1. New Music Friday: YG, Key Glock, and Tierra Whack Drop New Albums June 19
    Culture

    New Music Friday: YG, Key Glock, and Tierra Whack Drop New Albums June 19

    June 19's New Music Friday brings new albums from YG, Key Glock and Tierra Whack, Chris Brown's 'Chocolate Edition,' a Chlöe and Timbaland project, and singles from The Kid LAROI, Tyla and FKA Twigs.

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  2. Nike's WMNS Air Force 1 'Now Accepting All Flowers' Arrives in Two Colorways for Spring 2026
    Sneakers

    Nike's WMNS Air Force 1 'Now Accepting All Flowers' Arrives in Two Colorways for Spring 2026

    Nike's women's Air Force 1 Premium 'Now Accepting All Flowers' arrives for spring 2026 in a Peony and a black makeup (IB6644-600/-001), with embroidered lilies and sunflowers, gold charm chains, and a hidden tongue message, for $120.

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  3. OG Anunoby's Skechers SKX Nexus 'NYC Blue' PE Opens for Pre-Order in July
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    OG Anunoby's Skechers SKX Nexus 'NYC Blue' PE Opens for Pre-Order in July

    Skechers will open pre-orders the first week of July for OG Anunoby's SKX Nexus 'NYC Blue' PE — the Knicks colorway he wore for his Game 4 Finals tip-in — with shipping in October.

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  4. Elon Musk speaks via video at the SpaceX IPO opening bell
    Intelligence Brief

    The Intelligence Brief: SpaceX Buys Cursor, the Knicks End 53 Years, and Ownership Becomes the Whole Game — June 20, 2026

    SpaceX's $60B all-stock buy of Cursor, the Knicks' first NBA title since 1973 with Stephen A. Smith apologizing on the players' own podcast, and OTB taking 100% of Viktor&Rolf — the week ownership stopped being something you share.

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  5. NFL's New Referee CBA Creates a Practice Squad and Performance-Based Playoff Assignments
    Sports

    NFL's New Referee CBA Creates a Practice Squad and Performance-Based Playoff Assignments

    The NFL's new seven-year referee CBA, ratified May 8, creates a practice squad of up to 12 officials and replaces seniority-based playoff assignments with performance-based ones.

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  6. New York Mets versus Philadelphia Phillies, June 2026
    Sports

    Games to Watch — Saturday, June 20: Sánchez and the Phillies try to even it with the Mets

    An all-baseball Saturday. The marquee is Mets at Phillies on FOX (7:15 ET), where Cristopher Sánchez and his 1.82 ERA try to even a series the Mets lead 1-0. Also on: Guardians-Astros in primetime and Orioles-Dodgers in the late window.

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  7. Whatnot, Fanatics Live Face Legal Claims That Card Breaks Are Illegal Gambling
    Culture

    Whatnot, Fanatics Live Face Legal Claims That Card Breaks Are Illegal Gambling

    Two legal claims — a 70-customer arbitration demand and an unsealed California lawsuit — allege that live card 'breaking' on Whatnot and Fanatics Live is unregulated illegal gambling.

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  8. Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks
    Sports

    Stephen A. Smith Apologizes to the Knicks at Brunson and Hart's Podcast Taping

    A day after the Knicks' title parade, Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart confronted Stephen A. Smith on their ESPN-simulcast podcast over a decade of bad Knicks takes — and the booed host apologized: 'I was beyond wrong.'

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  9. Paraguay's Almirón Red-Carded for Covering Mouth Under New FIFA Rule
    Sports

    Paraguay's Almirón Red-Carded for Covering Mouth Under New FIFA Rule

    Paraguay's Miguel Almirón was sent off in the 93rd minute for covering his mouth during an argument — the first red card under FIFA's new rule — as Paraguay beat Turkey 1-0 to eliminate them.

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  10. Kendrick Perkins Named Jackson State Men's Basketball GM
    Sports

    Kendrick Perkins Named Jackson State Men's Basketball GM

    Kendrick Perkins, the 2008 NBA champion and ESPN analyst, has been named men's basketball general manager at Jackson State, joining a wave of NBA stars taking roles at college programs.

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  11. Senator Bernie Sanders
    Technology

    Bernie Sanders Unveils $7 Trillion Bill for Public Ownership of AI Companies

    Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to create a roughly $7 trillion sovereign wealth fund for AI — financed by a one-time 50% tax on big AI firms' stock — paying every American a dividend of more than $1,000 a year.

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  12. SpaceX to Acquire Cursor Parent Anysphere for $60 Billion
    Technology

    SpaceX to Acquire Cursor Parent Anysphere for $60 Billion

    SpaceX will acquire Anysphere, maker of the AI coding tool Cursor, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal announced June 16 — adding a fast-growing AI coding business to Elon Musk's xAI.

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