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1. Stabbing attack inside NYC’s Penn Station night before Trump’s Madison Square Garden visit injures 6

   Security precautions in the area were already heightened ahead of Kicks-Spurs NBA Finals match-up at nearby Madison Square Garden

2. Tony Awards 2026: John Lithgow and Laurie Metcalf take home first acting awards

   The 79th annual ceremony, hosted for the first time by Pink, returns to Radio City Music Hall in celebration of the 2025-2026 Broadway season

3. Tony Awards viewers skewer CBS and call for boycott amid network turmoil

   CBS has been under fire this week after the firing of veteran journalist Scott Pelley from ‘60 Minutes’

4. Alexander Zverev conquers demons and outlasts Flavio Cobolli to win French Open for first major title

   Alexander Zverev finally claimed a grand slam title at the fourth time of asking but he was pushed all the way until a lopsided final set by first-time major finalist Flavio Cobolli

5. Psychiatrist Robert Coles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed needs of children, dies

   Harvard University psychiatrist and author Robert Coles has died

6. RFK Jr is ‘checked out’ and scrolls his phone despite global health emergencies, workers say

   The health secretary is reportedly aloof despite global health crises such as Ebola while there are key vacancies at the nation’s public health agencies

7. Chinese leader Xi heads to North Korea for closely watched talks with Kim

   Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to travel to Pyongyang in his first visit in seven years, a trip likely meant to reassert China’s unique influence over North Korea in return for providing economic and political benefits

8. Photos of the Tony Awards celebrating Broadway's best

   The Tony Awards celebrate Broadway’s best, with Grammy winner Pink hosting Sunday’s telecast.

9. Select list of winners at the 2026 Tony Awards

   John Lithgow won the Tony Award for best lead actor in a play for his work in “Giant” as the telecast started Sunday

10. Trump urges Netanyahu not to respond after Iran targets Israel with first strikes since April

    US president ‘told’ Israeli PM not to retaliate as the IDF said it was ready to hit back ‘with determination’