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the Milwaukee Bucks
organizationMilwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns 105-98 to win the NBA Finals 4-2. Giannis Antetokounmpo had a monster game, with 50 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks. Bucks lost the first two of their best-of-seven series but took the next four games to seal the title.
Jim Jordan
personGOP pulls out of Jan. 6 select committee after Pelosi rejects appointments. Jim Jordan has served on select committee and serves on one now. Pelosi has created a sham process.
The Milwaukee Bucks
organizationMilwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday night to win the series 4-2. Giannis Antetokounmpo was named Finals MVP for the first time in his career. Milwaukee waited 50 years to win a championship after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson in 1971.
Jim Banks
personHouse voted in June to create a select committee that will investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is able to appoint eight members to the commission. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has five slots "in consultation" with Pelosi.
Jeff Bezos
personBlue Origin has sent its first crewed mission to space. Jeff Bezos, who founded the company in 2000, said he was "so happy" Bezos also announced he was starting a $100 million Courage and Civility Award, with CNN contributor Van Jones and Michelin star chef José Andrés.
Marjorie Taylor Greene
personTwitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading vaccine misinformation. The Georgia Republican has touted conspiracy theories and has been an outspoken critic of COVID-19 vaccines. She was previously suspended for 12 hours in January of this year for "multiple violations" of Twitter's civic integrity policy.
Rand Paul
person"You don't know what you're talking about," Dr. Anthony Fauci told Kentucky's Rand Paul. Paul suggested he lied to Congress about whether the National Institutes of Health funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Amazon
organizationThe 4th-generation iPad Air is currently down to $500 at Amazon and Best Buy. Amazon is offering the Apple Watch Series 6 (40mm) with GPS, in the blue aluminum case with deep navy sport band, for $349. Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara is on sale for £4.46 on Amazon.
Pedro Castillo
personLeftist Pedro Castillo was proclaimed the winner of the June 6 run-off on Monday. He beat right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori by just 44,000 votes. Castillo worked as an elementary school teacher for the last 25 years.
Cam Akers
personRams RB Akers suffers torn Achilles, likely out for 2021. Akers was expected to be their starting and featured back in 2021. Todd Gurley remains available as a NFL free agent.
Blue Origin
organizationBlue Origin launched its first customers into space on their New Shepard rocket. Jeff Bezos, who founded the company in 2000, said he was "so happy" Bezos also announced he was starting a $100 million Courage and Civility Award, with CNN contributor Van Jones and Michelin star chef José Andrés.
Dominic Cummings
personDominic Cummings left his job as an adviser to Boris Johnson in November. He has since launched a series of excoriating attacks on his former boss. Cummings said Johnson resisted locking down the country in the fall of 2020. Accused Mr Johnson of not having a plan and said he ‘doesn’t know how to be Prime Minister’
Jeff Bezos
personMore than 185,000 people have signed two petitions. The one with the most signatures is titled "Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth" Bezos is set to fly to the edge of space on Tuesday for his first human flight.
Boris Johnson
personDominic Cummings left his job as an adviser to Boris Johnson in November. He has since launched a series of excoriating attacks on his former boss. Cummings said Johnson resisted locking down the country in the fall of 2020.
Jeff Bezos
personBlue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates are blasting off into space Tuesday for a 10-minute sub-orbital flight. Bezos will become the second billionaire to fly a rocket he helped fund, after Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson launched on July 11th. The crew will experience a few minutes of weightlessness at the top of the ride.
Microsoft Exchange
organizationU.S., allies formally accuse China of mass-hacking of Microsoft Exchange servers. Biden administration said the attack, launched by hackers backed by China's Ministry of State Security, resulted in "significant remediation costs" UK government found Beijing responsible for a "pervasive pattern" of hacking.
NSO Group
organizationNSO Group, the company behind the Pegasus spyware program, has been banned from Amazon Web Services. Move comes the day after a report alleged Pegasus was used to target human rights activists and journalists. NSO has denied the latest allegations regarding Pegasus, saying they are "false"
Paul Allard Hodgkins
personProsecutors want Paul Allard Hodgkins to serve 18 months behind bars. He pleaded guilty last month to one count of obstructing an official proceeding. His sentencing could set the bar for punishments of hundreds of other defendants.
Carlos Ghosn
personUS father and son jailed over helping ex-Nissan chairman Ghosn escape. Michael Taylor sentenced to two years in prison, while his son Peter was sentenced to one year and eight months. They were charged with helping a criminal in the December 2019 escape.
Michael Taylor
personMichael Taylor and his son Peter pleaded guilty to helping Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon. The two men received $1.3m for their services and another $500,000 for legal fees. The former Nissan chairman remains a fugitive in his childhood home of Lebanon.