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June 27, 2024     "We aim above the mark to hit the mark." —Ralph Waldo Emerson   1 Stakes Are High, Expectations Are Low in Biden-Trump Debate Millions of Americans plan to spend part of their Thursday night watching two unpopular elderly men argue about which one of them should run the country. Keep reading   2 SpaceX Vehicle Will Destroy International Space Station NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years. Keep reading   From our sponsors Why Are People Snapping Up This $89 Portable AC? Refrigerate a room in 2 minutes, save a bundle this summer. The new generation of AC's is portable, and everybody in the United States is rushing to get it for a cooler summer. READ MORE   At a Glance New leaves sprout from the historic Lahaina banyan tree, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The giant 151-year-old tree is now drastically greener with new growth thanks to the preservation efforts of arborists following last year's devastating wildfire. Nearly a year after wind-whipped flames raced through the Hawaii community, it's seeing some progress toward rebuilding. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin) Keep reading   3 Canada Ends Moratorium on Cod After 32 Years The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic province's economy and transformed its small communities more than 30 years ago. Keep reading   4 Principal Who Had His Pregnant Girlfriend Killed Learns His Fate Jocelyn Peters was 31 weeks pregnant, in bed at her Missouri apartment working on baby shower invitations when a man entered and shot her in the eye, killing her. Keep reading   5 US Airman Charged With Kidnap, Sexual Assault in Japan A US Air Force member is in the custody of Japanese authorities, charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl in Okinawa in December. Keep reading   6 Missile Didn't Explode— It Was a Multiwarhead, Says North Korea North Korea said Thursday it had successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, a sophisticated weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm missile defenses in the continental United States, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 Marilyn Monroe Home Saved From Destruction Marilyn Monroe's Los Angeles home, where the glamour icon spent her final moments in 1962 before dying of a drug overdose, has been saved from demolition. Keep reading   8 Texas Executes Prisoner Who Murdered His Dealer's Girlfriend Ramiro Gonzales, the Texas death row inmate who once made headlines with his desire to donate a kidney before his death, was executed in the state Wednesday. Keep reading   This Day in History In 2016, the US Supreme Court issued its strongest defense of abortion rights in a quarter-century, striking down Texas' widely replicated rules that sharply reduced abortion clinics. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2021: How Peter Thiel Used Loophole to Amass $5B in His Roth IRA   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved