Happy birthday, USA! 🇺🇸 Thousands of locals and tourists alike flooded lower Manhattan to catch a glimpse of the Tall Ships parade while military planes flew overtop. 📸: Angela Weiss and Joseph Prezioso via AFP via Getty Images; Vincent Alban and Jeremy Weine via Getty Images Read: bit.ly/4fmAgd5

Nearly 500 New Yorkers die prematurely due to higher temperatures each year, according to a city heat mortality report.

Un juez federal en California dictó el martes una orden que impide a los agentes de inmigración de todo Estados Unidos realizar detenciones dentro de los juzgados de inmigración.

Europe is sizzling under an early heat wave this week, with millions of people experiencing extremely high temperatures. Experts say a phenomenon known as a heat dome is to blame.

Once upon a time, being a Kennedy was a sure route to success in Democratic politics. But not any more. bit.ly/4gmvNt1 📸: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Hikers were on trails in the Inner Canyon, where officials said temperatures in the shade could reach 109 degrees around midday.

In total, police said at least 12 people, between ages 17 and 47, had gunshot wounds, including two listed in critical condition.

The New York Knicks rolled through the New York City streets, soaking up their first NBA championship since 1973 with their loud and rabid fans. bit.ly/4vYvr01 📸: Michael M. Santiago, Angelina Katsanis, Adam Gray, Michael Heiman/Getty Images 📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has revisited the bonds between football fans, especially those of Mexico and South Korea.

I talked to the guy behind the New York Knicks’ viral poem. He’s from Queens. Latest for @usatoday.com and @usatodaysports.usatoday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

"Congenital syphilis is a sentinel event demonstrating failure of the local public health program." STI specialist Jeffrey Klausner on why he's so concerned about the sorry state of congenital syphilis control in the United States. www.statnews.com/2026/06/17/c...

Kohen Wiley, a 1-year-old child, is dead after a Mississippi police officer shot into a car and killed him. Family members say his mother was holding him in the passenger seat. The officers were responding to a shoplifting call over a box of diapers at the Senatobia Walmart.

“Yo go Knicks but there’s oncoming traffic,” NYPD says at Dyckman. Knicks in five.

Decades of advances in the global fight to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS are in peril amid wide-scale cuts to prevention programs, according to a United Nations report.

Protesters tear down Albanian development site fences, amid anger over coastal projects reut.rs/43xAjgE

The director-general of the World Health Organization is profoundly worried about the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, he told STAT in an interview. www.statnews.com/2026/06/13/w...

From smoky, chargrilled lamb to peanut butter stews and cherry-studded rice — here’s where to get a taste of the countries gunning for the World Cup.

From @theathletic.com: The U.S. cruised to a 4-1 victory over Paraguay in its World Cup opener, as Folarin Balogun scored twice in the first half.

Palestinian football chief says US denied him visa to attend World Cup

Ebola outbreak spreads to crowded displacement camp in Congo reut.rs/4e1pnxK

En route to federal court to cover congressional candidate Brad Lander’s case, I had a train delay. I briefly got off at 72nd Street for a call about DHS. Outside the station, I saw Alex Bores, a candidate to replace Rep. Jerry Nadler in Manhattan. There was also a tamalera. I bought one mole.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Bob Eckstein.

From @theathletic.com: When Victor Wembanyama went to Gramercy Park before Game 3 to sketch a statue, it was more than just having fun in his free time. It was his process. As he sat there, sketching Hamlet, he saw his perspective on a tragic figure.

#Ebola update from DRC: Confirmed cases are now at 635, with 127 confirmed deaths. There were 37 new cases yesterday including 12 deaths. It appears the number of case contacts being followed is still quite low, about six per confirmed case. insp.cd/sitrep-n26-m...

Many/most Americans may not know this, but here's the list of recent host countries: South Africa, Brazil, Russia and Qatar. Now the U.S., Mexico and Canada. What does treatment of teams, fans and refs say about American global standing — and, of course, FIFA's?

The family of a missing Indiana woman said she has been found dead in Mexico and her seven children, ages 1 through 12, have been found safe.

Some World Cup players and team staff are being questioned or barred from entering the U.S., angering fans and heightening concerns about how immigration enforcement will be carried out during one of the world’s most international sporting events. https://wapo.st/4dYKWPx

Some fans and participants hoping to enter the U.S. for the World Cup have complained that restrictive immigration rules have presented a roadblock.

Mexico blocks most imports of live animals from US after screwworm cases reut.rs/4xiMA69

ICYMI: Nearly a year ago, the U.S. closed ports of entry with Mexico to livestock trade amid New World screwworm cases in Mexico. Now, Canada has temporarily banned livestock from Texas, where cases of screwworm are popping up in the U.S. Texas officials said Canada was overreacting.

Donald Trump becomes the first sitting U.S. president to attend the NBA Finals after coming to Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.

Federal judge temporarily blocks USDA conditions on SNAP and other nutrition funding, siding with states that argue the rules threaten food aid programs.

☀️ It’s getting hot out there, and #WorldCup fans will feel it in stadium cities across North America. See the full list: bit.ly/4aujTsX

A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Canada was overreacting on its temporary restriction. Abbott declared a state of disaster over the parasite.

A New Jersey police sergeant is accused of stealing $10,000 in camera equipment from an AP photojournalist injured at an anti-ICE protest.

Israeli forces killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby and wounded his parents on Friday evening, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Canada temporarily banned Texas livestock due to the ongoing spread of New World screwworm, officials announced June 5. On June 6, a spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told me Canada was overreacting. Abbott has issued a disaster proclamation over the flesh-eating parasite.

This ABC 7 reporter’s account of the scene in Midtown Manhattan near the Mecca of basketball: “These fans don’t even know what it feels like to lose.”

A flesh-eating fly that preys on livestock and other animals has staged an unwelcome return to the U.S., 60 years after the parasitic pests were officially eradicated. Here's what to know about the New World screwworm.

This is really cool to go through.

“The Ebola crisis in Africa will spin out of control without a significant shift in the international response,” writes Anthony Banbury, who led the U.N. response for the 2014 Ebola crisis. “30 to 50 percent of those who contract the virus will die.” https://wapo.st/3Sk5YiW

It’s been a cool start to June, but that’s about to change. A heat wave will bring record-breaking temperatures from New England to the Mid-Atlantic, with highs reaching the 90s. A super El Niño could lead to a record warm year in 2027, scientists say. https://wapo.st/4ujfP69

Environmental organisations have called for the project's suspension, citing threats to biodiversity.

A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.

1/ New World Screwworm has been confirmed in the U.S. for the first time since 1966. A 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas (near the U.S.-Mexico border) tested positive. This may seem niche, but it’s a big deal. Here's what you need to know. 🧵

A photog covering Delaney Hall had to ditch her camera bag with $10K of gear an injury. The bag was gone when a friend went to get it, but an airtag showed the bag was at the house of a sergeant in the Essex County Prosecutors office, prosecutors now say: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/o...

The city will be closing midtown streets to regular traffic and the MTA will be taking steps to ensure more NYC subway service on World Cup 2026 NYC match days, part of a regional effort to keep mass transit functioning amid an expected…

Already 2 months since I left Jersey! It has been a very rewarding start at @insideclimatenews.org and I just wanted to share a few stories as I get settled into California. I spent a day on a mountain ridge near Ojai where families fear an oil spill was never fully cleaned up 1/

Flesh-eating screwworm case suspected in South Texas, USDA says reut.rs/3QkFNbm

USDA announced a possible case detected in South Texas. “Now that it appears the first screwworm has arrived in Texas, the consequences of that decision are now staring us in the face,” Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller said, urging the Trump administration to take action.