The Obama Presidential Center opens on Chicago’s South Side with an eight-story museum, public library branch, basketball court, gardens and public art. The nearly 20-acre campus opens on Juneteenth, with museum tickets sold out for opening weekend.
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French-Iranian author, illustrator and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, creator of “Persepolis,” has died at 56. The Élysée Palace praised her as a leading figure in French culture and an artist devoted to freedom.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to renew a conditional ceasefire that would require Hezbollah to stop firing and leave parts of southern Lebanon. Strikes continued after the announcement, while Iran warned that any Israeli attack on Beirut could restart a wider war.
Nepali guide Dawa Sherpa was found alive near the Khumbu Icefall after six days missing on Mount Everest. His family had already begun funeral rituals before learning he had survived.
Senate Republicans removed $1 billion for Secret Service security upgrades tied to President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, allowing an immigration enforcement funding bill to move forward. The bill also had been slowed by objections to a proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
The USDA confirmed New World screwworm larvae in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, and established a quarantine zone around the site. Officials say the parasite has been spreading north through Mexico, where more than 26,000 cases have been identified.
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve permanently as the nation’s top prosecutor. Blanche, Trump’s former personal attorney, has led the Justice Department since April and will need Senate confirmation.