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| Good evening. Here's the latest. |
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| 1. The weekend is coming in hot. |
| Two-thirds of the country is preparing for temperatures in the triple digits. In New York, where it's expected to be hotter than New Delhi, officials canceled a triathlon and a music festival. Boston is already warmer than Nairobi, and in Washington, above, highs are expected to hit 100 degrees — but feel like 111. |
| We have reporters across the country tracking the heat wave. Here's how to keep kids safe during a heat wave and 26 no-cook dinners (step away from the stove). |
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| 2. Iran seized two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, the British government said, the latest move in three months of escalating tensions with the West. |
| Britain's foreign secretary said that the Iranian authorities had seized "a British-flagged vessel and a Liberian-flagged vessel" in the Strait of Hormuz. Above, an undated photo of the British tanker. The seizure comes a day after the U.S. claimed it downed an Iranian drone, which the Iranians denied. |
| Iran's supreme leader has ruled out any dealings with the Trump administration. But some Iranian officials, including its former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, say it's time to resolve 40 years of animosity with the U.S. |
| In other international incidents: The detention of the rapper ASAP Rocky in Sweden over assault accusations has reached the White House by way of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. |
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| 3. After a week of attacks from President Trump and his supporters, Representative Ilhan Omar returned to Minnesota to a hero's welcome. |
| About 100 supporters swarmed the Somali-born Democrat at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport with shouts of "Welcome home" and "We have your back!" Ms. Omar struck a defiant tone: "When I said I was the president's nightmare, well, you're watching it now." |
| On Friday afternoon, Mr. Trump appeared to disavow his disavowal, defending supporters who chanted "send her back" at a rally this week as "patriots." |
| Sixteen thousand readers shared their experiences of being told to "go back." Here are some of their stories. |
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| 4. It's not just you: The Democratic debates are starting to feel a little bit like a reality show. |
| The Democratic National Committee has all but encouraged performative breakout moments; last night's game show-like episode, with the elaborately staged "live drawing" for the July debate lineups on CNN, was the latest bit. The hourlong revelation had the appearance of a Powerball drawing, our TV critic writes. |
| Our Upshot reporter has been analyzing data from the 2018 midterms and found that an Electoral College edge leaves President Trump closer to re-election than one would think based on national polls. |
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| 5. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." |
| Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon 50 years ago tomorrow. Now you can see what the Apollo 11 mission looked like for yourself with historic photographs and words from Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, above. |
| The experience is enhanced with 3-D and augmented reality features (available in the NYTimes app on supported devices). Here's how our team did it and a full guide to our Apollo 11 coverage. |
| The story of presidents and space exploration in the five decades since the Apollo program is one of "fascination, frustration and futility," our chief White House correspondent writes. |
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 Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times |
| 6. Puerto Rico is in turmoil. |
| Protesters have been filling the streets, calling for Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló to resign, and we'll continue to monitor the situation there. The protests were sparked by the publication of hundreds of pages of crass chat messages among Mr. Rosselló and his inner circle. |
| But the protests are about much more than just the messages: Decades of mismanagement, 12 years of economic recession, and botched response to Hurricane Maria top the list of grievances of many Puerto Ricans. Our National desk explains the basics of the unrest and what may happen next. |
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| 7. There are no more manhole covers in Berkeley, Calif. Only maintenance holes. |
| The City Council there voted to purge gender from the law books, applying to all matters of city business. Man-made will be replaced with human-made. And he or she will be banished in favor of they, even if referring to one person. |
| In other gender initiatives, fewer than 20 percent of biographies on Wikipedia in English are of women. One scientist is changing that and has added nearly 700 entries for important female and minority scientists in less than two years. |
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| 8. After reading this you may want to retrieve anything out of your safe deposit box. And quickly. |
| There are an estimated 25 million safe deposit boxes in America, and few protections for customers. No federal laws govern the boxes; no rules require banks to compensate customers if their property is stolen or destroyed. |
| "The big banks fight tooth and nail, and prolong and delay — whatever it takes to wear people down," one industry consultant said. |
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| 9. Who needs a gym when you have a New York City park? |
| A group of fitness-minded people have built a community to compete and train near playgrounds, park benches and calisthenic equipment in neighborhoods across the city. |
| "It's more than just building your muscles," said Keith Fields, 64, an elder statesman of the community, pictured above left with a competitor. "It's the interaction, the friendship, the love, that comes with the territory of this bar." |
| In more traditional athletics news, the British Open is off to a dismal start for some top players. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both missed the cut at Royal Portrush. |
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| 10. And finally, zig-a-zig-ah. |
| Members of the Spice Girls generation are the only people in history to have both grown up with the internet and to retain childhood memories that predate it. Now their fans, all grown up, are reveling in the group's return as it heads back on tour, as above in London. |
| Caity Weaver looks at the legacy of the group and its everlasting girl power. "The Spice Girls were never meant to pass as kids," she writes, "their skill was in depicting a young girl's idea of adulthood." |
| Have a cool weekend. |
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