Day three in KC and I’m rapidly undoing years of weight loss. BBQ aside, what a lovely town.

As Ukraine tightens the grip on Russian logistics, Russia's mainstream military commentators enter panic mode, not only predicting a collapse at the front, but fighting among Russian society as the situation deteriorates.

Markwayne Mullin had the FDA delete warnings about the dangers of kratom, an addictive and sometimes lethal drug found in gas stations. Mullin holds an up to $1 million stake in a major kratom company.

JUST IN: Spurs-Knicks was the most-watched NBA Finals since 1998, and most ever on ABC, per ESPNPR.

CBS has been forced to pay a fine after Stephen Colbert played an unlicensed Peanuts song on air during his last episode. The owner of the rights to Peanuts has donated the fee to José Andrés' charity, World Central Kitchen.

🚨JUST IN: Bars and liquor stores in Boston have said the current World Cup demand is “triple St. Patrick’s Day”

Sam Adams says from Thursday to Sunday, the Tartan Army drank four times as much Boston Lager as it normally sells during a typical four-day holiday stretch like the Fourth of July. nbcnews.com/sports/soccer/ar…

'We're here to have fun!:' Iraq and Norway fans celebrate their team's long-awaited return to the World Cup ahead of tonight's match. wcvb.com/article/extra-conge…

Soccer fans enjoying the FIFA Fan Fest and all that comes with it ebx.sh/LspbQh

Reagan National Airport is expected to halt flights for most of the day on July 4 to accommodate flyovers and fireworks as part of Independence Day celebrations for the country’s 250th anniversary. No flights are scheduled after 12 p.m. wapo.st/4ovAp1X

Sean Penn will direct a movie about a police officer who was at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021, Warner Bros. announced Tuesday. Read more: abcnews.link/0F1nsgN

The 2026 NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs generated a record 15 billion views and counting on social media, the most ever for an NBA Finals and nearly triple the previous record set in 2025. Game 5 generated more than 4 billion views, surpassing the previous single-game record set during Game 4.

The struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7 billion by parent company Yum Brands. abcnews.link/gOfYtw5

Private Zelenskyy–Trump meeting set for tomorrow at G7: Fruitful cards anticipated.

Okay, the official #WorldCup Fan Festival on City Hall Plaza is awesome #Boston

Today, Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow’s largest oil refinery. To understand the scale of the strike, a few key facts about Moscow Oil Refinery: - Located just 15 kilometers from the Kremlin. - Supplies up to 40% of Moscow’s gasoline and about 50% of its diesel fuel. - Overall, it meets around 70% of gasoline needs for Russian capital and surrounding region. - One in every three cars in Moscow is fueled by products from this refinery. - Bitumen from the plant is used to build or repair every second street in Moscow. Drones struck and damaged a key refining unit at Moscow oil refinery, likely causing the facility to halt operations for an extended period of time!

Friday will be, by far, the most important day for the Boston/Providence area. Everyone off for Juneteenth, so the partying starts Thursday night. Then, USA at 3 pm Scots at 6 pm in Foxboro. Should both win, expect a party like no one has ever seen in New England.

Russians need to face reality. They started this war hoping that, far behind the frontline, they would be safe from it, but today the Moscow oil refinery is burning and nowhere is safe anymore 🔥

According to reports, bars and liquor stores across Boston have been running out of beer after the Tartan Army arrived for the World Cup with bars saying they had "never seen anything like it." No Scotland, no party 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍻

Scotland fans have donated nearly $30,000 to charities in Providence as a thank you for welcoming them for their World Cup matches. • $10,000 to the children's hospital cancer unit • $10,000 to soccer for underprivileged kids • $6,500 to help kids learn bagpipes