Template:In the news
- SpaceX CRS-7, an unmanned resupply mission to the International Space Station, fails when the Falcon 9 launch vehicle explodes shortly after liftoff.
- In an opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy (pictured), the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of recognizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
- At least 40 people are killed in attacks on two hotels in Sousse, Tunisia.
- A bombing at a mosque in Kuwait City kills at least 27 people.
- ISIL forces attack the Syrian city of Kobanî, killing more than 140 civilians.
- Scientists announce the discovery of an early turtle ancestor that lived 240 million years ago.
- A heat wave in Pakistan kills more than 1,200 people.
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