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Merlin Lu, 21, faces hate crime and arson charges after allegedly burning a wooden cross in Grant Park. Prosecutors call it an act of intimidation, while Lu claims it was political protest. He was released pending trial under strict court conditions.
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SpaceX just made a huge move that has nothing to do with rockets. On June 16, 2026, it announced it's buying the AI coding startup Cursor, along with its parent company Anysphere, in an all-stock deal worth $60 billion, a massive number for a four-year-old company.
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Monday, June 15 2026, started like any other morning at Edwards Air Force Base. Test crews checked their schedules. Engineers reviewed pre-flight data. The Mojave Desert sun was already climbing over the runway.
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The New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years. Fans were thrilled and rushed into the streets to celebrate. But the night did not end well. In Times Square, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the foot. The crowd was so large that an ambulance could not reach him.
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A skydiving aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near Butler Memorial Airport in Missouri on June 14, 2026, killing all twelve people on board. The Pacific Aerospace P750XL went down in a nearby field after struggling to gain altitude, leaving no survivors.
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Rom Reddy, a Republican candidate for South Carolina governor, held a press conference on June 8, 2026, accusing fellow GOP rivals Rep. Nancy Mace and Rep. Ralph Norman of sending anonymous texts attacking his Indian heritage and calling him a "foreigner."