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Pride March Caps Joyous New York June, but Anxiety Tempers Hope
The annual celebration on Sunday took place in a city where many in the L.G.B.T.Q. community are optimistic about their local leaders but face challenges from the Trump administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/nyregion/nyc-pride-parade-march.html

Three Firefighters Die as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Colorado
Their bodies were brought by helicopter to a Colorado airport, where their soot-covered comrades drove them to the coroner’s office. Fires are raging in the arid Southwest after a warm winter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/us/wildfires-utah-colorado-firefighters-deaths.html

Iran Risks Peace Talks With U.S. to Maintain Leverage Over Strait
Iran sees its control over the Strait of Hormuz as critical leverage in peace talks with the United States. It seems willing to risk the cease-fire to maintain that power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/world/europe/iran-us-strait-of-hormuz-peace-talks.html

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, June 28, 2026.

Source: SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into Earth orbit on Falcon 9 launch from California (video)

A ‘Heat Dome’ Could Bring Triple- Digit Temperatures to the Midwest and Eastern U.S.
Forecasters warned that temperatures could break records in some areas. The heat is expected to last into the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/weather/heat-wave-usa-nyc-dc-philadelpha.html

Brandon Routh's only outing in the cape is more than just a love letter to Richard Donner's classic original movie.

Source: 'Superman Returns' at 20: Is it a sequel? Is it a reboot? Two decades on, we're still not sure

Elon Musk: Possessions weigh you down. They’re an attack vector.

Joe Rogan: “You’re selling your houses, you say you don’t want any material possessions. Why are you doing that?”

Elon: “I’m slightly sad about it actually. But I think possessions kind of weigh you down. They’re kind of an attack vector. People say, hey billionaire, you’ve got all this stuff. Well, now I don’t have stuff. Now what are you going to do?”

Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, May 7, 2020.

Here’s What to Know About the Standoff in the Strait of Hormuz
The United States and Iran have engaged in rounds of attacks and counterattacks in recent days, eroding hopes for a quick return to normalcy in the Middle East.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/world/middleeast/iran-us-agreement-plan.html

Having already delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth, Hayabusa2 will soon attempt one of the closest, riskiest space-rock flybys in spaceflight history.

Source: Japanese probe set for super-close ...er beast to put in the zoo of asteroids'

Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.
An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/world/europe/trump-lutnick-sons-kazakhstan.html

NASA’s daring mission to save its Swift Observatory from falling down to Earth

And the Hubble Space Telescope could be next

https://www.the-independent.com/space/nasa-swift-telescope-mission-hubble-b3004507.html

The Tiangong space station approaches Tycho Crater in stunning amateur transit footage.

Source: Watch China's Tiangong space station cross the moon in stunning amateur footage

Rats, Leaks and Broken Elevators: Repair Backlog Plagues Federal Buildings
After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/us/politics/federal-buildings-repair-backlog.html

28/22:00 EST Marine Wind Warning Summary for Victoria
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SpaceX will launch a big SiriusXM radio satellite to orbit from Florida's Space Coast tonight (June 28), and you can watch the action live.

Source: Watch SpaceX launch 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite to orbit tonight

How Polymarket Traders Revolted Over One Silly Syllable
How one silly syllable ignited a bitter dispute over the nature of reality on Polymarket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/business/donk-polymarket-prediction-markets.html

Full Strawberry Moon set to light up night sky
The first full Moon of summer will rise across UK skies this week
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c9q2e0gp03xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

If These Celebrities Are Democracy’s Last Hope, We’re in Trouble
When speaking up actually means risking something, for once, it is more necessary than ever.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/opinion/celebrity-activism-donald-trump.html

The Hamptons’ Essential Luxury Good: Human Labor
The people who want to visit can’t function without the people who have to live there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/opinion/the-hamptons-human-labor.html