Wizards draft Dybantsa; Ament selected amid Antetokounmpo trade

 

Brooklyn — The NBA held its 2026 draft Tuesday at Barclays Center, where the Washington Wizards selected BYU forward AJ Dybantsa with the No. 1 overall pick and the Utah Jazz took Kansas guard Darryn Peterson at No. 2. Miami formally presented Tennessee freshman Nate Ament as the No. 13...

Supreme Court Voids GSIS Rule on Survivorship Benefits

 

Manila — The Supreme Court this week struck down a Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) rule that barred secondary beneficiaries from survivorship benefits for members who had rendered at least three but less than 15 years of service. Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting of the SC Third Division...

Multiple U.S. Cities Temporarily Halt Data Center Development

 

Geary County, Kansas: Local authorities enacted temporary moratoria this month on new data center and related energy storage developments, with Geary County approving a one-year hold at its June 22 meeting. Other municipalities, including Peosta, Fort Payne, and Carbondale, similarly placed six-month or one-year pauses to allow study before permitting...

NHL Considers Texas Expansion With Houston and Austin

 

New York — The NHL's Board of Governors met Tuesday and began formal exploration of expansion options that include Houston and Austin as potential sites for a 33rd franchise. League officials, including Commissioner Gary Bettman, discussed expressions of interest and historical team counts and noted that a decision is not...

Cincinnati Reds activate shortstop Elly De La Cruz

 

Cincinnati, USA — The Cincinnati Reds activated shortstop Elly De La Cruz from the 10-day injured list ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers, the club announced on June 23, 2026. De La Cruz, 24, had been sidelined since May 31 with a right hamstring strain suffered while running...

Tucson anchor’s mother abducted, ransom note claims death

 

In Tucson, Arizona, authorities continue investigating the February 1, 2026 abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, from her home in the Catalina Foothills. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI launched a multi-agency probe after finding signs of a violent struggle and bloodstains...

Washington court approves nationwide fast-track deportations expansion

 

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has lifted a nationwide injunction and allowed the Trump administration to expand expedited deportations across the United States. In a 2–1 decision issued Tuesday, the court reversed an August 2025 ruling by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb,...

Miami wildfire threatens ICE detention facility, worsens air

 

A fast-moving brush fire in Miami-Dade County, known as the Corrections Fire, has burned about 330 acres and is only 15% contained, prompting health and environmental concerns in South Florida. The blaze, which began over the weekend of June 20–21, 2026, is burning near the Everglades Correctional Institution, an immigration...

Louisiana parish hit by catastrophic 1,000-year flood

 

Central Louisiana is facing catastrophic flooding after the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur dumped nearly two feet of rain over 48 hours, triggering what local officials are calling a "1,000-year flood." The storm, the first named system of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, on June...

New York tech stocks slide as global sell-off deepens

 

New York’s Nasdaq Composite fell more than 2% at the opening bell on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, as a global sell-off in major technology stocks accelerated. By midday, the index was down 409 points, or 1.6%, at 25,758, while the S&P 500 lost 1%, reversing part of the record gains...