(#1) City shock at referendum result [BBC News]
A stocky, unshaven man in a blue raincoat strode across the concourse of Liverpool Street station at 5am, complaining bitterly to his taller companion. "Jesus. Jesus. It's bad. I'm heavily levered on this," he said, frantically rubbing his jaw. The ...
(#2) Independence Day: Resurgence is the summer's worst movie — and its most boring [Vox]
Independence Day: Resurgence is the worst kind of bad movie: one that seems indifferent about its own existence. Everything about it feels as if it just doesn't give a shit about the audience watching it or the people who made it or even the fact that ...
(#3) Dow Jones Industrial Average In Free Fall After Brexit Vote Rocks Global ... [International Business Times]
U.S. stocks tumbled sharply Friday after Britain's vote to quit the European Union delivered the biggest blow to the global financial system since the 2008 financial crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 537 points, or 3 percent, in ...
(#4) Trade grades: Thunder send Ibaka to Magic in draft night's biggest move [Sports Illustrated]
Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android.. The Thunder traded Serge Ibaka to the Magic in exchange for Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova and the rights to No. 11 pick Domantas ...
(#5) You Can't Gift Counter-Strike During Valve's Steam Summer Sale [Kotaku]
We've got a twofer for you in the Unexpected Happenings department today: 1) You can't buy Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as a gift during the Steam Summer Sale, and 2) Valve actually explained their actions. Quickly! Earlier today, confused CSGO ...
(#6) The view from Germany – Britannia isn't cool any more [The Guardian]
The diagnosis of the “UK illness” – creating a beast you cannot control – was always felt in Germany but seldom spoken about out loud. Whenever I talked to stakeholders in Berlin or even German diplomats in London about British politics in the past ...
(#7) Pound to dollar exchange rate at lowest level for more than 30 years after Brexit [Manchester Evening News]
In the space of just a few hours overnight, the British pound dropped to its lowest level in more than 30 years. As the Leave campaign gained momentum, the pound hit 1.33 dollars, knocking around 10 percent from the value of the currency and reaching a ...
(#8) The Shallows Is Torture Porn, With a Shark [The Atlantic]
The Shallows is another entry in that genre—a “survival thriller” about an epic battle of wits and wills that takes place between an American woman, Nancy Adams (Blake Lively), and a vicious shark. Nancy is a medical student who is reconsidering her ...
(#9) How Jaylen Brown impacts the Celtics [Boston.com]
One area that the Celtics needed to address this offseason was the team's athleticism. They did just that with the selection of Jaylen Brown as the No. 3 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-7 forward out of Cal has an elite NBA body already, and co ...
(#10) Live Updates: President Obama on the Supreme Court Ruling on Immigration Reform [The White House (blog)]
Today, President Obama delivered remarks on the Supreme Court ruling on United States v. Texas, a case which challenged the deferred action policies President Obama announced in 2014. Since the Court wasn't able to reach a decision, the those policies ...
(#11) Bucks select Thon Maker with No. 10 pick in 2016 NBA draft [Sports Illustrated]
Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS (iOS or Android). The Bucks selected Thon Maker with the No. 10 pick of the 2016 NBA draft on Thursday night at the Barclays Center. Maker is ...
(#12) Skinny on Brandon Ingram is he could be this town's next big thing [Los Angeles Times]
With the second pick in the NBA draft Thursday, the Lakers selected the best player in the NBA draft, officially beginning the post-Kobe Bryant era with a guy who could eventually remind people of Kevin Durant. His name is Brandon Ingram, he's only 18 ...
(#13) Markets live: UK now poorer than France as pound hits 30-year low and FTSE 100 ... [Telegraph.co.uk]
France's economy overtook the UK's as the pound slumped to its weakest level in more than three decades, sending investors fleeing to the "safe haven" of gold. After jumping 8.1pc to a two-year high, the price of the yellow metal softened slightly to ...
(#14) Sia Revealed! Singer Accidentally Shows Her Face During Concert [People Magazine]
It isn't usually news for a singer to show their face during a concert – but Sia isn't like most singers. The 40-year-old Australian has gone to great lengths to preserve her anonymity in recent years, declining to appear in her own music videos and ...
(#15) Wolves select Providence guard Kris Dunn with No. 5 pick in NBA draft [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
Gallery: Top NBA pick Kris Dunn gets ready for the draft, wearing JF J. Ferrar only at JCPenney, Thursday, June 23, 2016, in New York. The liner was custom-made with a patch from his high school jersey and fabric with his college colors. Dunn was ...
(#16) Boris Johnson Could Be Britain's Next Prime Minister [TIME]
For Donald Trump in the U.S., read Boris Johnson in the U.K. The former mayor of London, who was born in Manhattan when his father was studying economics at Columbia University, has long harbored ambitions of succeeding David Cameron as Prime ...
(#17) Review: Matthew McConaughey Rebels Against Rebels in 'Free State of Jones' [New York Times]
“Free State of Jones” begins on the battlefield, with a flurry of the kind of immersive combat action that has long been a staple of American movies. The setting is familiar in other ways, too. As a line of Confederate troops marches across a field ...
(#18) Donzell Canada, friend of Freddie Gray, shot dead day before Goodson verdict [Baltimore Sun]
As news of the police acquittal in the death of Freddie Gray spread across the nation Thursday, some of Gray's friends silently mourned a more recent loss — the death of their friend Donzell Canada. One of Gray's close friends, Canada was shot dead ...
(#19) A$AP Rocky gets into brawl with Ian Connor, Theophilus London [New York Daily News]
In an attempt to break up a fight between stylist Ian Connor and Theophilus London, A$AP Rocky and A$AP Bari found themselves in the middle of the brawl on Thursday. One video shows the initial melee breaking out inside clothing store, Colette, before ...
(#20) Euro to Dollar Retracting Higher Again After Knee-Jerk Decline; Still ... [Pound Sterling Live]
The currency pair has since recovered substantially, returning to the 1.11s. It has also returned back inside a tight ascending channel it had rising in for months, after briefly shooting under the borderline. The exchange rate is currently sitting ...
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