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| More than 10,000 visitors have been evacuated from Yellowstone National Park amid historic flooding. The Fed may announce a potentially sharp hike to interest rates. The stories of Ukrainian lives lost to war. Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer and the Stanley Cup Finals start today. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert, and here's Wednesday's news. |
| 🌅 Up first: A stray dog nicknamed ''Mighty Joe Young'' was seen running from a gorilla inside San Diego Zoo Safari Park Sunday. Video footage showed the dog unexpectedly enter the gorilla exhibit, and onlookers can be heard trying to lure it away from the primate. Read more |
 | | Officers help remove the dog, "Mighty Joe Young" from a gorilla exhibit at the San Diego Zoo. | | San Diego County Humane Society | |
More news to know now: |
| ⚫ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he supports the gun reform framework put forth by a bipartisan group of senators. |
| ⚠ Southern Baptists approved a series of sexual abuse reforms, including a way to track accused ministers, and elected a new president. |
| 🙏The Supreme Court could rule today that a school district was wrong to prohibit an assistant high school football coach from praying on the field after games, further eroding the separation of church and state. |
| 😲 Mega-star K-pop group BTS announced a temporary hiatus with planned solo projects: ''We'll be a better version of us.'' |
| 🐘 New York's top court rejected an effort to free Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo, ruling that she does not meet the definition of ''person'' who is being illegally confined. |
 | | Happy the elephant makes history | | AP | |
| 👒 Here's how to rock the ''coastal grandmother'' aesthetic with these summer style staples. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, patient safety reporter Karen Weintraub explains how a new gene therapy promises to transform rare disease. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Yellowstone to remain closed amid record flooding as landscape has 'dramatically changed' |
| Yellowstone National Park officials assessed damage Tuesday as the park remained closed amid dangerous floods, mudslides and rockslides that have eroded roads, ripped apart bridges and forced evacuations this week. The water started to slowly recede Tuesday, but the record-level floods left all five entrances to the park closed at least through Wednesday, and they could remain closed for as long as a week, said park Superintendent Cam Sholly. The park has seen multiple road and bridge failures and power outages, causing the evacuations of more than 10,000 visitors. In days, heavy rain and rapid snowmelt caused a flood that may forever alter the human footprint on the park's terrain and the communities around it. The historic floodwaters pushed a popular fishing river off course – possibly permanently – and may force roadways to be rebuilt in new places. "The landscape literally and figuratively has changed dramatically in the last 36 hours," said Bill Berg, a commissioner in nearby Park County. Read more |
| 🌳 Photos: A home was swept away as Yellowstone is hit by major floods and mudslides. |
| 🌳 More extreme weather news: A massive water outage hit Odessa, Texas, amid a heatwave, affecting more than 150K residents. |
| 🌳 Forest conservation update: Groups sued the Biden administration over a Trump-era rule allowing logging of old-growth forests. |
| 🌳 Here's how biologists are trying to save ancient fish as the Colorado River fades. |
 | | Residents of Red Lodge, Montana, are seen clearing mud, water and debris from the small city's main street on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, after flood waters courses through a residential area with hundreds of homes. | | Matthew Brown, AP | |
Wall Street on edge as Fed mulls stiffer rate hike |
| Investors will be listening closely Wednesday to learn if the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates more sharply than previously expected. The Fed closes its two-day meeting Wednesday in the wake of a selloff in stocks triggered Friday when May's Consumer Price Index report revealed that inflation had not yet peaked. That news sparked fears that the Fed could raise interest rates by more than the widely expected 50 basis points (0.50%). Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said last month the Fed wasn't entertaining a 75-basis-point rate increase, but the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that one was now on the table. Interest rate hikes can have a domino effect on the economy, pushing up rates for credit cards, home equity lines of credit, adjustable-rate mortgages and other loans. Read more |
| 📈 Monday's stock market drop officially put the S&P 500 stock index in a bear market, meaning it has declined 20% or more from its January peak. |
| 📈 How to invest in a bear market as the S&P 500 is slightly above the threshold. |
| 📈 Inflation unexpectedly hit a new 40-year high in May as gas, food and rent prices surged, underscoring that its anticipated decline could be painfully slow. |
| 📈 Stagflation vs recession: What's the difference? Which is worse? |
 | | The recently released May inflation numbers were extremely high -- again. Month after month, government officials, businesses, and individuals hope the upward pressure on prices -- of items such as cars, housing, food, and fuel -- will begin to taper off. In May, the situation got worse. | | MangoStar_Studio / iStock via Getty Images | |
Just for subscribers: |
| ➡ Some primary Tuesday takeaways: Republicans are eager to flip a Nevada Senate seat and a pair of Trump foes faced challengers in South Carolina's GOP primary. |
| ☀ The next step in combating climate change? Massive batteries that harness the power of the sun. |
| ⚫ What is the ''boyfriend loophole'' in the bipartisan gun deal announced by senators? |
| 🚕 Considering an electric vehicle? Here's what to expect if you've never driven an EV before. |
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Lives destroyed: Ukrainians' stories of loved ones lost in the war |
| Anna Priymenko's youngest nephew, a budding football player, was only 5 years old when he was killed by a bomb that hit his family's home. Her other two nephews were 10 and 15. They loved sambo, a martial art that originated in the former USSR. Her only brother owned a textile business, donating countless blankets and pillows after the war began, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher. When she heard of their deaths, "the world collapsed," said Anna, 37. "I am basically left alone." Thousands of civilians have been killed in the Russian war on Ukraine, and countless people like Anna have been left alone in the aftermath, figuring out how to move forward when those they loved most are gone. In a special look by USA TODAY, these are the stories of the lives destroyed and devastated by Russia's war on Ukraine. Read more |
| 🟡 He stayed with his parents; she fled Russian troops. The couple was never reunited. |
| 🟡 ''Everything turned to dust'': Russian bombs kill three generations in Ukraine family hours before evacuation. |
| 🟡 After Russia's invasion: No living, only horror as family copes with matriarch's bombing death. |
| 🟡 More Ukraine coverage: Amid repeated requests for western countries to provide more military assistance to Ukraine, Russia has closed in on key cities in the Donbas and plans to significantly increase its military budget. |
 | | Egor and his parents celebrate a birthday. All were killed when a missile hit their home in Ukraine. | | Courtesy Anna Priymenko | |
FDA meets to discuss vaccine for kids as young as 6 months |
| A federal advisory panel will meet Wednesday to discuss two COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months. According to a detailed review by Food and Drug Administration staff, trial data from both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna raised no new safety issues or concerns about the vaccines, which have been available for older children and adults. The panel will decide Wednesday whether to recommend Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccines for children as young as 6 months. Once authorized by the FDA and CDC, the Biden administration said it expects to have 5 million doses each of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines as soon as June 21 at pharmacies, pediatricians' offices, libraries, children's museums, health centers and other outlets. Read more |
| 😷 The FDA panel recommended the Moderna COVID vaccine as a second option for kids 6 and older. |
| 😷 Those ''free'' COVID-19 tests? Labs rake in millions in tax dollars, study says. |
| 😷 The White House says it's cutting back funding for COVID tests: Here's why experts say Americans may pay the price this fall. |
 | | The FDA panel recommended the Moderna COVID vaccine as a second option for kids 6 and older. The panel is meeting today to determine which option is best for the youngest kids. | | Evert Nelson | |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 🌐 Biden plans to visit Saudi Arabia next month, despite a 2020 campaign promise that his administration would make the kingdom a ''pariah'' because of its human rights abuses. |
| 🎾 Serena Williams teased a Wimbledon return in an Instagram post after a yearlong absence. |
| 🟣 An anti-abortion protester was arrested after climbing an Oklahoma City skyrise. |
 | | Maison Des Champs, who has scaled skyscrapers across the country in an effort to end abortion, was arrested on June 14, 2022 after climbing the Devon Tower in downtown Oklahoma City. | | Oklahoma City Police Department | |
| 🏃♀️ Ann Meyers Drysdale became the first woman at UCLA to receive a full ride athletic scholarship. She said Title IV has helped female athletes, but the ''law has not been followed.'' |
| ⛱ ''We can get skin cancer'': Dermatologists talk sunscreen for Black, brown people. |
| 🎵 Lizzo has released a new version of her song ''Grrrls'' after one of the lyrics stirred up controversy over its alleged ableist meaning. |
 | | Lizzo speaks out via social media about a changed song lyric. | | USA TODAY | |
'End of an era': Microsoft to shut down Internet Explorer |
| Some 27 years after Microsoft first debuted Internet Explorer, the tech giant will retire the browser Wednesday. Those who try to open the application will be directed to the company's more recent browser Microsoft Edge. Last May, the company first announced the decision to retire the web browser for certain versions of Windows 10 on June 15, 2022. Microsoft introduced Edge in 2015 and it has gradually phased out Internet Explorer. In a statement on its website, Microsoft notes that Microsoft Edge has "Internet Explorer mode ('IE mode') built in, so you can access those legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications straight from Microsoft Edge." Previously, Internet Explorer was the go-to browser on Windows PCs for years before rivals such as Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome snagged users away. Read more |
📷 Photo of the day: One great photo from every game of the 2022 NHL playoffs 📷 |
 | | June 9: Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat (18) celebrates his game-winning goal in the third period of Game 5 vs. the New York Rangers. | | Brad Penner, USA TODAY Sports | |
| The Stanley Cup Final begins Wednesday, when the Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Ball Arena in Denver to take on the Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 (8 p.m. ET, ABC).The Lightning, who are pursuing their third consecutive Stanley Cup, are coming off a 4-2 series win over the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Finals, punctuated by four victories in a row. The Avalanche will be playing for a title after sweeping the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Finals. One of the major obstacles standing in the way of Colorado's championship hopes is the Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy, who will likely be the toughest goalie the Avalanche have faced this postseason. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay will likely shift a significant amount of focus toward Colorado stars defenseman Cale Makar, a Norris Trophy finalist, and center Nathan MacKinnon. Read more |
| Click here to see photos from the 2022 NFL playoffs. |
| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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