The Friday, June 12, 2026 Edition

›Knicks one win from ending 53-year drought. OG Anunoby's last-second tip-in capped the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history, putting New York one win from its first championship since 1973.

ESPN

›Taylor Swift makes Songwriters Hall history. At 36, Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, choking up during a 21-minute speech with family and Travis Kelce in attendance.

Billboard

›David Hockney dies at 88. The British artist, whose California pool paintings made him one of the most influential figures in contemporary art, died peacefully at his home.

Deadline

›Olivia Rodrigo releases third album. 'You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love' arrived Friday, featuring a collaboration with the Cure's Robert Smith.

Rolling Stone

›Autonomous drones kill soldiers for first time. A senior Ukrainian defense official says fully autonomous drones killed enemy soldiers in a 2024 test, destroying targets in a set area without human control—a first for lethal autonomous weapons.

New Scientist

›NASA names Artemis III crew. NASA announced the four astronauts who will attempt the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo, set to launch on the Artemis III mission in 2027.

Science Daily

›Whale graveyard found 7 kilometers deep. Researchers exploring the southeastern Indian Ocean discovered a vast deep-sea bed of whale bones up to 5.3 million years old, including a previously unknown extinct species.

Nature

›ChatGPT reaches one billion monthly users. OpenAI's chatbot hit one billion monthly app users in May. Surveys, meanwhile, show growing public unease over AI's ethical and environmental costs.

CNBC Top News

›Meta unwinds $2 billion Manus deal. Meta reportedly began dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Chinese-founded AI startup Manus on Thursday to comply with an unprecedented divestiture order from Beijing regulators.

CNBC Top News

›Bezos startup raises $12 billion. Jeff Bezos's physical-AI startup Prometheus raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation Thursday to build an 'artificial general engineer' for heavy engineering and drug design.

TechCrunch

›Adobe shares hit seven-year low. Adobe stock fell Thursday to its lowest price in more than seven years after the company announced another senior executive departure.

MarketWatch

›SpaceX prices largest-ever U.S. IPO. SpaceX raised $75 billion at a roughly $1.77 trillion valuation, the largest U.S. IPO on record, ahead of its Nasdaq debut Friday.

Axios

›Seoul court sentences Yoon. A Seoul court sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for ordering military drone flights over Pyongyang to justify his 2024 martial law declaration.

Reuters

›Trump nominates intelligence director. President Donald Trump nominated Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for Manhattan and former SEC chairman, as permanent director of national intelligence, following objections to acting director Bill Pulte.

Fox News Politics

›Thai princess dies at 47. Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the eldest child of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn, died after nearly four years in a coma. Her death leaves the royal succession unsettled.

The Guardian World

›U.K. defense secretary resigns. John Healey resigned, telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer the government's defense funding plan 'falls well short of what is required.' He cited rising Russian threats.

Defense News

›Iran disputes Trump deal claim. Iranian officials called reports of a deal 'speculative' after President Donald Trump said a 'great settlement' to end the war was near.

BBC World