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The weekend that was
• The year’s first significant heat wave is expected to roast a large portion of the United States with potentially record-breaking high temperatures, four days away from summer’s official start. The National Weather Service issued warnings for people in the South and Midwest.
• A Texas bankruptcy judge rejected a proposed liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ company, saying it was in the best interest of the creditors. But the judge approved a separate liquidation of Jones’ personal assets.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will move in federal court to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland to obtain audio recordings of President Joe Biden, after the Justice Department declined to act on the House’s contempt referral.
• A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off the coast of a Hawaiian island. Bloomberg reported that the airline sent a memo to pilots indicating a “newer” first officer was flying at the time and inadvertently pushed forward on the control column.
• Catherine, Princess of Wales joined other British royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the King’s official birthday, capping her first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer.
The week ahead
Monday
April 15 may be far in the rearview mirror for most Americans, but others are facing a crucial deadline today. June 17 is when US citizens living and working abroad must file their annual tax returns. It’s also the day that taxpayers whose income is not subject to withholding need to make their second quarter estimated tax payment. Finally, for taxpayers living in areas impacted by severe storms and natural disasters, such as certain counties in California, Michigan and Tennessee, it’s time to file. The IRS has set deadlines beyond June 17 for parts of several other states hit by disasters in March and April. Click here for the full list.
Tuesday
Departing Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is set to testify before a Senate panel, two months after a whistleblower alleged during a hearing that the aircraft maker was “putting out defective airplanes.” Boeing had been under intense scrutiny following two fatal crashes of its 737 Max in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people, and a door plug that blew out of the side of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max in January. An audit of Boeing procedures by the FAA in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident found numerous “non-compliance issues.”Calhoun has said he intends to leave the beleaguered company by the end of the year. Boeing made headlines again last week when the FAA announced it’s investigating why a 737 Max 8 experienced a rare, unsafe back-and-forth roll during a flight in May.
Wednesday
June 19 is Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US. Financial markets, post offices and most banks will be closed.
Thursday
Summer arrives in the Northern Hemisphere!
Saturday
Boeing and NASA have delayed the return of the first crewed Starliner mission that carried astronauts to the International Space Station to no earlier than June 22. This is the second delay in Starliner’s scheduled return date and follows severalscrubbed launches. Additionally, the spacecraft experienced helium leaks and a temporary loss of thrusters en route to the space station.
One Thing: The detained children of ISIS
In today’s “One Thing” podcast, CNN’s Clarissa Ward takes us inside Syrian detention facilities that human rights groups describe as “legal black holes.” Listen here.
Photos of the week
US President Joe Biden embraces his son Hunter on a tarmac in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, June 11.
Palestinian children search through the rubble of their homes in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday, June 9. A day earlier, the Israel Defense Forces carried out a daytime operation that rescued four hostages being held by Hamas. More than 270 Palestinians were killed in the operation, according to Gaza health officials.
Supporters of the far-right National Rally party react in Paris after polls closed in European parliamentary elections on Sunday, June 9. French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the country’s parliament and called a snap election after an exit poll showed that his party was set to be trounced by the far-right opposition.
A fan is tased by a police officer as he runs on the field before the ninth inning of a Cincinnati Reds baseball game on Tuesday, June 11.
Two women react as they see flooding on their street in North Miami, Florida, on Thursday, June 13. Heavy rainfall has deluged South Florida since Tuesday morning, prompting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency for Broward, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade and Sarasota counties.
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a cannon toward Russian positions near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, June 10.
This aerial photo, taken on Sunday, June 9, shows people cooling off at a water park in Nanjing, China.
Noa Argamani, one of the four hostages that Israeli forces rescued from Hamas on Saturday, June 8, embraces her father, Yakov, later that day in Ramat Gan, Israel. She was rescued eight months after being kidnapped by Hamas during the Nova music festival on October 7.
SpaceX's Starship launches near Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday, June 6. This was the fourth test flight for the Starship, the most powerful launch vehicle ever built.
Staff members for US Sen. Jeanne Shaheen push a stuffed moose into their Capitol Hill office in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 11. “Marty the Moose” and a stuffed bear, “Kodak the Bear,” were set to be displayed in Shaheen’s office as part of the 13th annual Experience New Hampshire event.
Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with ball kids after winning the French Open on Sunday, June 9. Alcaraz won his third grand slam title, and his first French Open, by defeating Alexander Zverev in five sets.
In this photo, taken with a slow shutter speed, Germany’s Jana Marie Lowka throws a javelin during the European Athletics Championships on Monday, June 10.
An employee at humanoid robot developer Ex-Robots checks his mobile phone as he walks past displays of robot heads in Dalian, China, on Thursday, June 6.
World leaders watch a parachute drop demonstration during the first day of the G7 summit in Bari, Italy, on Thursday, June 13. From right are US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Council President Charles Michel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
A spectator watches a horse race in Saratoga Springs, New York, before the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 8. The Belmont was held in Saratoga Springs for the first time ever as Belmont Park is under renovation.
Suspected gang members wait to walk in their cells after they were transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Tuesday, June 11.
An acrobat dressed as Spider-Man performs in a subway train in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, June 11.
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Michel Otañez waits to pitch during a stadium light malfunction in San Diego on Monday, June 10.
South Korea’s Seong Seung-min competes in show jumping at the Pentathlon World Championships on Monday, June 10.
Venezuelan migrants Hernán Sánchez and Rosana Mercado bathe their daughter inside a shelter in Villahermosa, Mexico, on Friday, June 7. After the head of Mexico's immigration agency ordered a halt to deportations in December, migrants have been left in limbo as authorities round up migrants across the country and dump them in the southern Mexican cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula.
Children play with the ropes of a docked ship in Parika, Guyana, on Sunday, June 9.
Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz holds a news conference on Sunday, June 9, announcing his resignation from Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Gantz — considered Netanyahu’s main political challenger — said he was quitting because “the situation in the country and in the decision-making room has changed.”
Members of the Tsavora Fencing Mtaani Club train in the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, June 9.
Palestinian women mourn loved ones outside a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, after an Israeli bombardment on Saturday, June 8.
A marcher takes part in the Boston Pride for the People parade on Saturday, June 8.
People attend Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Monday, June 10.
A dog stands inside a voting booth in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, June 9.
Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos competes at the French Gymnastics Championships on Friday, June 7. She won the all-around title.
Former US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as he meets with GOP lawmakers in Washington, DC, on Thursday, June 13. Trump led House Republicans through a gripe-filled closed-door meeting,airing grievances about his legal and electoral challenges, attacking his critics in the room, and only briefly addressing policy matterslike abortion and taxes,according to multiple GOP lawmakers in the room. It was Trump’s first time returning to the Capitol campus area since leaving office after the January 6, 2021, riot.
Muslim worshippers walk at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, June 11, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Harold Terens, an 100-year-old World War II veteran, embraces his 96-year-old bride, Jeanne Swerlin, at their wedding ceremony in Carentan-les-Marais, France, on Saturday, June 8.
The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Friday, June 7. The Paris Olympics start next month.
US President Joe Biden, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walk together after meeting on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Italy on Thursday, June 13. Their two countries signed a bilateral security pact.
People on boats collect recyclable plastics from the heavily polluted Citarum River in Bandung, Indonesia, on Wednesday, June 12.
Cricket fans, attending a watch party at New York’s Citi Field, react as Pakistan takes a wicket against India during a T20 Cricket World Cup match on Sunday, June 9. India went on to win the match in dramatic fashion.
Lava from an active volcano engulfs the road near Grindavík, Iceland, on Saturday, June 8.
A man looks on as protesters lie on the ground outside the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, on Saturday, June 8. They were protesting the casualties in Gaza.
Smoke rises in Corumbá, Brazil, as trees burn from a fire in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, on Tuesday, June 11. See last week in 34 photos.
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What’s happening in entertainment
TV and streaming
The 77th annual Tony Awards air live tonight at 8 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+. Alicia Keys’ ambitious musical “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Stereophonic,” a play set in the ’70s about a fictional band, lead the pack with 13 nods each. “The Outsiders,” a musical based on the S.E. Hinton novel, scored 12 nominations, followed by the Eddie Redmayne-led “Cabaret” revival with nine.
The second season of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” burns its way onto Max at 9 p.m. tonight. CNN’s Brian Lowry writes that while “House of the Dragon” is not the series “Game of Thrones” was, the prequel “now mirrors its barbaric take on palace intrigue well enough to have become bloody good.” (HBO, like CNN, is a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery.)
CNNwill air “Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom and Legacy,” its third annual star-studded event celebrating the holiday, with musical performances by John Legend, Patti LaBelle and others. The special airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT and will be simulcast on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
On the big screen
“The Bikeriders” is neither a sequel to 1979’s “Breaking Away” nor a Tour de France documentary. This film about a Midwestern motorcycle club in the 1960s features Jodie Comer as Kathy, Austin Butler as Benny, and Tom Hardy as Johnny — the leader of a pack aptly named “The Vandals.” If you’re expecting the story to follow the age-old “boy joins gang, boy meets girl, boy must choose between gang and girl…” plotline, you are correct.
“The Exorcism,” likewise, is not a sequel to “The Exorcist.” Instead, it’s about an actor, played by Russell Crowe, who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. Also, do not confuse the “The Exorcism” with “The Pope’s Exorcist,” starring Russell Crowe as an exorcist …
What’s happening in sports
At a glance …
In the NBA Finals, the Dallas Mavericks crushed the Boston Celtics `122-84 in Game 4 to stay alive in their series. Game 5 will be Monday with the Celtics trying to win their 18th championship.
In the Stanley Cup Final, the Edmonton Oilers dominated the Florida Panthers 8-1 to extend their series. Game 5 is set for Tuesday as the Panthers have a chance to claim their first title.
The final round of the US Open tees off at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. Bryson DeChambeau has a three-stroke lead heading into play today. The secret to his success might surprise you. Tiger Woods and several other big names missed the cut.
For more of your favorite sports, head on over toCNN Sportsas well asBleacher Report, which — like CNN — is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.
Quiz time!
Looking for a challenge to start your week?Take CNN’s news quizto see how much you remember from the week that was! So far, 73% of fellow quiz fans have gotten eight or more questions right. How will you fare?
Play me off …
‘Dancing in the Dark’
Do you remember when you first saw this video? If you do, you probably believed the story that The Boss plucked that woman at random from the audience during a concert. Ah, if only that were true. It turns out that a then-unknown actor named Courteney Cox was selected during a casting call to play the starstruck fan. That was 40 years ago, and this was last week!
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