An ICE agent was struck by a van and fired at a fleeing suspect during an arrest attempt around 9:30 a.m. Monday on Route 72 near Mermaid Drive in Manahawkin, Stafford Township.

ICE said agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop of Friedrich Castillo-Ormeno, who had been ordered removed from the U.S. by Jan. 30, 2026. NBC10 Philadelphia Surveillance video and a witness account show a white van sideswiping and pinning the officer before fleeing. NBC10 Philadelphia ICE says the driver escaped and the injured agent was taken to a local hospital and is expected to be OK.

Congo's health ministry reported 72 new Ebola cases on Sunday, June 14, raising totals to 782 confirmed cases and 181 deaths, while U.S. doctor Peter Stafford returned to the United States on Monday, June 15.

The ministry said the 72 new infections included 29 additional deaths, leaving about 40 recoveries and a case-fatality rate near 23%. PBS News Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, accounts for 212 of the 782 confirmed cases and is the single largest cluster. NPR More than 90% of cases are in Ituri, with infections also in North Kivu and South Kivu and recent spillover into Uganda; only 56% of identified contacts are being traced, officials say. PBS News Clinique Universelle in Bunia shut after a patient tested positive, staff reported working without personal protective equipment, and teams spent a weekend decontaminating the facility and a roadside scene where a sick man died. NPR Aid organizations have airlifted hundreds of metric tons of medicines and PPE into Ituri, but responders warn staples like gloves run down quickly and supplies remain insufficient. NPR Doctors Without Borders said the outbreak is "outpacing the response effort" as treatment centers are overwhelmed and many patients arrive in advanced stages. PBS News The World Health Organization said it is intensifying testing, contact tracing and treatment, and Africa CDC has appealed for more partner support and donor funding.

On June 15, 2026, UK police said a Russian-speaking Telegram handler directed arson attacks in May 2025 on properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in north London.

Convicted participants Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, were recruited and promised payment and, in Lavrynovych's case, Russian citizenship, prosecutors told the court. Fox News The attacks on May 8, 11 and 12, 2025 hit a Toyota RAV4 Starmer once owned, the entrance to a flat he had lived in, and a house he still owns; no one was injured.

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base at about 11:20 a.m. Monday; eight people aboard are believed dead.

Edwards Air Force Base officials said the jet crashed immediately after takeoff and that the crash was deemed unsurvivable for the eight aboard. CBS News Emergency crews responded to the scene and were assessing the site, and aerial footage showed a large smoldering burn mark at or near the crash area. CBS News Witness photos and social media posts described a large explosion and a dark plume of smoke visible across the Mojave Desert.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife and accused President Donald Trump of ordering the probe in a video released Monday, June 15, 2026.

He said federal agents recently knocked on the doors of family, friends and former employees seeking documents. MS NOW Newsom said investigators were "trying to find" a crime rather than responding to one and accused the Justice Department of abusing the grand jury process while saying his wife has "done nothing wrong" beyond advocacy.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres revoked 16-year-old Timothy Hudson's pretrial release and ordered him detained pending trial on June 10, 2026, in the federal case over his stepsister's death aboard a Carnival cruise ship.

Torres said the prior release conditions addressed Hudson's flight risk but were inadequate to protect public safety given the alleged first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse in a confined cabin. Fox News He ordered Hudson housed only with juveniles, given a mental-health evaluation and treatment, and allowed continued access to counsel and family communications. Fox News A sealed supplemental order directed that Hudson be delivered to U.S. Marshals in Tampa at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2026. Fox News CBS reports Hudson was taken into federal custody by U.S. Marshals on Monday, June 15, 2026, and is to be transferred first to Citrus County Jail and then to Miami-Dade County's Metro West Detention Center no later than July 10, 2026.

A cellphone caught fire aboard British Airways Flight 271 from London to Las Vegas on Monday, June 15, 2026, forcing an emergency arrival at Harry Reid International Airport, though the jet landed safely.

The pilot said the blaze 'scorched the inside of the cabin' but was under control when the plane landed. CBS News The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the incident and said it will investigate. CBS News Officials have not yet identified the make or model of the phone.

On Monday, June 15, 2026, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Britain will ban children under 16 from major social media apps such as TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube.

Starmer said the ban will also cover Instagram, Facebook and X while exempting messaging services such as WhatsApp and Signal and the YouTube Kids app. Fox News He said enforcement will target platforms, not children, with multimillion-dollar fines for firms that fail to take reasonable steps to keep under-16s off their services. PBS News Ministers plan to have the law passed by late December 2026 so the restrictions can take effect in early 2027.

The United States and Iran have agreed in principle to a Pakistan-drafted memorandum to extend a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials said.

The memorandum calls for a 60-day implementation window after a planned June 19 signing in Geneva to resolve nuclear technicalities, including how to dispose of Iran's roughly 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60%. NPR President Trump announced June 14 that he had approved the deal and authorized the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports to end after the signing, though Tehran publicly urged caution. PBS News U.S. officials say they will keep about 50,000 American troops in the region during the 60-day talks and will not reduce forces while technical negotiations proceed. Fox News The announcement follows renewed exchanges in which U.S. forces struck Iranian radar, drone and missile sites and Iran fired missiles and drones at Gulf states, and it comes after U.S. blockade-enforcement strikes disabled multiple merchant ships and killed three Indian mariners aboard the tanker Settebello, prompting New Delhi to summon a senior U.S. diplomat. PBS News CBS News

The FDA has flagged a voluntary recall of The Coffee Connexion Co. Inc.'s alfredo sauce as high-risk after the product was linked to potentially salmonella-contaminated dry milk powder distributed to dozens of states.

The company voluntarily recalled 913 cases, each containing 12 sealed bags of sauce weighing more than 3 pounds, after learning the sauce used the supplier-recalled dry milk powder. PBS News The recall was initiated on May 6, and the sauce had been distributed to 41 states. PBS News As of June 2026, the FDA classified the action as Class I, warning of a reasonable probability of serious illness or death, and no illnesses have been reported in connection with this sauce.

An armed suspect remains at large after shots were fired at Minneapolis police shortly after 3 p.m. Monday on the 3500 block of North Oliver Avenue in north Minneapolis.

Officers were shot at while investigating a vehicle, but no injuries were reported and the vehicle has been recovered. FOX 9 Minneapolis Police Department dispatched dozens of squads after a 3:14 p.m. "officer needs help" call and urged nearby residents to shelter in place while the armed suspect remains at large.

NTSB investigators have begun recovering victims' electronic devices and interviewing witnesses after a skydiving plane crashed after takeoff near Butler Memorial Airport on June 14, 2026, killing all 12 people aboard.

The single-engine Pacific Aerospace 750XL operated by Skydive Kansas City crashed about 11:30 a.m. Central, killing 11 skydivers and the pilot. NPR Officials and witnesses said the aircraft climbed to roughly 100 feet, made an abrupt left turn and appeared to lose power. NPR Investigators say the wreckage is largely confined to a compact area near the runway and are reviewing maintenance records, pilot training and FAA oversight as they examine the cause.

Alaska Elections Director Carol Beecher disqualified Daniel J. Sullivan from the August U.S. Senate primary ballot on Monday, June 15, 2026, saying his filing was a sham rather than a good-faith candidacy.

Beecher's June 15 letter said Daniel J. Sullivan's filing was not an "actual good-faith candidacy" and called it a "determined effort and a deliberate attempt" to confuse or mislead voters. CBS News She noted he sought to appear on the ballot as "Dan Sullivan" despite being registered as "Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr.", at times tried to use the middle initial "S" to mirror the incumbent, and had not used "Dan Sullivan" as his voting name. CBS News Beecher also cited similar color schemes and branding on the two campaign websites and pointed to metadata linking the challenger's site launch to an Alaska Democratic consultant as part of the evidence. Fox News Daniel J. Sullivan has 30 days from the decision to appeal.

Sleep Number filed for Chapter 11 and said Sleep Country Canada has submitted a $415 million stalking-horse bid in a court-supervised auction, a move that puts its Minneapolis headquarters and thousands of jobs at risk.

The company expects up to $260 million in debtor-in-possession financing, including up to $65 million in new money, and will reject 44 already-closed store leases while trying to keep as many of roughly 600 locations open as possible. FOX 9 Sleep Number says it intends to keep manufacturing in the United States after the sale, and it warned investors the Chapter 11 process could mean the stock loses value or is delisted from Nasdaq. FOX 9 The company's 238,000-square-foot headquarters at 1001 Third Ave. S. is leased through October 2032 with renewal options, but a spokesperson declined to commit that operations will remain in Minnesota. Business Journal Five Twin Cities-based executives received retention bonuses totaling $5.5 million on May 27, contingent on staying a year.

A live explosive device was found Monday, June 15, 2026, in an office building at 925 Keynote Circle in Brooklyn Heights near Cleveland, prompting mass evacuations and road closures.

At least seven nearby buildings were evacuated and an adjacent road was closed, and officials said there were no injuries. Fox News The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are leading the explosives investigation after a police K-9 alerted to the suspicious package.

On Monday, June 15, 2026, Democratic senators joined Republican Lisa Murkowski in urging the National Science Foundation to halt the planned dismantling of the $386 million Ocean Observatories Initiative.

Lawmakers from the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee sent a joint letter accusing NSF of violating appropriations law and demanding it stop decommissioning. PBS News NSF has directed removal of most of the observatory's more than 900 instruments by 2027, and the first buoy off Oregon was scheduled for recovery on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. PBS News The observatory cost $386 million to build, has supported more than 500 scientific papers, and was originally expected to run another 15 to 20 years.

Seagate has filed plans for a 64,500-square-foot, two-story expansion at its Bloomington wafer-fabrication campus at 7801 Computer Ave. S. and 7850 Nord Ave. S., nearly tripling production space for HAMR technology.

The Bloomington Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the plan this week, and city staff are recommending approval. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal The addition would nearly triple wafer-fabrication space to about 30,000 square feet and focus on heat-assisted magnetic recording, or HAMR, technology. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal The plan would eliminate 148 parking spaces but leave 1,118, and a city parking study projects peak use of roughly 818 vehicles.

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by a Noblesville High School student challenging an Indiana school's ban on anti-abortion flyers on Monday, June 15, 2026, leaving the lower-court ruling intact.

Justice Samuel Alito filed the lone written dissent, urging the court to clarify how Hazelwood intersects with later government-speech decisions. MS NOW He said the central constitutional question is whether the student-club flyers were private speech or school-sponsored government speech, because only private speech is protected from school censorship. MS NOW The Seventh Circuit had treated the school's walls as a limited forum and upheld the restriction under Hazelwood as reasonably related to keeping a neutral educational environment.

A Winnetka daycare remains open under a three-year probation after state social services officials in February 2026 stayed a planned license revocation following findings that children were exposed to and ingested methamphetamine.

The California Department of Social Services reached the agreement with owner Tampe Management, keeping the Rainbow Early Learning Center operating under probation rather than immediately revoking its license. CBS News Parents say they were not told the center was on probation, a disclosure state rules require for current and prospective families.

Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson defeated Rep. Barry Moore in Alabama's Republican Senate runoff on Tuesday, June 15, 2026, becoming the GOP nominee for the November general election.

Moore had backing from former President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, but still lost the runoff. Fox News Hudson is a former Navy SEAL sniper who later served as a sheriff's deputy, firefighter and small business owner. Fox News He leads a nonprofit that trains law enforcement to fight human trafficking and is now viewed as the clear frontrunner in the November Senate race.

On Thursday, June 11, 2026, FBI agents searched the Cleveland headquarters of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, removing electronic devices, boxes of documents and computer files and questioning staff.

Agents also went to the homes of people who have worked with the group and deployed across Ohio to question members, sometimes serving subpoenas or seizing devices. Fox News A person familiar with the matter said investigators are examining potential fraud violations, and the Justice Department and FBI declined public comment.

President Trump held separate phone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, June 14, 2026, as Russia and Ukraine continued exchanging strikes.

Putin's call lasted just under an hour, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said. PBS Ushakov said Trump offered to press European allies and Kyiv to end hostilities and suggested a quick peace could open a "new quality" in U.S.-Russian relations. PBS Ushakov added that Trump told Putin recent Ukrainian strikes on Russian civilian targets complicate a settlement, that a U.S. agreement with Iran was close, and that envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were expected to travel to Russia soon. PBS Zelenskyy posted on Telegram that he had a "wonderful conversation" with Trump, thanked him for support, and said they would continue talks in person at the G7 summit; the calls came as Ukrainian drone attacks overnight into June 14 killed people and struck fuel storage in Russia's Yaroslavl region, about 440 miles from the Ukrainian border. PBS CBS News confirmed the conversations occurred amid active strikes and that no ceasefire resulted from them.

Six men were charged after two people were allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint from the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort parking garage on May 29, 2026, in Broward County, Florida.

Federal court filings unsealed Monday name six defendants and charge them with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Fox News Those filings identify the defendants as Saul Alfonso Fajardo, Justin Phihoang Le, Amari Tamire Hill, Anthony Teruel Hernandez, Marikevies McNichols Jr., and Weilen Hernandez.

On June 5, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Felipe Linares de Oliveira Dell Aquilla after a car chase that ended in a crash in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Authorities allege he held his wife against her will as he prepared to flee to Mexico, and agents recovered multiple phones, laptops, cash and a 9 mm handgun from his vehicle. Fox News He faces a state felony charge of fleeing to elude arrest, Homeland Security Investigations is pursuing kidnapping and illegal-alien-in-possession-of-a-firearm charges, and ICE has lodged an immigration detainer.

On Monday, June 15, 2026, the European Union approved a sanctions package targeting more than 80 Russian people and entities, including Metropolitan Tikhon and officials tied to Alexei Navalny's poisoning.

The package blacklists 34 individuals and 47 entities and includes asset freezes, EU travel bans and a prohibition on making funds available to listed parties. CBS News Among the additions are drone and arms producers, firms tied to oil exports, a pro-war influencer and 15 officials linked to the Navalny poisoning investigation. CBS News Metropolitan Tikhon was sanctioned for spreading propaganda that justifies the invasion, EU officials said. CBS News EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the measures have already cost Russia more than $1 trillion and aim to erode its war economy "brick by brick." CBS News

On Monday, June 15, 2026, an analysis by NEADA projected average U.S. household electricity spending of nearly $800 for June-September 2026, a 10.5% increase from 2025.

NEADA estimated Arizona households would pay about $1,060 this summer, Connecticut about $944 and Washington and North Dakota about $488. CBS News The group also warned rising demand, grid upgrades and the rapid expansion of AI-related data centers are key drivers pushing prices higher. CBS News NEADA said one in six U.S. households is behind on utility bills.

UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on Monday, June 15, 2026, that more than 1,000 civilians were killed by drone strikes in Sudan from January through May 2026.

Türk warned the strikes are driving a deadlier phase of the war and urged urgent measures to stop arms transfers that are fueling drone attacks.

Fox Corp. agreed to buy Roku in a $22 billion cash-and-stock deal announced Monday, merging Fox's live news and sports reach with Roku's streaming platform.

Fox will pay $96 in cash plus 0.9693 shares of Fox Class A stock per Roku share, valuing the transaction at about $160 per Roku share. PBS Under the plan, Fox shareholders would own about 73% and Roku shareholders about 27% of the combined company. PBS The companies said the deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027 pending shareholder votes and regulatory approvals. PBS Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood will remain involved and will join the Fox board after the transaction closes. PBS The firms said Roku will continue to operate as an open, partner-friendly platform and that no immediate customer-facing changes are expected. PBS Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the deal will combine Fox's live news and sports with Roku's platform to boost advertising and subscription revenue. PBS Murdoch called the timing "the right transaction, at the right moment, for all the right reasons." PBS After the announcement, Fox shares fell while Roku shares rose in premarket trading.

Minneapolis police are searching for 10-year-old Jayceon Rogers, who was last seen around 5 p.m. Sunday, June 14, in the 2500 block of Sixth Street North in Minneapolis.

Rogers is described as a Black boy about 4.5 feet tall and 80 pounds with brown eyes and black dreadlocks tipped red and orange. FOX 9 He was reportedly wearing a white T-shirt and beige joggers when last seen, and police say the circumstances of his disappearance remain unclear.

On Monday, June 15, 2026, the Supreme Court denied Carter Page's petition to revive his lawsuit against former FBI officials, leaving lower-court dismissals in place.

The denial appeared on the Court's June 15 order list and was issued without explanation, with no justice noting any dissent. MS NOW Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did not participate in the petition's consideration because of her prior service on D.C. federal courts. MS NOW Page previously reached a $1.25 million settlement with the federal government, which the Justice Department said mooted claims against the government.

Three children were shot just before 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the John Cain Aquatic Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and a juvenile suspect was taken into custody within minutes.

One child suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, and all three were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Fox News The suspect, also a juvenile, was detained with help from the Arkansas County Sheriff's Office, and police closed the aquatic center while they investigate.

Oil prices plunged and U.S. stock futures rallied on Monday, June 15, 2026, after President Trump announced a framework deal with Iran that he said will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift the U.S. naval blockade.

Brent crude fell about $4.22 to $83.11 and West Texas Intermediate dropped about $4.41 to $80.47, while S&P 500 futures rose roughly 1.2% and Dow futures about 0.9% in premarket trading. CBS MoneyWatch Markets had already swung sharply earlier in the week as security risks pushed Brent above $92 before the latest diplomatic turn.

The U.K. Court of Appeal on Monday, June 15, 2026, ruled that the government's proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act is lawful, keeping membership and support criminal.

The ruling leaves anyone who joins or supports Palestine Action exposed to penalties of up to 14 years in prison. New York Times The judges said the group's tactics go beyond protected protest and amount to terrorism, a distinction highlighted by Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr.

Russia launched an overnight barrage of 70 missiles and 611 drones against several Ukrainian cities, setting the Dormition Cathedral's roof at Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on fire and killing at least 11 people nationwide.

Ukrainian officials said five people were killed in Kyiv and roughly 30-34 were wounded, including two children aged 5 and 6. PBS Officials said multiple strikes hit civilian sites in Shevchenkivskyi and Obolonskyi districts, including a 25-story apartment building and a nine-story block. PBS An AFP reporter the next morning saw rescuers clearing rubble at the monastery as bells rang the Ukrainian anthem and smoke billowed around its golden domes. CBSNews Russia's Defense Ministry said it had carried out a "massive strike" on military and industrial targets, but denied hitting the Lavra and blamed an outdated U.S. Patriot interceptor for the cathedral damage. CBSNews President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the cathedral fire "one of Russia's most serious crimes against Christian culture to date" and urged G7 leaders to provide more anti-ballistic air defenses and a decisive response.

On Sunday, June 14, 2026, Colombian police arrested a 36-year-old U.S. citizen from Texas in Bogotá on suspicion of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy.

Bystanders filmed and reported seeing the alleged abuse on a balcony in an upscale northern Bogotá neighborhood, prompting police to respond to the scene. CBS News Officers later entered the man's apartment, removed three children and a woman, and moved the children for medical evaluation before placing them under Colombia's child protection agency. CBS News Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged visa measures to keep suspected pedophiles out, citing previous efforts to turn away sex tourists.

Georgia Republican Representatives Andrew Clyde and Clay Fuller filed articles of impeachment seeking to remove U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross from the federal bench.

Ross sent a detailed apology to at least one former law clerk in the week before June 15, admitting her earlier apology was deficient and that she had falsely accused the clerk. Fox News An Eleventh Circuit special committee found Ross had a two-year extramarital affair that included repeated sexual encounters in her chambers with a senior Atlanta police officer and that she initially lied to investigators. The council adopted the committee's findings, and the Judicial Conference affirmed a private reprimand and ordered Ross to write apology letters to six former clerks while she agreed not to seek the court's chief judge post.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, June 15, 2026, declined to hear 98-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's bid to return to active service, leaving her suspension in place.

The refusal means a D.C. Circuit ruling that bars some constitutional challenges to judicial-council authority remains controlling, and it effectively ends Newman's path to reinstatement through the high court.

Adam Castillo, the former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar, was detained at Yangon International Airport on Thursday, June 11, 2026, an associate said.

Castillo led AmCham Myanmar from 2023 to 2025 and runs the security firm AGS Myanmar. NPR Military-linked outlets reported he was arrested after the chamber filed a complaint, though Myanmar authorities have not issued a formal statement. NPR The U.S. State Department said it is aware of an American detained in Myanmar but declined to provide details citing privacy.

Operation Metro Surge's flood of immigration cases has choked Minnesota's federal courts, forcing long delays that are now slowing civil business litigation in the Twin Cities.

Immigration-related decisions now account for nearly 40% of all federal rulings in Minnesota between January and May 2026, up from under 4% in the same period in 2025. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Habeas petitions by detained immigrants jumped from 12 in all of 2024 to 131 in the first five months of 2026. Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz warns the backlog will keep federal dockets "grim" for one to two years. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Minneapolis firm Nilan Johnson Lewis is advising business clients to prioritize state court or arbitration and to negotiate settlements earlier.

An 18-year-old hiker died June 3 after developing heat-related symptoms below Havasupai Gardens on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park, park rangers said.

Rangers found the hiker about 30 feet below the trail near Garden Creek and could not save him despite a rapid response, the park said. Fox News Temperatures in the canyon were about 109°F, and the National Park Service reiterated warnings against attempting rim-to-river round-trip day hikes during summer heat.

SpaceX stock closed up 19% in its first Nasdaq trading session on Friday, June 12, 2026. CBS News The debut followed a record IPO that sold more than 555 million shares at $135, raising about $75 billion and valuing the company at over $1.75 trillion under the ticker SPCX.

Shares opened about 11% above the $135 IPO price in early trading. Axios Elon Musk rang the Nasdaq opening bell from SpaceX's Starbase in South Texas and reiterated the company's goal to 'make life multi-planetary.' PBS News SpaceX told regulators it will use IPO proceeds to expand rocket and satellite businesses and to push aggressively into AI, including terrestrial data centers, AI microchips and so-called orbital AI compute infrastructure.

Scientists detected the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis in 37 of 100 coyotes sampled near Puget Sound in Washington, and tests found a more infectious European strain, raising public-health concerns.

The findings were published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases in early 2026 after researchers screened 100 coyotes and confirmed 37 infections. Fox News Genetic analysis showed the animals carried a European variant linked with higher infectivity. Fox News Researchers said current risk to the general public is low, but the parasite can cause a rare, potentially deadly liver disease in humans.

U.S. World Cup host cities are rolling out a mix of pricey paid transit and free shuttle options as the 2026 tournament gets underway, forcing fans and commuters to weigh cost against capacity.

In some regions organizers have set steep event fares while other cities are running sponsored or free shuttles and low-cost shuttles to reduce strain on regular service. New Jersey unveiled a regional stadium plan that initially priced round-trip FIFA rail at $150 and later landed at $98 after sponsorships, drawing sharp criticism from fans and local officials. California officials secured $18.4 million in federal funding to boost Los Angeles and Bay Area transit capacity for matches.

The White House defended on Sunday its decision to bar Somali World Cup referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan from entering the United States. CBS News The administration also defended strict, day-limited entry rules for Iran's national team at the World Cup, a senior White House aide said.

Andrew Giuliani said Artan was denied entry because he was talking to "very bad people" immediately before travel. CBS News Customs and Border Protection found "derogatory information" at Miami International Airport while vetting Artan, including associations with suspected members of terror organizations, an administration official said. CBS News Giuliani said a few World Cup players have faced secondary inspection but were admitted after up to several hours of questioning. CBS News He confirmed some Iranian team officials were denied entry over alleged ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, forcing Iran to shift its training base from Arizona to Mexico. CBS News Iran's players and coaches are being allowed into the U.S. only on tightly time-limited trips: arriving the day before matches and leaving the evening of the match.

The National Center for Education Statistics released long-term trend test results on June 10, 2026 showing 13-year-olds' reading and math scores remain below pre-pandemic levels nationwide.

The long-term trend assessments tested roughly 31,000 U.S. students in 2024-25 and showed no significant gains for 13-year-olds since 2023. PBS Only 58% of 13-year-olds met a basic reading benchmark and 70% met a basic math benchmark. PBS By contrast, nine-year-olds rebounded to pre-pandemic reading levels and improved in math, with 71% meeting the reading benchmark and 84% meeting math. PBS Only 14% of 13-year-olds and 37% of nine-year-olds reported reading for fun every day, both sharply down from 2012 levels.

Swiss voters rejected a Swiss People's Party-backed initiative to cap the country's population at 10 million, with early returns showing nearly 55% voting no on Sunday, June 14, 2026.

Nationwide turnout was almost 59%, and early returns from Geneva showed about two-thirds of voters there opposed the measure. NPR The initiative would have required the government to keep Switzerland's population below 10 million by 2050 and to tighten asylum, family reunification and residence permits if the population reached 9.5 million.

An anti-G7 march in Geneva turned violent on Sunday, June 14, 2026, as protesters torched a parked Tesla and smashed windows at a United Nations agency office.

Witnesses said demonstrators pulled bricks from the ground and threw them at police, after which officers deployed tear gas to disperse crowds. Fox News Some protesters told journalists they targeted symbols of capitalism and multilateralism. Fox News They described the G7 as a "meeting of the rich" and accused it of promoting misogynistic values that deepen gender inequality. Fox News PBS had earlier reported clashes between demonstrators and police as activists marched in Geneva ahead of the nearby summit in France.

Knicks championship celebrations around Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, June 13, 2026, resulted in 63 arrests and left 10 NYPD officers injured, police said.

Police said tens of thousands of fans clogged streets around the arena after the Game 5 win, overwhelming officers and city services. The Athletic A 17-year-old was shot once in the foot at 43rd Street and Broadway and was taken to a hospital in an NYPD vehicle after an ambulance could not reach the crowd. ABC7 New York A firearm was recovered at the shooting scene and three people of interest were in custody, though authorities had not filed charges. ABC7 New York Officials said four other people were slashed or stabbed, five patrol cars suffered damage including windshields smashed by bats or people jumping on them, and one officer was punched while another was struck by a glass bottle. The Athletic Five school buses being used to ferry fans to MetLife Stadium for World Cup games were set on fire or otherwise destroyed, and crowds lit fireworks and climbed light poles, traffic lights and scaffolding. The Athletic Arrest charges cited by police included assault on an officer, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental administration.

Davis and Caroline Moturi sued the City of Minneapolis and former Police Chief Brian O'Hara over a neighbor shooting in south Minneapolis.

They also sued the former homeowners who sold them the house, alleging the sellers hid the neighbor's violent history by answering "no" on a catch-all seller disclosure question.

Natravien R. Landry, 27, pleaded guilty on June 11, 2026 to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr. at Fort Eisenhower in Augusta, Georgia. Fox News He also pleaded guilty to using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Prosecutors say Landry shot Stewart once in the chest while Stewart was unarmed and present with Landry's ex-girlfriend, and two children were in the home. Fox News Landry fled the base and was arrested during a traffic stop on Interstate 85. Fox News Deputies recovered a discarded handgun that matched the killing, and Landry admitted the shooting in a Mirandized interview.

The Kennedy Center board on Thursday, June 11, 2026, voted unanimously to create a "Trump Kennedy Center Fund," an endowment bearing President Donald Trump's name.

The move comes after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered Trump's name removed from the Center's facade and workers took down the lettering in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday, June 13, 2026.

A 57-year-old retired firefighter shot three Philadelphia police officers and was later found dead shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2026, at North 54th and Arlington streets in Wynnefield.

Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said officers were first sent to a report of a vehicle struck by gunfire before they encountered the suspect. 6abc Investigators recovered nearly 50 pieces of ballistic evidence at the scene. 6abc The wounded officers include a sergeant with eight years on the force, an officer with eight years, and an officer with two years. 6abc Bethel credited their training with their survival and said the officers are "in great spirits." 6abc

Vadnais Heights officials say they may rescind last month's approval of a more than $30 million fire station project after resident complaints, and the City Council will reconsider the plan Tuesday at 7 p.m.

The city administrator is urging the council to undo the approval and hire a public relations firm to lead comprehensive community engagement after significant resident backlash. FOX 9 The council approved bond financing for the project last month, and officials estimate it would cost homeowners roughly $30 to $65 per month depending on property value.

California sued to block Shasta County's Measure B, filing in the Third District Court of Appeal on Friday, June 12, 2026, to stop limits on mail voting and new voter ID rules.

Measure B, approved in June 2026 with about 55% of the vote, would end most mail voting and require government-issued photo ID to register and vote. New York Times It would also mandate hand-counting and separate the county's voter-registration system from the state's. New York Times The state argues the measure is pre-empted by California laws that guarantee vote-by-mail access, ban photo ID requirements for voting, limit manual counting and require use of the statewide voter file.

Two helicopters collided midair over Rio de Janeiro's western zone on Sunday, June 14, 2026, killing all six people aboard, Rio de Janeiro's Military Fire Department said.

American singer and comedian Oliver Tree was listed on a passenger manifest for one of the aircraft and is now presumed dead, later reports said. Fox News Brazilian passenger manifests indicate that helicopter carried Tree, three other passengers and a pilot, while the second helicopter carried only its pilot.

UFC Freedom 250 proceeded on the White House South Lawn on Sunday, June 14, 2026, with seven scheduled fights running past midnight as President Trump celebrated his 80th birthday.

On Friday, June 12, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied emergency relief sought to block the White House and Lincoln Memorial events. Fox News Mehta said the challengers had not shown irreparable harm, called their alleged injuries mainly aesthetic or emotional, and criticized the delay in filing suit.

British forces seized and redirected the tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel on Sunday, June 14, 2026, detaining it off England's south coast as a UK sanctions probe opened.

Royal Marine commandos rappelled from helicopters to board and detain the Smyrtos in what officials called the first U.K.-led operation of its kind, carried out with French coordination. PBS News Tracking and port records show the Smyrtos departed the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga on June 5, was sailing under a Cameroon flag and was listed as bound for Port Said, Egypt. PBS News The ship was taken to an anchorage off England's south coast to be held and monitored while UK regulators and law-enforcement agencies open a formal investigation into possible sanctions evasion.

Taiwan's National Security Bureau on Sunday, June 14, 2026, launched a secure webpage that allows Chinese nationals to submit intelligence-related tips to Taipei, aiming to create a protected channel for information.

The bureau said an increasing number of Chinese people recently approached Taiwanese agencies wishing to share various types of information. PBS Taiwan said it modeled the channel on U.S., U.K. and Israeli intelligence practices, while Beijing maintains its own online platform to report "Taiwan independence" activities.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, was admitted to a hospital on the morning of Sunday, June 14, 2026, his office said.

Spokesman David Popp said McConnell "is receiving excellent care," and the office provided no details on his condition or the reason for the admission. Fox News His office said he had been active on the Senate floor in the days before the admission. CBS News He voted through Thursday, June 11, attended a June 9 Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing and took part in a June 4-5 vote-a-rama.

Anti-government protesters clashed with riot police outside Estadio Azteca during the World Cup opening ceremony on June 11, 2026, raising immediate questions about security for the tournament.

Protesters hurled traffic cones, plant pots and other objects at security forces while riot police used batons and shields to push the crowd back. OutKick One man suffered a reported heart attack and medical help was delayed amid the unrest, according to on-scene reports. OutKick Demonstrators targeted cartel violence, poverty and government spending on the World Cup, and cited roughly 130,000 people reported missing in Mexico.

Congress let key FISA Section 702 surveillance authority lapse at 12:01 a.m. Central on Saturday, June 13, 2026, after Democrats refused to back an extension unless President Trump withdrew Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

A Senate cloture motion to advance a negotiated three-year renewal failed on June 5 after Democrats said they would withhold votes while Pulte remained poised to lead the intelligence community. New York Times The House then rejected a short-term stopgap on June 11, falling 198-218 under suspension of the rules and making the lapse all but certain. Fox News President Trump nominated U.S. attorney Jay Clayton on June 11 and urged the Senate to confirm him quickly, but Democrats said Clayton's nomination did not remove their demand that Pulte be withdrawn first.

Nara Organics has voluntarily recalled all whole milk powdered infant formula sold in the United States after health officials linked the product to multistate infant botulism cases, the company and regulators said.

The company said the recall was coordinated with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and that no Nara powdered formula lots have tested positive for Clostridium botulinum, but the action is a precaution. CBS News All three affected infants were hospitalized with infant botulism, were successfully treated and no deaths were reported. CBS News Company records show the sickened infants consumed lots 709125280E14F2, 709125288E14F2 and 708125174E14F2; the lot codes are printed on the bottom of cans. CBS News Customers who bought formula from Nara.com between May and June 2026 will receive automatic refunds, and other purchasers can request refunds online or return products at Target stores.

Robert Marines Rodriguez, 63, of White Bear Lake, was charged with criminal vehicular homicide while under the influence after a crash that killed a motorcyclist, and he faces up to 10 years in prison.

The rider was identified as 31-year-old Dana Marie Lucker Milan of Stillwater, who was critically injured and later died at a hospital. FOX 9 A preliminary breath test showed Rodriguez had a 0.27 blood-alcohol concentration, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08. FOX 9 Troopers reported classic impairment signs, including alcohol odor, slurred speech, bloodshot and watery eyes, poor balance, and failed field-sobriety tests. FOX 9 He told investigators he had consumed a Bloody Mary and a shot of Fireball and has a prior 2021 DWI conviction. FOX 9 He remains in Ramsey County Jail on $100,000 bail, a blood sample was taken for formal analysis, and his next court appearance is set for Thursday.

Israel's military said on June 14 that a strike two days earlier killed Hezbollah commander Ali Musa Daqduq in southern Lebanon, south of the Litani River.

The Israel Defense Forces said Daqduq masterminded the 2007 kidnapping and murder of five American soldiers in Iraq. Fox News They said he held at least five senior positions in Hezbollah, including posts in the Radwan Force and the Golan Terrorist Network.

On Sunday, June 14, 2026, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released declassified records on more than 120 U.S.-funded foreign biological laboratories across more than 30 countries.

The ODNI slides included in the release say more than 40 laboratories in Ukraine received U.S. funding and stored dangerous pathogens such as anthrax, plague, Ebola virus, Marburg virus, MERS and SARS. Fox News The documents say U.S. taxpayers spent about $1.7 million to $3.5 million per project on construction and upgrades at Ukrainian labs in Kherson, Odesa and western Ukraine. Fox News They identify engineering firm Black & Veatch as a major contractor on those works. Fox News A declassified assessment of a Pentagon-funded veterinary lab in Kharkiv says it held hundreds of samples of hazardous pathogens, including Brucella. Fox News The assessment warned the facility could be damaged, captured or used in Russian propaganda during the war.

Georgia officials are racing to avert a July 1, 2026 deadline that will ban the state's use of QR codes to tabulate ballots, and Gov. Brian Kemp has called a special legislative session this week to find a fix.

The ban was written into a 2024 law and would take effect July 1 unless lawmakers act, but no statewide replacement system has been deployed. PBS News The secretary of state's office and the State Election Board have issued conflicting guidance to counties on how to run elections after the deadline, complicating preparations for a July 28 special U.S. House election whose early voting begins July 6.

Meta launched America's Workforce Academy, a free five-week training program to fast-track workers into skilled trades for U.S. data center construction, CBS reported Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

CBS said graduates would be guaranteed jobs at data center construction sites. CBS Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, appeared in the segment to discuss the Urban League's partnership with Meta.

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley on Friday, June 12, 2026, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to restore National Park Service exhibits removed under a policy that barred content said to "inappropriately disparage" Americans.

Kelley also paused any further changes under the policy and ordered the administration to file weekly status reports on progress restoring affected materials. PBS In her opinion she wrote the administration sought "to rewrite the Nation's history with a white-out pen" and said history cannot be faithfully told while excluding affected communities' experiences. PBS The complaint and ruling listed examples including removal of exhibits about nine enslaved people at Independence National Historical Park and a Pride-flag image at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. PBS It also cited labor-history films taken down at Lowell National Historical Park and signage about climate threats at Fort Sumter. PBS CBS reported the ruling paused a presidential directive to remove National Park Service signs described as casting the U.S. in a "negative light" and noted the pause came as the Kennedy Center removed its own signage. CBS News Alan Spears of the National Parks Conservation Association and Bill Wade of the Association of National Park Rangers welcomed the injunction as protection for parks and park staff.

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet crashed near Rimrock Lake in Yakima County around noon Saturday, June 13, 2026, sparking a wildfire and prompting evacuations.

The aircraft was part of Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. CBSNews The pilot ejected, sustained minor injuries and was transported to a hospital. CBSNews The crash ignited a wildfire, which sent nearby campers away and drew a helicopter firefighting response alongside ground crews.

Two suspects were arrested after crashing through a Camp Pendleton gate while fleeing local police on Saturday, June 13, 2026, and officers seized roughly 51 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl from their abandoned vehicle.

The breach prompted a six-hour, multi-agency manhunt involving about 30 personnel and a temporary shelter-in-place order on the base. Fox News Both suspects were taken into custody without incident, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service has not yet released their names or any formal charges.

Metro Transit says ridership edged up through May as Minnesota gas prices climbed, recording nearly 4.5 million rides in May — about 2.5% more than May 2025.

The agency reported ridership was down 5% year-over-year in January, then rose 3% in February, 2% in March, and 3% in both April and May. FOX 9 Bus boardings are up about 6% so far in 2026 while light-rail ridership has not grown, a trend Metro Transit links partly to construction-related service disruptions. FOX 9 Metro Transit said it is analyzing how fuel costs and service changes are affecting travel patterns as summer service continues.

Mexican police found a corpse wrapped in a bag in the trunk of a gray vehicle parked across from Tijuana's Estadio Caliente on Friday, June 12, where Iran's World Cup team is training.

Officers reported a strong odor and said the body showed signs of violence, prompting a full investigation by local authorities. CBSNews Officials said the gray SUV had been abandoned near a supermarket lot opposite the stadium.

The National Park Service filed plans in early June 2026 proposing 20-hour-a-day, two-shift construction to build a 250-foot arch at Memorial Circle near the Lincoln Memorial.

The filings say work could run for up to 11 months and would narrow the westbound bridge from three lanes to two. CBS News The proposed arch would sit between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery and would be 250 feet tall. CBS News The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting a full aeronautical study and said its initial safety review found no adverse impact on Reagan National Airport, though red obstruction lights would be required.

U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee on June 8, 2026, and the administration said it will appeal, leaving employers and foreign workers in limbo.

Sorokin's 42-page opinion concluded the payment functions as a tax and that the administration lacked statutory authority to impose it. Twenty states brought the challenge in federal court, and the ruling immediately raised questions about which petitions will require payment going forward.

A fatal three-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck, a Honda CR-V and a Jeep Grand Cherokee occurred about 4:18 a.m. Saturday on westbound I-494 near Highway 100 in Bloomington.

The Minnesota State Patrol said one person died in the crash and has not yet released the deceased's identity or detailed injury information. FOX 9 The crash involved a Honda CR-V, a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a semi-truck.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a 25- to 30-foot migrant vessel west of Puerto Rico on June 6, 2026, and detained 40 people aboard.

A CBP National Air Security Operations Center DHC-8 aircrew tracked the boat and guided a U.S. Coast Guard cutter that intercepted it around 2 a.m. as it moved toward Puerto Rico. Fox News Authorities said those aboard included migrants from the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Uzbekistan.

President Trump told reporters Saturday, June 13, 2026, that he will appoint his personal lawyer James M. McDonald as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

McDonald is a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and is part of Trump's legal team handling his appeal of the New York felony hush-money convictions. PBS He was on the legal team that in May 2026 secured a favorable outcome for billionaire Gautam Adani when the Trump Justice Department dropped a Biden-era fraud and conspiracy case. PBS SDNY spokesperson Nicholas Biase said the office "welcomes the President's choice" and called McDonald "widely respected." PBS

A federal judge on Friday, June 12, 2026, dismissed Shannon "SJ" Joslin's lawsuit challenging their firing from Yosemite National Park over displaying a transgender pride flag on El Capitan.

Judge Jennifer L. Thurston wrote that, under statutes and binding precedent, the district court lacks authority to decide whether Joslin was fired for unconstitutional reasons or to enjoin a hypothetical criminal case. New York Times Joslin had sought reinstatement as a National Park Service quantitative wildlife biologist and an order shielding them from any criminal investigation or prosecution.

Ford is recalling 255,404 Ford Focus cars in the U.S. because a software issue can cause unexpected engine stalls and inaccurate fuel readings.

The recall covers model years 2012 through 2018. CBS News NHTSA says a canister purge valve may stick open, which can cause the engine to stall unexpectedly and give inaccurate fuel-gauge readings. CBS News Dealers will install a free powertrain software update, and Ford plans to mail owner notification letters July 6-10, 2026. CBS News The recall is identified as Ford 26S40 and NHTSA 26V369 and is related to the original 2018 campaign 18V735.

Researchers reported phase 1 results on June 13, 2026, showing an AI-designed "universal" Sarbeco coronavirus vaccine was safe and triggered immune responses in 39 healthy volunteers.

The vaccine's active antigen was generated entirely by artificial intelligence from viral genetic sequences to capture features common across the Sarbeco group. Fox News Called pEVAC-PS, the candidate is a DNA plasmid vaccine developed at the University of Cambridge and spin-out DIOSynVax, and it was delivered to volunteers with a needle-free high-pressure micro-fluid jet through the skin.

On Saturday, June 13, 2026, debris from a Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at a Black Sea export terminal in the village of Volna in Russia's Krasnodar region, killing one person and injuring three.

Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev said debris from the drone caused the blaze. PBS News Russian outlets identified the facility as a Black Sea export terminal that handles crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied gas in Volna. PBS News CBS News carried the same casualty figures citing local officials.

On June 13, 2026, OpenAI confirmed it received a multistate subpoena from state attorneys general seeking records on ChatGPT user safety and data practices, raising legal risk ahead of its IPO.

The subpoena was issued on behalf of a coalition of 42 state attorneys general and seeks documents on user safety, consumer data, chatbot behavior and child protection. PBS News The move follows a Canadian wrongful-death suit accusing ChatGPT of contributing to a teen's suicide and a June lawsuit by Florida's attorney general tied to two shootings.

Multiple people were wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon at Haywood Mall in Greenville, South Carolina, authorities said.

Greenville police said at least two people were transported to a hospital after the incident. Fox News Authorities detained multiple people in connection with the shooting and staged a large response at the mall.

New York in May 2026 enacted a law requiring most consumer and business 3D printers sold in the state to include technology that blocks printing of firearm parts.

The law orders expert panels to develop firearm-blueprint detection algorithms that would compare print jobs to a digital library and reject gun-like designs. PBS The blocking mandate would not begin until 2029 at the earliest and could be delayed if the study panel finds the technology is not yet feasible. PBS Industry and digital-rights experts warn the software may miss some gun designs and also wrongly block harmless objects, and they raise concerns about data privacy and Second Amendment implications.

James Boyard, cabinet director of Haiti's Defense Ministry and inspector general of the police, was kidnapped by armed men on Thursday, June 11, 2026, in the Bourdon area of Port-au-Prince.

Boyard is a respected security expert and the highest-ranking Haitian official abducted in recent years, a development that underscores gangs' reach into even relatively secure neighborhoods.

A Sudanese asylum seeker was arrested after a brutal street stabbing on Kinnaird Avenue in north Belfast that left the victim, Stephen Ogilvie, with severe facial and neck wounds and blinded in one eye.

Police charged 30-year-old Hadi Alodid with attempted murder, possession of a bladed weapon in a public place and making threats to kill after a court hearing that remanded him in custody. France 24 The Police Service of Northern Ireland declared the attack a "critical incident", said there is no information so far suggesting a terrorism link, and praised members of the public who intervened to restrain the assailant. BBC Graphic footage was amplified online by far-right figures and others, and calls for anti-immigration protests helped propel demonstrations that on June 9 saw vehicles and a building set alight across Belfast.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday, June 11, 2026, it will spend more than $1 billion to fight a reemergence of the New World screwworm after infections were detected in Texas and New Mexico.

The agency said about $750 million would fund a plant to produce up to 300 million sterile flies per week as part of the response. PBS News Federal officials say seven screwworm cases have been confirmed so far in Texas and New Mexico, with 12-mile quarantine zones around each site. PBS News The Department has deployed an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) strike team, is releasing sterile male flies and has set movement-control zones to quarantine livestock. Fox News The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted an emergency use authorization for the flea drug nitenpyram to treat screwworms in dogs and cats, with dosing guidance and limits on age and weight for treated pets.

Four defendants charged in a federal indictment tied to alleged threats at the University of Michigan pleaded not guilty and were released on bond Friday in the Eastern District of Michigan.

U.S. District Judge Anthony Patti imposed travel restrictions, required surrender of passports, ordered GPS monitoring and barred contact with alleged victims and co-defendants. Fox News The indictment says the alleged campaign began after Oct. 7, 2023 and included threats, vandalism, butyric-acid attacks and online postings demanding the university divest from Israel. Fox News Prosecutors also say two defendants agreed on May 21, 2024 to "kill, torment and terrorize" targeted officials and their families.

Minneapolis police say a triple shooting around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the 2700 block of Golden Valley Road in north Minneapolis left a woman dead and two others injured.

A woman in her 30s was found at the scene and pronounced dead.

Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers rescued 39 migrants from a burning tractor-trailer near the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint after the rig fled the inspection area around 8:36 p.m. on U.S. Highway 281.

Troopers used a controlled tire deflation device to stop the tractor, which then caught fire as it continued south. Police1 Troopers removed and arrested the driver and a passenger at the scene. Police1 Border Patrol agents found a key in the tractor's cup holder and used it to unlock the trailer, freeing all 39 migrants moments before the trailer was engulfed in flames. Police1 The migrants were from Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. Police1 Federal prosecutors charged Cristian Johansel Mirambeaux-Martinez and Jairo Julio Holguin-Florentino with conspiracy to transport people illegally in a life-endangering manner, and they were set for an initial appearance in McAllen on Monday.

An 83-year-old Honolulu homeowner sued the city after it assessed about $590,000 in fines tied to an online rental listing glitch, her federal complaint says.

The complaint says a rental platform briefly showed short-term availability despite the unit's 30-day minimum setting, which triggered fines the city can set at up to $10,000 per day. Fox News May was hospitalized after a 2024 car crash while the fines accumulated, and the city later placed a lien on her house and blocked her vehicle license and registration renewals, the complaint alleges. Fox News Her legal team includes the Pacific Legal Foundation, which says the penalties are grossly disproportionate and violate the U.S. Constitution's Excessive Fines Clause.

UNRWA said it fired 70 Gaza staff members with immediate effect on Friday, June 12, 2026, saying the move was meant to reduce security risks to refugees, personnel and facilities.

The agency said the dismissals were not disciplinary and were not an admission of guilt. Fox News The action follows a USAID Office of Inspector General probe; on June 5 USAID OIG referred more than 100 UNRWA staff for suspension or debarment, alleging some held command roles in Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades or took part in the October 7 attacks.

At least one person was killed and 10 others were wounded Friday in a downtown Midland, Texas, mass shooting, and the suspected shooter, 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal, was found dead after a standoff.

Authorities say officers responded to an active-shooter call about 8 a.m., and that the suspect allegedly fired at both bystanders and officers when police arrived. ABC13 He barricaded himself inside an abandoned veterinary clinic downtown, was found dead about 12:30 p.m. after an hourslong standoff, and nine people were treated at Midland Memorial Hospital, four of them rushed to surgery. CBS Evening News No law-enforcement officers were injured during the shooting or the standoff.

On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration added the sunscreen ingredient bemotrizinol to its list of permitted over-the-counter sunscreen filters for use in the United States.

FDA guidance says sunscreens containing bemotrizinol are considered generally recognized as safe and effective for adults and for children 6 months and older. Fox News The agency said bemotrizinol may be used at concentrations up to 6%. Fox News DSM Nutritional Products will market the ingredient in the U.S. as Parsol Shield, expects product launches later in 2026 and will have an 18-month exclusivity period before other manufacturers can use it. Fox News FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency has historically moved too slowly on sunscreen approvals and is working to modernize OTC regulation. Fox News Karen Murry of FDA's Office of Nonprescription Drugs called bemotrizinol a welcome addition and said the agency looks forward to working with other companies on additional ingredients.

U.S. and Venezuelan officials said Friday, June 12, 2026, that a joint strike earlier this week killed Tren de Aragua founder Hector Rusthenford "Niño" Guerrero Flores in Bolívar state.

President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that U.S. Southern Command carried out a "swift and lethal kinetic strike" that "successfully execute[d]" Niño Guerrero. Fox News Gen. Francis L. Donovan of U.S. Southern Command publicly thanked Venezuelan security forces for their cooperation. New York Times Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted that the strike occurred earlier in the week on a Tren de Aragua compound in Venezuela. NPR Guerrero had been charged in New York federal court and the State Department had offered up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest.

On Friday, June 12, 2026, the Iran-linked hacker group Handala claimed it had long-term access to FBI first-person-view (FPV) drone feeds and warned those drones could be used to target a World Cup team bus.

SITE Intelligence Group published Handala's statement accusing the FBI of insecure drone streams. CBS News The message included an explicit threat tied to the 2026 World Cup and urged tighter security around teams and venues. CBS News The FBI is using FPV drones with facial-recognition and license-plate screening around World Cup stadiums, and other drone flights are banned over U.S. match and fan zones.

A federal jury convicted an Illinois man named Vishnevski on five counts tied to manufacturing and possessing 3D-printed ghost guns and silencers.

The charges are related to the National Firearms Act and include possession of unregistered silencers and short-barreled weapons and manufacturing an NFA weapon without paying the required tax. Fox News U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft said the verdict draws a clear line between lawful gun ownership and criminal ghost-gun manufacturing.

Metro Transit's E Line bus-rapid-transit service has averaged about 5,600 rides per day in its first six months, nearly double the agency's forecast and prompting plans to expand BRT across the Twin Cities.

The E Line runs from Southdale to the University of Minnesota, replacing Route 6 and adding upgraded stations with lighting, cameras, real-time information and ticket machines. FOX 9 Businesses near 50th and France and in Linden Hills reported 40%-60% revenue drops during construction but now say they have more visitors and easier customer access. FOX 9 Metro Transit says the E Line's strong start bolsters plans for a new BRT line in St. Paul next year and for developing additional lines in the future.

One person died and 22 were injured when a large outdoor tent collapsed during a Friday night service on June 12, 2026, at East Lake Community Church in Moneta, Virginia.

A severe storm cell that produced heavy rain, lightning and strong winds toppled the tent during the service, officials said. New York Times CBS News also reported the collapse and the casualty numbers.

Toronto police charged 18-year-old Sheldon Tracy-Stewart on Friday in connection with the March 10 shooting at the U.S. Consulate in downtown Toronto.

He faces 11 charges, including firearm and vehicle-theft offences and a count alleging he committed a violent attack on the official premises of Consul-General Baxter Hunt. Toronto Star Police say he violated prior release orders by possessing a handgun and he is scheduled to appear in court Monday, June 15. Toronto Star Court documents list his address on Martha Eaton Way, one building over from where Toronto Constable Marc Pinizzotto was fatally shot during raids tied to the same investigation.

ICE detained Arelys Barahona-Martinez, the Honduras-born wife of a U.S. Army veteran, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, during a routine check-in at an ICE office in Dallas, Texas.

The Department of Homeland Security says she "received full due process" and that an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on November 2, 2005, which it will enforce while she remains in custody. CBSNews ICE's detainee tracker lists her at the Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma. CBSNews Her attorney, Mark Shmueli, says Barahona-Martinez has no criminal record and that the 2005 order was entered in absentia after she missed a hearing she says she did not know about. CBSNews Retired Staff Sgt. Wilmer Trujillo, who served roughly 20 years in the National Guard, appealed publicly to ICE in a CBS segment on Friday, June 12, 2026, asking officials to release his wife and saying his "heart broke." CBSNews

U.S. intelligence agencies are closely monitoring Chinese activity around Scarborough Shoal after reports of a new Chinese "scientific structure" on the reef, raising tensions with the Philippines.

The developments prompted heightened scrutiny by U.S. agencies during the week of June 8-12, 2026 and have sharpened bilateral strains with Manila, CBS reported. CBS CBS reporters James LaPorta and Olivia Gazis originally broke the story about the structure.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, June 11, 2026, blocked Alabama from executing Jeffrey Lee by nitrogen hypoxia, leaving intact a federal judge's permanent injunction and halting a scheduled execution that evening.

At least six justices agreed to deny Alabama's emergency request while three conservative justices dissented, and state officials confirmed the execution was called off for the evening. PBS Judge Emily Marks concluded the state's nitrogen protocol causes roughly 60 to 180 seconds of "severe air hunger" with acute anxiety and physiological distress, a "substantial risk of serious harm" she found unconstitutional.

The Justice Department's Antitrust Division closed its probe on Friday, June 12, 2026, clearing Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery as unlikely to harm competition or consumers.

The DOJ said its investigatory record indicates the merger will increase competition across the media and entertainment ecosystem, with benefits for American consumers and workers. CBS News The agency said it found no threat to competition or consumers in film, broadcast TV or streaming. NPR Still, several state attorneys general, including California's, have threatened lawsuits and the European Union is conducting its own review.

Bethel Police Chief Chad Essert was arrested in Seminole, Florida, on Tuesday night, June 9, after a Clermont County grand jury returned a 70-count indictment accusing him of child sex crimes. Fox News He faces up to 280 years in prison and is being held in Pinellas County awaiting extradition to Ohio.

The indictment lists 56 counts of sexual battery and 14 counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Fox News Essert, 44, was arrested without incident by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, officials said. Fox News Authorities say the alleged abuse involved a student victim and occurred at locations in Clermont and Hamilton counties.

The U.S. deported roughly 20 migrants to the Central African Republic on Friday, June 12, 2026, on what officials called the first third-country removal flight to Bangui.

The flight carried people from Afghanistan, Iran, Armenia, Iraq and other countries, U.S. officials and media said. CBS News Lawyers said the passenger list included at least two Iranian women who hold U.S. court orders barring their removal to Iran, a detail that raises legal questions about third-country transfers. New York Times One Iranian on the flight had a deportation-protection order, and attorneys said two other Iranian women moved to Louisiana ahead of the flight were ultimately not placed on it. CBS News Attorneys described one woman as a baptized Christian convert and another as a democracy activist. Fox News Lawyers said some clients were told the destination only the day before the flight.

Tyler Robinson's lawyers asked Judge Tony Graf on June 12, 2026, to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as a sanction after alleging the prosecution violated a pretrial gag order.

The contempt motion centers on prosecutors' public comments about a preliminary ATF ballistics report that did not conclusively link a bullet fragment to the suspected rifle, the defense says. PBS News Judge Graf set a June 22 deadline to rule on the contempt charge and earlier declined to pause the case while Robinson appeals a ruling on courtroom cameras.

In June 2026 the Commerce Department ordered the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis to stop using statistical "noise infusion" for privacy protection.

The directive limits the agencies to using coarsened statistics or suppressing some data, a shift officials say will maintain public confidence but that critics warn will strip crucial local detail from 2030 redistricting and community planning.

FBI agents executed a federal search warrant at the GKN Aerospace plant in Garden Grove on June 10, seizing records and samples as part of a probe into an overheated methyl methacrylate tank that forced mass evacuations.

The Environmental Protection Agency joined the FBI on June 12 to search for and seize evidence of possible federal environmental crimes tied to storage, use or disposal of methyl methacrylate. PBS News The federal warrant signed the prior week specifically targeted records about methyl methacrylate and authorized seizure of samples and temperature-control and cooling-equipment records. NPR More than 30 lawsuits, including at least 10 federal class actions, have been filed against GKN over the incident.

A federal judge on Friday extended a block on the Justice Department's roughly $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, keeping the program barred unless the court says otherwise.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema granted a preliminary injunction that bars DOJ from appointing the fund's five-member board, drawing on the Treasury Judgment Fund, or issuing awards. New York Times She gave the department one week to file a sworn declaration, signed under penalty of perjury by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, saying the fund will not go forward.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on June 12, 2026, he will continue negotiations on a $1.6 billion resort project linked to Jared Kushner despite mass protests and a newly opened anti-corruption probe.

Rama told reporters the development would build hotels, apartments and villas at Narta Lagoon and on Sazan Island, a former military base. MS NOW Albania's special anti-corruption prosecution opened an investigation earlier in June into how Affinity Partners obtained rights to previously protected land, and demonstrators in Tirana have demanded Rama resign.

On June 12, 2026, the Small Business Administration said it was working with the General Services Administration to remove nearly two dozen suspected China-linked products from the SBA Advantage! procurement catalog.

The action followed complaints from Sherrill Manufacturing, which said China-based firms were falsely claiming U.S. origin on the platform at a White House Small Business Summit. Fox News SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the removals are part of a Trump administration push to ensure federal dollars support genuinely American-made goods and to reduce risks posed by compromised China-sourced products.

On Thursday, June 11, 2026, a large "86 47" marking was found etched in the grass on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the World War II Memorial, prompting a U.S. Park Police probe.

U.S. Park Police responded around noon, secured the area and collected grass samples as part of the investigation. Fox News Interior and White House officials publicly condemned the message as part of an "assassination culture" and said they treat "86 47" as a threat against President Trump.

Canada refused Thomas Partey's visa on June 12, 2026, blocking his travel to Toronto and forcing him to miss Ghana's World Cup opener against Panama.

FIFA confirmed the decision and said it cannot override host-nation immigration rules as Partey remains in Ghana's U.S. training base in Boston. Fox News He will not be available for the June 17 match at Toronto's BMO Field, leaving Ghana without an experienced midfielder for the group opener.

On Thursday, June 11, 2026, hundreds of people attended a Nashville public hearing to oppose a proposed DC BLOX data center planned next to the Nashville Zoo.

Nashville Zoo officials told the hearing the project could harm zoo animals, and their oral remarks reinforced earlier written concerns about noise and light impacts. CBS News CBS described the meeting as a large, organized turnout focused specifically on blocking the adjacent data center project.

China detained U.S. scholar Min Zin on suspicion of espionage when he arrived at Kunming Changshui International Airport on June 3, 2026, Chinese officials said.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday, June 12, 2026, that Min Zin was detained on suspicion of engaging in espionage and of endangering Chinese national security. NPR Diplomatic and regional sources say he was detained on arrival after traveling at the invitation of a Chinese academic institution. NPR The U.S. State Department said it is aware of a detained U.S. citizen in China and would provide appropriate consular assistance. NPR CBS News also reported the arrest on Friday. CBS News Min Zin is a former 1988 democracy student activist in Myanmar and a founding member and executive director of the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar. NPR He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Asian studies at the University of California, Berkeley. NPR The Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar and his wife declined to comment.

A 17-year-old Mississippi teen was charged with killing an elderly couple inside their Simpson County home and then firing on deputies during a standoff on June 3, 2026.

Authorities identified the suspect as Cordarius Hobbs, 17, who faces two counts of capital murder and other aggravated-assault and burglary charges. Fox News Simpson County deputies said they came under fire when they arrived at Billy and Virginia Blair's home around 12:24 p.m. on June 3.

Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, June 11, 2026, blocked two Democratic amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act aimed at limiting federal troop use in U.S. elections.

One amendment would have barred use of federal funds to deploy troops to seize ballots, voter rolls, voting machines or other election materials. MS NOW A second would have required congressional notification before any troop deployment to polling places, with an exception for repelling armed enemies. MS NOW Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Richard Blumenthal said the committee vote raises concerns about potential misuse of the military ahead of the November 2026 midterms.

A federal judge on June 10, 2026 paused the Trump administration's effort to add new conditions to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, blocking the rules nationwide while legal challenges proceed.

Twenty Democratic-led states filed suit, arguing the requirements tied to gender ideology, immigration enforcement and women's sports are unlawful. CBS News The judge's order leaves current SNAP rules in effect while the constitutional and statutory claims are litigated.

Brooklyn Park police will increase officer patrols this weekend during the one-year anniversary of the shootings that killed Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, the department said.

Officials said there is no specific or credible threat and that the added presence is being deployed out of an abundance of caution to reassure the public and respect memorial observances. FOX 9 Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley called the anniversary "somber" and said the killings have had a lasting impact on the community.

Laguna Beach police found the body of 5-year-old Amada Mia Brown during an aerial survey Thursday, June 11, 2026, about 250 to 300 yards off Christmas Cove, authorities said.

Marine safety crews recovered the child with help from the Orange County sheriff's harbor patrol after officers spotted the body from the air. Fox News The U.S. Coast Guard had suspended its active search at sunset on June 10 after continuous air and sea operations, officials said.

On Thursday, June 11, 2026, the Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Virginia challenging state laws that bar facial coverings and impose identification rules on federal officers.

The complaint names Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones and Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano and targets Virginia Code §§ 19.2-83.6:1 and 15.2-1726.1. Justice DOJ says the statutes criminally prohibit federal agents from wearing masks, require individual identifiers, and effectively block many 287(g) cooperative agreements with local agencies. Justice Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, and Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate called the laws "anti-law enforcement" and said they violate the Constitution's Supremacy Clause. Justice Blanche has directed the department's Civil Division to identify and challenge state or local measures that impede federal operations, and DOJ said the Virginia suit is part of a broader campaign that already includes cases in New Jersey and California.

Coast Guard crews boarded the barge Crimson Clover in San Juan Harbor and seized 524 pounds of cocaine from a stowaway on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

Officers found a firearm on the stowaway, and authorities transferred the suspect to law enforcement custody at Coast Guard Base San Juan. CBS News The Coast Guard said the cocaine was packed in nine bales weighing about 237.75 kilograms and had an estimated street value of roughly $4.8 million.

Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., will rehear a New York Times challenge to the Pentagon's escort-only press-access rule on June 12, 2026.

The Times says the requirement that credentialed reporters be escorted at all times and be moved out of the main building is retaliatory and violates the First Amendment, while the Pentagon says the change is needed to protect national security. MS NOW This is the second Times suit before Friedman, who in March found an earlier restrictive policy unconstitutional and in April blocked the Pentagon's interim rules, prompting a Defense Department appeal.

The University of California Board of Regents ordered a comprehensive review of its SAT and ACT testing ban on Thursday, June 11, 2026, after faculty warned incoming students are showing serious math shortfalls.

The review will be led by the UC Academic Senate and will examine student preparation and admissions practices and whether to reinstate SAT/ACT requirements, with an initial report to the regents expected in July. Fox News More than 1,400 UC faculty, including seven of nine campus math department chairs, signed an open letter urging the restoration of SAT/ACT math benchmarks for STEM majors.

Six people were stabbed at New York City's Penn Station on Sunday, June 7, 2026, and a suspect is in police custody.

Earlier network reporting carried the casualty count and said police had taken a suspect into custody.

Hennepin County is directing about $1 million to multiple north Minneapolis development projects near bus rapid-transit corridors to close financing gaps and boost transit access.

The money will be delivered as targeted assistance - grants and loans - aimed at commercial and mixed-use rehabs around BRT station areas, county officials said. Bizjournals Officials said the investments are intended to boost BRT ridership and create more walkable services in parts of the north side that have seen less private transit-oriented investment.

John Healey resigned as defence secretary on Thursday, June 11, 2026, saying rising threats and that the government was unwilling to commit sufficient military resources.

Healey's resignation letter said the Treasury would raise defence spending to 2.6% of GDP next year and to 2.68% by 2030, figures he called insufficient compared with his 3% by 2030 goal. PBS Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended the Defence Investment Plan as a "sustainable and fair" package and Downing Street said it was "the largest sustained boost to defense spending since the Cold War." PBS Armed Forces Minister Al Carns also resigned on Thursday evening, saying the plan was "neither transformative enough nor sufficiently funded." BBC Starmer appointed Security Minister Dan Jarvis to replace Healey, and Labour MP Pamela Nash resigned as Healey's parliamentary assistant amid funding delays.

President Donald Trump said in an Oval Office exchange on June 10 that he "loves the inflation" because the U.S. is seizing Iranian and Venezuelan oil, a step he tied to higher oil prices.

The Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose 0.5% in May from April and 4.2% year-over-year, the largest annual increase in three years. PBS News Trump told reporters the United States has run a "secret mission" that moved more than 100 million barrels through the Strait of Hormuz, a figure NPR says lacks independent confirmation, and U.S. Central Command said it "communicate[s] and coordinate" with commercial ships without detailing direct military escorts. NPR A U.S. aircraft fired precision munitions into the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello's engine room in the Gulf of Oman, killing three Indian sailors and leaving 21 survivors.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman asked a supervising judge on Wednesday to freeze juvenile-hall settlement payments for six months. Fox News He told the court as many as 80% of claimants in the $4 billion deal could be fraudulent.

The motion seeks a pause specifically on payments tied to juvenile hall claims while prosecutors investigate allegations of recruiter-driven fraud. Fox News Downtown LA Law Group, whose clients included nine plaintiffs flagged by the Times, denied recruiting claimants and said an audit of more than 1,000 cases found no systemic fraud.

Early Thursday, June 11, 2026, armed men intercepted and fatally shot crime reporter Luis Angel Lopez Valdez while he was driving in Poza Rica, Veracruz.

Lopez Valdez had received threats tied to his reporting and was under local protective measures, his newspaper Vanguardia de Veracruz said. CBS News Separately, journalist Roxana Guzman, director of digital outlet Pulso Informativo, was kidnapped from her Veracruz home in a break-in caught on video and her whereabouts remain unknown. CBS News The Veracruz attorney general said prosecutors, forensic experts and investigative police are searching for Guzman, and President Claudia Sheinbaum said federal and state authorities are on the case. CBS News Press watchdogs called for urgent, diligent investigations as Mexico continues to rank among the world's deadliest countries for journalists.

House Oversight interviewed Lesley Groff, a former Jeffrey Epstein assistant, in a closed-door transcribed session on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

The committee also took a voluntary closed-door, transcribed interview from Bill Gates on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has temporarily blocked hospitals from turning over transgender youths' names and medical files to the Justice Department.

The temporary restraining order covers hospitals statewide in California and was entered after six families whose children were treated at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford sued to stop disclosure. NPR The order came shortly before the hospital's deadline to respond to a Texas-based federal grand jury subpoena seeking detailed patient and clinician records.

On Friday, June 12, 2026, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for ordering drone flights into North Korea to help justify his martial law declaration.

The court also convicted former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun for helping to order the October 2024 missions that prosecutors say were meant to manufacture a pretext for Yoon's December 3, 2024 martial law bid. Fox News Yoon is already serving a life sentence for leading an insurrection linked to a six-hour martial law attempt; that verdict is on appeal as prosecutors seek the death penalty.

The Minneapolis City Council voted 10-2, with one abstention, on Thursday to reject Agape as the recommended development partner for The People's Way at George Floyd Square.

The move effectively ends the current partner-selection process, restarts the procurement and leaves no new group chosen or timeline set, putting nearby businesses in limbo. FOX 9 A city survey of roughly 800 people showed more community support for Rise and Remember than for Agape, which councilmembers cited in denying the designation. FOX 9 A multi-year reconstruction at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue is set to begin Monday, in two phases running through 2027, and nearby business owners warn they may close because of the construction.

The Justice Department announced indictments in Cleveland on Thursday, June 11, 2026, charging three Guatemalan nationals with using fraudulent Office of Refugee Resettlement sponsorship applications to smuggle and obtain custody of unaccompanied alien children.

Prosecutors named siblings Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, 38, and Carlos Agustin Cahuec Coc, 33, accusing them of participating in an international alien smuggling conspiracy from about December 2020 to October 2023. Justice The indictment also charges 20-year-old Gladys Marina Caal Chen, who had been fraudulently sponsored as an unaccompanied alien child, with making false statements in a sponsorship application. Justice The release described another Guatemalan, 27-year-old Juan Tiul Xi, who pleaded guilty to smuggling a child in 2023 and to submitting a fraudulent sponsorship form claiming to be the child's brother. Justice Xi was convicted in state court of sexual battery of a child and sentenced to eight years, and he received an additional 26-month federal sentence to run consecutive to the state term. Justice Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and senior Justice and ICE officials publicly blamed prior administration policies for mismanaging the unaccompanied children program and pledged continued Joint Task Force Alpha focus on smuggling and sponsorship fraud.

A man was killed Thursday in Des Moines when a tree broke apart and fell on him as severe storms swept the Midwest, bringing tornadoes, destructive winds and widespread power outages.

The outbreak marked the third day of dangerous weather and put more than 120 million people in the storms' path. PBS News The Storm Prediction Center upgraded the Chicago metro to a 4-of-5 severe risk for Thursday, the first such upgrade there since July 15, 2024. CBS News By Thursday evening about 11 cities across Illinois and Wisconsin had reported tornadoes, and the National Weather Service confirmed twisters in mostly rural areas southwest of Chicago with preliminary damage reported in Streator but no fatalities there. CBS News Wind gusts reached roughly 75 mph in Mason City, Illinois, and about 70 mph in Morton and Washington, Illinois. CBS News More than 243,000 customers in Illinois were without power by Thursday evening. CBS News Strong storms also delayed or halted flights at airports including Chicago, Philadelphia and Newark.

The University of Minnesota told its Board of Regents Thursday it has a purchase agreement to sell 140 acres of Les Bolstad Golf Course to Rachel Development, Inc. for $30.5 million.

The board heard the proposal Thursday and is expected to vote to approve the sale on June 26, 2026. FOX 9 Net proceeds will mainly fund upgrades on the university's St. Paul campus, with roughly $1 million reserved to secure investments for the Gophers' men's and women's golf programs. FOX 9 The purchase agreement includes $300,000 in earnest money, a one-year due-diligence period and up to three six-month extensions that the university expects to use while negotiating the housing plan. FOX 9 A community petition to preserve the course collected about 3,500 signatures but the university said there was no viable funding plan to keep the golf operation going.

A class-action lawsuit filed Thursday accuses the Washington Post of covertly harvesting subscriber data to impose higher, individualized subscription prices in a practice called "surveillance pricing." Fox News

The complaint, filed by Clarkson Law Firm, alleges the Post has been using reader data for pricing since at least late 2024 and first disclosed the practice in March 2026 under New York law. Fox News The firm is seeking punitive damages and at least $1,500 in statutory damages per person.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Thursday that Mexican authorities have not contacted his office about an anonymous tip claiming Nancy Guthrie's body may be buried near Nogales, Sonora.

Sheriff's investigators are aware of the tip reported to the Mexican volunteer group Buscando Corazones Nogales, and the group searched the Mariposa area on June 10 with no results. Fox News Nanos said investigators had not received formal outreach from Mexican authorities regarding the tip and that the department will continue pursuing credible leads.

First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday unveiled the "Fostering the Future Accounts" at the White House, announcing new investment accounts for U.S. foster youth.

The program implements foster-youth "Trump Accounts" authorized by the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act and will open for private donations on July 4, 2026. New York Times Child-welfare agencies will serve as fiduciary guardians to open and manage the accounts until each child reaches adulthood. New York Times The White House and Treasury said several large donors are already in talks to seed additional contributions. New York Times Officials estimate the Treasury's initial federal outlay could be roughly $170 million to seed accounts for the first cohort if all eligible foster children enroll. New York Times PBS carried video of the First Lady's announcement from the White House.

President Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday, June 11, 2026, opening parts of three Pacific marine national monuments to commercial fishing.

The proclamation affects the Mariana Trench, Papahānaumokuākea and Rose Atoll monuments and reverses earlier protections in parts of those sites. PBS Trump framed the change as a move to boost the U.S. seafood industry, while environmental groups warned it would imperil habitat for rare marine life.

The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners denied Henry Ruggs III's request for early parole on June 11, 2026, keeping him behind bars as he serves a three-to-10-year sentence for a deadly Las Vegas crash.

The board's executive director said Ruggs will be reviewed again three months before his mandatory parole release date of August 24, 2027. Fox News Prosecutors said Ruggs drove up to 156 mph and had a 0.16 blood-alcohol level the night of the November 2, 2021 crash that killed Tina Tintor and her dog.

About 500 Target Field concessions workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 17 announced they will strike during the June 22 Twins-Dodgers game if no contract deal is reached.

The union said the walkout is a conditional strike tied to unresolved contract negotiations with Delaware North and that workers are pushing for better wages, health insurance and job protections.

A Hamilton County grand jury on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, indicted former NFL linebacker Darron Lee on a first-degree murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, Gabriela Carvalho Perpétuo, in Ooltewah, Tennessee.

District Attorney Coty Wamp said the case is death-penalty eligible, and prosecutors dismissed a separate tampering-with-evidence charge.

Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of Austin Metcalf by a Collin County jury on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. CBS News He has filed a notice of appeal and a sworn request for a court-appointed public defender saying he is "penniless, destitute and indigent," despite a GiveSendGo fundraiser that raised about $634,000.

Jurors convicted Anthony of murder and set his punishment after about two and a half hours of deliberations. CBS News The jury explicitly rejected his self-defense claim and declined to convict him on a lesser manslaughter charge. PBS News At sentencing prosecutors called no witnesses and the defense presented only Anthony's mother, who pleaded for mercy.

On June 5, 2026, the Department of Justice announced a settlement requiring Cleveland Clinic to pay $308,000 and to dedicate $2 million to detransition or "restorative" care for patients who received gender-related procedures as minors.

The agreement also bars the clinic from providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors for 20 years. Fox News DOJ said Cleveland Clinic cooperated and framed the deal as part of the same probe that produced a $10 million settlement with Texas Children's Hospital. Fox News Cleveland Clinic said the errors arose from an unintentional coding issue affecting a small number of patients and that it will keep complying with federal and state law.

Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan's Khost, Kunar and Paktika provinces on June 10 killed 13 civilians, including multiple children, U.N. officials said.

The U.N. said at least 14 other civilians were wounded. New York Times It said the strikes hit civilian homes in settled villages rather than only remote militant compounds, a finding that contradicted Pakistan's initial framing. New York Times Pakistan said it struck Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan hideouts, killed 26 militants and destroyed four targets, including a training center and an ammunition cache.

Architectural plans identify Amazon as the tenant for a 218,000-square-foot sortation and delivery center at the proposed Big Woods Business Park in Chaska.

The facility would sit on 44 acres, employ about 250 workers and operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Plans show the site would generate roughly 3,000 vehicle trips daily and include 2,627 parking stalls. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Big Woods Business Park is planned for about 1.9 million square feet of industrial space and 55,000 square feet of commercial space, with the Amazon building targeted for 2027 and full build-out through 2036. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal The Chaska Planning Commission recommended approval of phase one, and the Chaska City Council will review the project for final approval on June 15.

Minnesota has resumed Medicaid payments to most of the more than 3,400 providers it cut off during a mass revalidation, the Department of Human Services said Thursday, June 11, 2026.

DHS said it opened a fast-track emergency process to reinstate providers who were wrongly cut off and has released payments to a majority while keeping a smaller subset suspended. Minnesota Reformer Providers and trade groups say the brief cutoff caused missed payrolls, furloughs and paused intakes, and that resumed payments have prevented some imminent closures but left ongoing instability.

Vance Boelter pleaded guilty in federal court in Minneapolis on Thursday, June 11, 2026, to six federal counts in the attacks on Minnesota lawmakers.

Under a plea agreement, prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty and Boelter agreed to the maximum noncapital sentence: two consecutive life terms plus 40 years.

UEFA on Thursday, June 11, 2026 appointed Somali referee Omar Artan to officiate the 2026 UEFA Super Cup, after U.S. authorities denied him entry to the United States earlier this month.

Customs and Border Protection said after an inspection at Miami International Airport that Artan was "determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns." ESPN A Trump administration official said CBP found "derogatory information, including association with suspected members of terror organizations." Fox News The official said Artan was refused admission through an expedited removal under Section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

State and county authorities say DNA and genetic genealogy in 2026 identified a woman once known as "Bone Lake Jane Doe" as Denise Elaine Sexton Hartley, 27, and the homicide probe remains active with no arrests.

Her severed head was found June 12, 1993, on the shoreline of Bone Lake in Scandia; a foot was later recovered from Pig's Eye Lake in St. Paul. FOX 9 The DNA Doe Project, family reference samples and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension confirmed the match.

On Thursday, June 11, 2026, NOAA confirmed that El Nino conditions have formed in the equatorial Pacific and said the event is likely to rank among the strongest since 1950.

NOAA estimated a 63% chance the event will reach an intensity that ranks among the largest since 1950, and forecasters said it could rival or exceed the 1997-98 El Nino. PBS Forecasters warned the pattern may mean a milder Atlantic hurricane season, higher storm and flood risk in the Pacific and stronger winter storms across the U.S. South.

On Thursday morning, June 11, 2026, a hazardous-materials response at the Pentagon appears to have been triggered by a false alarm, but employees remain under a shelter-in-place order.

Earlier, employees in multiple corridors received a "severe" alert directing them to shelter in place over an "air quality incident." Fox News Pentagon sensors detected an air-quality problem and a device "picked up a bio hazard scent," though officials said no hazardous substance had been found as of reporting. Fox News The Arlington County Fire Department said its Hazardous Materials team was supporting the Pentagon Force Protection Agency at the scene.

Health agencies across the United States, Canada and Mexico have stepped up measles and broader outbreak surveillance ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup to protect fans and host communities.

Georgetown University and MedStar Health have opened a Health Security Operations Center that is issuing daily disease "situation reports" for host cities and team base camps. PBS News Cities from Dallas to Philadelphia have expanded testing and preparedness, increasing wastewater surveillance and running emergency drills and communication exercises in host jurisdictions. PBS News Dallas has ramped up wastewater testing, including at its international airport, and expanded mosquito surveillance to look for dengue and chikungunya in addition to West Nile virus.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday, June 11, 2026 overturned Adam Montgomery's second-degree murder conviction in his daughter Harmony Montgomery's death and sent the murder charge back for a new trial.

The court said trying a July 2019 second-degree assault count alongside the December 2019 murder charge unfairly prejudiced jurors by letting them hear strong evidence of the earlier assault. Fox News The ruling affirmed Montgomery's convictions for abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and second-degree assault while reversing only the murder conviction and ordering a new trial on that count. Fox News The opinion noted that only one witness, stepmother Kayla Montgomery, directly tied Adam to the December 2019 assault and that her credibility had been contested at trial.

Philadelphia police on Wednesday released surveillance video of two suspects in an armed robbery that fatally shot 22-year-old Penn State student Billy Schmidt early Saturday near his South Philadelphia home and offered a $20,000 reward.

Police described one man in all-black clothing as the shooter and a second man wearing a gray hoodie marked "KONFUSED." Fox News Officials said the suspects discarded sweatshirts and masks near 22nd and Porter streets as they fled.

A Feeding Our Future fugitive placed on the FBI's "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list surrendered at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, and is now in federal custody pending a Minneapolis court appearance.

The surrender followed the FBI's recent addition of the defendant to its new Most Wanted Fraudsters roster. Star Tribune The case is one slice of a broader probe that federal authorities say involved more than $250 million in alleged fraud and more than 70 defendants.

Amtrak and Penn Transformation Partners unveiled renderings on Monday, June 8, 2026 for an estimated $8 billion overhaul of New York's Penn Station that includes President Donald Trump's name inside.

The designs show a stone facade with Roman-style columns and a sunlit concourse with ceilings more than 50 feet high, bronze finishes and decorative trim. PBS News A proposed interior entry wall at the new Eighth Avenue entrance displays President Donald Trump's seal and name while the exterior remains labeled "Pennsylvania Station." PBS News Construction is expected to start before the end of 2027 and to proceed in phased work lasting about six years while keeping the station open for more than 600,000 weekday riders. PBS News Madison Square Garden would remain, but its over-track theater would be razed under an agreement still being negotiated with MSG's owner.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on June 11, 2026 suspended the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority's participation in federal programs and paused its federal funding pending an inspector general investigation.

HUD said LAHSA has received nearly $1 billion in federal money since 2021 to support homelessness programs in Los Angeles. HUD also flagged that LAHSA could not verify almost 2,300 housing sites under its responsibility and that about 70% of related contracts showed no expenses in the past year.

On June 11, 2026, the Labor Department reported the Producer Price Index rose 6.5% in May from a year earlier, the highest reading since November 2022.

PPI increased 1.1% between April and May, well above economists' 0.6% monthly forecast. CBS Wholesale gasoline prices climbed more than 23% from April to May and were nearly 70% higher year-over-year, a key driver of the headline surge. CBS Core PPI, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.4% month-to-month and 4.9% year-over-year in May.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth framed European migration as an "invasion" during a D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery on Saturday, warning it threatens freedoms won in World War II.

At the ceremony he said, "different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies." PBS He asked, "When will European capitals do something about that invasion?" PBS He warned that the permanence of the freedom won by Allied troops could be at risk if leaders failed to defend it.

A Thai court on Thursday, June 11, 2026 convicted two Uyghur men of planning and detonating a bomb at Bangkok's Erawan shrine in 2015 and sentenced them to death.

Both men pleaded not guilty, and observers have criticized investigative shortcomings and aspects of the trial that stretched over a decade.

The City of Minneapolis released a formal assessment on June 10, 2026, estimating Operation Metro Surge cost the city $697 million for December 2025 through April 2026.

The report breaks losses into seven impact areas and pegs livelihood losses — business revenue and worker wages — at $607 million. FOX 9 Within the total, Minneapolis businesses lost an estimated $445 million in sales and workers lost about $152 million in wages. Business Journal The assessment lists shelter impacts at $63 million, food security at $9 million, health clinic revenue losses at $7 million, youth and education disruption at $2 million, and city operations costs, including police overtime, at $9.7 million.

On Thursday, June 11, 2026, a Thai woman was formally charged with murder in the killing of a U.S. diplomat at a hearing in Kamayut Township Court in Yangon.

She also faces a separate charge under a Myanmar immigration law that applies to foreign nationals who commit crimes in the country. CBS News If convicted of murder, she could face a sentence ranging from 10 years in prison to the death penalty under Myanmar law. CBS News Thailand's foreign ministry says it is providing consular assistance to the detained woman, and two lawyers said they spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared reprisals from Myanmar's military-run authorities. CBS News Myanmar authorities, the prison where she is believed to be held, and the court declined to comment, and the U.S. Embassy and State Department have provided no further details beyond confirming the diplomat's death.

Ken Calvert and Young Kim advanced as the top-two finishers in California's newly drawn 40th District primary, setting up a head-to-head November race that will eliminate one incumbent.

Both Republicans emerged as the winners of the June 2 primary, after six Democrats split the liberal vote in the GOP-leaning seat. CBS News CBS News frames the June 2 primaries as the first full test of Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to redraw congressional maps to try to edge out up to five House Republicans. CBS News The outlet also notes a separately redrawn Republican-leaning district left Democrats completely shut out of the November ballot under California's top-two system.

Five Mexican police officers were shot dead and five others wounded in an ambush in Nahuatzen, Michoacan on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

The Morelia Police Department identified the slain as Porfirio Rodriguez Briseno, Brandon Josue Zamora Torres, Francisco Javier Otero Damas, Jonatan Mondragon Servin and Mateo Valdez Abarca. CBS News Their pickup truck was riddled with bullets, authorities said. CBS News The attack occurred in an Indigenous Purepecha region where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel operates, and Michoacan authorities said police are searching for the perpetrators. CBS News Michoacan's capital, Morelia, is about 300 kilometers from both Mexico City and Guadalajara, two World Cup host cities, and the ambush came on the eve of the tournament opener in Mexico City.

President Donald Trump formally transmitted his nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the Senate on Monday, June 8, 2026, setting up a contentious confirmation fight over Blanche's record.

The nomination was received by the Senate Judiciary Committee the same day, beginning the panel review that could decide Blanche's fate. Fox News Senators signaled unease: Sen. Thom Tillis said his vote will hinge on whether Blanche clearly condemns the Jan. 6 riot, and Sen. John Thune said it is "hard to say" if Blanche has the votes. Fox News Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, however, said he expects Blanche to have enough Republican backing to be confirmed.

Solar power supplied 12.8% of U.S. electricity in May 2026, topping coal's 12.2% for the first time in a monthly tally, energy analyst group Ember reported.

Ember said solar became the nation's third-largest electricity source behind natural gas and nuclear, and that solar remains the leading source of new power capacity. PBS News Coal generation hit an all-time monthly low in April 2026 and only modestly rebounded in May, allowing solar to overtake it.

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division opened a Title VI investigation into the City University of New York's Black Male Initiative, the department said Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said race must not factor into who gets tutoring, work-study or other academic support at CUNY. Fox News CUNY's Black Male Initiative has operated for about 21 years across 24 campuses and says it aims to boost success for African/Black, Caribbean and Latino/Hispanic males.

Toledo police named Ka Nye Taylor as a suspect in a shooting that wounded 12 people near the Old West End Festival around 5:37 p.m. on Saturday, June 6.

Police say Taylor, 20, is a 5-foot-11, roughly 130-pound Black male wanted on 11 counts of felonious assault and that warrants have been issued. Fox News Twelve people between ages 14 and 61 were wounded and later listed in stable condition, police said. Fox News Authorities released a photo of a second, unidentified suspected shooter and announced up to $15,000 in combined rewards for information.

Republican Rep. David Valadao and progressive Randy Villegas emerged from California's June 2 primary to advance to the November general in the newly redrawn 22nd Congressional District, a race rated a toss-up.

The primary was held under maps redrawn after voters approved Proposition 50, which added Fresno and was designed to tilt the district slightly more Democratic. CBS News National Democrats backed moderate Assembly member Jasmeet Bains through the House Democrats' Red to Blue program, while Villegas ran with prominent progressive support from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

California's June 2 congressional primary produced high-stakes November matchups in newly redrawn districts, including James Gallagher vs. Mike McGuire in the 1st and Kevin Kiley vs. Richard Pan in the 6th.

In the revamped 3rd District Democrat Ami Bera led while Republican Robb Tucker advanced to November in a race rated likely Democratic. CBS News The southward shift of the 1st made it more Democratic and pushed Gallagher and state Sen. Mike McGuire into a head-to-head November matchup. CBS News Rep. Kevin Kiley, who switched to independent, led the top-two primary in the Sacramento-area 6th and drew Democrat Richard Pan into the November contest.

Ohio lawmakers approved an $875 million payment package on June 10, 2026, to resolve Medicaid underpayments to nursing homes and included it in a budget correction bill.

The package uses about $310 million in state funds and about $565 million in federal funds and will be sent to Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature. Fox News Providers accepting the money must waive future legal claims tied to the disputed reimbursement formula.

A burning cross was found in Grant Park in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, around 2:30 p.m. Central, prompting local and federal investigations.

Chicago police said the blaze was extinguished by the Fire Department and no injuries were reported. New York Times On June 10, Chicago police released a photo of a person they said was seen fleeing the area where the object was constructed and set on fire. New York Times As of June 10, officers had opened an investigation but had not made any arrests. CBS The FBI's Chicago field office said it has opened a parallel inquiry and is assessing possible federal violations.

On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, former Minneapolis grocer Said Abdullahi Ereg surrendered to federal authorities in Minneapolis, becoming the first arrest stemming from the Justice Department and FBI's new "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list.

Prosecutors say Ereg is accused of using Evergreen Grocery and Deli to fraudulently obtain more than $4.2 million in reimbursements from the Federal Child Nutrition Program. Fox News He faces federal counts including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering and had been a fugitive since his 2024 indictment before turning himself in to the FBI's Minneapolis field office.

On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, ATF agents and a Chicago Police Department task force officer shot two suspects during a gun-trafficking operation near 189th Street and Loretto Lane in Country Club Hills, Illinois.

Officials said an ATF special agent and a CPD task force officer fired after suspects attempted to rob undercover agents involved in the transaction. ABC7 Chicago Two wounded suspects were hospitalized in stable condition, and three other suspects were taken into custody at the scene. ABC7 Chicago Illinois State Police, the FBI and the Chicago Police Department assisted on scene. ABC7 Chicago Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability opened an investigation because a CPD officer was involved in the shooting.

Since April 2026, the Trump administration has warned more than 500 U.S. hospitals to increase price transparency or face fines of up to $2 million a year.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent warning letters and orders asking hospitals to submit plans to comply with federal price-transparency requirements. PBS The Associated Press posted a CMS list that includes 42 hospitals in Texas, 38 in California and 34 in Indiana, naming facilities such as UT MD Anderson and 13 Ascension hospitals.

The ACLU filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, on behalf of Richard Dillon against the Jacksonville Beach Police Department and others over an alleged wrongful arrest tied to an AI facial-recognition match.

Dillon says he was wrongly accused of trying to lure a 12-year-old from a Jacksonville Beach McDonald's in November 2023 and that he was more than 300 miles away at the time. CBS News Police submitted cellphone photos of surveillance stills to the FACESNXT system, which produced a reported 93 percent match and led to Dillon's arrest in August 2024 and an overnight jail stay. CBS News Charges were later dropped after the state attorney's office reviewed the case, the lawsuit says.

President Donald Trump signed the $70 billion Secure America Act into law on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in the Oval Office, locking in ICE and Border Patrol funding through the end of his term.

The law frontloads roughly $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $26 billion for Border Patrol and $5 billion for DHS-controlled contingencies through September 2029. PBS News Those allocations come as large, flexible lump sums that must be spent by the end of fiscal 2029, a structure that gives ICE and CBP broad discretion and omits many Democratic oversight demands. NPR The law also authorizes a major expansion of child-exploitation enforcement, funding about $108.5 million and authorizing 200 additional investigators for Homeland Security Investigations.

Severe overnight storms early Wednesday, June 10, 2026, toppled trees across the Twin Cities metro, knocked out power to more than 25,000 Xcel Energy customers and heavily damaged Roseville homes.

Xcel Energy logged about 590 separate outages that affected more than 54,000 customers statewide early Wednesday morning. FOX 9 In the Twin Cities metro, more than 25,000 customers were without power by 10:30 a.m., and roughly 3,500 remained without service by 4 p.m. FOX 9 Roseville crews and residents reported concentrated damage along Lexington Avenue after a 40-50 foot branch fell about 3:15 a.m., crushing a garage, roof and fence but causing no injuries.

On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, commission president Gloria Arizabaleta filed a motion to suspend Colombian President Gustavo Petro through the June 21 runoff.

Arizabaleta's proposal stems from an investigation that accuses Petro of improperly intervening in the presidential campaign of his coalition ally Ivan Cepeda. Fox News For the suspension to take effect, all 16 members of the Commission of Investigation and Accusation must approve it before it can move to the Senate. Fox News Commission member Miguel Silvera Padilla said Petro has not been suspended and remains in office.

President Trump said on June 10, 2026, that he is "not looking to renew" the USMCA trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, imperiling a July 1 renewal deadline.

He complained about U.S. trade deficits with Canada and Mexico and said the United States "doesn't need" their cars, lumber or energy, despite having championed USMCA in the past.

A man in his 20s was shot outside a building on the 1900 block of Chicago Avenue around 11 a.m. Wednesday and later died at a hospital, Minneapolis police said.

MPD responded around 11 a.m. Wednesday to a reported shooting on the 1900 block of Chicago Avenue. FOX 9 The victim was taken to a hospital and later died. FOX 9 Police have not released suspect details, a motive or any information about arrests, and say the case remains under active investigation.

China exported about 809,000 passenger cars in May 2026, a 73% year-on-year increase, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

Exports of new energy passenger vehicles, including pure EVs and plug-in hybrids, more than doubled to about 435,000 in May. PBS Domestic passenger car sales fell 23.4% year-on-year to 1.44 million in May, with internal-combustion sales down almost 42%.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board lifted blue-green algae advisories for Lake Nokomis Main Beach and 50th Street Beach on Wednesday, reopening both beaches to swimmers.

Both Lake Nokomis beaches had been closed for about a week after algae toxin levels exceeded health thresholds. FOX 9 Officials said that with the advisory lifted all 12 Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board swimming beaches are now open. FOX 9 City and health officials urged swimmers to avoid water that looks like "pea soup" or spilled paint and to stay out of the water for 48 hours after rainfall.

The UK introduced the National Security (State Threats) Bill in Parliament on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, authorizing the home secretary to designate foreign state-linked groups and to criminalize support for them.

The measure targets bodies engaged in defined "foreign power threat activity" and makes providing support to or accepting money from designated groups punishable by up to 14 years in prison. Fox News Officials said the powers could be used against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), though ministers have not announced any specific designations. Fox News MI5 has tracked more than 20 potentially lethal Iran-backed plots in the UK and reported a 35% rise in state-threat investigations, trends ministers cited in pushing the bill.

Jeffrey Dean Alexander Jr., 49, pleaded guilty Wednesday, June 10, 2026, to one count of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with a Lake Elmo crash that killed a 5-year-old girl.

Prosecutors are seeking a 48-month prison term. FOX 9 Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 10 in Washington County.

In Nevada's June 9 primary, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo and Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford won their party nominations for governor, setting up a toss-up November rematch.

The contest is rated a toss-up by the Cook Political Report and is a top target for the Democratic Governors Association, a dynamic outlets have framed as a referendum on President Trump's policies. CBS News Ford campaigned on easing housing costs and expanding access, a theme voters cited alongside concerns about high gas prices and federal funding cuts. Fox News His campaign faces scrutiny over more than $410,000 in reported travel costs since 2019 and an investigation by the Nevada Commission on Ethics into possible improper gifts or use of office. Fox News Lombardo routed six Republican challengers to clinch the GOP nomination. Fox News He has warned he is "concerned" about reelection and that "all politics are local" is no longer true as national forces reshape the race.

Chiapas authorities announced Monday, June 8 that 30-year-old pregnant Indiana mother Makala Pendley, who had been missing with her seven children, was found murdered in Chiapas, Mexico and her partner was arrested.

Officials said the body was identified in the Elambó Bajo area near Zinacantán and that preliminary findings point to a traumatic brain injury from blunt-force trauma. Fox News Chiapas State Prosecutor Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca named Pendley's partner as Joseph "N" and said prosecutors will seek a 100-year femicide sentence. Fox News Llaven Abarca said the seven children were found in good health, placed under state protection, and that authorities are working with the U.S. Embassy on family reunification. Fox News Mexican officials also said the suspect has a U.S. criminal record, including an active arrest warrant in Alaska and prior detentions on assault, robbery, fraud, illegal weapons possession, intimidation and rape.

A federal watchdog found waste, unsanitary conditions and management failures linked to multiple deaths at Camp East Montana, ICE's largest detention hub at Fort Bliss, Texas.

The Government Accountability Office said rigid, firm-fixed-price contract terms and a hurried opening forced payments for full capacity even when occupancy was low. New York Times Those terms produced roughly $11.5 million in payments while no detainees were housed and about $7.5 million spent on uneaten meals. New York Times At least three people have died at the facility, including detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death the El Paso County Medical Examiner ruled a homicide. NPR The GAO found the contractor failed to provide required use-of-force and death reports in the Campos case and that related evidence was missing or destroyed. NPR ICE inspectors found 49 violations of detention standards in February 2026, and four detainees sued the facility in March alleging severe medical neglect.

On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott proposed new limits on data centers, ordering regulators to prevent cost-shifting and signaling rollbacks of incentives across the state.

Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to stop data centers from shifting infrastructure costs to everyday customers. New York Times He also pledged to seek repeal of sales tax exemptions and said future legislation should require water-efficient and noise-reduction technology at new facilities.

Alphanso Talley pleaded not guilty Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Chicago to charges accusing him of fatally shooting Officer John Bartholomew and wounding Officer Nelson Crespo, and a judge ordered him held pending trial.

Judge D'Anthony Thedford ordered Talley held after Judge John Lyke Jr. formally revoked his pretrial release in a separate robbery and carjacking case. Fox News Prosecutors say Talley was arrested hours earlier on an alleged armed robbery at a Family Dollar. Fox News They say he asked to go to the hospital, then retrieved a gun from under a blanket and shot both officers as he tried to escape. Fox News Talley's attorney told reporters his client has documented mental health issues, cycled through foster homes as a child, and is not receiving adequate treatment in custody.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan was suspended with immediate effect on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, by the court's Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties and referred to the full Assembly for possible removal.

A U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services probe found evidence supporting allegations of nonconsensual sexual contact with a lawyer in Khan's office. Fox News A subsequent three-judge ICC panel said the evidence was insufficient to prove misconduct beyond a reasonable doubt. Fox News Despite the judges' view, the Assembly Bureau concluded Khan committed "serious misconduct" and a "serious breach of duty" and recommended his removal. Fox News Khan's lawyers called the Bureau's decision "unlawful, procedurally unfair and unsupported by evidence," and Khan continues to deny wrongdoing. Fox News The case now moves to a special session of the Assembly of States Parties, whose 125 member states will decide whether to remove Khan; the timing has not been set.

A civil lawsuit filed in Washington state on behalf of a student identified as K.M.K. alleges she was sexually assaulted by a transgender athlete during a girls' wrestling match.

The complaint names the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Superintendent Chris Reykdal, the Puyallup School District and several school employees as defendants. OutKick The suit says the transgender athlete and the athlete's family are not named and seeks court orders changing state and local policies on transgender participation and parental notice.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended on X Wednesday, June 10, 2026, the agency's selection of an all-male Artemis III crew, saying the four were chosen solely on experience, skill sets and availability.

The quartet named to the mission are Randy Bresnik (commander), Luca Parmitano (pilot), and mission specialists Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas. NPR Artemis III is slated as a roughly two-week low-Earth-orbit demonstration in 2027 to practice rendezvous and docking with commercial lunar landers. NPR NASA also named an unnamed backup crew member for Artemis III. CBS News Bresnik told CNN that the all-male lineup was "certainly not intentional" and reflected who was available with the needed skills.

Sen. Jim Banks introduced the Safety and Age Filtering Enforcement (SAFE) for Kids Act in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, aiming to require federal age verification for commercial pornography websites.

The bill would require commercial pornography websites to implement age-verification measures before users can access sexually explicit content. Fox News It would give enforcement authority to the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department and would allow parents and other individuals to sue companies that violate the law. Fox News Banks' office said more than 25 states have passed similar laws and that the bill cites the Supreme Court decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez offered an amendment on the House floor directing the National Institutes of Health to study strategies for improving pain management during miscarriages, and the House adopted it by unanimous voice vote.

Her office said the amendment passed by unanimous voice vote in the House. MS NOW Gluesenkamp Perez told colleagues she recently had a miscarriage and said the pain from the prescribed medication was worse than childbirth, with clinicians recommending only over-the-counter painkillers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a memo in early June extending its core deportation-officer academy from 42 days to roughly 71 days, starting with July 2026 classes at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia.

The memo also requires officers who finished the earlier 42-day academy to take a new "Advanced Field Officer" follow-on course, though ICE has not said how long that supplemental training will last. CBS News DHS said the revamped program adds crowd-control tactics, high-risk vehicle-stop drills, a live-fire cover course and expanded medical instruction. CBS News The department pointed to assaults on agents, including riots, sniper attacks and a claimed 1,300% rise in assaults, as the rationale for the changes.

The FBI announced the arrests of seven people in eastern Michigan on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, accusing them of a coordinated campaign of violent intimidation over Israel ties.

A 10-count indictment says the campaign ran from about March 2024 through April 2025 and charges conspiracies to transmit threats in interstate and foreign commerce. Fox News The indictment names targets including University of Michigan leaders, elected officials, business owners, a police officer and Jewish-linked institutions. Fox News It alleges tactics such as threatening notes, graffiti reading "Intifada" and "Free Palestine", smashed windows and glass jars filled with chemicals thrown into homes while children slept. Fox News Some of the most visible incidents came on October 7, 2024, including vandalism at the Jewish Federation in Bloomfield Township and at the University of Michigan president's home.

On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, the Office of Personnel Management ordered tighter anti-fraud controls for insurers in the Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits programs. Fox News The move aims to reduce improper payments across a program that cost about $70 billion in fiscal 2024 and covers more than 8.2 million people.

OPM said it will create a joint data science and audit team with its inspector general to proactively review anonymized claims for fraud, waste and overbilling. Fox News The action follows administration-wide steps to crack down on health-care fraud, including a recent CMS order for states to revalidate high-risk Medicaid providers.

Republican David Flippo and Marty O'Donnell won key Nevada GOP primaries for U.S. House seats, and Democrat Aaron Ford captured his party's gubernatorial nomination, with results called Wednesday, June 10, 2026 in Nevada.

Flippo's victory in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District came after he secured former President Donald Trump's late endorsement. PBS News The NV-2 primary pitted Trump's pick of Flippo against former state Sen. James Settelmeyer, who was backed by Gov. Joe Lombardo and retiring Rep. Mark Amodei. PBS News In Nevada's 3rd District, Trump-backed composer Marty O'Donnell won the Republican nod and will face Democratic Rep. Susie Lee in the fall. PBS News Aaron Ford's primary win sets up a rematch with incumbent Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in November.

Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, clearing a majority of first-choice votes and becoming the Democratic nominee to face Sen. Susan Collins in November.

Platner surpassed 50 percent of first-choice ballots, so Maine's ranked-choice tabulation was not needed and the Associated Press called the race as returns showed him well ahead. MS NOW Collins ran unopposed for the Republican nomination, and many outlets call the matchup pivotal for control of the Senate. Axios Key progressive figures publicly continued to back Platner even as some Democrats privately discussed whether he should step aside amid the controversy. MS NOW New York Times

Honda is recalling 880,514 SUVs and pickup trucks in 23 states and Washington, D.C., because rear subframe corrosion can cause suspension failure and loss of handling.

The recall covers 2016-2022 Honda Pilot, 2017-2023 Ridgeline, 2019-2023 Passport and 2014-2020 Acura MDX. CBS News Owner notification letters are expected to go out July 7, 2026, and dealers will repair or replace rear subframe components at no cost under NHTSA recall 26V365000.

A Michigan Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, unanimously overturned Joseph Morrison's 2022 conviction for providing material support for a terroristic act.

The 3-0 opinion said Michigan's material-support-for-terror statute requires an underlying "violent felony" and that kidnapping no longer meets that statutory definition under state law. CBS News Morrison, a founding member of the Wolverine Watchmen, had been accused of hosting gun drills with plot leader Adam Fox on property in Jackson County before arrests in October 2020. CBS News Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she would appeal, calling the ruling "nonsensical" and pointing to evidence prosecutors say showed a plan to kidnap and kill Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Joseph Quinn dismissed a legal challenge as premature and let the city's reparations fund remain in place in early June 2026.

Quinn sustained a demurrer, saying the suit was filed too early and granting plaintiffs leave to amend their complaint. Fox News The plaintiffs — Pacific Legal Foundation, several San Francisco residents and the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation — argue the ordinance illegally uses taxpayer money to benefit Black residents on the basis of race. Fox News Quinn said plaintiffs must show the law is unlawful in all its uses, not merely that some race-conscious applications would be possible.

Sen. Dan S. Sullivan accused a same-name Republican challenger of trying to "rig" Alaska's U.S. Senate race in a June 10 Fox News interview, prompting a state review and calls for FEC scrutiny.

Sullivan called the challenger a "Democratic plant" and a "far-left liberal" and said he had donated to Democrats including former Rep. Mary Peltola. Fox News The National Republican Senatorial Committee asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate an alleged "coordinated scheme" and cited metadata it says shows Democratic consultant Amber Lee authored the challenger's campaign announcement. Fox News Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom sent Dan J. Sullivan a June 8 letter that cited "credible allegations" he filed to confuse or deceive voters. Fox News The letter ordered him to submit a sworn affidavit clarifying his prior GOP affiliation and any ties to Amber Lee by June 10.

Taiwan fired U.S.-supplied HIMARS practice rockets into the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, during a live-fire drill near Taichung to rehearse repelling a Chinese invasion.

The exercise used mobile M142 launchers and tested rapid deployment and precision-strike tactics, with crews launching rockets within about three minutes of orders. NPR The drill also practiced short 'shoot-and-scoot' strikes aimed at potential amphibious landing sites off Taiwan's west coast, an apparent signal to Beijing.

A former Air Canada captain has been charged after investigators say he flew roughly 900 flights as captain without holding the airline transport pilot license required for that role.

CBS's video said the pilot was promoted to captain in 2009 and flew those flights over a roughly 17-year span while lacking the required airline transport pilot certificate. CBS The segment said he held a valid commercial pilot license but never obtained the airline transport pilot certificate and that he retired in 2025.

Torrential rain and flash flooding submerged streets and damaged homes in southern Indiana on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

An EF-1 tornado with winds estimated near 90 mph struck north of Freeland in Saginaw County, Michigan the same day, damaging or destroying dozens of houses.

On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, the Social Security Trustees projected the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund will be exhausted in 2032, triggering an automatic 22% cut in monthly benefits if Congress does not act.

The Trustees said the OASI fund would be able to pay about 78% of scheduled benefits by the end of 2032, effectively cutting monthly checks by roughly 22% without legislative fixes. CBS More than 62 million Americans now receive OASI benefits, the Trustees' numbers show. CBS The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated the average retiree would face roughly a $500 drop in monthly benefits under that cut. NPR The Trustees urged lawmakers to address shortfalls "in a timely way" so changes can be phased in gradually and give workers and beneficiaries time to adjust. NPR AARP CEO Myechia Minter-Jordan called the new projections a "wake-up call." PBS

Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will face off in November after updated counts and projections finalized the top-two finishers in California's June 2 jungle primary.

Tom Steyer formally conceded Tuesday, saying he lacked the votes to reach the runoff after spending more than $200 million of his own money on the campaign.

Doran Group plans a $71 million, more-than-130-unit age-55-plus apartment building with ground-floor retail on the northwest corner of the former Macy's furniture site at 7235 France Ave. in Edina.

The senior-housing phase is estimated to cost more than $71 million and will use tax-increment financing from a TIF district the city approved in 2024. Business Journal Enclave Cos. bought the entire eight-acre property from Macy's for $18 million and subdivided the site to allow multiple developers to build. Business Journal Enclave will keep the eastern half for two apartment buildings targeted to start construction by early 2027 and sell the southwest corner where Doran will build the senior project.

On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, a general court-martial sentenced Petty Officer Jermiah Copeland to 44 years in prison for the strangling death of Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz at Naval Station Norfolk.

Copeland pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder and related charges and will receive a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction in rank to Seaman Apprentice. Fox News The sentence also includes mandatory registration as a sex offender upon his release. Fox News NCIS Norfolk Special Agent in Charge Emily Schmid said Copeland "deserves to be held fully accountable for his heinous actions" in a June 10 statement. Fox News Resendiz's disappearance triggered a 10-day NCIS-led search that ended with recovery of her remains near Norfolk and Copeland's arrest. Fox News Her mother, Esmi Castle, said Copeland's admission in court brought some closure while also questioning why earlier allegations did not prompt stronger military action.

A federal transcript says Anna Kepner's damaged cellphone was recovered from a trash bin on the Carnival Horizon and ship Wi-Fi logs trace the phone along her stepbrother's route.

Wi-Fi records reportedly show Kepner's phone connected to routers along the same path Timothy Hudson took between about 9:26 a.m. and 9:39 a.m. Fox News Video later places Hudson near a trash area on the ship's rear, starboard side at about 9:52 a.m.

ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones will testify June 10, 2026 before the House Administration Committee in Washington about the group's donor-screening practices amid an intensified donor-fraud probe.

Chairman Bryan Steil issued a subpoena request after Wallace-Jones' lawyer asked for formal compulsion despite her earlier agreement to appear. Fox News The New York Times reported that ActBlue's former outside counsel warned Wallace-Jones that prior statements about anti-fraud measures may have been inaccurate. ActBlue says it strengthened fraud-prevention practices in a June 2025 letter and denies it intentionally misled Congress.

On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, Nevada state Sen. Carrie Buck won the Republican primary for Nevada's 1st Congressional District and will challenge Democratic Rep. Dina Titus in the general election.

Buck carried endorsements from former President Donald Trump and Gov. Joe Lombardo and drew backing from national GOP groups focused on protecting and expanding the House majority. Fox News Buck is a former school principal who represents a Henderson-area state Senate district and maintained a fundraising advantage over her GOP primary rivals. Fox News She formally launched her congressional campaign on August 5, 2025.

The Justice Department has closed the 21-courtroom immigration court at 100 Montgomery Street in San Francisco and is moving most cases to the Concord immigration court, officials and court records show.

More than 100,000 pending cases from the Montgomery Street court are being reassigned to Concord, roughly an hour from San Francisco. NPR About 17,000 cases will remain in a smaller San Francisco court at 630 Sansome Street, which has only two operating courtrooms. NPR The planned shutdown was accelerated after most judges at 100 Montgomery were fired or resigned, officials said. NPR The Executive Office for Immigration Review had earlier announced it would not renew the building's lease and intended to shift operations to Concord by year-end for cost reasons.

On Monday, June 8, 2026, the Pentagon expanded its list of Chinese military-linked companies to 188, adding Alibaba, BYD and Baidu and barring them from U.S. defense contracts.

The Pentagon said the additions were based on ties to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and noted Alibaba is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. CBS News Being on the list bars companies from receiving U.S. defense contracts but does not itself prohibit all U.S. business, though it can create reputational and future regulatory risks. CBS News Alibaba, BYD and Baidu rejected the designation and said they are not military enterprises; BYD added it will seek to protect its rights through administrative and legal means. CBS News The Chinese Embassy in Washington accused the United States of overstretching national security and said the list was discriminatory, urging a "fair, just and non-discriminatory" environment for Chinese firms.

ICE agents chased a red sedan near Grace Street and Olcott Avenue in Chicago's Dunning neighborhood on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

The pursuit ended when the sedan struck a tree and the driver was arrested after a short foot chase. ABC7 Chicago Witness video appears to show an unmarked SUV bumping the sedan just before it crashed while turning onto Olcott Avenue. ABC7 Chicago A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said agents were targeting an undocumented immigrant from Poland with prior arrests and convictions. ABC7 Chicago Chicago police responded after the crash, the sedan was towed and no injuries were reported.

On Saturday, June 6, 2026, U.K. deputy prime minister David Lammy rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance for tying the Southampton killing of Henry Nowak to "mass migration." NPR

Lammy said he had a "robust" phone call with Vance and told him he was wrong to link Nowak's killing to "mass migration." NPR Lammy also said he stressed the Nowak family's plea not to use the case to stir division, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office had earlier criticized outside attempts to inflame tensions.

Nancy Lacore and Mac Deford advanced to a June 23, 2026 Democratic runoff for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, setting up a contest to replace Rep. Nancy Mace and to face the GOP runoff winner.

In the June 9 Democratic primary Lacore received 16,942 votes (36.5%) and Deford 13,392 votes (28.9%), with neither reaching a majority in a roughly 46,000-vote race. Both the Democratic and Republican runoffs for the open seat are set for June 23, 2026. New York Times Fox News similarly reported that Lacore, the Navy admiral fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and a local attorney advanced to the runoff.

Jenny Honeycutt and state Rep. Mark Smith advanced to a June 23, 2026 Republican runoff in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District to replace Rep. Nancy Mace.

Honeycutt led the primary with 14,803 votes (22.1%), and Smith had 12,058 votes (18.0%) out of roughly 67,034 ballots cast across the field. The primary included 11 candidates on the ballot, former Gov. Mark Sanford had dropped out earlier, and Mace lost her Republican primary bid for governor the same night.

U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston on Monday, June 8, 2026, issued a 42-page decision overturning President Trump's $100,000 surcharge on new H-1B visa petitions as unlawful.

Sorokin wrote that the surcharge "imposes a tax on H-1B petitions" and found the administration exceeded its authority and violated the Administrative Procedure Act. CBS News He set the requirement aside nationwide and invalidated agency memoranda, guidance, website instructions and fee schedules used to impose the payment. Fox News The suit was brought by a coalition of 20 states led by California, which said the fee would hinder hiring in schools, public universities and health care facilities. NPR U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had already collected 85 payments totaling about $8.5 million as of Feb. 15, 2026. Fox News State officials and medical groups called the decision a victory for filling vacancies, while the Department of Homeland Security condemned the ruling and the administration is expected to appeal. NPR PBS News

The State Department on June 9, 2026 announced a pilot to offer a "premium" expedited visa interview service that charges an extra $750 for faster scheduling to eligible applicants.

Under the pilot, eligible business and tourist (B1/B2) applicants who pay $750 on top of the $185 standard fee can secure an interview within 10 days at participating posts. Fox News The program runs July 1 through December 31, 2026, and the State Department said the expedited surcharge does not affect visa approval decisions. Fox News A list of embassies and consulates included in the pilot will be released before July 1.

On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins dismissed a lawsuit filed by 31 former NC State male athletes accusing ex-trainer Robert M. Murphy Jr. and school officials of sexual misconduct.

Collins ruled that claims stretching back at least to 2013 were barred by North Carolina's three-year statute of limitations and dismissed claims against athletic officials on jurisdictional grounds. Fox News The athletes alleged years of sexual misconduct during treatment and drug-testing procedures, and their attorney Kerry Sutton said they will appeal and seek to add men who recently came forward.

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson advanced to a Republican runoff for South Carolina governor after neither won a majority in the state's June 9 primary.

The Associated Press called the contest, and Evette and Wilson will meet in a June 23 runoff to decide the GOP nominee. NPR The New York Times published vote shares and county-level breakdowns showing why other contenders, including Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, were eliminated. New York Times CBS News had projected Evette and Wilson would advance earlier in the night as results trickled in.

Sen. Lindsey Graham and Dr. Annie Andrews won their respective Republican and Democratic Senate primaries in South Carolina on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, setting up a November matchup for the seat.

Graham, first elected to the Senate in 2002, will seek a fifth term against Andrews, a physician and political newcomer who captured the Democratic nod. State and national outlets posted live tallies and updated results for the state's midterm primaries.

Nick Reiner filed a Los Angeles County civil petition on Monday, June 8, 2026, seeking access to at least $1.5 million from a trust his parents created to pay for his murder-defense costs.

The petition says the 1993 trust directed that Reiner receive half the assets at age 30 and the remainder at 35, and it alleges he never received the age-30 distribution. PBS The petition accuses trustee Paul R. Kanin of conditioning distributions on evaluations of whether Reiner can exercise "consistently good judgment" and of offering a "shifting series of excuses" for withholding the funds. Fox News Former defense attorney Alan Jackson filed a declaration saying his firm is ready to resume representing Reiner if trust funds become available.

The House passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in a 230-193 vote, with 20 Republicans joining Democrats despite opposition from Speaker Mike Johnson.

Rep. Donald Norcross filed a discharge petition in late April to bypass the Rules Committee and force a floor vote. CBS The petition hit the 218-signature threshold in about a month, including seven Republicans, which allowed the bill to reach the floor. CBS During floor debate Rep. Tim Walberg called the measure a fast-track for "government intrusion into private workplaces" and said it would put workers "under the thumb of the federal bureaucrats." CBS The outcome was hailed as a rare Democratic-led legislative win in a GOP-controlled House and as a significant victory for organized labor, which helped press wavering members to back the bill.

Ninth Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor battery and maliciously injuring property over an early-April parking-lot confrontation in Idaho that was captured on surveillance video.

The surveillance video shows Nelson snatching a man's eyeglasses, flinging them, and then appearing to stomp on them as the man retrieves them. New York Times Nelson has pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor battery and malicious-injury-to-property counts.

UNITE HERE Local 11 announced a tentative contract with Legends Global covering about 2,000 SoFi Stadium food-service workers on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, averting an authorized strike before World Cup matches.

Union leaders said workers will vote to ratify the tentative agreement on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. PBS News The deal will lift many stadium cooks' pay to about $40 an hour within roughly two years, and bargaining-committee member Islagisbel Castillo said current cooks making about $31 will reach roughly $38-$39 in that span. PBS News The agreement runs through April 2028, bars subcontracting, includes a contribution to build housing for hospitality workers, and preserves a contractual right to strike if an immigration raid occurs at work during World Cup events.

U.S. officials are treating the disappearance of Michigan woman Lynette Hooker as a possible foreign murder of a U.S. national and have sent Coast Guard divers to expand searches in the Sea of Abaco in the Bahamas.

The 154-foot Coast Guard cutter Margaret Norvell arrived in Marsh Harbour on June 2 carrying specialized divers to search new areas in the Sea of Abaco. CBS News Teams used divers, remotely operated vehicles, drones and cadaver dogs to comb underwater zones and nearby shorelines during multi-day operations.

MnDOT will close multiple ramps on Highway 12 and interstates 394 and 494 beginning June 10, disrupting west-metro travel as crews rebuild and resurface the roadway.

The ramp from westbound I-394 to northbound I-494 will close June 10 and remain shut through June 14. FOX 9 Beginning June 15, the ramp from westbound Highway 12 to southbound I-494 will close through early July. FOX 9 Also beginning June 15, the ramps from northbound I-494 to westbound Highway 12 and from westbound Highway 12 to Carlson Parkway will close through late July.

Vice President JD Vance sent a formal letter on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, asking the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Vance asked that the probe be handled by the Justice Department's newly formed anti-fraud division and publicly pressed for a "full criminal investigation." PBS News He reiterated the demand in a Fox News interview and on social media, saying Minnesota officials are "not above the law" and those who facilitated fraud must "face justice." Fox News Reporting also says Vance linked alleged Medicaid and child-care fraud to "Somalian illegal immigrants" in later remarks.

The University of Minnesota and Fairview Health Services announced a 10-year hospital affiliation deal on June 9, 2026 that ends the university's board role at Fairview and rebrands the Minneapolis teaching hospital.

Under the pact, Fairview will invest $1 billion in the University of Minnesota Medical Center campus and pay the university's medical school $50 million annually, with possible performance-based additions. FOX 9 The deal removes the 'University of Minnesota' name from the Minneapolis teaching hospital and ends the university's board representation at Fairview. The agreement still requires University of Minnesota Board of Regents approval and would begin in January 2027 as the current affiliation expires in 2026.

Officers responded around 4:10 a.m. Tuesday after a man reported being stabbed at a home in the 11400 block of Eidelweiss Street Northwest in Coon Rapids, prompting a SWAT standoff and an arrest.

The victim suffered a non-life-threatening cut to his arm and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. FOX 9 The suspect barricaded himself inside the house until members of the Anoka County SWAT team took him into custody. FOX 9 Police said the suspect and the victim knew each other and that there is no ongoing threat to the public. FOX 9 The case will be presented to the Anoka County Attorney for potential criminal charges.

Protests erupted again on June 9, 2026, in Nanyuki, Kenya, against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine center for Americans, and police used tear gas to disperse crowds.

The 50-bed facility sits on Laikipia Air Base near Nanyuki, about 120 miles north of Nairobi, and is meant to quarantine U.S. citizens with high-risk Ebola exposures from central Africa. NPR Kenyan police fired tear gas and detained dozens as tensions flared after a Kenyan high court suspended construction and ordered disclosure of the U.S. agreement. NPR Two protesters were fatally shot during earlier demonstrations last week, highlighting how volatile local opposition has become.

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday, June 8, 2026, directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport undocumented immigrants and other noncitizens convicted of illegally voting in U.S. elections.

DHS General Counsel James Percival sent the instruction in a June 8 letter that tied illegal voting to false claims of U.S. citizenship and cited parts of the Immigration and Nationality Act as removal grounds. Fox News DHS framed the move as implementing President Trump's March 25, 2025 executive order on election integrity and directed ICE to prioritize enforcement in these cases.

The FBI arrested three men Tuesday, June 9, 2026, accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS and allegedly plotting and funding drone and rocket attacks on U.S. service members overseas.

The Department of Justice identified the defendants as Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California. Fox News Court filings allege the trio collectively sent more than $2,000 to a person they believed was an ISIS member to buy drones and rocket-propelled grenades, and that they used Discord, voice calls and other messaging platforms to coordinate. Fox News Prosecutors quote Ghafoor as saying it would be "sick" if his name were written on an attack drone and that he had always wanted to behead a female soldier. Fox News The filings also quote him as saying, "I wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans." Fox News

A federal judge found Decarlos Brown Jr. incompetent to stand trial "at this time" in the federal case accusing him of fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard a Charlotte light rail train.

The judge described the incompetency finding as limited in time, leaving open the possibility Brown could be restored to competency and face trial later. CBS Fox News noted the ruling removes the immediate prospect of a federal death penalty in the case.

Hennepin County sheriff's deputies were fired upon Tuesday afternoon while serving an arrest warrant at West 28th Street and Nicollet Avenue in south Minneapolis.

A large law enforcement presence from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the Minneapolis Police Department has sealed off the area and closed nearby roads. FOX 9 Police told FOX 9 the suspect is barricaded in an apartment building and reportedly has a long rifle and explosives. FOX 9 There are no confirmed injuries so far, and officials have not released the suspect's identity or details about the underlying warrant.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the southern Philippines at 6:37 p.m. Central on Sunday, June 7, 2026, killing at least 35 people and leaving many feared trapped under collapsed buildings.

Rescue teams concentrated on General Santos and nearby towns, digging through unstable rubble at a collapsed supermarket, a warehouse and a grade school where officials say dozens may still be inside. New York Times Emergency crews have been slowed by damaged roads, continuing aftershocks and power outages while searchers work to reach remote neighborhoods. PBS News The quake also injured more than 200 people and prompted the temporary closure of General Santos International Airport, canceling 17 domestic flights.

Taliban forces opened fire on protesters in Herat on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, killing a woman and a child and wounding more than a dozen, officials said.

BBC medical sources cited by CBS said a woman and a child died and that more than a dozen people were wounded by gunfire. CBS News A Herat doctor said he treated at least three patients with gunshot wounds, while Taliban spokesman Sayed Masoud Hussaini denied civilians were shot. CBS News UN rights officials Richard Bennett and Georgette Gagnon publicly criticized the detentions and alleged excessive force, citing serious rights concerns for Afghan women.

TurnSignl founder Jazz Hampton is stepping down as CEO and leaving day-to-day work at the Minneapolis company while retaining his ownership stake.

Chief operating officer and co-founder Mychal Felix has been named interim CEO, and the board has not begun a formal CEO search. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal TurnSignl serves more than 300,000 people nationwide, primarily through employer-sponsored subscriptions, and operates with six full-time Minneapolis employees plus a network of more than 300 attorneys.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman will face off in a November 3, 2026 runoff after updated Los Angeles County counts showed Raman overtake Spencer Pratt on Monday, June 8, 2026.

With roughly 93% of ballots counted, Bass held about 34.3% of the vote, Raman about 28.5% and Pratt about 25.8%, reflecting Raman's late gains and Pratt's slide. CBS News Raman's campaign surged in one late Los Angeles County update that added more than 33,000 votes to her total and expanded her margin as remaining mail ballots were processed.

On June 9, 2026, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued a formal opinion declaring disparate-impact liability under Title VII unconstitutional. CBS News The opinion said the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance that coerced employers into race-based hiring and promotion decisions. CBS News DOJ said employers may use aptitude tests, criminal background checks and similar tools without facing discrimination claims based solely on statistical disparities.

On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14281 directing federal agencies to eliminate or deprioritize enforcement of disparate-impact liability under civil-rights statutes and revoking prior presidential approvals of related Title VI regulations. On December 9, 2025, the Justice Department published a final rule rescinding portions of its Title VI implementing regulations and removing regulatory language that authorized enforcement based only on statistical disparities. The Supreme Court first recognized disparate-impact liability in Griggs v. Duke Power Co. in 1971, and Congress codified the framework in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

An Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre killed eight people and wounded 32, Lebanon's Health Ministry said on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

The Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for Tyre, including its Christian quarter, prompting hundreds of residents to flee by car. MS NOW Three Christian prelates from Tyre publicly urged Lebanese leaders and the international community to act to spare the old Christian district from strikes.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an ozone air quality alert from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday for the Twin Cities, St. Cloud and the Prairie Island and Mille Lacs Tribal Nations.

MPCA warned ozone can make it hard to breathe deeply and can cause shortness of breath, throat soreness, wheezing, coughing and unusual fatigue. FOX 9 The agency urged people with asthma and other respiratory conditions to have and use prescribed inhalers and to contact their health care providers if symptoms worsen.

On Monday, June 8, 2026, Chile announced it seized 1,080 tons of lumber impregnated with cocaine and ketamine bound for European ports, calling it a record haul.

Authorities said the seizure followed a six-month probe and involved 45 containers that arrived from Bolivia. CBS News They said the drugs, mostly cocaine and ketamine, carry an estimated $8.3 billion retail value on the European market and that the network serves more than a dozen markets, including the United States.

Utah prosecutors asked a judge on Saturday, June 6, 2026, to block defense delay tactics aimed at postponing the preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard filed a motion opposing the defense request to stay the hearing. Fox News The defense sought Utah Supreme Court review of Judge Tony Graf Jr.'s ruling to allow cameras in court. Fox News Ballard wrote Robinson had not shown likely success on appeal, irreparable harm, or that a stay would serve the public interest in a prompt trial. Fox News The preliminary hearing, already moved from mid-May, is set for the week of July 6, 2026, and is required before Robinson may enter a plea.

Rhode Island Judge Mary McElroy on June 5, 2026, referred Justice Department lawyers for possible discipline over their handling of a subpoena seeking records on transgender minors.

She said the lawyers misled her court and a federal judge in Texas. CBS News McElroy called a declaration by DOJ lawyer Lisa Hsiao "clearly misleading, if not utterly false." CBS News

St. Paul's Housing and Redevelopment Authority is moving to acquire the former Saxon Ford dealership site on West 7th to redevelop it with a significant affordable housing component.

City leaders say the acquisition will restart redevelopment after a private plan stalled and position the parcel for proposals from affordable housing developers.

Fifty U.S. senators voted for a Trump-backed version of the SAVE America Act during a late-night Senate vote-a-rama, but the measure still fell short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.

Senate Republicans twice tried to attach the SAVE provisions to a $70 billion immigration enforcement package during the vote-a-rama. Fox News Sen. Lindsey Graham's modified SAVE amendment failed to reach 50 votes with Republicans Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell and Thom Tillis voting no. Fox News Sen. Mike Lee's amendment using the House-passed SAVE text later drew exactly 50 votes after Collins flipped her position, but it still failed under the 60-vote filibuster threshold.

On Thursday, June 4, 2026, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced expanded transit and security measures for World Cup and possible NBA Finals crowds in New York.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will expand bus and subway service, create special travel corridors with lane closures, and support temporary bans on construction and deliveries in some areas to keep traffic flowing. NPR Officials said they are preparing for a June 16 overlap between a Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals game in Manhattan and a France-Senegal World Cup match in East Rutherford, N.J. NPR They said police presence will be increased and cyber-security monitoring stepped up to guard against threats and manage crowds.

On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, Southern Poverty Law Center interim CEO Bryan Fair is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about an indictment alleging the group secretly routed donor funds to extremist groups.

A superseding federal indictment filed in April 2026 and expanded last week brings the SPLC to 11 counts tied to alleged wire fraud, false statements to a bank and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Fox News Prosecutors allege more than $4 million in donor funds were covertly routed to fictitious accounts and used to pay informants inside extremist groups from 2010 to 2023. Fox News The indictment says an SPLC employee paid two Ku Klux Klan members $1,200 per month, and that some funds were used for recruitment, cross-burnings and Klan attire. Fox News The SPLC denies wrongdoing, and counsel Abbe Lowell said the group did not mislead donors or banks and that its informant program saved lives.

On June 9, 2026, the Metropolitan Police charged 18-year-old Subhan Ahmed with assisting an offender in the arson that destroyed four Hatzola Northwest ambulances in Golders Green, north London.

Four other suspects, aged 17 to 20, have already been charged with arson reckless as to whether life would be endangered. CBS News All five are due to face trial in January 2027.

Two U.S. pilots were killed when a private jet crashed near the southern coastal town of La Romana in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, June 7, 2026.

Dominican aviation officials said the pilot and co-pilot were the only people aboard and both were U.S. citizens. CBS News The aircraft was a Gulfstream G200 business jet registered N318JF in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and it had departed Puerto Rico and stopped in La Romana to refuel before takeoff. CBS News Crew members reported an emergency shortly after takeoff while the jet was bound for Austin, Texas. CBS News The flight was to pick up former Major League Baseball catcher Yadier Molina and members of his party.

Chrysler is recalling nearly 1.08 million Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators because steering-pump wiring can overheat and start fires even when the vehicles are parked and turned off.

The recall covers 2021-2025 model years and targets the electric hydraulic power-steering pump connector that can overheat and spark an underhood fire, the company said. CBS News Owners are being advised to park vehicles outside and away from structures until repairs are made, and Chrysler said it will mail notification letters on July 9, 2026.

GOP senators are weighing a Department of Homeland Security plan to pull U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in sanctuary jurisdictions, floated by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

In interviews published June 9, 2026, Sens. Lindsey Graham and Deb Fischer voiced support for imposing consequences on sanctuary cities, while several other Republican senators said they need more information. Fox News Democrats pressed Mullin about the idea at a Senate hearing last week, warning it could halt international travel through major airports and damage the U.S. economy. Fox News Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has expressed opposition, saying it is important to keep international travel flowing.

Accord Health Services' new 61-bed recuperative care facility on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis cannot accept patients because its Medicaid validation remains incomplete amid a statewide provider re-verification purge.

The 18,000-square-foot, multi-level facility was slated to open this fall for people experiencing homelessness who need a step-down setting after hospital stays. FOX 9 Staff say the incomplete validation has triggered a spike in calls from patients and referral sources seeking placements the site cannot yet provide. FOX 9 The operator says state regulators have deemed recuperative care "high risk" and likened the fraud sweep to catching "dolphins" while looking for "sharks." FOX 9

On Monday, June 8, 2026, the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill to remove offensive disability terms from the state's General Laws and sent the measure to Gov. Maura Healey.

The 61-page bill revises wording in 346 sections and replaces terms such as "handicapped," "disabled," "crippled," "deformed" and "retarded" with person-first language. Fox News Top Democrats including Sen. Pat Jehlen, Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano publicly backed the changes as a modernization effort.

Planes equipped with Momentum Aeronautics' Heatwave Floats are boosting aerial attacks on the Flanders Fire in northern Minnesota and on wildfires in Oregon, company and local officials said.

The carbon-fiber pontoons' integrated scoop can take on roughly 800 gallons of lake water in about 15 seconds, the company says. FOX 9 That rapid refill lets planes make as many as 25 drops per hour, compared with roughly two drops per hour when aircraft must return to shore to refill.

The White House and senators relaunched talks on a federal package to preempt some state AI laws on June 8, 2026.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn is leading negotiations on a package tied to the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), the NO FAKES Act and age verification requirements. Axios A White House official said the administration is proactively engaging across government and industry.

San Francisco voters appeared to reject Proposition D on Monday, June 8, 2026, with updated returns showing about 53.6% opposed and just over 46% in favor.

A city analysis estimated the measure would raise $250-$300 million in additional annual revenue but lead to a loss of about 940 jobs in San Francisco. New York Times Mayor Daniel Lurie opposed the measure, and tech figures Sergey Brin and Tony Xu each spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to help defeat it.

The Department of Homeland Security approved a plan on Thursday, June 4, 2026, to verify voter citizenship and to monitor mail ballots across the United States, with implementation expected by the end of June.

States will be allowed to submit full voter-registration rolls to DHS's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) immigration database to check citizenship and voting eligibility. Fox News DHS and the U.S. Postal Service will monitor mail-in and absentee ballot flows using tracking barcodes and participation lists to flag anomalies and to prevent delivery to ineligible recipients. Fox News State officials will access citizenship data through a secure online portal that queries U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Social Security Administration and State Department systems without exporting bulk records.

Columbia Heights' city council voted to end its contract with Flock and city workers covered the license-plate reader cameras on Monday morning, June 8, 2026, taking the system offline.

Mayor Amada Marquez Simula said residents are worried about data security "after everything that's happened in Columbia Heights for the last six months." FOX 9 Resident Marianne Schumacher criticized Flock's crime-solving claims as unsupported and warned of growing, invasive surveillance that puts local control at risk. FOX 9 City officials and reports say Flock has no formal contracts with ICE but participating agencies control how collected data is shared, so ICE access can occur indirectly through data networks.

Twin Cities gas prices fell below $4 to an average of $3.99 per gallon on Monday, June 8, 2026, but remain about $1.06 higher than this time last year.

The average dropped 17.4 cents over the past week and is 22.1 cents lower than a month ago. FOX 9 Within the metro the cheapest reported station was $3.55 and the most expensive $4.49, while statewide lows and highs ran $3.45 to $4.79; the national average fell to $4.09 and diesel averaged $5.299.

The New Jersey Assembly Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would criminalize interference with abortion and with transgender health care on Monday, June 8, 2026.

The vote was along party lines and moves the measure to the full Assembly for further consideration.

Nearly 90 million Americans in the central U.S. faced flood threats Monday night, June 8, 2026, after daytime rains triggered flash flooding.

Daytime rains already produced flash floods across Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas earlier on June 8. CBS News Heat alerts were posted across the central plains, and forecasters said triple-digit heat is expected to move east later in the week. CBS News CBS meteorologist Rob Marciano was cited as actively tracking both the flood and heat threats.

Raquan Rahjai Johnson, 21, of Fridley, was charged Monday with murder in a Memorial Day drive-by shooting that killed a man on Columbus Avenue South in Minneapolis.

Investigators say GPS ankle-monitor and cell-phone data place Johnson at the Memorial Day shooting scene at the time the gunfire erupted. FOX 9 Police recovered 32 shell casings from six firearms across two scenes, and say a 9mm casing from the homicide matched one from a May 24 Penn Avenue North shooting.

Kellie Melinda Williams, 31, was found dead in the surf near Hollywood Beach, Florida, around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, and investigators say her injuries are consistent with a vessel strike.

The medical examiner listed blunt force injuries as the cause of death. Fox News Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says Williams had been snorkeling or diving near Dr. Von D Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park earlier that day and is investigating the incident with Hollywood police. Fox News No information has been released about the boat involved or any identified suspects.

More than 3.5 million Americans have lost access to SNAP benefits after Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill last summer, as states implement tighter eligibility rules.

The law imposed new eligibility requirements and stricter application processes that states began rolling out after enactment, triggering large removals from enrollment lists.

In Milwaukee on Friday, June 5, 2026, Erik Mendoza, 18, was sentenced to life in prison with eligibility to petition for release after 50 years for the killing of 5-year-old Prince McCree.

He pleaded guilty in February 2026 to first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse and three counts of second-degree recklessly endangering safety. Fox News His co-defendant, David Pietura, earlier pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide and was sentenced to life in 2024.

USDA confirmed seven New World screwworm cases in the United States as of Monday, June 8, 2026, including at least one in New Mexico, officials said.

USDA had earlier confirmed screwworm larvae in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Zavala County, after larvae were found in its umbilical area. CBS News Texas State Veterinarian Bud Dinges established a 12-mile quarantine around La Pryor, and USDA formed an Incident Command Team with the Texas Animal Health Commission to coordinate eradication. CBS News Federal officials said they are ramping up releases of sterile male flies and expanding sterile-fly production to stop the pest from establishing.

On Monday, June 8, 2026, the Justice Department said it is seeking to revoke the citizenship of 17 U.S. citizens accused of obtaining naturalization through immigration fraud as part of a Trump administration denaturalization push.

DOJ said the 17 allegedly obtained naturalization by fraud or deception and that many lied under oath about past crimes, failing the "good moral character" requirement. Fox News Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called the action part of a "zero-tolerance policy" on abusing naturalization, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said those who lie in immigration proceedings "forfeit" the privilege of citizenship. Fox News DOJ described the group as ages 39 to 69 and originating from 13 countries across the Americas, Africa, Asia and a former Yugoslav state. Fox News Officials said about 35% of the group are tied to alleged child sexual-abuse offenses, and DOJ also cited multimillion-dollar fraud schemes among the cases. Fox News CBS correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez called the announcement the administration's largest denaturalization effort to date.

OpenAI filed confidential preliminary IPO paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2026, opening the door to a possible Wall Street debut.

OpenAI said it has not yet set timing for an IPO but wants the option to go public sooner if it decides that is best. PBS News The filing follows Anthropic's June 1 IPO move and arrives as SpaceX conducts an AI-focused IPO roadshow.

Omar Andrew Ramos Castro was charged with second-degree murder after Gabriel Arrazola Perez was found stabbed near railroad tracks by the 1400 block of Case Avenue in St. Paul on May 25, 2026.

Investigators say Perez's body had multiple stab wounds and was discovered about 11 a.m. that day near the tracks. FOX 9 Authorities used cell phone records, WhatsApp location data, GPS and surveillance video to place Ramos Castro at the scene. FOX 9 Police say Ramos Castro admitted stabbing Perez and claimed he acted in self-defense after alleging unwanted sexual advances.

On Monday, June 8, 2026, Chief Justice John W. Kittredge assigned Judge Debra R. McCaslin to oversee Alex Murdaugh's murder case and any future retrial.

The order gives McCaslin authority over related motions, any jury trials and civil forfeiture matters tied to the charges. Fox News The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the denial of his new-trial motion on May 13, 2026, citing misconduct by former Colleton County clerk Rebecca Hill.

An 18-year-old hiker from out of state died after collapsing on Bright Angel Trail while attempting a same-day hike from the South Rim to the Colorado River on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

He was hiking with at least one companion who called for help when he showed signs of heat illness. New York Times Rescuers had to reach him on foot because of the location and terrain before confirming his death.

The Pentagon on Monday, June 8, 2026, revised its military religious-affiliation code list, removing the word "Christian" from 21 labels so each entry now shows only a code and a faith name.

The change followed criticism from members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Utah Sens. John Curtis and Mike Lee. CBS News They objected that the earlier list had not classified Latter-day Saints as Christian.

A GOP-controlled U.S. House Oversight Committee led by Rep. James Comer issued a report accusing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison of ignoring or slow-walking warnings about Medicaid and child care fraud.

Former state Department of Human Services commissioners Jodi Harpstead and Tony Lourey told the committee they had briefed Walz's chief of staff and that Harpstead regularly forwarded fraud reports to the attorney general's office. FOX 9 The report also alleges Minnesota retaliated against whistleblowers who raised fraud concerns. FOX 9 Ellison's office said he lacks criminal jurisdiction over the child care assistance program. FOX 9 The office added its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has brought more than 340 Medicaid fraud cases and called the committee's report politically motivated and factually inaccurate. FOX 9 Walz's spokesperson dismissed the committee and its report as a "joke" and said it was a distraction from other national controversies.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck about 65 miles west-northwest of Mantua, Cuba on Monday, June 8, 2026, sending light shaking across parts of Florida.

Residents reported feeling tremors from Tampa and Orlando to South Florida, where earthquakes are rarely felt. CBS News The National Weather Service in Miami said there was no tsunami threat to South Florida and that no damage or injuries had been reported.

Forty-eight percent of Americans told the New York Federal Reserve in May that their finances were worse than a year ago, the highest share since January 2023.

The survey found the net share of households expecting their finances to improve over the next year is at its lowest since October 2022. CBS About 15% of respondents said they believe they could lose their jobs within a year, and job-finding confidence is at its lowest since December 2025.

The Pentagon says it has absorbed a $32 million bill after chartered shipments moved an armored brigade's equipment to Poland before a planned U.S. troop rotation was canceled in early May.

A Pentagon memo in early May canceled the planned rotation of about 4,000 troops from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood to Poland. PBS U.S. Transportation Command says it spent $32 million to move the incoming brigade's equipment by chartered ship from Texas to Poland before the deployment was halted.

On June 8, 2026, the House Judiciary Committee released a report accusing the NFL of abusing a narrow antitrust exemption to control television rights through its Sunday Ticket package.

The report, titled "The Sports Broadcasting Act: A special-interest antitrust exemption gone awry," argues the league has exceeded the limited exemption created by the 1961 law. Fox News Committee documents cited in the report say ESPN once proposed a roughly $70-per-season Sunday Ticket with optional team-by-team purchases, a plan the NFL allegedly opposed. Fox News Internal data obtained by the committee indicate most Sunday Ticket buyers follow a single out-of-market team, undercutting the league's claim that the product mainly serves "avid fans" who want every game.

New Jersey sued The GEO Group on June 2 seeking a court order to force full access to Delaney Hall in Newark so state health officials can conduct immediate health-and-safety inspections.

The state complaint alleges GEO denied inspectors entry and cites overcrowding, poor ventilation, inadequate medical care, unsanitary food preparation and a risk that contagious disease could spread; New Jersey asked the court to grant immediate inspection authority. MS NOW Protests that began May 22 and escalated into nightly confrontations have led to more than 80 arrests outside the facility, officials say. PBS News The Justice Department has already charged Brendan John Geier with assaulting federal officers after authorities say he kicked and bit ICE agents during a May 28 clash.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged deeper economic and strategic cooperation during a summit in Pyongyang on Monday, June 8, 2026.

Xi told state broadcasters China will expand cooperation with North Korea in trade, agriculture, construction and technology. PBS News Kim said the visit "clearly demonstrates how unbreakable" the relationship is and called consolidating a new era of friendship North Korea's "unchanging strategic choice." NPR Analysts say Xi is likely to offer economic inducements such as rice and fertilizer shipments, revived Chinese group tourism and joint development projects while avoiding pressure on denuclearization.

A federal lawsuit filed June 6 by the Public Integrity Project seeks an emergency injunction to block the UFC Freedom 250 on the White House South Lawn on June 14.

The complaint, filed on behalf of activist Susan Douglas and Air Force veteran Paul Romano, names the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior as defendants. CBS News They ask a court for an emergency injunction to bar UFC Freedom 250 from staging bouts inside a large temporary South Lawn structure planned for June 14. Fox News The complaint alleges the event primarily benefits President Trump, UFC CEO Dana White and Paramount-Skydance CEO David Ellison and cites reports that Trump bought up to $50,000 of stock in UFC's parent company.

Hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles voted to authorize a strike on Friday, June 5, 2026, days before the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins, citing immigration, security and workplace-technology concerns.

UNITE HERE Local 11 leaders said they want a contractual right to walk off if federal immigration enforcement enters the stadium and creates a "reasonable fear" for workers' safety. Fox News ICE acting director Todd Lyons told reporters ICE would play a "key part" in tournament security. Fox News Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the Department of Homeland Security told him federal authorities, including ICE, would assist with security but would not conduct civil immigration enforcement, while adding that "any of that is subject to change." Fox News Workers are also seeking protections from artificial intelligence and higher pay as part of their demands.

Pope Leo XIV on Monday, June 8, 2026, in Madrid urged Spain's Catholic hierarchy to provide reparations to clergy sexual-abuse survivors while defending the legal protection of confessional secrecy.

He told Spain's bishops the church must offer "listening, truth, justice, reparation" and "real paths to healing." PBS Leo called clerical sexual violence a "scourge" and the Vatican confirmed a victims' meeting would occur during the visit, with details to be released afterward "out of respect for the victims." CBS News

A manhunt entered its third day Monday after gunfire near the Old West End Festival in Toledo on Saturday wounded at least 12 people, police said.

Toledo investigators say at least two people fired during the incident and were "probably shooting at each other." PBS Police added that all 12 victims were listed as stable and improving, and that officers are following multiple leads while urging witnesses to submit photos or video and call Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111.

Tropical Storm Boris formed off Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Monday, June 8, 2026, and threatens life-threatening flooding and mudslides along Guerrero and Oaxaca.

As of Monday morning, Boris was about 85 miles southeast of Acapulco and 50 miles southwest of Punta Maldonado with 40 mph sustained winds. PBS News The National Hurricane Center forecasts 4 to 10 inches of rain in coastal Guerrero and Oaxaca and warned of life-threatening flooding and mudslides. PBS News A tropical storm warning is in effect from Laguna de Chacahua, Oaxaca, to Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero. PBS News Boris is expected to make landfall along the Guerrero coast Monday evening and to dissipate inland by Tuesday.

WHO said it has sharply reduced the number of suspected Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo to about 116 after retesting cleared many previously flagged fevers. CBS News The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the Bundibugyo-strain outbreak could exceed 20,000 cases within three months under poor isolation scenarios. NPR CDC modeling said rapid isolation of roughly 70% of cases within two days would likely keep totals below 10,000.

WHO said there were roughly 330 confirmed Ebola cases across the region as of May 31, even as it pared suspected totals. CBS News WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned the outbreak is "spreading rapidly," upgraded Congo's national risk level to "very high," and called for a ceasefire to let responders work. PBS News The United States has tightened entry rules and concentrated arrivals from affected countries at major hubs for enhanced screening.

On Monday, June 8, 2026, NATO-allied fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace, Latvia's military said.

Latvia has not yet confirmed whether the drone originated from Russian or Ukrainian territory. CBS News Separately, early on June 8 a drone entered Moldovan airspace and exploded in a field amid a large Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine. CBS News Moldova's foreign ministry said Russia is responsible for any drone landing on Moldovan territory, regardless of origin.

Russian strikes on Sunday damaged a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Chernobyl while Ukrainian long-range drones struck infrastructure around St. Petersburg, officials said.

The strike near Chernobyl partially destroyed an empty spent-fuel storage site about nine miles from the plant and sparked a roughly 40-square-meter fire that was extinguished within an hour, officials said. CBS News President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian long-range drones flew more than 1,000 kilometers to hit an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and the Kronstadt naval base. NPR Russian authorities said the strikes set fires and briefly forced flight suspensions and mobile-internet outages. NPR At the St. Petersburg forum, President Vladimir Putin said Russia would strengthen its air defenses after the strikes.

A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship opened fire in central Israel on Sunday, June 7, 2026, killing one person and wounding five in shootings across multiple towns.

The attack began with a shooting at a gas station near Kokhav Yair on the Israeli side of the West Bank boundary, police said. PBS Police identified the attacker as a man in his 20s from the Arab town of Taybeh and said his motives were not yet known. PBS Israel's military said the person killed was a 55-year-old reservist near Tzur Natan, and Magen David Adom said five others were wounded, two severely. PBS Authorities initially feared coordinated attacks and locked down residents and schools for at least three hours before concluding there was a single gunman and a suspected accomplice who may have been his driver. PBS Police arrested the suspected accomplice after he allegedly tried to stab officers with a glass bottle. PBS Public Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video at the scene beside a blurred image of the dead attacker. PBS He said, "This is the end of every terrorist," and linked the shooting to his push for a death-penalty law for Palestinian attackers.

Antares Nuclear's Mark-0 microreactor achieved initial criticality at Idaho National Laboratory on Thursday, June 4, 2026, under Department of Energy authorization.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright and the Department of Energy said the Mark-0 is the first privately developed non-light-water reactor to reach criticality in the United States in more than four decades. PBS News Antares CEO Jordan Bramble said the company set internal milestones of criticality in 2026, electricity production in 2027, and "power to the warfighter" in 2028. Fox News He said the June 4 criticality was the first of those milestones delivered.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, passed a war powers resolution directing the White House to halt U.S. military action against Iran in a 215-208 vote.

Four House Republicans joined Democrats to reach the margin needed for passage. New York Times Lawmakers said the measure would force President Trump to end military action or seek congressional approval, and the bill now heads to the Senate. CBS News A presidential veto is expected.

Greek police arrested a 37-year-old man from Gaza on Crete on Sunday, June 7, 2026, accusing him of plotting a bomb attack on the Israeli cruise ship MS Crown Iris.

Police said the suspect had traveled to Malaysia with another Hamas suspect who was arrested earlier, where they allegedly received explosives training using commercial chemical agents. Fox News Searches on Crete and in Athens recovered phones, a laptop, external hard drives, bank cards, chemical agents and reported lab equipment tied to suspected bomb-making.

Iran's embassy in Turkey said on June 7, 2026 that U.S. officials denied visas to large portions of Iran's World Cup managerial and technical staff, sidelining them ahead of matches in the United States.

A Trump administration official told MS NOW that visas needed for Iran to compete, including for athletes and essential support staff, had been issued. MS NOW The same official warned the U.S. would not let Iran "sneak terrorists into the United States." MS NOW The Associated Press reported at least 14 Iranian team staff and officials, including the federation's secretary-general and vice president, had not received U.S. visas.

A Prairieville babysitter, Joann Johnson, 37, was arrested and charged with negligent homicide after a 3-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool on May 18.

Ascension Parish deputies say surveillance video shows the child struggling, then remaining unconscious in the water for about 20 minutes before being pulled out. Fox News Deputies responded to a 3:50 p.m. 911 call, performed CPR, and the child was airlifted to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A Florida woman was mauled to death by two pit bulls after midnight on May 19 while walking her small dog on Blue Bonnet Drive in Cocoa, Florida; the dogs' owner was arrested.

The victim, identified as Jodi Cowan, was attacked after two pit bulls named Max and Mako escaped from owner Linda Cutler's yard and dragged her along the ground, deputies said. Fox News She was left critically injured and died about four hours later at a trauma center. Fox News Cutler has been arrested in connection with Cowan's death, and county animal services is holding the dogs for euthanasia.