combustion (CNBC)
📌 Surgeons perform kidney transplant with patient AWAKE during procedure (CBS NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Florida Panthers win Stanley Cup in Game 7 after amazing series (NBC)
📌 Music labels sue AI music generators (GUARDIAN)
📌 Mindy Kaling reveals she recently gave birth to a baby girl, her third child, in surprise announcement (CNN)
📌 Bartender confirms Justin Timberlake had 1 martini at American Hotel before DWI arrest (PAGE SIX)
📌 Taylor Swift praises her band after Foo Fighters' Dave Growl suggests she doesn't play live music (NBC NEWS)
📌 ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor Tamayo Perry dead at 49 after shark attack in Hawaii (E!)
Monday, June 24
🚨NATION
📌 July’s heat forecast in the US makes June weather look tame (AXIOS)
📌 Donald Trump says he's decided his VP pick (NBC)
📌 ‘Catastrophic flooding’ in Upper Midwest prompts evacuations as record-breaking heat wave broils the West and mid-Atlantic (CNN)
📌 FBI offers reward for information about deadly southern New Mexico wildfires (AP)
📌 Man survives being lost in California mountains for 10 days by eating berries (GUARDIAN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower leaves the Red Sea as Houthi attacks continue (NPR)
📌 Israeli PM Netanyahu walks back ceasefire proposal (AXIOS)
📌 Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say (AP)
📌 Deadly attacks on synagogue, church in Russia’s Dagestan region (BBC)
📌 Jerry Seinfeld faces anti-Israel hecklers in Australia; Comedian tells them they “just gave money to a Jew'“ (9 News Australia)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 China, EU agree to start consultations on electric-vehicle subsidies (POLITICO)
📌 Thousands of car dealerships’ operations still crippled by cyberattack (USA TODAY)
📌 Busiest transit hub in U.S. rocked by delays as infrastructure breakdowns hit during heat wave (NBC NEWS)
📌 Amazon to stop using plastic air pillow packaging in North America, replacing it with fully recyclable paper filler (VERGE)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 ‘Inside Out 2’ surpasses ‘Dune 2’ as highest-grossing movie of year with $724 million globally (VARIETY)
📌 Sha’Carri Richardson is headed to Paris after winning the women’s 100-meter at Olympic trials, four years after testing positive for THC (NBC NEWS)
📌 At 7’9", he’s about to become the tallest college basketball player ever (CNN)
📌 Suri Cruise celebrates high school graduation with mom Katie Holmes, drops dad Tom's last name at ceremony (PAGE SIX)
📌 Super fluffy 8-year-old Pekingese Wild Thang wins 2024 World's Ugliest Dog contest (NPR)
Friday, June 21
🚨NATION
📌 Widespread flooding in South Texas after Alberto makes landfall (NBC NEWS)
📌 Supreme Court dropping decisions on guns, abortion, Trump immunity and more in coming days (USA TODAY)
📌 Biden touts refugee resettlement milestone after asylum crackdown (BLOOMBERG)
📌 Manhattan DA drops charges against most of the Columbia University protesters.(NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 China and US holding first nuclear talks in 5 years (REUTERS)
📌 Japan looks at charging tourists more than citizens at restaurants, amid visitor boom (NIKKEI)
📌 US says Ukraine can hit inside Russia ‘anywhere’ its forces attack across the border (POLITICO)
📌 Israeli military says Hamas can’t be destroyed, escalating feud with Netanyahu (WSJ)
📌 French president condemns antisemitism after 12 year old Jewish girl is raped by schoolmates (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Amazon’s ditching the plastic air pillows in its boxes. (CNBC)
📌 McDonald’s debuts $5 Meal Deal and Free Fries Friday: ‘We heard our fans loud and clear’(NY POST)
📌 SpaceX unveils backpack-sized ‘Starlink Mini’ satellite internet antenna for $599. (CNBC)
📌 Netflix to open retail centers in Texas and Pennsylvania with live ‘Bridgerton’ ‘experiences’ (LA TIMES)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Remembering Donald Sutherland: From cool in ‘MASH’ to sexy in ‘Don’t Look Now’ to tragic in ‘Ordinary People,’ he was a chameleon, and the most human of movie stars (VARIETY)
📌 Rapper Travis Scott arrested on Miami Beach on disorderly intoxication, trespassing charges (CBS NEWS)
📌 ‘Yellowstone’: Paramount Network reveals premiere date for second half of Season 5 (DEADLINE)
📌 This weightlifting workout in your 60s can preserve strength for years (WASHINGTON POST)
Thursday, June 20
🚨NATION
📌 Tropical Storm Alberto, first of the season, threatens Texas with severe flooding. (NBC NEWS)
📌 California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to take smartphones out of schools. (POLITICO)
📌 Scorching temperatures making life miserable for millions from Midwest to New England (DAILY NEWS)
📌 Massive underwater drone skates off California coast (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Head of Lebanon's Hezbollah threatens Israel and Cyprus (REUTERS)
📌 Iran signals a major boost in nuclear program at key site (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Two environmental protesters arrested after spraying Stonehenge with orange paint (USA TODAY)
📌 China changed village names to erase Uyghur Muslim culture(BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 US mortgage rates drop below 7% for first time since March (BLOOMBERG)
📌 Boeing sent two astronauts into space. Now it needs to get them home. (WSJ)
📌 Cyberattack shuts down auto dealerships across the U.S. Here's what to know. (CBS NEWS)
📌 Pilots warned smoke could penetrate cabin if Boeing 737 Max planes have a bird strike. (CNN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE)
📌 Post Malone sets August release date for new album, ‘F-1 Trillion’. (VARIETY)
📌 Netflix to open massive entertainment, dining and shopping complexes in two cities in 2025 (VARIETY)
📌 Billy Joel reacts to Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest near his Hamptons home: ‘Judge not lest ye be judged’ (NY POST)
Tuesday, June 18
🚨NATION
📌 Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint during Biden LA weekend trip (AP NEWS)
A June heat wave—not seen in decades—will send temperatures soaring for more than half the US population (CNN)
📌 First alert of 2024 hurricane season: Tropical storm watch on Texas coast (USA TODAY)
📌 Maryland governor pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 New polling shows the real fallout from the Trump conviction (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Netanyahu dissolves influential war Cabinet after key partner bolted from government (AP NEWS)
📌 Russia sets date for start of Evan Gershkovich’s trial (NY TIMES)
📌 U.S. faces "serious threat" of terror attack, expert and former CIA chief warn (AXIOS)
📌 Diseases surge worldwide after COVID (BLOOMBERG)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 The share of women scientists grew in the last 2 decades (AXIOS)
📌 US sues Adobe for making it difficult to cancel subscriptions (YAHOO)
📌 McDonald’s to end AI drive-through test with IBM (CNBC)
📌 Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns data from 15 billion miles away (SPACE.COM)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Boston Celtics win 18th NBA championship with win over Dallas Mavericks (AP NEWS)
📌 Real estate experts think JLo and Ben Affleck will likely lose money on their $60 million home sale (TMZ)
📌 Rory McIlroy breaks silence on debilitating US Open collapse (NY POST)
📌 Scooter Braun announces retirement from music management after 23 years: 'I will cherish every moment' (PEOPLE)
📌 Inside the Tony Awards after-parties: Angelina Jolie serves McDonald’s, Billy Porter protests (NY POST)
Monday, June 17
🚨NATION
📌 George Clooney and Julia Roberts help Biden raise $30 million at glitzy Hollywood event (LA TIMES)
📌 Trump allies hope his daughter Tiffany’s father in law can help them flip Arab votes in Michigan (AP NEWS)
📌 Strong winds, steep terrain hamper crews battling Los Angeles area’s first major fire of the year (ABC NEWS)
📌 NY considers banning masks on subway after surge in antisemitism (NY POST)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 American tourist found dead on Greek island; Search continues for another missing tourist (CBS NEWS
📌 Israel announces daily pause in fighting to allow aid into Gaza (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌 Iraqi militias target KFC, other American businesses to protest Gaza War (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 “We’re taking you home” New footage captures dramatic rescue of Israeli hostage Noa Argamani from inside Gaza (CBS NEWS)
📌 China views Taiwan’s “elimination” as national cause, Chinese president says (REUTERS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 You may owe the IRS money today is you are an entrepreneur— skipping it could cost you hundreds (CBS NEWS)
📌 FAA investigating Southwest Airlines crash that came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean (CNN)
📌 Inside Out 2 hits $155 million in U.S. box offices for year’s biggest opening weekend (WSJ)
📌 Pentagon picks Bezos’ Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA in $5.6 billion rocket program (CNBC)
📌 Is the Amazon Prime membership worth it? A review (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Angel Reese fouled for hitting Caitlin Clark in the head during Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever game (INDY STAR)
📌 Nick Jonas will start in new Broadway show coming spring 2025 (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
📌 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returns his key to New York City following Mayor’s request (DEADLINE)
📌 Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn breaks his silence one year after their split and two months after her the release of her new album (BUSINESS INSIDER)
Friday, June 14
🚨NATION
📌 Trump, McConnell finally meet again, with a fist bump (AXIOS)
📌 Tropical rainstorms in South Florida lead to flight delays and streets jammed with stalled cars (AP NEWS)
📌 Russian warships arrive in Cuba; US submarine follows (AP NEWS)
📌 Native American tribe wins right to hunt gray whales off Washington coast (GUARDIAN)
📌 Supreme Court blocks 'Trump too small' trademark bid referring to crude joke (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 As Trump turns 78 today, and runs against an 81 year old Biden: How the two men stack up against the ages of all world leaders (PEW)
📌 Nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, UNHCR report says (NPR)
📌 WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich to stand trial in Russia on espionage charges (AXIOS)
📌 Protesters and police clash in Argentina as Congress debates Milei’s reform bill (CNN)
📌 Greece closes Acropolis and other ancient tourist sites in heatwave (NBC NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers (REUTERS)
📌 Trump talks tax cuts with some of the biggest CEOS in the world (CNBC)
📌 The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits unexpectedly spikes to 10-month high (FOX NEWS)
📌 El Niño is over, and La Niña is likely to be next, NOAA says (AXIOS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Will Ferrell dressed as a Medieval Lord to embarrass his son at prom (PEOPLE)
📌 Hot dog-eating champs Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will go head-to head in a Netflix special (AP NEWS)
📌 Tom Brady inducted into Patriots Hall of Fame (ESPN)
📌 Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner spotted arriving at Ben Affleck’s rental home amid his marital woes (PAGE SIX)
Friday, June 14
🚨NATION
📌 Trump, McConnell finally meet again, with a fist bump (AXIOS)
📌 Tropical rainstorms in South Florida lead to flight delays and streets jammed with stalled cars (AP NEWS)
📌 Russian warships arrive in Cuba; US submarine follows (AP NEWS)
📌 Native American tribe wins right to hunt gray whales off Washington coast (GUARDIAN)
📌 Supreme Court blocks 'Trump too small' trademark bid referring to crude joke (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 As Trump turns 78 today, and runs against an 81 year old Biden: How the two men stack up against the ages of all world leaders (PEW)
📌 Nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, UNHCR report says (NPR)
📌 WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich to stand trial in Russia on espionage charges (AXIOS)
📌 Protesters and police clash in Argentina as Congress debates Milei’s reform bill (CNN)
📌 Greece closes Acropolis and other ancient tourist sites in heatwave (NBC NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers (REUTERS)
📌 Trump talks tax cuts with some of the biggest CEOS in the world (CNBC)
📌 The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits unexpectedly spikes to 10-month high (FOX NEWS)
📌 El Niño is over, and La Niña is likely to be next, NOAA says (AXIOS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Will Ferrell dressed as a Medieval Lord to embarrass his son at prom (PEOPLE)
📌 Hot dog-eating champs Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will go head-to head in a Netflix special (AP NEWS)
📌 Tom Brady inducted into Patriots Hall of Fame (ESPN)
📌 Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner spotted arriving at Ben Affleck’s rental home amid his marital woes (PAGE SIX)
Thursday, June 13
🚨NATION
📌 Heavy rains shut down I-95, ground flights in Florida (NY TIMES)
📌 US House votes to hold attorney general in contempt (REUTERS)
📌 Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit brought by survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre (CNN)
📌 Anti-Israel protesters target homes of NYC Jews (NY POST)
📌 Bus passengers frantically texted loved ones as gunman hijacked an Atlanta commuter bus during rush hour (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Pope Francis accused of repeating homophobic slur that prompted Vatican apology (NBC NEWS)
📌 Russian warships arrive in Cuba (AP NEWS)
📌 Fire in Kuwait building kills 49 foreign workers (REUTERS)
📌 US scrambling to prevent Israel-Lebanon war (AXIOS)
📌 Houthi terrorists abduct aid workers from UN, other orgs (MO NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌Fed holds rates steady, indicating only one cut coming this year (NBC NEWS)
📌 Elon Musk and SpaceX sued by former engineers for alleged sexual harassment (FORBES)
📌 Boeing's Starliner now has 5 leaks while parked outside the ISS (GIZMODO)
📌 9/11 first responders with severe debris exposure have higher risk of dementia (CBS NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Bridgerton showrunner Season 4 revelations (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
📌 Oprah hospitalized with serious stomach bug (PEOPLE)
📌 Kevin Jonas shares skin cancer diagnosis (CNN)
📌 Billy Ray Cyrus files for divorce from Firerose after 7 months of marriage, claims fraud (AP)
📌 Céline Dion took up to 90 milligrams of Valium during health struggles: 'It could have been fatal' (PEOPLE)
📌 Jerry West, NBA legend, dies at age 86 (NBC NEWS)
Wednesday, June 12
🚨NATION
📌 Eight suspected terrorists with ISIS ties arrested in a sting operation after crossing US border last year (NBC NEWS)
📌 Federal judge throws out Florida transgender law (AP NEWS)
📌 4 US college teachers stabbed in China (NPR)
📌 Trump will huddle with congressional Republicans today in DC (AXIOS)
📌At least 25 protesters arrested after pro-Palestinian encampments formed on UCLA campus (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Ceasefire talks in turmoil as Hamas responds to proposal (CNN)
📌 Malawi vice president killed in plane crash along with 9 other passengers (CNN)
📌Migrant boat sinks off Yemen coast, killing at least 49 people (CBS NEWS)
📌 South Korea fires warning shots at North’s troops crossing border (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Best Buy conducts another round of layoffs as it tries to survive (THE VERGE)
📌 Banana company ‘Chiquita’ found liable for financing paramilitary group (BBC)
📌 Solar flare blasts out strongest radiation storm since 2017 (SPACE NEWS)
📌 New study finds that a ‘planetary health diet’ can reduce risk of early death (CBS NEWS)
📌 Elon Musk drops lawsuit after OpenAI published his emails (CNN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 King Charles’ first official portrait vandalized by activists (CNN)
📌 Joey Chestnut banned from 2024 Nathan's hot dog eating contest after 16 wins (FOX NEWS)
📌 Oprah Winfrey hospitalized with stomach virus and dehydration (PEOPLE)
📌 Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson suffers arm injury on set (TMZ)
Tuesday, June 11
🚨NATION
📌 Jury begins deliberating in Hunter Biden gun trial (AXIOS)
📌 Stranded kite surfer's "HELP" message on Santa Cruz County beach leads to rescue (CBS NEWS)
📌 Main channel to Port of Baltimore fully restored 11 weeks after Key Bridge collapse (AP)
📌 Pharmacists cite highest number of drug shortages since 2001 (WASHINGTON POST)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 UN Security Council adopts a ceasefire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza (AP)
📌 Inside the Israeli rescue mission and how it almost failed (WSJ)
📌 Gaza Hamas chief calculates more dead Palestinian civilians will help him (WSJ)
📌 UN halts food distribution from US-built Gaza pier due to security concerns (FOX NEWS)
📌 Singapore offers $10,000 to each passenger on turbulence flight (NBC)
📌 Canada's capital rocked by treason allegations (VOA)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 African elephants call each other by unique names, new study shows (AP)
📌 FDA warns consumers against eating ‘microdose chocolate’ bars after six people hospitalized (CNN)
📌 Lilly Alzheimer's drug gets unanimous backing from FDA advisory panel (REUTERS)
📌 Number of US millionaires grew by 500K last year (THE HILL)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Julia Louis-Dreyfus says criticism of political correctness by people like Jerry Seinfeld s a 'red flag' (NBC NEWS)
📌 Teresa Giudice breaks silence on Real Housewives of New Jersey's canceled season 14 reunion (E!)
📌 Carrie Underwood falls off stage at rainy South Carolina concert: 'Won't let a little rain stop us!' (PEOPLE)
📌 ‘Practical Magic 2’: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in talks to return for sequel (VARIETY)
Monday, June 10
🚨NATION
📌 Fewer migrants caught crossing illegally at US-Mexico border as Biden asylum ban rolls out (REUTERS)
📌 ‘Catastrophic landslide’ closes critical mountain highway between Wyoming and Idaho (CNN)
📌 Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction (NBC NEWS)
📌 Manhattan DA agrees to testify before House GOP over Trump hush money trial (THE HILL)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Far-right gains in EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz (AP) French President Macron dissolves parliament after EU defeat, calls election (POLITICO)
📌 Haiti’s new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country (AP)
📌 South Korea to restart loudspeaker broadcasts into North to combat trash balloons (NPR)
📌 Aid is delivered to Gaza from newly repaired US-built pier, US military says (CBS NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 FDA set to propose nutrition labels on the front of packaging to encourage healthier choices (NBC)
📌 Service dogs are working wonders for veterans with PTSD, study shows (USA TODAY)
📌 TJ Maxx, Marshalls have started using body cameras to combat theft (CBS NEWS)
📌 Tesla shareholders to vote whether Elon Musk deserves billions judge struck down (CNN)
📌 Parents are key when it comes to limiting screen time for kids, study finds (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck hire realtor to sell $60M home amid looming divorce rumors (YAHOO)
📌 Carlos Alcaraz wins the French Open for a third Grand Slam title at 21 by beating Alexander Zverev (AP)
📌 Howard retracts Diddy's honorary degree, ends $2 million in agreements following 2016 assault video (NEWS NATION)
📌 ‘Bad Boys’ ticket buyers toss Will Smith a career lifeline (NY TIMES)
Friday, June 7
🚨NATION
📌 Trump ally Steve Bannon ordered to report to prison July 1 in contempt of Congress case (CBS NEWS)
📌 Hunter Biden's sister-in-law testifies she threw gun into trash out of fear of his spiralling addiction (CBC)
📌 Port of Baltimore shipping channel could fully reopen this weekend after the last piece of collapsed bridge is removed (CNN)
📌 Rex Heuermann, accused Gilgo Beach serial killer, charged with murdering 2 more women (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Putin warns he could provide weapons to attack the West and issues new nuclear threat (NBC NEWS)
📌 IDF Northern Command chief: Military ready for potential war against Hezbollah (THE TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌At least 100 killed after RSF paramilitary group attacks village in Sudan (THE GUARDIAN)
📌 At least 35 dead in Israeli strike on U.N. school, UNRWA head says (CBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Common low-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds (CNN)
📌 SpaceX’s starship rocket completes test flight for the first time, successfully splashes down (CNBC NEWS)
📌 FDA reverses order taking Juul vaping products off the market in US, opens door to possible authorization (ABC NEWS)
📌 Starbucks partners with food delivery platform Grubhub (REUTERS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 A new ‘Hunger Games’ book and movie is coming (AP NEWS)
📌 Kansas City Chiefs postpone practice after defensive lineman BJ Thompson suffers cardiac arrest (PEOPLE)
📌 Rapper 50 Cent says Black men are 'identifying with Trump' over Biden (FOX NEWS)
📌 Pat Sajak departs 'Wheel of Fortune' as TV's last old-school game show host (NPR)
Thursday, June 6
🚨NATION
📌 Trump asks to have gag order lifted in New York criminal trial (AP NEWS)
📌 Anti-Israel protesters arrested and suspended after barricading inside Stanford University president's office (NBC NEWS)
📌 Controversial Congestion pricing in New York City indefinitely postponed (ABC 7)
📌 Trump suggests political enemies could face prosecution: “Very possible” (AXIOS)
📌 Trump team asks VP contenders Burgum, Vance, Rubio for documents (ABC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 A gunman was captured after a shootout near the US Embassy in Lebanon (NPR)
📌 Georgia’s ruling party introduces draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights (AP NEWS)
📌 US and allies warn China is intensifying its efforts to recruit Western military pilots (CNN)
📌 CIA chief returns to region to push hostage deal as Israel vows not to budge further (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Boeing spacecraft carrying two astronauts lifts off on historic voyage (MO NEWS)
📌 How broken are Apple’s parental controls? It took three years to fix an X-rated loophole (WSJ)
📌 First case of rare, sexually transmitted form of ringworm reported in the US (NBC NEWS)
📌 Dollar Tree is exploring sale of Family Dollar brand (FOX NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Actor Wendell Pierce claims he was denied Harlem apartment: 'Racism and bigots are real' (USA TODAY)
📌 Travis Kelce says Secret Service warned he might get tased at White House if he touched podium (PEOPLE)
📌 Taylor Swift defends Lady Gaga amid pregnancy rumors, slams 'invasive & irresponsible' comments (NBC NEWS)
📌 WNBA rescinds second technical foul against Sky's Angel Reese (ESPN)