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A B-52 crashes at Edwards Air Force Base, the Knicks end a 53-year title drought, and a goblin shark is filmed alive in the wild for the first time.
Politics & World
Eight US service members killed in a domestic military crash is a direct-impact story for American readers. The B-52 is a cornerstone of US nuclear deterrence; a crash during a routine test mission raises immediate…
Politics & World
Today’s primaries in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, and DC are live electoral events that will shape…
Sources: Reuters, The Hill, Fox News Politics +1
Sports & Culture
The New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years, triggering massive street…
Sources: The Epoch Times, Rolling Stone, Bleacher Report
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
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 months of back-channel diplomacy, last-minute concessions, and geopolitical pressure finally produced the US-Iran nuclear deal.
Financial Times
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
FIFA Group Stage continues Tuesday with multiple matches across US host cities. Several clashes could determine which teams advance to the knockout round.
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.
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.
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.
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