New York City history was made on June 13 after the Knicks took the title of NBA Champions, quenching a 53-year championship drought. And on Thursday, the City of Dreams will celebrate with its long-awaited ticker-tape parade — maybe the largest the city has ever seen. Ticker-tape is where massive amounts of confetti are thrown from the windows of skyscrapers. But don’t expect orange and blue, as The Post previously reported, it will be thousands of pounds of tiny white shreds. Knicks fans celebrate after the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA…

CHICAGO — Former President Barack Obama is getting a little help from his friends in celebrating the opening of his presidential museum in Chicago.The guestlist for Thursday’s dedication ceremony includes Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera and Bono, along with former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are expected to give remarks. The invite-only celebration will be livestreamed and kicks off a weekend of events centered around the Obama Presidential Center, which opens to the general public on Juneteenth.SEE ALSO: Barack, Michelle Obama reflect on new presidential center, greatest White House legacyPresident Donald…

A series of misleading statements and videos has spread on social media in the wake of the G7 summit in Evian, France. Leaders from the Group of 7 countries, in addition to the EU and other invitee states, gathered there to discuss global geopolitical challenges such as the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as the world economy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Many of the claims centre on US President Donald Trump’s interactions with European leaders, and what they’ve said about him. The Cube, Euronews’ fact-checking team, took a look at some of the more viral claims doing the…

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton broke his silence following the death of his fiancée Jade Jones’ friend Makenzi Kern during a recent bachelorette party. “We will always love and miss you Kenz,” Haliburton, 26, wrote via his Instagram Story on Wednesday, June 17. “Forever thankful for you.” The athlete wrote his memorial message over a photo of Kern and Jones hugging. It was reported on Tuesday, June 16, that Kern died unexpectedly at age 26 while attending a bachelorette party hosted by Jones, 28, in St. Barts earlier this month. Kern reportedly died due to “health complications” though her family…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Rex Heuermann, who will spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting to being the Gilgo Beach serial killer, had a “Dexter”-style kill room in his basement, according to the top prosecutor on the case.”Very evocative of that, and I think when we realized what it was, you know, that was some of the comments that were made,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, who was personally part of the prosecution team that secured Heuermann’s guilty plea. “We were actually able to recreate that, in the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, once accused the state’s police of profiling in a campaign speech.”We have a system of policing that seems to want to police on top of people rather than police with people,” El-Sayed said during a gubernatorial bid in 2018 in an address before Harvard.”The probability of closing a murder in Detroit is extremely low. And yet the cops will pick on you because you look a particular kind of way.”El-Sayed’s comments persist despite efforts to scrub his social media of posts championing…

Qantas plans to launch what it says will be the world’s longest nonstop commercial flight in October 2027, connecting Sydney and London with a journey expected to last up to 22 hours. The Australian airline announced Wednesday that nonstop flights between the two cities will begin operating as part of its long-awaited Project Sunrise initiative, which aims to connect Australia’s east coast directly with major global destinations.Qantas unveiled the first of its specially configured Airbus A350-1000ULR aircraft at Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France. The aircraft has been modified for ultra-long-haul travel and includes an additional 20,000-liter fuel tank that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Cleveland Browns entered last season with one of the NFL’s more crowded quarterback rooms.Shedeur Sanders took over as starting quarterback in Week 12 last season, and after two more starts, he was named the starter for the remainder of the season. Sanders’ stunning slide to the fifth round of the 2025 draft set the stage for him becoming one of the most scrutinized rookies in recent memory.Few know Shedeur’s game better than Deion Sanders, his father and former college coach. On Wednesday, the two-time Super Bowl champion reflected on his son’s…

When Bailey Bouwman’s first child was born, he was a heavy wetter, and getting the perfect diaper fit to prevent leakage was impossible. There’s little as demoralizing as being the parent with the wet baby in public.  Bouwman also lives in Prince George, British Columbia, so it’s cold. If she didn’t change her son immediately every time he was wet, he’d inevitably get uncomfortable, fast. But wool diaper covers changed the game. Overnight, leaks became a nonissue. The soft wool covers were absorbent and kept her baby dry with no odor. Plus, they weren’t so finicky with fit to simply…

A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to death. The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in Sherwood Forest is believed to have died after it didn’t sprout leaves this spring, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said Thursday. Visitors over the past two centuries who viewed the tree’s gnarled limbs and sprawling canopy in Nottingham compressed the soil, making it difficult for rain to reach its roots, the conservation group said, despite the immediate area around the massive oak being fenced off.The forest has been under threat for years and the…

Published on 18/06/2026 – 11:42 GMT+2 Residents are heading to the polls in the Greater Manchester constituency of Makerfield in the UK today in a key by-election to determine their next MP – and quite possibly Britain’s next prime minister. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Polls in Makerfield are open from 7 am to 10 pm on Thursday, with the count set to take place after voting closes. The by-election was triggered after the former Makerfield MP Josh Simons stepped down to pave the way for Andy Burnham, the mayor of Manchester, to be able to mount a challenge to British Prime Minister…

Bunnie Xo shared another provocative social media post in the wake of her split from Jelly Roll. On Wednesday, June 17, the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” host, 46, posted an Instagram video where she lip-synced to estranged husband Jelly Roll’s 2018 track “No Limit (Freestyle).” The song choice is bound to raise some eyebrows since Jelly Roll (real name Jason Bradley DeFord), 41, raps about Bunnie (real name Alisa DeFord) in the song. Bunnie Xo specifically sang along to a section of “No Limit (Freestyle)” where he calls her “super bad” and brags that she “looks like a human Barbie.” “I’ve…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two high-stakes Supreme Court battles over President Donald Trump’s authority to remove federal officials could reshape the balance of power in Washington, but legal experts say the justices may draw a sharp line between the cases.At the center of the debate are Slaughter v. Trump, involving the firing of Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and Trump v. Cook, involving Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. While both cases touch on presidential removal power, legal scholars say the disputes present fundamentally different legal questions.In Slaughter, the administration is directly challenging statutory restrictions…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There’s been a lot of chatter around New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart and changing his playing style to avoid getting injured in a game.But it’s been less so for running back Cam Skattebo, who is entering his second season in the NFL after having his rookie year cut short when he suffered a gruesome ankle injury. Skattebo said Wednesday he has no plans to change his playing style either.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! “It ain’t gonna change who I am,” he…

While the Knicks are on parade, Sebastian Crosa will be working to get the grade.  Rather than lining the streets of lower Manhattan Thursday — whooping for the 2026 NBA Champions, led by Jalen Brunson, Karl Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and his favorite player, Josh Hart — the middle schooler, 12, will be one of the thousands of devastated kids and teachers stuck inside classrooms due to the statewide Regents exams.  The ticker-tape spectacle begins at 10 a.m., with tip-off near Battery Park before moving up Broadway through the Canyon of Heroes to City Hall, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani will present…