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Thursday, June 26, 2025

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Today is Wednesday (June 29) and it’s the 15th anniversary of the iPhone, which changed the trajectory of mobile phones. Turkey said it won’t stand in the way of Sweden and Finland joining the NATO alliance, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to address the 30 NATO leaders by video today as Russia’s invasion stretches into its fifth month. The worldwide military alliance said Russia’s war on Ukraine is its “biggest challenge” since World War II.
San Antonio officials are working to identify the people who died in the back of a tractor-trailer yesterday, and singer R. Kelly, known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” is expected to be sentenced today on sex trafficking charges.
Hedge-fund investment manager Bernie Madoff was sentenced to up to 150 years in prison on this day in 2009 for operating the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Also on June 29, Mikhail Baryshnikov defected in 1974 from the Soviet Union while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Toronto. Here’s...



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