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| Today the sun reached its highest point all year, giving us more daylight than any other day. The Jan. 6 committee will reconvene to review former President Donald Trump's pressure on state officials to overturn election results. Children as young as 6 months can get a COVID-19 vaccine starting today. It's Primary Tuesday in Virginia, Alabama and Washington, D.C. Scroll down for a briefing on the top sports headlines. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert, and here's Tuesday's news. |
| 🌅 Up first: An iconic giant floating Hong Kong restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea, less than one week after the 260-foot-long vessel was towed away from the city. Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Ltd. said the Jumbo Floating Restaurant encountered "adverse conditions" as it was passing the Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracel Islands. Read more |
 | | An aerial photo shows Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, an iconic but aging tourist attraction designed like a Chinese imperial palace, being towed out of Aberdeen Harbour. | | PETER PARKS, AFP via Getty Images | |
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| ⚫ Multiple police officers stood in a school hallway armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving at the campus in Uvalde, Texas, documents reveal. |
| 🟡 Two American veterans who were captured by Russian-backed separatist forces earlier this month may face the death penalty. |
| ✈ It's a ''travel Armageddon'' as flight delays and cancellations pile up. What's going on? |
| 🎤 Dave Chappelle surprised fans when he announced that his alma mater, Duke Ellington School of Arts, will not be naming its theater after him. |
| 🐶 Ambition, precision and pink tails: Pups competed in the 146th Westminster Dog Show. |
 | | A dog competes in the 9th annual Masters Agility Championship during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at the Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, New York, on June 18, 2022. | | TIMOTHY A. CLARY, AFP via Getty Images | |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, education reporter Alia Wong looks at how to overcome your kid's pandemic awkwardness. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
House Jan. 6 committee hearing expected to examine Trump pressure on state officials |
| The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will reconvene Tuesday, with a hearing that will examine the pressure former President Donald Trump and his allies placed on state level officials to overturn the 2020 election results, according to Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who laid out a loose framework for what we might expect. In its two most-recent hearings, the committee described Trump's election disinformation campaign and his team's efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into refusing to certify Joe Biden's win. The next two hearings are at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Thursday, part of a series of eight hearings on the committee's findings. The committee has completed three hearings so far. Read more |
| ⭕ Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say Trump should be criminally charged for his role in Jan. 6 riot. |
| ⭕ Is the Jan. 6 committee sitting on explosive evidence of Trump's role in the Capitol assault? |
 | | A video plays showing an image from Jan. 6, 2021 of a gallows in front of the U.S. Capitol on a large screen during the opening moments of the House select committee to investigate the Jan.6th attack on the Capitol on June 16, 2022. | | Jarrad Henderson, USA TODAY | |
COVID-19 vaccines roll out for youngest children |
| After gaining approval from federal health officials last week, COVID-19 vaccines for kids as young as 6 months become available Tuesday. A federal advisory panel and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed off on the shots, which also have the support of the American Medical Association, the American Association of Pediatrics and the National Association of Nurse Practitioners. The vaccines are safe and trigger the same immune response that has protected older children and adults, the advisory panel decided Saturday. The actions clear the way for 10 million vaccine doses, which have already been pre-ordered from the federal government, to begin delivery and distribution Tuesday, following Monday's Juneteenth federal holiday. Read more |
| 💉 The youngest children can start getting shots today. Here's what every parent should know. |
| 💉 ''Doctors can get it'': Florida is the only state not to pre-order COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5. |
 | | Pharmacist Kaitlin Harring, left, administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to three year-old Fletcher Pack, while he sits on the lap of his mother, McKenzie Pack, at Walgreens pharmacy Monday, June 20, 2022, in Lexington, South Carolina. | | Sean Rayford, AP | |
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| ✍ Voices: Our grandmother lived 100 years. Her legacy of saving Jewish children from Nazis lives on. |
| ⚫ The Supreme Court's Second Amendment decision could trigger a fight over banning guns at bars, stadiums. |
| 🔵 Are U.S. churches setting the tone for reparations? Here's how a movement is growing. |
| 📰 Run, hide, fight: School shooter drills can have traumatic consequences. But do they work? |
| 🎸 A Texas boy is the world's youngest mariachi. For his dad, it's a return to Mexican family roots. |
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More primaries, runoffs as 2022 midterms loom |
| Voters head to the polls in four states and the nation's capital Tuesday for primary and runoff elections. In Virginia, Republican primaries will determine who faces off against Democratic incumbents in three U.S. House races that the GOP is targeting in November's midterms. The successor to retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama is likely to be chosen in a runoff between Republicans Katie Britt and U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks. And in Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser faces primary challenges from a pair of city council members as she seeks a third term in office. Runoff elections will also take place in Georgia and Arkansas. Read more |
| ✔ Spotlight on Virginia: Inflation fears pressure Democrats in potential bellwether House races. |
 | | May 24, 2022; Montgomery, AL, USA; U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt delivers her primary race victory speech during an election night party in Montgomery, Alabama, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. | | Jake Crandall, The Advertiser-USA TODAY NETWORK | |
Summer begins: 'The longest day' and a solstice |
| The first day of summer is Tuesday but there's a more precise moment that astronomical summer will begin in the Northern Hemisphere. That was at 5:14 a.m. EDT, which marks the 2022 summer solstice. This is the precise moment of the year when the North Pole tilts closest to the sun, making the sun appear at its highest point in the sky. Some people call it "the longest day," but to be precise, it's the day with the most daylight, because every day has 24 hours. Tuesday is also the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, meaning winter is coming for the roughly 12% of the world's population who live there. Read more |
| ☀ Summer is heating up: Sweltering, record breaking heat will sweep across much of the U.S. on Tuesday. Cities such as Minneapolis could face triple-digit temperatures and extreme heat and humidity will significantly increase the potential for heat-related illnesses, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities, according to the National Weather Service. Read more |
 | | People gather for sunrise at Stonehenge, on June 21, 2022 in Wiltshire, England. In England, hundreds of people travel to the ancient site Stonehenge for the first day of summer. Solstice observations there have been going on annually for thousands of years. | | Finnbarr Webster, Getty Images | |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 📝 Israel is headed for an unprecedented fifth election in three years after its government collapsed. |
| 🟡 Ukraine is under the threat of a ''massive'' missile attack from the Black Sea, a Zelenskyy adviser said. |
| ⛽ Biden said he will decide on a federal gas tax holiday ''by the end of the week.'' |
| 🛑 At 661 pounds, this giant stingray may be the largest freshwater fish ever caught. |
 | | A team of scientists and researchers release a giant freshwater stingray back into the Mekong River. | | Chhut Chheana, AP | |
Stanley Cup Final, College World Series US Open: Top sports headlines |
| 🏒 The Tampa Bay Lightning sealed a 6-2 victory that cut their deficit against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. |
| ⚾ The Rebels' roll continued in the latest College World Series win over the Hogs. |
| 🏀 Photos: Golden State Warriors' 2022 NBA championship parade. |
 | | Stephen Curry gestures during the Golden State Warriors championship parade. | | Darren Yamashita, USA TODAY Sports | |
| 🎾 Russian-born tennis player Natela Dzalamidze changed her nationality to Georgian to compete in Wimbledon. |
| 🏊♀️ FINA effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women's swimming events. |
| ⛳ Matt Fitzpatrick won the 122nd U.S. Open for his first career major championship. |
📷 Photo of the day: Juneteenth gatherings in the US commemorate emancipation 📷 |
 | | Tre Fairbanks dances with Zuri, 4, during Juneteenth on the East in Oklahoma City on June, 18, 2022. | | SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK | |
| June 19, known as Juneteenth, became a federal holiday only last year. It marks the date the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, became aware of the freeing of the enslaved in secessionist states by the Emancipation Proclamation, more than two years after it was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863. Juneteenth was mainly celebrated in Texas, but has taken on greater national significance following the renewed racial reckonings in the summer of 2020. Read more |
| Click here to see more photos of Juneteenth gatherings around the nation. |
| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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