Press review · Monday, 29 June 2026
29 June 2026
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weather.com Top stories ·
Tropical Storm Isaias to develop, head toward Gulf Coast
It could become a hurricane, but regardless, Isaias will bring a threat of flooding and winds to the Gulf Coast and Southeast this weekend. Here's the latest.
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9to5mac.com Tech ·
Apple killed the Mac mini's best hidden feature [Video] - 9to5Mac
With the release of the M6 Mac mini and its more powerful M5 Pro counterpart, Apple quietly killed off one...
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9to5google.com Tech ·
Google rolling out 'massive' Pixel Buds Pro, Pro 2, and 2a update
Following last month's addition of Gemini control, Google is rolling out a sizable Pixel Buds Pro, Pro 2, and Pixel Buds 2a update.
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androidauthority.com Tech ·
Google could soon solve Pixel's biggest face unlock flaw
Android 17 QPR3 beta code hints that Google could soon solve Pixel's biggest face unlock flaw in low light with Face Active Illumination.
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nbcsports.com Top stories ·
Eagles RT Lane Johnson announces retirement
He played 171 games in 14 seasons with the Eagles, who made him a first-round pick in 2013.
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sports.yahoo.com Top stories ·
‘Refs Are Throwing the Red Challenge Flag,’ ‘Doesn’t Get More Ironic’ — NFL Fans React As Referees Association Challenges Suspension of Officials
NFL fans wasted little time finding the irony after the NFL Referees Association decided to challenge the severity of the suspensions handed down to two officials for unprofessional conduct. The union believes the league went too far with the punishments, arguing that the discipline against line judge Jeff Seeman and referee Adrian Hill was excessive and inconsistent with precedent.
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semafor.com Top stories ·
Crypto PACs’ House targets raise eyebrows
The cryptocurrency industry’s leading network of super PACs is backing 19 House Republicans but only 13 House Democrats.
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
Three scientists just won the 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine for pioneering optogenetics. Their groundbreaking method allows researchers to turn individual nerve cells on and off, unlocking mysteries of the living brain.
The scientists won the prize for their groundbreaking method that allows researchers to turn nerve cells on and off.
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theguardian.com Top stories ·
Exiled separatist leader is likely to return to a very different Catalonia
Nine years on from a failed independence push, former president Carles Puigdemont will find times have changed
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yahoo.com Top stories ·
Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 in Fort Hood shooting, to be executed by firing squad
The former Army major would become the first service member to be executed by firing squad since World War II.
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Cornell rape case latest: Students protest for 'Jane Doe' as university taps former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates to lead investigation
"I understand that anger," Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff said during a meeting with graduate students on Monday night. "People want easy answers to this."
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nfl.com Top stories ·
Eagles OT Lane Johnson announces retirement from NFL amid 14th season
Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson announced on Tuesday that he is retiring from the NFL four weeks into his 14th season in the NFL.
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deadline.com Top stories ·
Skydance Extends Employment Contracts With Pay Bumps For CEO, Top Execs
Skydance extended and expanded employment agreements for key corporate executives including David Ellison, and WBD revealed merger-related bonuses.
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fox11online.com Top stories ·
UW-Madison physicist wins Nobel Prize for work on rare cosmic particles
The Nobel committee said his work was instrumental to the construction of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica.
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aclu.org Top stories ·
What To Expect This Supreme Court Term
The ACLU is expecting the Supreme Court to hear crucial cases on immigration, voting rights, and more.
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Disney accuses Trump officials of ‘blatant violations’ of constitution amid FCC battle
Lawyers tell judge ABC being unfairly targeted as US regulator seeks review of network’s local TV station licenses
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baynews9.com Top stories ·
Polk Sheriff: Winter Haven crash happened in a 'blink of an eye'
During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Polk Sheriff Grady Judd played video recorded from inside the bus that captured the crash.
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hollywoodreporter.com Top stories ·
David Ellison Rallies the Troops at Warner Bros.’ Lot
"It wasn’t easy to get here," the Skydance CEO said to the Burbank crowd. "At times it was downright ugly. And at nearly every turn, someone told us it couldn’t be done. And here we are."
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euronews.com Top stories ·
Lithuania takes further step towards lifting nuclear weapons ban
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Lithuania’s move, alongside broader plans to expand US and NATO military infrastructure in the region, risked further escalating tensions. #EuropeNews
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Trump defers tax on red-dyed diesel for truckers as fuel costs bite
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order deferring tax payments on red-dyed diesel used on public roads, as near-record fuel prices linked to the Iran war weigh on the Republican Party weeks before the midterm elections.
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newrepublic.com Top stories ·
Trump Suggests Letting Iran “Take Out” Los Angeles and San Diego
California leaders are furious after the president suggested that losing the two cities is a “small price to pay.”
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finance.yahoo.com Top stories ·
Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs as Nvidia, AMD lead tech higher
Stocks continued to march higher despite elevated bond yields.
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abcnews.com Top stories ·
Dolly Parton estate alleges nephew evading lawsuit with barbed wire, trespassing sign
Bryan Seaver was Parton's nephew and former head of security.
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
Justice Department tells employees to adopt Trump’s AI rebrand
“This directive shall extend to court filings when appropriate,” the memo titled Super Intelligence states, sources told NBC News.
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weather.com Top stories ·
October heat wave brings scorching heat to millions in West
The heat dome will finally loosen its grip on California this weekend, but record heat is possible before then.
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15 years after his passing, nobody is ‘The Next Steve Jobs’ - 9to5Mac
Today marks 15 years since Steve Jobs passed away after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Every year, memories come...
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npr.org Top stories ·
Jim Bakker moved millions — of dollars and followers — with his TV ministry
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Dartmouth College religion professor Randall Balmer about Jim Bakker's legacy.
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bostonglobe.com Top stories ·
Man living in Congo who returned to Kenya is country’s first confirmed Ebola case and first death - The Boston Globe
Kenya is the fourth country to record an Ebola case in the current fast-moving outbreak, which was declared in eastern Congo in mid-May.
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news.gallup.com Top stories ·
U.S. Supreme Court Begins Term With Historically Low Ratings
Americans' trust in the judicial branch of the federal government and their job approval of the U.S. Supreme Court are at or near historical lows.
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Former ‘American Idol’ Singer Caleb Flynn Sentenced to Life in Prison for Wife’s Murder
Although he said he accepted responsibility for his words and decisions, Flynn, who was convicted of the killing last week, remained adamant that he was innocent.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
White executive fired after wearing cornrows, triggering legal fight over Maryland's CROWN Act
Attorney Jeremy Eldridge said Maryland's CROWN Act could apply after the Baltimore Rock Opera Society fired a White executive over wearing cornrows.
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Trump Meets With Convicted Election Fraudster to Go Over Midterm Plans
Donald Trump met with Tina Peters at the White House—again.
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cyclingnews.com Tech ·
It's literally never been cheaper to buy this Wahoo indoor trainer on Amazon thanks to a whopping Prime Day discount
Shorter days, colder weather and more time indoors are coming so now is the time to upgrade your indoor trainer
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bbc.com Top stories ·
What is pneumonic plague and how does it spread?
The death of a worker from a Russian lab that researches plague has prompted questions about the disease.
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batterypower.com Top stories ·
The Braves and Chris Sale look for NLDS series lead over Dodgers
A win today would put them one away from the NLCS for the first time since 2021
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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ Red Carpet Premiere Photos: Andrew Garfield, Jason Schwartzman, Billie Lourd, Ike Barinholtz & More
Luca Guadagnino's Artificial had its premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City.
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foxbusiness.com Top stories ·
Trump’s Energy chief says truckers could see diesel relief within days after executive order
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says truckers could see diesel price relief by Saturday after Trump signed an order expanding red-dyed diesel access.
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign official
David Rush, who was fired by the spy agency, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and will be sentenced Jan. 28.
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S&P 500 hovers near record highs as Treasury yields ease: AlphaCheck
Stocks climbed on Tuesday as the S&P 500 headed toward a record.
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‘Excessive and inconsistent’: Referees union not happy after NFL suspensions
This week, the NFL handed out suspensions to two referees after high-profile interactions with players. Now, the union representing the referees is pushing back. The NFL announced suspensions for both line judge Jeff Seeman and referee Adrian Hill for their incidents with players, with Seeman receiving a two-game suspension and Hill receiving a one-game suspension.…
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cbsnews.com Top stories ·
GOP super PAC pours $5 million into Darline Graham's South Carolina Senate race, sources say
The influx of cash comes as President Trump escalated the attacks against Darline Graham's Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews.
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cnbc.com Top stories ·
Google enters massive 3.6-GW power deal with Constellation Energy
Google has secured a huge power deal with Constellation Energy in the U.S.' largest power grid that involves adding nuclear capacity at several reactors.
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aljazeera.com Top stories ·
Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after lab worker death
Russia denies plague cases after laboratory technician's death; US demands 'transparency' as WHO monitors situation.
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sciencedaily.com Tech ·
Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis
Scientists have found a surprising way to regrow damaged knee cartilage by blocking a protein that becomes more abundant with age. In old mice, the treatment restored naturally lost cartilage and also helped prevent osteoarthritis after ACL-like knee injuries, while human cartilage taken from knee replacement patients began producing new, functional joint cartilage after exposure to the same inhibitor.
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‘Spit on our sacrifice’: Canadian veterans fume after Trump and allies take jibes at military
Military families say Trump officials ‘owe us an apology’ after disparaging remarks by JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and others
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They told the world AI was dangerous. Now Trump’s allies are coming for them.
BERKELEY, Calif. - After artificial intelligence safety advocates captured Washington’s attention with dire warnings about the technology’s power, the Trump administration and its allies embraced some...
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ABC asks federal judge to block FCC's early license review, citing retaliation by Trump administration
An ABC lawyer argued the FCC was effectively forcing the broadcast company to sit with its "head on a guillotine" while it awaits a decision about its license renewals.
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Former Obama official will review Cornell’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints
School trustees appoint Sally Yates to review policies as university grapples with fallout from alleged frat gang rape
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Pixel 11 gets first Google Store deal for Prime Day
Like the Pixel Watch 5, the US Google Store is discounting the Pixel 11 and 11 Pro for Amazon Prime Big Deal Days.
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iOS 27.2 beta 3: Here’s everything new - 9to5Mac
Apple released iOS 27.2 beta 3 to developers yesterday, and it includes a handful of changes and hints at future...