The Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Edition
B-52 Crash Kills 8, Knicks Win NBA Title, and a Goblin Shark's Debut
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Science & Technology
53 years
The length of the Knicks' NBA championship drought, the longest active title gap in the league when they won Monday night. The last time New York hoisted the trophy was 1973 — the year the World Trade Center was completed and 'The Sting' won Best Picture.
Source: Bleacher Report
Today, June 16: FIFA Group Stage continues Tuesday with multiple matches across US host cities. Several clashes could determine which teams advance to the knockout round.
Later this week: Jalen Brunson and the Knicks are expected to hold a championship parade in New York City later this week — the first ticker-tape celebration for the franchise since 1973.
This week: Bonnie Tyler's medical team will provide an updated prognosis as the singer recovers from emergency surgery in Portugal. Her remaining tour dates are still being evaluated.
This week: The UN General Assembly meets to discuss the diplomatic fallout from the US expulsion of the Iranian World Cup squad, with Iran expected to file a formal protest.
- 1858Abraham Lincoln delivers his famous 'House Divided' speech in Springfield, Illinois
- 1903Henry Ford incorporates the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan
- 1963Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel in space aboard Vostok 6
- 1976The Soweto uprising begins in South Africa as students protest apartheid education policies
Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
How a fight inside Anthropic over its most powerful AI model collided with Trump administration export controls — and what it reveals about the future of AI governance.
The Verge · Hayden Field
How the US-Iran deal came together
How months of back-channel diplomacy, last-minute concessions, and geopolitical pressure finally produced the US-Iran nuclear deal.
Financial Times
This man with ALS is 'the first power user' of a brain implant that lets him speak
How a man living with ALS became the most advanced user of a brain-computer interface that translates his thoughts directly into speech.
MIT Technology Review · Jessica Hamzelou
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