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NEED TO KNOW

Gun Ban Overturned

A federal judge ruled Friday that California's ban on semi-automatic and military-style rifles was unconstitutional. The ruling overturns a three-decade-old prohibition on such weapons, with US District Judge Roger Benitez concluding the law deprived residents of commonly owned guns, such as the AR-15, allowed in most other states.

In the ruling, Benitez found the weapons fell within the protections afforded by the Second Amendment, arguing the application of semi-automatic rifles for military purposes does not preclude usefulness in home defense and other applications. Despite the law, which was instituted in 1989, more than 185,000 such rifles are registered with the state. Find a link to Benitez's full decision here.

The ruling was suspended for 30 days to provide state officials a chance to appeal. 

Iranian Ships Round Africa

A pair of Iranian naval vessels reportedly rounded Africa's Cape of Good Hope over the weekend, on an apparent course to cross the Atlantic Ocean. US officials say the maneuver may be a provocation by the Iranian government, or the ships may attempt to reach Venezuela, a country with which Iran has strengthened ties in recent years. If the latter is true, the US has signaled it will intervene if it believes the ships are delivering military equipment to the Nicolás Maduro regime.

Iran has often threatened to enter the waters of the Western Hemisphere, typically reversing course and abandoning plans. A successful Atlantic voyage would mark a victory for the country's navy, which has endured a number of recent setbacks, including a mysterious fire last week that sunk its largest warship.

See an updated map of the ships' location here.

Trump Ban Extended 

Former President Donald Trump's accounts will remain suspended from Facebook's social media platforms until January 2023, the company announced Friday. The decision followed a ruling from its independent oversight board that supported the initial ban but chastised Facebook for lack of clarity around why an indefinite suspension was doled out. 

The company initially suspended Trump for comments made in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 storming of the US Capitol. The oversight board found the posts violated Facebook's policies, but bounced the decision back to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. At the time of the ban, Trump reached almost 60 million users between Facebook and Instagram. 

Separately, Trump made his second public speech Saturday since leaving office, delivering remarks at the North Carolina GOP convention. Trump endorsed Rep. Ted Budd (R, NC-13) to replace retiring Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), after his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, declined to run for the seat.

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IN THE KNOW

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

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> Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announce the birth of their daughter Lilibet 'Lili' Diana Mountbatten-Windsor; the royal baby is eighth in line to the British throne (More)

> Simone Biles wins record seventh US women's gymnastics national title (More) | Essential Quality wins Belmont Stakes, the final leg of horse racing's Triple Crown (More) | NFL superstar receiver Julio Jones traded from Atlanta Falcons to Tennessee Titans for second- and fourth-round draft picks (More)

> BBC/HBO's "I May Destroy You" wins big at 2021 British Academy Television Awards; see full list of winners (More) | Clarence Williams III, Tony-nominated actor best known for TV's "The Mod Squad," dies at 81 of colon cancer (More)

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Science & Technology

> Antibody nasal spray shown to offer strong protection and treatment against coronavirus variants in mice (More) | Average US COVID-19 cases fall under 15,000; almost 61% of Americans over 12 years old have received at least one vaccine dose (More)

> Apple kicks off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, to be held online for second straight year; see what to expect here (More) | Watch keynote speech at 1 pm ET here (More)

> Computer simulations based on brain scans can predict how well stroke victims will recover their ability to speak; known as aphasia, the condition is linked to neurological damage to the brain's language processing center (More)

Business & Markets

> US stock markets up Friday (S&P 500 +0.9%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +1.5%); S&P 500 closes just shy of all-time high (More)

> US economy adds 559,000 jobs in May, lower than analyst estimates of 670,000; unemployment rate falls from 6.1% to a pandemic low 5.8% (More)

> G-7 nations—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US—reach preliminary agreement calling for global corporations to pay minimum 15% tax on earnings (More)

Politics & World Affairs

> Socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo leads by 0.4% margin in Peruvian national elections over conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori; election comes as the country struggles with COVID-19, having the highest per-capita caseload in the world (More) 

> Justice Department to end practice of using court orders to try and obtain journalists' sources in probes of government leaks; decision follows reports that investigators attempted to comb through email records of four New York Times reporters (More)

> Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to vote against sweeping election reform bill, effectively dooming its passage in an evenly divided Senate (More)

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ETCETERA

The greatness of gymnast Simone Biles in slow motion. 

The National World War II Museum commemorates D-Day. (w/photos)

There aren't as many useless jobs as previously thought.

Elephant herd takes a mysterious 300-mile trek through China.

Traffic deaths soared in 2020​. ($$, Curbed)

"So nice to be around people again," said the chill grizzly bear. (via YouTube)

Magawa the mine-sniffing rat retires.

Armless archer aims for Paralympic gold.

Clickbait: Washington man makes all other fiancés look bad.

Historybook: RIP Jean Harlow (1937); RIP mathematician Alan Turing (1954); Musician Prince born (1958); US Supreme Court legalizes contraception use by married couples (1965); RIP writer Dorothy Parker (1967). 

"Always cry for love, never cry for pain."

- "Prince" Rogers Nelson, from "Sometimes It Snows in April"

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