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NATIONAL

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US--MICHIGAN-CHURCH SHOOTING

Man who opened fire outside a Michigan church had attended services there with his mom, pastor says

SUMMARY: The pastor of a Michigan church where a gunman was struck by a vehicle and fatally shot by security staff says the man had attended services a few times with his mother. Police identified the gunman as 31-year-old Brian Anthony Browning, who had no prior criminal history. They say people gathered at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne spotted the man driving recklessly Sunday morning. He exited his vehicle armed and wearing a tactical vest. They say he began firing and a parishioner driving a pickup truck hit him before he was shot. Pastor Bobby Kelly says the gunman’s mother was not there on Sunday.

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US--ABORTION

The number of abortions kept rising in 2024 because of telehealth prescriptions, report finds

SUMMARY: A new report finds that the number of abortions in the U.S. grew in 2024 as more women obtained pills through telehealth. The latest WeCount project for the Society of Family Planning finds that 1 in 4 abortions uses medications prescribed by a provider who does not see the patient in person. That is up from 1 in 20 in the months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The number may explain why another recent study found that fewer women crossed state lines for abortion in 2024 than the year before.

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US--LAKE TAHOE-BOAT CAPSIZE

6 reported dead and 2 missing after a boat capsizes on Lake Tahoe in California

SUMMARY: Officials say six people were confirmed dead and two others were missing after a boat capsized on Lake Tahoe in California. The U.S. Coast Guard and the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office responded Saturday afternoon to D.L. Bliss State Park following reports of 10 people in the water. Two people were rescued and taken to a local hospital. Winds of about 30 knots and swells of up to 8 feet were reported around the time the 27-foot old Chris-Craft vessel flipped over. Rescue workers and divers searched the area Saturday evening and resumed their search Sunday morning before the Coast Guard suspended its search.

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US--CAMPUS PROTESTS MAHMOUD KHALIL

Mahmoud Khalil vows to continue protesting Israel and the war in Gaza after release from detention

SUMMARY: Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil has returned to the U.S. Northeast after 104 days in custody for protesting against Israel and the war in Gaza. Khalil greeted supporters at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport on Saturday. He pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and pumped the other in the air. Khalil told reporters he will continue to speak up for Palestine even if threatened with death. Khalil is a legal U.S. resident. He was not accused of breaking any laws during protests at Columbia. But the administration has said noncitizens who participate in such demonstrations should be expelled for what it deems antisemitic views. It is appealing Khalil’s release.

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US--DEPORTATION-ERROR-ABREGO-GARCIA

Judge will order Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release before trial, but ICE plans to detain him

SUMMARY: A Tennessee judge plans to order Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from jail while he awaits a federal trial on human smuggling charges, but he is not expected to be allowed to go free. Prosecutors at his June 13 detention hearing said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would take him into custody if he were released. He could be deported before he has a chance to stand trial. Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador whose mistaken deportation has become a rallying point for opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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US--HEAT WAVE

Eastern half of US sweltering again, with dangerous heat wave expected to last until midweek

SUMMARY: Tens of millions of people across the Midwest and East are enduring another sweltering day of dangerously hot temperatures as a sprawling June heat wave grips much of the U.S. Most of the northeastern quadrant of the country from Minnesota to Maine was under some type of heat advisory Sunday. So were parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi. Twin 6-year-old girls were among three people killed when thunderstorms brought trees down onto homes in central New York. Sunday marked the second straight day of extreme heat across the Midwest and East Coast.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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US--MIDEAST WARS-TRUMP-IRAN

Trump wants oil producers to pump more crude amid jitters that Iran may close critical shipping lane

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is calling for the U.S. and other oil-producing economies to pump more oil as crude prices remain volatile following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The White House is also sharpening its warning to Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil and gas shipping lane, in retaliation for the U.S. carrying out strikes on Iran’s nuclear program. Trump in a morning social media posting wrote, “To the Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!”

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US--CONGRESS-TAX-CUTS-GUNS

GOP tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns

SUMMARY: The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns. It advances a longtime priority of the gun industry as Republican leaders in the House and Senate try to win enough votes to pass the bill. The House bill would remove silencers from a 1930s law that regulates firearms that are considered the most dangerous, eliminating a $200 tax on the accessories and also removing a layer of background checks.

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US--MIDEAST-WARS-US-IRAN

Trump is open to regime change in Iran, after his administration said that wasn’t the goal

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is calling into question the future of Iran’s ruling theocracy after a surprise attack on three of the country’s nuclear sites. The move seemingly contradicts his administration’s earlier calls to resume negotiations and avoid an escalation in fighting. Trump says on social media, “It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” The posting on Truth Social on Sunday evening marked something of a reversal from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s morning news conference that detailed the aerial bombing. Hegseth had said, “This mission was not and has not been about regime change.”

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US--MIDEAST WARS-TRUMP-11 DAYS

11 days in June: Trump’s path to ‘yes’ on bombing Iran

SUMMARY: For more than a week, President Donald Trump kept the world wondering whether he would join Israel’s attacks on Iran in an attempt to decapitate the country’s nuclear program. The guessing ended this weekend, when American stealth bombers, fighter jets and a submarine struck with bombs and missiles. Trump’s decision marks one of the riskiest foreign policy decisions by a U.S. president in recent memory, potentially plunging the nation back into armed conflict in the Middle East with no clear endgame.

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INTERNATIONAL

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS

Iran says missile attack matched number of US bombs, signaling likely desire to de-escalate

SUMMARY: Iran said its missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar matched the number of bombs dropped by the United States on its nuclear sites this weekend, signaling Iran’s likely desire to de-escalate. Iran made the announcement Monday night in a statement from its Supreme National Security Council after the attack, which Qatar said caused no injuries. Iran also said it targeted the base because it was outside of populated areas.

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EU--BRITAIN-SECRET TUNNELS

London’s secret tunnels that helped inspire James Bond will open to the public, complete with a bar

SUMMARY: A long-secret network of tunnels 100 feet below the streets of London could be the city’s next big tourist destination. Local authorities have approved plans to fill the site — originally dug as a World War II bomb shelter — with an intelligence museum, an interactive World War II memorial and one of the world’s deepest underground bars. The tunnels served as a base for wartime sabotage unit the Special Operations Executive and later housed the Cold War phone hotline between Washington and Moscow. Now they have been sold to a group of investors with ambitious plans. Chief executive Angus Murray says the site’s mix of “history and heritage and novelty” makes it a unique draw.

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EU--EUROPE-ISRAEL

EU finds ‘indications’ Israel is breaching key human rights agreement in Gaza

SUMMARY: The European Union says there are ″indications″ that Israel’s actions in Gaza are violating human rights obligations in the agreement governing its ties with the EU, according to its findings seen by The Associated Press. The EU foreign policy chief presented the review to foreign minsters of the 27-member bloc in Brussels on Monday. At least one country openly proposes suspending the deal. Suspending ties would require a unanimous decision. That is likely impossible to obtain from countries like Austria, Germany and Hungary that tend to back Israel.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-DIPLOMACY

Europe scrambles to revive diplomacy after the US strikes Iran’s nuclear sites

SUMMARY: European nations worked Monday to keep alive diplomatic efforts to curb the Israel-Iran war as the two countries traded strikes following the United States’ weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear program. Calls for Tehran to enter talks with Washington appeared to fall on deaf ears. Tehran reached out to ally Russia for support instead. At a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, diplomats expressed concern about the potential for Iranian retaliation to spark a wider war and global economic instability. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy urged Iran to meet European officials and to open talks with the U.S. But Iran has rejected negotiations with Washington and a European official said no more talks with Iran are currently planned.

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ML--SYRIA-CHURCH BOMBING

Mideast governments condemn suicide bombing of Syrian church as death toll rises to 25

SUMMARY: The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria has risen to 25, state media say. The Health Ministry said Monday that 63 others were wounded, SANA reported. The attack on Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church during a Divine Liturgy in Dweil’a, near Damascus, was the first of its kind in Syria in years, and comes as Damascus under its de facto Islamist rule is trying to win the support of minorities. Father Fadi Ghattas told The Associated Press that around 350 people had been praying at the church. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Syrian Interior Minister has blamed the extremist Islamic State group.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill at least 14 people as Zelenskyy travels to UK

SUMMARY: Officials say Russian drones and missiles have killed at least 14 civilians in Ukraine, with nine deaths reported in the capital, Kyiv. Ukraine’s air force said Monday that Russia fired 352 drones and decoys overnight, as well as 11 ballistic missiles and five cruise missiles. Officials said a Russian ballistic missile strike also destroyed a high school later in the day in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, killing two staff. No children were at the school due to the summer vacation. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was on a visit to the U.K. in search of further military support for the fight against Russia’s invasion.

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AS--PAKISTAN-TRUMP-NOBEL

Pakistan condemns Trump for bombing Iran a day after recommending him for a Nobel Peace Prize

SUMMARY: Pakistan has condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for bombing Iran, less than 24 hours after saying he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India. Relations between Pakistan and India plummeted after a deadly gun massacre of tourists in April that India blamed Pakistan for. The nuclear-armed rivals took a step closer to war in the weeks that followed, attacking each other until intense diplomatic efforts, led by the US, resulted in a truce that Trump took credit for. It was this “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership” that Pakistan praised in an effusive message Saturday night on the X platform when it announced its formal recommendation for him to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-GLOBAL REACTION

Nations react to US strikes on Iran with many calling for diplomacy

SUMMARY: Several close U.S. allies have urged a return to the negotiating table following American strikes on Iran while noting the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program. Some countries and groups in the region, including those that support Iran, condemned the move. They also urged de-escalation. U.S. President Donald Trump had said Thursday that he would decide within two weeks whether to get involved in Israel’s war with Tehran. In the end, it took just days. Washington hit three Iranian nuclear sites early Sunday, and Iran said it reserved the right to “resist with full force.”

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-NETANYAHU’S LEGACY

Tarnished by Oct. 7, Netanyahu’s legacy may be reshaped by war with Iran

SUMMARY: In the days after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed a shellshocked shadow of himself. The surprise assault caused his public support to plummet. Now, as Israel faces another unprecedented crisis in a war with Iran, Netanyahu appears rejuvenated. With the U.S. lending its support against a threat he has devoted his life to confronting, Netanyahu is demonstrating a resurgent confidence that could signal a new turning point in his lengthy political career. A veteran Israeli journalist said “Netanyahu has proven that he is a phoenix.”

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EU--NATO-SUMMIT-EXPLAINER

NATO leaders gather Tuesday for what could be a historic summit, or one marred by divisions

SUMMARY: U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts are gathering this week for what might be a historic summit. It could also drive a wedge among the 32 member countries. Just a week ago, things had seemed rosy. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was optimistic for an agreement to dedicate 5% of GDP to defense spending. Then Spain rejected the new target, calling it “unreasonable.” The following day, Trump said that America should not have to respect the goal. On Sunday, he ordered the bombing of nuclear installations in Iran, which could dominate the summit. Questions also remain over Ukraine’s place at the meeting.

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS-US-IRAN STRIKE

How the US bombarded Iranian nuclear sites without detection

SUMMARY: It was an unprecedented attack years in the making, with some last-minute misdirection meant to give the operation a powerful element of surprise. U.S. pilots dropped 30,000-pound bombs early Sunday on two key underground uranium enrichment plants in Iran, delivering what American military leaders believe is a knockout blow to a nuclear program that Israel views as an existential threat and has been pummeling for more than a week. American sailors bolstered the surprise mission by firing dozens of cruise missiles from a submarine toward at least one other site. U.S. officials said Iran neither detected the inbound fusillade, nor mustered a shot at the stealthy American jets.

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-ISRAEL-IRAN-THINGS TO KNOW

What to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran, and the US intervention

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump and other top American officials are urging Iran to forgo retaliation and engage in direct talks following the U.S. attack on three key Iranian nuclear sites. The Islamic Republic responded to the overnight bombing by launching a barrage of missiles at Israel, but has so far taken no action against other U.S. allies or American interests in the Middle East. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected the call for diplomacy, saying the U.S. had crossed “a very big red line” and maintaining his country had the right to defend itself. The U.S. strikes came after a week of open conflict between Israel and Iran, sparked by Israel’s sudden barrage of attacks against Iran’s nuclear and military structure.

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BUSINESS

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MIDEAST WARS-STRAIT OF HORMUZ

The Strait of Hormuz is a vital route for oil. Closing it could backfire on Iran

SUMMARY: The war between Israel and Iran has raised concerns that Iran could try to close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint. The strait is between Oman and Iran. About 20 million barrels of oil per day, or around 20% of the world’s oil consumption, passed through it last year. Iran boasts a fleet of fast-attack boats and thousands of naval mines as well as missiles that it could use to make the strait impassable, at least for a time. If that happened, analysts expect the U.S. Navy would intervene to keep the strait open.

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FINANCIAL MARKETS

US stocks drift and oil prices flip flop as Wall Street remains calm after US strikes on Iran

SUMMARY: U.S. stocks are drifting, and oil prices are flip-flopping following the United States’ bunker-busting entry into Israel’s war with Iran. Oil jumped 4% shortly after trading began on Sunday night, but it quickly pared all of the gain on Monday. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 32 points and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. Markets calmed amid hopes that Iran will not retaliate in a way that disrupts the global flow of crude, which would hurt economies worldwide but also its own. Treasury yields fell in the bond market on hopes for coming cuts to interest rates.

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US--MUSK-SELF-DRIVING PROMISES

Would you hail a ‘robotaxi’? Musk bets cabs will give Tesla a lift after boycotts and sales plunge

SUMMARY: Elon Musk has long promised to put a fleet of driverless Tesla “robotaxis” on the roads, but fans and shareholders have been kept waiting. Sunday, the billionaire may finally deliver. His Austin, Texas, electric vehicle maker has begun a test run in the city Sunday. Investors rattled by boycotts, plunging sales, and Musk’s social media spat with President Trump are looking for some good news. The bar is high. Tesla rival Waymo already operates driverless taxis in several cities and won’t give up market share easily. Musk is undeterred, vowing to eventually seize nearly the entire self-driving taxi market.

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US--OBIT-FREDERICK W SMITH

FedEx founder Fred Smith, a Marine Corps veteran who revolutionized package delivery, dies at 80

SUMMARY: Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80. FedEx started operating in 1973, delivering small parcels and documents more quickly than the post office could. Over the next half-century, Smith, a Marine Corp. veteran, oversaw the growth of a company that combined air and ground service and became something of an economic bellwether because so many other companies rely on it. It’s now a global transportation and logistics company that averages 17 million shipments per business day.

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HEALTH/SCIENCE

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SCI--RUBIN TELESCOPE

The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe

SUMMARY: The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and Department of Energy, the observatory will survey the southern sky for the next 10 years. The observatory hopes to track 20 billion galaxies and discover new asteroids and other celestial objects. The effort is named after astronomer Vera Rubin, who offered the first tantalizing evidence of a mysterious force called dark matter.

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CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

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CLIMATE-CHASING HAIL-COLLECTING

Crushing it. What do you do with 4,000 hailstones that you collect while chasing storms

SUMMARY: Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope these hailstones will reveal secrets about storms, damage and maybe the air itself. But what do you do with nearly 4,000 melting iceballs? A lot. Researchers in the first-of-its-kind Project ICECHIP to study hail are measuring the hailstones, weighing them, slicing them, crushing them, chilling them, driving them across several states, seeing what’s inside of them and in some cases — which frankly is more about fun and curiosity — eating them.

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SPORTS

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BKN--NBA FINALS

Game 7: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 29 points and Thunder beat Pacers 103-91 for NBA title

SUMMARY: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished off his MVP season with 29 points and 12 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 and win the NBA championship. Jalen Williams scored 21 for the Thunder, who were pushed to a Game 7 brink in the NBA Finals — but finished off a season for the ages. Oklahoma City won 84 games between the regular season and the playoffs, tying the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls for third-most in any season. The Pacers lost star Tyrese Haliburton early in Game 7 to a serious lower right leg injury.

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BKN--INCARCERATED COACHES

Golden State Warriors help transform lives of incarcerated men through coaching program

SUMMARY: The Golden State Warriors are partnering with the UK-based Twinning Project to teach incarcerated men at Solano State Prison in Vacaville, California, how to coach. The program includes a focus on mental health and anger management, too. Coaching has provided a purpose and much-needed self-confidence for these men, many of whom are serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole.

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BKN--ROCKETS-SUNS TRADE

Kevin Durant is going from the Suns to the Rockets in a blockbuster trade, AP source says

SUMMARY: The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. The Rockets are giving up Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green and six future picks, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was still pending NBA approval. It ends weeks of speculation about where Durant would end up. Many teams were involved at various times, including Miami and Minnesota, but in the end Phoenix took the Rockets’ offer.

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