1.  DeSantis Admin Looks to Expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ to All Grades

 WHERE FREEDOM GOES TO DIE 

The State Board of Education, stacked with DeSantis allies and other conservatives, will vote on the measure next month.

U.S. NEWS

2.  Cops: Denver Student on the Run After Shooting School Staff

  HORRIBLE 

The shooting occurred during a “security search” of the student due to his past behavior, police said.

U.S. NEWS

It’s Time to Get My Dad This Grand Slam Father’s Day Gift

  WRIST PERFECT 

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3.  MLB Warns Slow Bat Boys and Girls: You’re on Thin Ice

 WATCH OUT, TIMMY 

How do you speed up baseball games? Tell the teens you use to collect equipment that they’ll be given performance reviews, of course.

ENTERTAINMENT

4.  Abandoned Newborn Survived on Doorstep for 2 Days

 MIRACLE 

The Aviles family returned home from a weekend trip to find a baby on their doorstep.

U.S. NEWS

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 ABLOOMIN’ 

This indoor garden is 52% off.

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5.  Texas Uni Cancels Drag Show, Comparing It to ‘Blackface’

 WTF? 

“Drag shows stereotype women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others and discriminate against womanhood,” President Walter Wendler said.

U.S. NEWS

6.  Google’s New AI Bot Apparently Loves Conspiracy Theories

 YIKES 

Bard AI thinks Pizzagate is real because it was mentioned in a New York Times article. Great.

TECH

7.  Disney Defies DeSantis by Hosting Major LGBTQ+ Conference

 DOUBLING DOWN 

The Out & Equal Workplace summit is expected to draw over 5,000 attendees.

U.S. NEWS

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8.  Porsche Tycoon to Divorce Wife Over Her Dementia: Report

 SPEEDING AWAY 

A German outlet reported that the illness has made living together “impossible.”

WORLD

9.  Gisele: I Didn’t Give My Husband a Retirement Ultimatum

  SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT 

The model got candid with Vanity Fair, saying “everything” the tabloids wrote about their divorce was wrong.

ENTERTAINMENT

10.  Famous Lock of Beethoven’s Hair Actually From a Woman

 MUSICAL GENE-IUS 

It’s one of several revelations from new DNA testing on the composer.

INNOVATION

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11.  BAFTAs Celebrate Diversity of All-White Best TV Actress Noms

 LOL 

While not a single woman of color was nominated, CEO Jane Millichip thinks it’s pretty cool that some older women were picked.

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12.  Inmates Escape Using a Toothbrush—Only to Be Caught at IHOP

 EASY COME, EASY GO 

John M. Garza and Arley V. Nemo used “primitive-made tools” to dig a hole through a wall in a prison in Newport News, Virginia.

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13.  Dick Van Dyke Found Bleeding After Malibu Car Crash: TMZ

 YIKES 

The acting legend, 97, had smashed into a gate, according to a report.

ENTERTAINMENT

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