The midpoint of the year is an opportune moment to look back at where we’ve been, and set our sights for where we want to go.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/briefing/better-half.html
Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/science/sun-solar-system-collisions-stars.html
In the “birthplace of redlining,” an ambitious plan to promote homeownership and restore neighborhoods plagued by vacant houses is taking hold.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/realestate/baltimore-housing-redlining-vacant-buildings.html
Ten years after their Supreme Court win, some veterans of the marriage equality battles see a shared struggle for transgender rights.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/same-sex-marriage-transgender-youth.html
The jurors will begin deliberating on Monday. The music mogul has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-trial-closing-arguments.html
A total of 10 inmates escaped from the jail on May 16. Antoine Massey, one of the two who remained at large, is in custody, the U.S. Marshals Service has confirmed.https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-orleans-jail-escapee-antoine-massey-recaptured-authorities/story?id=122387631
Ukrainian authorities say two people were killed and some 17 injured after Russian drones attacked the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesahttps://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-drone-strike-odesa-kills-married-couple-injures-123298314
The apparent bite comes just a week before millions of us head to the beach for the upcoming holiday weekend.https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/suspected-shark-encounter-popular-new-york-beach-123300029
Adam Sandler announced the Boston Bruins’ first round pick at the 2025 NHL Draft in character as Happy Gilmore. Will Ganss reports the buzziest stories of the day in “GMA” Pop News.https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/video/adam-sandler-attends-nhl-draft-character-happy-gilmore-123301943
Seventy-six-year-old Deborah Mettler survived the EF-1 tornado that ripped through Largo, Florida.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/florida-woman-speaks-after-tornado-lifts-home-off-123291493
Republicans are aiming to tie Democrats to 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist and the presumptive Democratic nominee for New York City mayor.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-aim-tie-democrats-zohran-mamdani-after-primary/story?id=123292535
Zohran Mamdani's New York mayoral primary prompted a variety of reactions among the city's Democrats, with some vowing to oppose him and others offering support.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mamdanis-new-york-mayoral-primary-win-exposes-democratic/story?id=123282866
The results range from faithful reproductions to complete reinventions of renowned works by artists such as Delacroix, Goya and Vermeerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-louvre-invited-100-contemporary-artists-to-copy-and-reinterpret-its-masterpieces-heres-what-they-made-180986881/
The speedy, plant-eating creature lived in what is now Colorado roughly 150 million years ago, and its skeleton went on display in London this weekhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enigmatic-dog-sized-dinosaur-reveals-a-new-species-that-scampered-around-jurassic-north-america-180986895/
Tove Jansson was a trailblazing illustrator and author—and the inventor of the beloved Moomins, the central characters of her whimsical children's bookshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-bold-finnish-artist-brought-these-precious-little-trolls-to-the-world-80-years-ago-180986897/
The signal detected last year came from Relay 2, a communications satellite that has been defunct since 1967https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-detected-a-mysterious-radio-burst-it-turned-out-to-be-from-a-dead-nasa-satellite-180986884/
Security forces emerge from hiding to set up checkpoints, hunt for moles and tell residents to watch their neighbors for spies.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/inside-iran-israel-strike-ceae4c34
Ukraine has resisted drafting young men, anxious to protect the country’s long-term future. That means there is a lot of gray hair on the battlefield.https://www.wsj.com/world/the-grandfathers-fighting-on-ukraines-front-lines-bb6b197f
The island plans to start introducing sea drones to its naval forces this year as part of preparations for what it sees as a potential invasion by China as soon as 2027.https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/taiwan-looks-to-new-sea-drone-tech-to-repel-china-c1615d42
The president blames what he calls an “egregious” digital-services tax on U.S. tech companies.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-says-he-has-halted-trade-talks-with-canada-e4482434