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Monday, July 14th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Trump threatens Russia with 100% tariffs as he sends new weapons to Ukraine through NATO (MO NEWS)

  • “I’m in it to win it”: Cuomo will remain in NYC mayoral race after primary loss (MO NEWS)

  • Suspect kills 2 women in Kentucky church after shooting state trooper, police say (AP)

  • Deadly overnight blaze claims 9 lives at Massachusetts assisted living home as rescue efforts continue (FOX)

  • Wildfire destroys historic Grand Canyon Lodge, North Rim closes for the season (ABC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • 'I asked for a realistic plan': Netanyahu pushes IDF for alternatives to Gaza humanitarian city (JERUSALEM POST)

  • Dozens killed in clashes between Druze and Bedouin in southern Syria (BBC)

  • South Africa's president creates commission to look at police corruption allegations (NPR)

  • Small plane crashes at London Southend Airport, killing all 4 passengers on board (ABC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Bitcoin hits new high above $120,000 as U.S. lawmakers begin ‘Crypto Week’ (CNBC)

  • Number of kids accidentally swallowing nicotine pouches increased 763% in recent years, study finds (CBS)

  • WHO recommends twice-a-year HIV prevention shot as concern looms over funding for global HIV fight (CNN)

  • Starbucks changes remote work policy, requires employees in office 4 days amid turnaround effort (FOX)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Hacked Elmo X account calls for death to Jews, Trump to release Epstein files (MO NEWS)

  • Jannik Sinner tops Carlos Alcaraz in rematch to win Wimbledon (ESPN)

  • ‘Superman’ and DC Studios fly to a $122 million opening weekend (ABC)

  • ‘Love Island USA’ crowns Amaya and Bryan as winning couple of show’s tumultuous seventh season (AP)

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Friday, July 11th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • State Department fired more than 1,300 staff on Friday (CNN)

  • Trump says US to impose 35 percent tariff on Canadian goods (POLITICO)

  • Federal judge restricts LAPD from targeting journalists with force at immigration protests (FOX)

  • Miami archbishop slams Everglades immigrant detention site as 'unbecoming' and 'corrosive' (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • U.S. Secretary of State meets Chinese counterpart in Malaysia (DW)

  • France opens criminal probe into X algorithms under Musk (THE HILL)

  • Gaza's largest functioning hospital facing disaster, medics warn, as Israel widens offensive (BBC)

  • German tourist found alive 12 days after she was lost in the Australian Outback (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Kraft Heinz is planning a breakup, WSJ reports (REUTERS)

  • CDC finds nearly 1 in 3 US youth have prediabetes, but experts question scant data (AP)

  • Walmart recalls 850K water bottles after 2 people suffer permanent vision loss from ‘forcefully ejected’ lids (FOX)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Box Office: James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Soars to $22.5 Million in Previews (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

  • Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz set for Wimbledon final showdown after semifinal wins (CNN)

  • Justin Bieber admits to Hailey Bieber marriage struggles in new album (FOX)

  • Obamas to produce Larry David U.S. history sketch comedy series for HBO (THE HILL)

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Thursday, July 10th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Texas floods updates: Death toll rises to 120 as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase (NBC)

  • Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship ban after new class action suit (MO NEWS)

  • Trump praises English of the leader of Liberia — where English is the official language (MO NEWS)

  • Construction workers reach safety after Los Angeles industrial tunnel partially collapses (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Hamas agrees to release 10 hostages as part of Gaza ceasefire talks (NBC)

  • Seafarers from cargo ship attacked by Houthis in the Red Sea rescued after 48 hours in water (GUARDIAN)

  • Ukrainian intelligence officer shot dead in Kyiv (BBC)

  • UK and France agree to send some migrants arriving in Britain by boat back to France (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Nutella Frosted Flakes? Ferrero Group buying Kellogg for $3.1 billion (MO NEWS)

  • Trump announces 50% tariff On Brazilian imports, citing "Witch Hunt" trial against Bolsonaro (MO NEWS)

  • UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029 (AP)

  • Musk says Tesla is expanding Austin robotaxi service, adding Grok to cars (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Former Superman Dean Cain complains about 'woke' Hollywood making character too pro-immigration (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)

  • American tennis star Amanda Anisimova upsets world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka to advance to Wimbledon final (FOX)

  • Sean Combs trial judge asks attorneys for sentencing information (ABC)

  • Former ‘Love Island USA’ contestant Cierra Ortega apologizes for using racial slur (AP)

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Wednesday, July 9th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Historic flash floods sweep away homes in New Mexico (MO NEWS)

  • Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show (AP)

  • Biden’s former doctor pleads the fifth in GOP House probe on health concerns (MO NEWS)

  • Trump sends more letters dictating high tariff rates around the world (CNBC)

  • Zohran Mamdani leads general election poll for NYC mayor (POLITICO)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Russia launches largest drone attack on Ukraine as Kyiv pushes US for air defense aid (ABC)

  • Hostages released from Gaza detail sexual violence as Israeli report concludes Hamas used it as ‘weapon of war’ on October 7 (CNN)

  • French right-wing National Rally party HQ raided by police in 'harassment operation' (FOX)

  • Indian workers go on a daylong nationwide strike against Modi’s economic reforms (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • The first drug to treat infants sick with malaria is approved by Swiss authority (BBC)

  • Nvidia beats Apple and Microsoft to become the world’s first $4 trillion public company (CNN)

  • Samsung launches three new foldable smartphones as it fends off Chinese rivals (CNBC)

  • Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push (POLITICO)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentencing date hearing unexpectedly adjourned (ABC)

  • Mattel launches Barbie with Type 1 diabetes and a glucose monitor (NBC)

  • ‘Queer Eye’ Set to End With Season 10 at Netflix (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

  • MLB To Use Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System For All-Star Game (NEWSWEEK)

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Tuesday, July 8th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Supreme Court allows Trump to move forward with plans for mass firings, reorganization of the federal government (ABC)

  • Kerr County, TX request for $1 million for flood alert sirens was repeatedly rejected over the last decade (MO NEWS)

  • Netanyahu surprises Trump with Nobel Peace Prize nomination (MO NEWS)

  • Attorney General Bondi discusses missing minute of Epstein video as Trump slams media for asking about him (MO NEWS)

  • Troops and federal agents briefly descend on L.A.'s MacArthur Park in largely immigrant neighborhood (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • 3 Russian officials found dead: one by suicide, one by cardiac arrest, one falls from window (MO NEWS)

  • Israel outlines plans to pack Gaza’s population into a closed border zone (AP)

  • Acropolis closes as heatwave grips Greece (BBC)

  • Haiti's iconic Hotel Oloffson, long a cultural beacon, destroyed by gang violence (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • US posts highest annual measles case tally in 33 years amid Texas outbreak (GUARDIAN)

  • Copper prices hit record high after Trump previews 50% tariff (AXIOS)

  • Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner tapped to lead Hershey (CNBC)

  • Medical groups sue HHS, RFK Jr. over 'unlawful' vaccine changes (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Country star Pat Green reveals "heartbreaking loss" after Central Texas floods (WFAA)

  • Cierra Ortega exits ‘Love Island USA’ villa following backlash over resurfaced racial slur posts (AP)

  • Taylor Fritz becomes 1st American man to reach Wimbledon semifinals since 2018 (FOX)

  • Scarlett Johansson becomes Hollywood’s highest grossing lead actor With ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ (THE WRAP)

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Monday, July 7th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Officer shot and man with rifle killed after exchange of fire at Border Patrol facility in Texas (CNN)

  • Elon Musk announces “America Party” to compete with Republicans, Democrats (MO NEWS)

  • U.S. to revoke Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua, putting them at risk of deportation (CBS)

  • Bodies of all 7 missing people found at California fireworks warehouse that exploded (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Trump hopes to align with Netanyahu on Gaza war endgame during visit (AXIOS)

  • King Charles leads 20th-anniversary commemoration of 7/7 London bombings (NBC)

  • Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts in Indonesia, sending ash cloud 11 miles in the air (AP)

  • Australian Woman Is Convicted of Murder in Mushroom Poisoning Case (NEW YORK TIMES)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • US measles cases surge to highest since disease was ‘eliminated’ (THE HILL)

  • Tesla stock tanks after Trump dismisses Musk’s new political party plan (CNN)

  • The declining dollar faces more headwinds after posting worst first-half return in 52 years (CNBC)

  • American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly two decades, new study finds (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Diddy received standing ovation from fellow inmates after jury found rapper not guilty on RICO charge, lawyer says (FOX)

  • Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron leaves band after 27 years (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

  • Wimbledon line-call failure came after operator turned cameras off by mistake (GUARDIAN)

  • Mexico defeats the US for the nation’s 10th Gold Cup soccer title (CNN)

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Thursday, July 3rd

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • First detainees arrive at Alligator Alcatraz facility in Everglades (CBS)

  • Supreme Court to rule on state bans on transgender students' participation in girls' and women's sports (NBC)

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail (AP)

  • UMass Amherst Congressional intern killed in Washington, D.C. shooting, police offer reward for suspects (FOX)

  • B-2 pilots who conducted raid on Iran’s nuclear sites invited to White House for 4th of July; no public ceremony planned (ABC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Deputy commander of Russian navy killed in strike near Ukraine frontline (GUARDIAN)

  • Gaza hospital director killed in Israeli strike, relative says (BBC)

  • Wildfires on Greek island Crete force thousands to evacuate (CBS)

  • US teen influencer detained in Antarctica while attempting solo flight to 7 continents (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • U.S. hiring solid in latest jobs report, but there are also signs for concern (MO NEWS)

  • Dow jumps more than 300 points, S&P 500 sets new record after strong June jobs report (CNBC)

  • Gas prices near lowest level in 4 years ahead of Fourth of July (ABC)

  • NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system (NPR)

  • 12,000 pounds of blueberries recalled over listeria risks (USA TODAY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Michael Madsen, known for roles in 'Reservoir Dogs,' 'Kill Bill' films, dies at 67 (ABC7)

  • Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother die in car crash (ESPN)

  • Fans complain Lorde's new album won't work in CD players (BBC)

  • Jeopardy! contestants make history as first married couple ever to win game show (E! NEWS)

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Wednesday, July 2nd

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Trump administration pauses $6B in education programs ahead of school year (ABC)

  • Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state’s 176-year-old abortion ban (THE HILL)

  • Trump announces Vietnam trade deal, 20% tariff on its imports to U.S. (CNBC)

  • Judge blocks Trump’s early termination of temporary protections for Haitian immigrants (POLITICO)

  • Flint replaces most lead pipes, 10 years after the Michigan water crisis (NBC)

  • Pope Leo XIV's hometown approves the purchase of his childhood home (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Hamas reviews new ceasefire proposals after Trump claims Israel is ready for peace deal (GUARDIAN)

  • Dalai Lama announces plans for a successor, says China will have no say (MO NEWS)

  • Ukraine looks to jointly produce weapons with allies, while US halts some shipments (AP)

  • As Europe swelters in extreme heat, the Eiffel Tower closes its top level and a Swiss reactor shuts down (NBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Tesla reports record sales plunge from last year (CNN)

  • Del Monte Foods files for bankruptcy as 139-year-old food icon seeks sale (REUTERS)

  • Federal climate website goes dark as Trump administration promises policy reset (FOX)

  • NASA detects new planet with temperatures that suggest habitable conditions (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Australia revokes visa for Kanye West over song praising Adolf Hitler (BBC)

  • Paramount, President Trump reach $16 million settlement over "60 Minutes" lawsuit (CBS)

  • Indiana Fever win WNBA Commissioner’s Cup without injured Caitlin Clark (CNN)

  • Pixar staff reportedly 'deeply saddened' LGBTQ elements were cut from studio's latest film, 'Elio' (FOX)

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Tuesday, July 1st

🚨NATION

  • Trump asked about deporting Elon: says he might have the DOGE “monster eat Elon” (MO NEWS)

  • Zohran Mamdani clinches NYC mayoral primary by 12 points in final vote count (MO NEWS)

  • Trump says migrants would need to know ‘how to run away from an alligator’ to flee Florida facility (AP)

  • Trump administration raises possibility of stripping Mamdani of US citizenship (GUARDIAN)

  • Newsom signs sweeping rollbacks of key California environmental review law (THE HILL)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Denmark arrests a man wanted in Germany for allegedly gathering information on Jews for Iran (AP)

  • 170 NGOs urge end to US-backed Gaza aid system; Israel says Hamas firing at civilians (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

  • Turkey arrests journalists over alleged cartoon of Prophet Muhammad (BBC)

  • Thailand’s prime minister suspended over leaked phone call with former strongman (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Powell confirms that the Fed would have cut by now were it not for tariffs (CNBC)

  • Apple’s AI-enhanced Siri might be powered by OpenAI (THE VERGE)

  • Car sales plummet following pre-tariffs panic buying (NY POST)

  • Paralyzed man speaks and sings with AI brain-computer interface (FOX)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial live updates: Jury asks for Cassie testimony transcript as they deliberate verdict (NBC)

  • Jennifer Aniston to star in TV project based on child actor Jennette McCurdy’s memoir (CNN)

  • BTS members reunite after military service, announce new album (ABC)

  • The Cat in the Hat trailer reveals new backstory for the Dr. Seuss character (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)

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Monday, June 30th

🚨NATION

  • Miles-long procession honors firefighters murdered in Idaho sniper ambush (MO NEWS)

  • Supreme Court takes up challenge to campaign finance restrictions (MO NEWS)

  • More than 300 charged in $14.6 billion health care fraud schemes takedown, Justice Department says (AP)

  • Federal investigation finds Harvard violated civil rights law (NPR)

  • Boulder terror attack: Colorado woman, 82, injured by Molotov cocktail dies, charges upgraded (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Europe sizzles under a severe heatwave, sparking health alerts and wildfire warnings (EURONEWS)

  • Israeli settlers rampage at a military base in the West Bank (NBC)

  • Russia has launched the biggest air attack of the three-year war on Ukraine, Kyiv says (GUARDIAN)

  • Thousands party at Budapest Pride in clear message to Orban (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani: “I don’t think we should have billionaires” (MO NEWS)

  • US stocks add a bit more to their all-time high (AP)

  • Moderna’s flu vaccine shows positive late-stage trial results, paving way for combination Covid shot (CNBC)

  • UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying (GUARDIAN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Jury begins deliberations in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial (CNN)

  • 'Stop!' - Beyoncé pauses show as flying Cadillac tilts mid-air (BBC)

  • WNBA expanding to Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia over next five years (AP)

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Friday, June 27th

🚨NATION

  • Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask judge to keep him in jail over deportation concerns (AP)

  • California Gov. Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787 million, alleging defamation (CNBC)

  • University of Virginia president resigns under pressure from Trump administration (AXIOS)

  • 'Completely blindsided': Wife of Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect Vance Boelter speaks out (ABC)

  • Navy to officially rename vessel honoring gay rights activist Harvey Milk (POLITICO)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Russia captures key lithium deposit in Ukraine in move that could impact US mineral deal (NEW YORK POST)

  • IDF confirms probe into killings near Gaza aid site, denies troops ordered to shoot civilians (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

  • Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered nine people (CNN)

  • Canada demands answers after a citizen dies in ICE custody (AXIOS)

  • European countries issue travel warnings for government-banned Budapest Pride march (EURO NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Nestlé USA becomes latest company to promise to stop using artificial dyes (MO NEWS)

  • Trump says he's "terminating all discussions on trade with Canada, effective immediately (CBS)

  • Nike says its tariff bill is $1 billion (CNN)

  • Study says Texans most likely to travel out of state for abortions last year (THE HILL)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Diddy's defense blasts 'fake trial' in closing argument, claims government went after private sex life (FOX)

  • Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco guilty of sexual abuse, gets suspended sentence (ESPN)

  • Rick Hurst, ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ star, dead at 79 (CNN)

  • ‘We Will Dance Again’ film on Nova massacre wins award at Documentary Emmys (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

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Thursday, June 26th

🚨NATION

  • Supreme Court rules states can cut Planned Parenthood from Medicaid (MO NEWS)

  • Adams launches independent bid for mayor, says NYC is not a socialist city (MO NEWS)

  • Legalized same-sex marriage turns 10 after landmark Supreme Court decision reshaped American law and culture (FOX)

  • Trump administration says California violated Title IX by letting trans athletes compete (NBC)

  • Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Israel halts aid into northern Gaza, officials say, as clans deny Hamas stealing it (REUTERS)

  • Ukraine halts Russia's advance in northern Sumy region, commander says (AP)

  • Dozens killed in Central African Republic school stampede (DW)

  • North Korea to open beach resort as Kim bets on tourism (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Unemployment among young college graduates outpaces overall US joblessness rate (AP)

  • Proposed Medicaid cuts could threaten vital services for people living with HIV and AIDS (AXIOS)

  • Stocks rise, lifting S&P 500 to within inches from new record (CNBC)

  • RFK Jr’s CDC panel recommends RSV shot for babies (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Orlando Bloom arrives at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding after splitting with Katy Perry (PEOPLE)

  • Thieves scaled fence, busted window before ransacking Brad Pitt's L.A. home, sources say (NBC)

  • Michelle Obama addresses divorce rumors — and why she’s rarely seen with Barack: ‘We’re 60, y’all’ (NEW YORK POST)

  • Faith Kipyegon comes up short in bid to break 4-minute mile (ESPN)

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Wednesday, June 25th

🚨NATION

  • Iran: Trump compares Iran strikes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs (MO NEWS); Trump dismisses U.S. intel report on Iran strike damage (MO NEWS); NATO boss calls Trump “Daddy” enforcing Israel-Iran ceasefire (MO NEWS)

  • Federal judge halts Trump’s order to end collective bargaining rights for many federal workers (CNN)

  • Cargo ship carrying 3,000 new vehicles sinks off Alaska weeks after catching fire (CBS)

  • DoorDash exec and his parents ID'd as victims of deadly Lake Tahoe boating accident that killed 5 others (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Iran parliament votes to block UN nuclear inspectors; chants “Death to America, Death to Israel” (MO NEWS)

  • Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blast off on trip to the space station (NBC)

  • UK says it will buy F-35 jets capable of carrying nuclear bombs (AP)

  • Kenyan police clash with protesters as anger over bad governance and police brutality spreads (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds (GUARDIAN)

  • Judge blocks Trump from withholding electric vehicle charger infrastructure funds (THE HILL)

  • RFK Jr to encourage Americans to use 'wearable' tech to track their health (FOX)

  • Tesla’s Europe sales plunge for 5th straight month over lingering Musk brand damage (NY POST)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Diddy prosecutors abandon multiple allegations against rapper days before trial's end (FOX)

  • Taylor Swift takes the stage in surprise Nashville performance (NBC)

  • Joe Marinelli, ‘General Hospital’ and ‘The Morning Show’ actor, dies at 68 (VARIETY)

  • Cincinnati Reds's Chase Burns strikes out 1st 5 batters in MLB debut (ESPN)

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Tuesday, June 24th

🚨NATION

  • Health insurers pledge to cut ‘prior authorizations’ red tape (MO NEWS)

  • CDC vaccine advisory meeting should be postponed amid bias concerns, senator says (CNN)

  • Trump administration accuses judge of 'unprecedented defiance' of Supreme Court in immigration dispute (NBC)

  • Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Trump heads to NATO summit as Europe agrees to heed his defense spending demands (FOX)

  • Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 14 civilians as Zelenskyy travels to UK (AP)

  • Thailand’s army closes Cambodia border crossings as territorial tensions escalate (GUARDIAN)

  • Glass bridge inspired by Queen Elizabeth II's wedding tiara among plans for national memorial (SKY NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Home price hikes are slowing more than expected (CNBC)

  • Oil is falling so much that it’s now cheaper than it was before the Iran-Israel conflict (CNN)

  • Study says weight loss drugs like Ozempic may prevent dementia (NY POST)

  • Forecasts show 12 states could see the Northern Lights this week (USA TODAY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and ‘70s and later a CPR teacher, dies at 81 (AP)

  • Portrait in Florence museum allegedly damaged by visitor taking selfie (BBC)

  • Steelers' Aaron Rodgers 'pretty sure' this will be final season (ESPN)

  • NBA star James Harden accused of negligence in sexual assault lawsuit against his nephew (NBC)

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Monday, June 23rd

🚨NATION

  • A potent heat dome is building over the US, sending temperatures into the triple digits (CNN)

  • Abortions continued rising in 2024 despite state bans (THE HILL)

  • Poll shows Zohran Mamdani overtaking Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s ranked choice mayoral primary (NY POST)

  • Police say a man opened fire outside a church before staff fatally shot him, averting mass shooting (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • At least 7 killed in Kyiv by Russian drone, missile strikes on Ukraine, mayor says (ABC)

  • 145 people at France music festival report being pricked with syringes after online calls to target women (CBS)

  • Suicide bomber kills at least 22 in Greek Orthodox church in Syria during Divine Liturgy (AP)

  • EU tells Israel to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Former leader of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr. to present at first meeting of new CDC vaccine advisers (CNN)

  • Grocery giant Kroger to close 60 stores in next 18 months (FOX)

  • Home sales just posted their slowest May in 16 years (NPR)

  • First images from world's largest digital camera reveal galaxies and cosmic collisions (NBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • The Oklahoma City Thunder win NBA Finals in Game 7 (CBS)

  • Jury sees more sex videos as prosecutors wind down case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (AP)

  • Johnny Depp says he was a 'crash test dummy for MeToo,' accuses Hollywood pals of abandoning him to 'go woke' (FOX)

  • Elio gives Pixar its worst ever box-office opening despite positive reviews (GUARDIAN)

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Friday, June 20th

🚨NATION

  • Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states' transportation funds to immigration enforcement (NBC)

  • Mahmoud Khalil ordered released on bail (AXIOS)

  • Supreme Court allows victims of terrorist attacks to sue the Palestinian Authority (CNN)

  • Former Hamas hostage Edan Alexander returns to a hero’s welcome in New Jersey (FOX)

  • Memphis mayor targeted in stalking and attempted kidnapping incident, police say (CBS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Zelensky calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly missile strike in Kyiv (AP)

  • Pope Leo XIV warns of the dangers of AI on youth (POLITICO)

  • U.K. lawmakers back a bill that would allow terminally ill adults to choose to end their lives (CBS)

  • Thai Prime Minister faces calls to quit after leaked phone call (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Massive data breach reportedly leaks 16 billion passwords (AXIOS)

  • Deadly US listeria outbreak linked to chicken dishes at Kroger and Walmart (GUARDIAN)

  • Fed Governor Waller says central bank could cut rates as early as July (CNBC)

  • Plastic shopping bag policies are making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Diddy’s ex-assistant, arrested for cocaine, says he wasn’t ‘drug mule’ (NEWS NATION)

  • World’s best restaurant for 2025 revealed (CNN)

  • New Pixar film releases to students days before premiere (AXIOS)

  • Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free outdoors in a new London production of ‘Evita’ (AP)

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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)

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Tuesday, June 17th

🚨NATION

  • Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court in long shot bid for quick decision (AP)

  • American Bar Association sues Trump administration over law firm crackdown (CBS)

  • Senators get security briefing following Minnesota shootings (POLITICO) Trump says he won’t call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would ‘waste time’ (AP)

  • States agree to $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma in opioid case (FOX)

  • Former Sen. Bob Menendez reports to prison for 11-year sentence in gold bar bribery case (NBC)

  • New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested at immigration court (THE HILL)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 15 people (GUARDIAN)

  • Israel condemns black partition walls around its pavilions at Paris Air Show (AP)

  • Spain says April's blackout was caused by multiple technical failures and rules out cyberattack (EURO NEWS)

  • Venice activists plan to disrupt Jeff Bezos's wedding (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Kraft Heinz removing all artificial dyes from US products by end of 2027 (FOX BUSINESS)

  • Streaming overtakes cable and broadcast as the most-watched form of TV (NBC)

  • Consumer spending drops in May as tariffs fuel anxiety (AXIOS)

  • Meta brings ads to WhatsApp (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • R. Kelly hospitalized after alleged overdose in prison, attorneys say (ABC)

  • Doctor charged with supplying Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty (GUARDIAN)

  • New HBO documentary spotlights Ohio State sex abuse scandal (AXIOS)

  • Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas to be presented honorary Oscars (VARIETY)

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Monday, June 16th

🚨NATION

  • Trump orders ICE to expand deportation efforts in Democrat-run cities (MO NEWS)

  • ‘No Kings’ demonstrator dies after being shot at Utah protest, police say (GUARDIAN)

  • Judge extends block on Trump ban prohibiting Harvard students from entering U.S. (ABC)

  • Two detainees who escaped from Newark immigration detention center have been recaptured (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Trump meets with G7 leaders at summit in Canada (AP)

  • Russia and Ukraine fulfill deal to repatriate dead soldiers (BBC)

  • Tourists sprayed with water guns by protesters as European anti-tourism trend grows (FOX)

  • German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity (GUARDIAN)

  • Cape Town safety fears force parents to seek former white-only schools (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Trump sons announce wireless service called Trump Mobile (CNN)

  • Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million (CNBC)

  • US moves to protect all species of pangolin, world's most trafficked mammal (AFP)

  • Mysterious radio signal rising from Antarctica's ice baffles scientists (NEWSWEEK)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Juror dismissed in Diddy trial over 'inconsistencies' (BBC)

  • ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ soars in box office debut with $83.7 million, beating ‘Lilo & Stitch’ (AP)

  • Sabrina Carpenter scores her first-ever No. 1 debut single with ‘Manchild’ (VARIETY)

  • J.J. Spaun captures first major title, wins 125th U.S. Open (ESPN)

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Friday, June 13th

🚨NATION

  • Millions of protesters are expected at ‘No Kings’ rallies nationwide as President Trump’s military parade takes place on his 79th birthday (CNN)

  • Appeals court temporarily allows Trump to keep National Guard in LA (MO NEWS)

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee federal court (AP)

  • Detainees at New Jersey immigration center revolt as chaos unravels (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Sole survivor of Air India plane crash: “I still can’t believe how I got out alive” (MO NEWS)

  • North Korea claims warship launch successful on second try (BBC)

  • South Africa’s president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb (AP)

  • Marine experts find likely remains of 18th-century treasure ship that was lost for centuries (FOX)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Consumer sentiment rises for 1st time this year as inflation remains tame (AP)

  • Trump's steel tariffs are about to hit washing machines, refrigerators, and more (QUARTZ)

  • COVID vaccination protects against severe kidney damage, study suggests (NBC)

  • Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang confirms departure for Meta as part of $14.3 billion deal (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Diddy Trial: Ye makes quick courthouse appearance in rare show of celebrity support for Combs (NBC)

  • Pixar reveals new Toy Story 5 villain (NEWSWEEK)

  • Mel Brooks confirms return in Spaceballs sequel (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)

  • Edmonton Oilers make biggest road Stanley Cup Final comeback in 106 years to tie series (CNN)

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