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Mission accomplished? Trump’s meeting with Kim is a political win despite long odds of diplomatic success:

President Donald Trump orchestrated one of the most audacious photo ops in the annals of American diplomacy by crossing dramatically into North Korea alongside Kim Jong Un.

If history is to remember the moment as more than a self-glorifying stunt, the meeting must lead to breakthroughs that Trump’s friendship with the brutal dictator is yet to yield.

Yet even if that progress doesn’t quickly emerge, Trump can still chalk up a valuable political win that will underscore how his foreign policy is often directed by his electoral priorities.

Cedric Willis spent 12 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He was shot dead two blocks from his home:

Cedric Willis spent nearly 12 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Since his exoneration in 2006, he worked as a motivational speaker, helped register Mississippi residents to vote and visited schools talking about his experience.

“He’d been working out, he was feeling good,” says Emily Maw, his attorney with the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO). The two had become good friends and Maw says the last time she saw him three weeks ago, “things seemed to be going so well for him.”
On June 24, Willis was shot and killed in his Jackson, Mississippi, neighborhood, two blocks from his home.

Miss Tennessee Brianna Mason makes history in an already historic year:

It’s a triumphant year for beauty queens of color and a first-grade teacher from Nashville is keeping that streak alive.

Brianna Mason won the Miss Tennessee scholarship pageant Saturday night, CNN affiliate WATEreported, becoming the first African-American woman to win the title in the pageant’s eight-decade history.
The crown serves as Mason’s ticket to the Miss America competition later this year.
The Miss America competition is separate from the Miss USA pageant system, which includes the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe contests.

Taylor Swift calls sale of her music catalog her ‘worst case scenario’:

Taylor Swift called it her “worst case scenario,” learning that her music catalog has been sold to a company owned by music manager Scooter Braun.

Claiming she’s been bullied by Braun for years, Swift took to Tumblr on Sunday to explain how upset she is that her songs with Big Machine Label Group ended up with Braun, who manages artists such as Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and the Zac Brown band.
Braun’s Ithaca Holdings acquired Big Machine Label Group from founder Scott Borchetta as part of a $300 million deal, reports Billboard. Swift had been signed to the label from her 2006 self-titled debut album through 2017’s “Reputation,” before moving to Universal Music Group.
The sale prevents Swift from owning the first six albums in her catalog.

Megan Rapinoe strikes an epic pose after scoring against France in the Women’s World Cup. The internet goes wild:

Less than 24 hours have passed since Megan Rapinoe scored the only two goalsagainst France in the Women’s World Cup quarter-final match, but her glorious goal celebration has already been hailed as an “iconic” moment in soccer and all sports.

A photo of a triumphant Rapinoe with her arms outstretched, a pose she struck after scoring both goals, quickly set Twitter ablaze.
“This is one of my favorite sports pictures of the decade,” sports pundit Bill Simmons tweeted, adding that Rapinoe was an “inspiration to [his] daughter.”

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