{"id":875668,"date":"2026-06-18T10:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/875668\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:42:22","slug":"morning-briefing-june-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/875668\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: June 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, New York City. <\/b>Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

It\u2019s steamy today, with possible spot showers this morning.<\/p>\n\n\"\"\n<\/td>\nHighs:<\/b>\u00a0Upper 80s
Lows:<\/b>\u00a0Mid-60s
Spot showers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nIntroducing Spectrum News+
Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Around NYC<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Knicks ticker-tape parade: What to know before you go<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

New York City will celebrate the Knicks’ first NBA championship in 53 years with a ticker-tape parade and City Hall ceremony today.<\/p>\n

The Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 on Saturday night to win the NBA Finals in five games.<\/p>\n

Here’s what you need to know about the parade<\/a> for the team.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Teenager dies after being thrown from horse-drawn carriage in Central Park<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

A teenager thrown to the ground yesterday when a Central Park carriage horse bolted away from its driver has died, according to police.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old was riding in the horse-drawn carriage with three other passengers when the accident happened just before 3 p.m., according to the New York Police Department. At least two passengers were sent flying out of the careening cab.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0More than 77,000 New Yorkers cast ballots in first five days of early voting<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

By the end of the day yesterday, more than 77,000 New Yorkers had cast their ballots across the five boroughs through the first five days of early voting, according to the city’s Board of Elections.<\/p>\n

Manhattan led the turnout, with a total of 32,738 ballots cast in the borough so far. Brooklyn follows with 21,675, then Queens with 14,530, the Bronx with 7,262 and Staten Island with 1,625.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0U.S. officials say Iran deal calls for diluting uranium at minimum, waiving sanctions, opening strait<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Warsh announces task forces to review Fed’s communications, data sources at first meeting as chair<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Trump delays Clayton’s nomination for intelligence director to try to push Congress on voter ID bill<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner It\u2019s steamy today,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":875669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,9428,7448,258110,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-875668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-app-top-stories","tag-erin-pflaumer","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116770698001766572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}