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Orlando, Cleveland Cavaliers, Anton Yelchin: Your Monday Briefing | Orlando, Cleveland Cavaliers, Anton Yelchin: Your Monday Briefing |
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Good morning. | Good morning. |
Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
• Gun control measures await Congress. | • Gun control measures await Congress. |
Four proposals — two sponsored by Republicans and two by Democrats — are expected to fail today in a replay of the voting in December, after the attack in San Bernardino, Calif. | Four proposals — two sponsored by Republicans and two by Democrats — are expected to fail today in a replay of the voting in December, after the attack in San Bernardino, Calif. |
Several moderate Republicans are working on a compromise measure, but they and Democrats face an uphill fight because of the threat of opposition from the National Rifle Association. | Several moderate Republicans are working on a compromise measure, but they and Democrats face an uphill fight because of the threat of opposition from the National Rifle Association. |
• Orlando, one week later. | • Orlando, one week later. |
The Justice Department will release partial transcripts of conversations between the police and the Orlando gunman on the night of the attack. Those who knew the assailant describe a man who was “always agitated” and “always mad.” | The Justice Department will release partial transcripts of conversations between the police and the Orlando gunman on the night of the attack. Those who knew the assailant describe a man who was “always agitated” and “always mad.” |
About $7 million in donations are going directly to family members and survivors in Orlando, where the night life is slowly picking back up. | About $7 million in donations are going directly to family members and survivors in Orlando, where the night life is slowly picking back up. |
• The campaign trail. | • The campaign trail. |
Donald J. Trump is calling for profiling to stop terrorists. Separately, immigration experts agree that while the president has the power to order a ban on certain immigrants — as Mr. Trump has proposed — it would prompt retaliation against U.S. citizens abroad. | |
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is searching for a running mate who could click with, but not outshine, its candidate. Democrats are uniting on expanding Social Security. | Hillary Clinton’s campaign is searching for a running mate who could click with, but not outshine, its candidate. Democrats are uniting on expanding Social Security. |
• Sixty-five million displaced. | • Sixty-five million displaced. |
More people have been forced by conflict to leave their homes than ever before in recorded history, the U.N. said in a report released today. | More people have been forced by conflict to leave their homes than ever before in recorded history, the U.N. said in a report released today. |
• A champion for Cleveland. | • A champion for Cleveland. |
The Cavaliers became the first team to rally from a 3-1 series deficit in the N.B.A. finals by beating the Golden State Warriors, 93-89, Sunday night. | The Cavaliers became the first team to rally from a 3-1 series deficit in the N.B.A. finals by beating the Golden State Warriors, 93-89, Sunday night. |
It was the first major title for the city since 1964. | It was the first major title for the city since 1964. |
• Father’s Day. | • Father’s Day. |
Sunday was Father’s Day, and letters written long ago by Barack Obama Sr. reveal a young Kenyan whose ambitions helped change the course of U.S. history. | Sunday was Father’s Day, and letters written long ago by Barack Obama Sr. reveal a young Kenyan whose ambitions helped change the course of U.S. history. |
President Obama told us last month that his father’s absence had left him struggling as a teenager to figure out “what it meant to be a man.” | President Obama told us last month that his father’s absence had left him struggling as a teenager to figure out “what it meant to be a man.” |
• Severe heat wave. | • Severe heat wave. |
Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix will have triple-digit temperatures today. Phoenix topped out at 117 degrees on Sunday. | Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix will have triple-digit temperatures today. Phoenix topped out at 117 degrees on Sunday. |
The heat will most likely worsen a major wildfire in Southern California. | The heat will most likely worsen a major wildfire in Southern California. |
• If you have $1, you can be a Goldman Sachs customer. That’s a sea change for the elite Wall Street institution. | • If you have $1, you can be a Goldman Sachs customer. That’s a sea change for the elite Wall Street institution. |
• The proportion of recent law-school graduates who find work as a lawyer is down 10 percentage points since its peak of the last decade. | • The proportion of recent law-school graduates who find work as a lawyer is down 10 percentage points since its peak of the last decade. |
• The IEX Group — some of whose leaders were featured in Michael Lewis’s “Flash Boys” — won approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to become a new stock exchange. | • The IEX Group — some of whose leaders were featured in Michael Lewis’s “Flash Boys” — won approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to become a new stock exchange. |
• Thomas Mair was charged in the killing of Jo Cox, a British member of Parliament. Ms. Cox had been urging Britons to vote to stay in the European Union in the “Brexit” referendum on Thursday. | • Thomas Mair was charged in the killing of Jo Cox, a British member of Parliament. Ms. Cox had been urging Britons to vote to stay in the European Union in the “Brexit” referendum on Thursday. |
• President Obama and his family toured the Yosemite and Carlsbad parks. He said national parks were already being damaged by climate change. | • President Obama and his family toured the Yosemite and Carlsbad parks. He said national parks were already being damaged by climate change. |
• A former Nazi guard at Auschwitz was sentenced to five years in prison for being an accessory to at least 170,000 deaths. | • A former Nazi guard at Auschwitz was sentenced to five years in prison for being an accessory to at least 170,000 deaths. |
• A former Vanderbilt University football player was found guilty of rape, and the interim police chief of Oakland, Calif., resigned amid a growing sex scandal. | • A former Vanderbilt University football player was found guilty of rape, and the interim police chief of Oakland, Calif., resigned amid a growing sex scandal. |
• A Colorado mother yanked her son from a mountain lion’s grip. | • A Colorado mother yanked her son from a mountain lion’s grip. |
• Dustin Johnson won the U.S. Open golf tournament. | • Dustin Johnson won the U.S. Open golf tournament. |
• “Finding Dory” was the North American box office winner. Its $136.2 million in estimated weekend ticket sales set a record for a Pixar film. | • “Finding Dory” was the North American box office winner. Its $136.2 million in estimated weekend ticket sales set a record for a Pixar film. |
• Catching up on TV: We’ve got episode recaps for “Game of Thrones,” “Veep,” “Silicon Valley” and “Outlander.” | • Catching up on TV: We’ve got episode recaps for “Game of Thrones,” “Veep,” “Silicon Valley” and “Outlander.” |
• Inspired. | • Inspired. |
NASA has unveiled plans for an experimental all-electric airplane. | NASA has unveiled plans for an experimental all-electric airplane. |
A construction worker learned in a taxi that he was owed $50,000. | A construction worker learned in a taxi that he was owed $50,000. |
And it’s now possible to walk on water (at least for a couple of weeks). | And it’s now possible to walk on water (at least for a couple of weeks). |
• In memoriam. | • In memoriam. |
Anton Yelchin, 27, was an actor in the reboot of the “Star Trek” movies. He was killed when he was pinned by his car in his driveway. | Anton Yelchin, 27, was an actor in the reboot of the “Star Trek” movies. He was killed when he was pinned by his car in his driveway. |
• Recipe of the day. | • Recipe of the day. |
Shrimp roasted with hot honey comes together in minutes, making it an ideal after-work meal or extremely speedy appetizer. | Shrimp roasted with hot honey comes together in minutes, making it an ideal after-work meal or extremely speedy appetizer. |
Sometimes it’s best to cut your losses. That’s what an oil company was thinking at the end of 1967, after a year of digging holes in the North Slope of Alaska that came up dry. | Sometimes it’s best to cut your losses. That’s what an oil company was thinking at the end of 1967, after a year of digging holes in the North Slope of Alaska that came up dry. |
But on a final try, it found what was the largest oil field in the U.S., the day after Christmas. That gift began to pay off on this day in 1977, when the Trans-Alaska Pipeline started to pump oil. | But on a final try, it found what was the largest oil field in the U.S., the day after Christmas. That gift began to pay off on this day in 1977, when the Trans-Alaska Pipeline started to pump oil. |
The 800-mile pipeline, quickly built after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, carried the lifeblood of Alaska’s economy from the edge of the Arctic to the ice-free port in Valdez, the nearest city for oil tankers to transport oil. | The 800-mile pipeline, quickly built after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, carried the lifeblood of Alaska’s economy from the edge of the Arctic to the ice-free port in Valdez, the nearest city for oil tankers to transport oil. |
The four-foot-wide tube of half-inch-thick steel zigzags across three mountain ranges and about 800 rivers and streams. Because it carries warm oil, half of it runs above ground on trestles to avoid melting the surrounding soil’s permafrost. | The four-foot-wide tube of half-inch-thick steel zigzags across three mountain ranges and about 800 rivers and streams. Because it carries warm oil, half of it runs above ground on trestles to avoid melting the surrounding soil’s permafrost. |
The North Slope — where it can get so cold that workers are advised against wearing contact lenses because they can freeze and stick to the eye — has produced as much as one-fifth of the nation’s oil; today, it’s about 10 percent. | The North Slope — where it can get so cold that workers are advised against wearing contact lenses because they can freeze and stick to the eye — has produced as much as one-fifth of the nation’s oil; today, it’s about 10 percent. |
But those workers, and indeed all Alaskans, don’t have to pay personal income or sales taxes. | But those workers, and indeed all Alaskans, don’t have to pay personal income or sales taxes. |
The state collects a royalty and a production tax for every barrel. That pays for most of the state government and the multibillion-dollar Alaska Permanent Fund, which pays dividends to residents — about $2,000 per person annually in recent years. | The state collects a royalty and a production tax for every barrel. That pays for most of the state government and the multibillion-dollar Alaska Permanent Fund, which pays dividends to residents — about $2,000 per person annually in recent years. |
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