Which story is one step closer to answers...

Lockerbie. Yesterday, more than 30 years after the attack, the Justice Dept said it took one of the suspects into custody. In December of 1988, a Libyan man and two others placed a bomb in Pan Am Flight 103, causing it to explode over Lockerbie, Scotland. 270 people were killed — including 190 Americans, making it the deadliest terror attack in the UK and the second deadliest for Americans to date. In 2020, the US acted on intelligence to charge a former intel official known as Mas’ud for his role in the attack. Now, two years later, the US has extradited him — and he will make his initial court appearance in DC. One of the other suspects has passed away and another has been acquitted of all charges.

Why we’re saying ‘and then there were four’...

The World Cup. This week, the tournament heads to the semifinals. Tomorrow, it's Argentina vs Croatia. Followed by France vs Morocco the next day. With Argentina still in the running, Lionel Messi has a chance at boosting his rep as the world’s greatest with his first-ever World Cup W. All that, despite a tense standoff in the match with the Netherlands. But many are also rooting for Morocco, which just became the first African country to make it to the semifinals after defeating Portugal 1-0 and with it, Cristiano Ronaldo. Meanwhile, tributes poured in for Grant Wahl. On Friday, the 49-year-old American died of unknown causes while covering the Argentina v. Netherlands game. The Soccer journalist had been detained (briefly) for trying to enter a match while wearing a rainbow T-shirt in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community weeks before his death. US Soccer said it was “heartbroken” and his wife said she was “in complete shock.”

What’s spreading its wings…

Twitter Blue. Today, the social media platform is set to launch its subscription plan that will allow anyone willing to pay $8 a month (or $11 a month for iPhone users) to get that sweet blue checkmark on their profile. Twitter CEO Elon Musk could be charging iPhone users a heftier price tag, to cover an apparent 30% commission Apple charges on some in-app purchases. It comes as he and Apple CEO Tim Cook have butted heads over the threat of Apple removing Twitter from its App Store. The delayed update follows last month’s botched revamp of the verification service that saw Doja Cat become ‘Fart’ and a verified account posing as Eli Lilly tweeted that insulin was free. Meanwhile, Musk is using his role as the head of one of the top social media platforms to call for the prosecution of Dr. Anthony Fauci.

While “The White Lotus” is closed for the season…

We’ll always have the theme song. 

While Steve Aoki’s shooting for the moon...

Artemis I’s back from it.