Friday, the 12th of June
Good morning,
At the top of the news, Tornadoes strike communities near Chicago as millions faced severe weather threats across the Midwest and East Coast.
Also in the digest... Sasquatch, Colorado, and Judy Gagwell.
Read long and prosper.
- The inkl team
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Lead Stories
Sport
Look out Socceroos: US start World Cup with record haul
Fifa
US thrash Paraguay 4-1 in dream FIFA World Cup 2026 start
World
Judge extends block on Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
World
Court denies emergency appeal to retain Trump’s name on Kennedy Center
World
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy boosts army wages and seeks foreign recruits to counter manpower shortage
World
From Lebanon ceasefire to nuclear talks: What are the terms proposed by Iran in 'Islamabad Agreement'
World
Spencer Pratt concedes LA mayor race, but declares ‘war’ against advancing candidates
National
US ready for co-hosts' final World Cup opener against Paraguay before a raucous SoCal crowd
Pasadena
Pasadena cop accidentally shot in shoulder by fellow officer in ‘horseplay’ incident, mayor says: ‘will not be tolerated’
Politics
Who Is Victor Mata Villarreal? Suspect In Midland Texas Shooting Linked To Prior Police Chase Gunfire
Jacob Medina
New York school investigates whether viral social media challenge played a role in 12-year-old boy’s death by choking
GoFundMe
Oregon man discovers makeshift car tire structure on his property, with someone seemingly living in it. Then he launched a GoFundMe to clean up the mess
World
High School grad who was given a 2 percent chance of survival at birth dies in car wreck on way to summer job
World
Trump officials cut federal funds to LA homeless services agency
World
US Democratic lawmakers pledge to help speed up disaster recovery in Puerto Rico
Sport
‘Tickets are very expensive’: Mexican president Sheinbaum explains why she did not attend World Cup opener
World
FBI raid of Ohio voting rights group stokes fear of pre-midterm crackdown
World
Tulsi Gabbard to Drop Evidence on More Than 120 Taxpayer-Funded Biolabs in 30 Nations Including Ukraine
World
Louisiana jury awards $1.1bn to woman who sued over childhood molestation in 1960s
Business
Massachusetts family lose $12,000 on Vrbo vacation home after ‘state of emergency’ declared in Hawaii
Organisations
People
Donald Trump
Elon Musk
Joe Biden
Emmanuel Macron
Tom Cruise
Harry Styles
Narendra Modi
Jeff Bezos
Anthony Albanese
Kim Kardashian
Barack Obama
Prince Harry
Meghan Markle
Pablo Picasso
Cristiano Ronaldo
Vladimir Putin
Greg Abbott
Sam Bankman-Fried
Boris Johnson
Ricky Gervais
Rupert Murdoch
Ivanka Trump
Gavin Newsom
Viktor Orban
Kamala Harris
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Tiger Woods
Barnaby Joyce
Natalie Portman
Kylie Jenner
Bill Gates
Scott Morrison
Ron DeSantis
George W Bush
Marine Le Pen
Jacinda Ardern
Justin Bieber
Tucker Carlson
Joe Rogan
Liz Truss
Authors
Robert Reich
Marina Hyde
Arwa Mahdawi
Michelle Grattan
George Monbiot
Simon Tisdall
Jonathan Freedland
Aditya Chakrabortty
Rebecca Nicholson
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
David Sims
John Naughton
Catherine Bennett
Michael Bradley
Richard Roeper
Ryan Lizza
David A. Graham
Marina Koren
Arthur C. Brooks
Conor Friedersdorf
Derek Thompson
Michael Hiltzik
Mary McNamara
Jonathan Zimmerman
Jean Guerrero
Steve Lopez
George Skelton
Erika D. Smith
Maggie Haberman
Simon Kuestenmacher
Michael Pascoe
Tim Ferguson
Alan Kohler
Paul Bongiorno
David Frum
Gillian Tett
Robinson Meyer
Max Chafkin
Patt Morrison
