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| Good morning. It’s Monday, June 8, and some Tonys history was made last night by John Lithgow and Bess Wohl. Find highlights from the ceremony here. Now let’s catch up.  | Israel and Iran traded strikes for the first time since a ceasefire was reached in April. | - The latest: Israel said it struck military targets in Iran, hours after Tehran fired a barrage of missiles toward the country. Iran’s attack followed Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
- Zooming out: The strikes complicate efforts to broker a peace deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Israel’s retaliation came in apparent defiance of President Donald Trump.
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 | An agent who sent models to Jeffrey Epstein is trying to explain why. | | | (Illustration by Natalie Vineberg/The Post; Bebeto Matthews/AP; New York State Sex Offender Registry; iStock) | - After Epstein was released from jail in 2009: The convicted sex offender cultivated a network of lesser-known associates who offered to bring women into his orbit.
- Ramsey Elkholy was one of them: The former modeling agent repeatedly introduced young women to Epstein. In an interview with The Post, he explained his motivations.
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 | Trump ended a “Meet the Press” interview after being challenged on false claims. | - What happened? Trump became agitated when Kristen Welker questioned his falsehoods about elections and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Watch the tense exchange here.
- Tonight: Trump is set to become the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game. The event is at Madison Square Garden — Trump is expected to be showered with boos.
- This Sunday: Trump will celebrate turning 80 with a spectacle at the White House.
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 | Visa headaches and anxiety over ICE are casting a shadow over the World Cup. | - Starting this week: Millions of soccer fans are set to crowd into U.S. stadiums, bars and restaurants to cheer on the 48 nations competing in the world’s biggest sporting event.
- But it has become the latest battleground over immigration: Some fans are struggling to obtain proper paperwork; others fear ICE will carry out arrests at stadiums.
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 | The troubling signs of El Niño are already emerging in a South American country. | | | People at the beach near Lima, Peru on June 1, the first day of meteorological winter, as sea temperatures rose nearly 10 degrees above average. (Abraham Levy) | - In Peru: The city of Lima is getting beach weather in winter. A wave of record-breaking undersea warmth associated with El Niño is arriving along the nation’s shores.
- According to updated forecasts: There’s potential for the strongest El Niño pattern on record this year. We broke down five possible impacts in the U.S. and beyond here.
- Ever seen a rain-wrapped tornado? Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci chased one.
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 | How late can you drink coffee without wrecking your sleep? Science has an answer. | - A brewed awakening: People in a study who drank one or more cups each day lost on average 36 minutes of sleep compared with those who didn’t over a two-week period.
- But you don’t need to quit: Researchers recommend finishing drinking coffee at least nine hours or so before you sleep, though some people have genes that boost tolerance.
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 | A record die-off of sea stars was followed by something that stunned biologists. | | | Before bacteria killed off most of the West Coast's sea stars in 2014, researchers almost never saw babies. But scientists now observe them regularly. (Casey Parks/The Post) | |
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