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“You can have it all, just not all at the same time.” ― Betty Friedan
CHICAGO NEWS
• To game 7 we gooo! The Chicago Blackhawks are still in this and they have a chance to advance to the NHL Finals in their quest for the Stanley Cup. The clinched a 5-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks to force a Game 7 Saturday on NBC at 8pm in Anaheim. [USA TODAY]
NATIONAL NEWS
• Live anthrax samples(spores), shipped from Dugway Proving Ground, an Army facility in Utah, using a commercial delivery service were inadvertently delivered to up to 9 government and commercial laboratories. Though there isn’t an immediate threat to the general public, four people in three commercial labs had worked with the suspected anthrax samples. 22 personnel at a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea may have also been exposed. [WASHINGTON POST]
WORLD NEWS
• There’s a heatwave going on in parts of India and so far,according to reports, the national death toll has reached 1,400 people. The highest recorded temperature during the heat wave reached 116.6 F at Daltonganj in eastern state of Jharkhand and Titlagarh in Odisha. People were being urged to avoid going outside between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. [CNN]
SPORTS
• The stage has been set, the Lil B based god curse got the Rockets(google it), and the hottest basketball players in the league right now are headed to the NBA Finals. Golden State Warriors took care of the Houston Rockets with a 104-90 win to advance, ending the their 40-year absence from the finals. Illinois native Andre Iguadala was one of the key players in the series. The NBA Finals begins Thursday June 4 at 9PM at Golden State. Also how adorable is Riley Curry. [ESPN]
BUSINESS
• Amazon is rolling out free same day delivery on orders over $35 for prime members in select cities starting today. More than 1 million items including books, electronics and vacation gear will be eligible for same-day delivery in 14 metro areas including New York, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Atlanta though they need to be placed by noon for delivery by 9 p.m. Prime has become the cornerstone of Amazon’s growth – and a testing ground for new services ranging from television programs and movies to delivery-by-drone. [ABC NEWS]
CELEBRITIES
• Say it aint so! Reports have that one of Hollywood’s seemingly normal couple, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have separated and may be divorcing soon. The couple, married in 2005 have three children together and will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary in June. This also comes as rumors that Nicole Richie and rocker husband Joel Madden may also be headed for splitsville after putting p their Hollywood Hills home on the market. [OK!]
FASHION
• That trendy shirt from Forever21, do you know the true cost of how its made? A new film by Livia Firth (wife of actor Colin Firth) True Cost, directed by Andrew Morgan, sheds a light on the cost of fast fashion, featuring interviews with survivors of the Rana Plaza factory that collapsed leaving 1,130 dead. Some of the fashion names in attendance for its premiere included Tom Ford, Natalie Massenet, Bianca Jagger, Annie Lennox and Stephen Jones. [VOGUE UK]
• Kendall & Kylie for TOPSHOP is coming June 3rd the company announced on their instagram page. The capsule collection collab that was announced in February will include summer wardrobe which will be ‘characterized by the girls’ LA lifestyle and their contemporary, eclectic design aesthetic.’ So basically crop tops, leggings, crop tops.
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Jamie King
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