- Dodgers bounced back from a 7-1 loss with a 15-3 rout of the Padres, pounding out 17 hits and erupting for a nine-run sixth (tied their season high for runs).
- Three players went deep (Kyle Tucker, Dalton Rushing, Mookie Betts) and several Dodgers had multi-hit/multi-RBI nights — an offensive clinic with eight extra-base hits.
- Quirky finish and notes: infielder Miguel Rojas was sent to pitch the ninth, and Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 (OBP now .412), leading the NL.
The news, distilled into what matters.
- The World Cup now has an expanded Round of 32 — 16 knockout games means double the knockout drama and more chances for shock results and late-night talking points.
- Must-watch matchups and stars: Brazil vs Japan (likely to extra time/penalties), Haaland’s Norway test vs Ivory Coast, Mbappé chasing Golden Boot for France, plus Mohamed Salah’s fitness to watch for Egypt.
- Great small-talk storylines: Cape Verde’s underdog run and goalkeeper Vozinha, plus the nostalgic “last dance” of Ronaldo vs Modrić in Portugal–Croatia (likely penalties).
- Khadijah Farrakhan, the longtime “first lady” of the Nation of Islam and wife of Louis Farrakhan, has died at age 90.
- She and Louis were married 72 years, converted to Islam in the 1950s, raised nine children, and lived at the movement’s base, Mosque Maryam in Chicago.
- Remembered for her community leadership and advocacy for Black women — she spoke at the 1997 Million Woman March and told the crowd, “A nation can rise no higher than its women.”
- Small plane used by a parachuting school crashed near Tomblaine, France, killing all 11 on board — the pilot plus 10 parachutists (reports say the trainees were a group of nurses).
- The single‑engine aircraft went down shortly after takeoff in a residential area by a shopping centre and bike path, narrowly missing nearby homes.
- A witness said the engine noise suddenly stopped before a vertical plunge; investigators and government ministers have gone to the scene and are probing causes, with heat as a possible but unconfirmed factor.
- Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal to recognize the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as a genocide; the measure still needs a Knesset vote.
- The move highlights worsening Israel–Turkey relations, since Turkey has long lobbied against official genocide recognition.
- If approved, Israel would join about 32 countries (including the U.S.) that officially call the 1915 killings a genocide.
- Trump attacked New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan on Truth Social, calling their upcoming reporting “mostly made up” and criticizing Haberman personally.
- Excerpts from their book "Regime Change" claim officials discussed suspending habeas corpus and handling the Jeffrey Epstein scandal during a Situation Room meeting.
- Haberman and Swan refuse to say whether they had audio of the meeting, and some administration figures (including Vance) say they’re worried about possible recordings.
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