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1. CDC recommends parents talk to a doctor about getting COVID-19 shots for kids

   RFK Jr. announced this week that the federal government is removing the recommendation that kids and pregnant women get routine COVID-19 vaccines. But CDC advice is more nuanced.

2. Ultramarathon runner breastfeeds her baby 3 times on her way to a surprise win

   The extreme sport of ultrarunning is known for seemingly impossible feats. But Stephanie Case's recent performance — six months after giving birth — is making waves far beyond the running community.

3. Food for Gaza decays in Jordan warehouses as Israel restricts aid

   Food aid is moldering in warehouses in Jordan, the main hub for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Other foods and medicines are loaded on trucks that have waited for months at Israeli border crossings.

4. PBS and Minnesota public TV station sue Trump White House

   PBS and Lakeland PBS in rural Minnesota are suing President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the public television network.

5. Remembering a Ballet Legend in Russia; a Monkey Census in Nepal

   Russians remember the longtime artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who died recently. Yuri Grigorovich held the position for the last three decades of the Soviet Union and staged productions that were wildly popular at home and projected soft power overseas.
   
   And in Nepal, people have complained of monkey's stealing food from their property for years. Now, the government is...

6. Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency

   President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.

7. Billowing smoke from Canadian wildfires wafts into the U.S.

   The Manitoba wildfires have forced 17,000 people to flee the province. Plumes of heavy smoke are expected to drift into the United States over Friday and Saturday, affecting millions of Americans.

8. Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over spy murder claim

   Adams sued over an allegation in a 2016 documentary that he sanctioned the 2006 killing of a British spy in Ireland. A jury in Dublin's High Court awarded Adams damages of 100,000 euros ($113,000).

9. French health ministry extends smoking ban

   France to ban smoking at beaches, parks and outside schools from July 1st to protect children.

10. Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end humanitarian status for some migrants

    The move to grant a stay in the case means that the Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who were granted temporary parole under the program known as CHNV would lose their temporary legal status to be in the U.S.