Consumer prices in Sweden fell last month from the month before, but not as much as expected. The start of Beyoncé’s world tour, in Stockholm, might have had an effect. nytimes.com/2023/06/15/bus… By Eshe Nelson

Let’s be frank, we Americans don’t get cricket – so as the #Ashes begin, we tested our colleagues' knowledge. Trigger warning: the results aren't pretty. 🏏 #GooglyPlay

Breaking News: Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers and disclosed the secret history of American lies in Vietnam, has died at 92. nyti.ms/3Ny16C1

New: Years before its sub went missing in the Atlantic, OceanGate faced warnings from experts about its plan to launch a new hallmark mission taking wealthy passengers on a tour of the Titanic's wreckage. (No paywall. w/ Jenny Gross Anna Betts Mike Baker) nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/…

How a quirky article on Pink Floyd & The Wizard of Oz that I wrote in 1995, as a 19 year old, helped foster one of the first instances of internet culture crossing over to the mainstream — & has haunted my career as a legal & national security journalist. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Reporting from a rabbithole: Wendy Rush, OceanGate comms director and wife of CEO/pilot Stockton Rush, is the great-great-grandchild of Titanic victims Isidor and Ida Straus. Fictionalized versions of them were seen in the James Cameron movie. nyti.ms/3Jsuojg

Britain’s National Portrait Gallery reopened Thursday after a three-year, $55-million renovation. nyti.ms/3Np8Q83

Lewis Capaldi announced on Tuesday that he would take a break from touring “for the foreseeable future,” including the remainder of his current world tour, in order to adjust to life with Tourette’s syndrome, with which he was diagnosed last year. nyti.ms/3NuHSvP

A woman in Michigan was struggling with her asthma amid the smoke from the wildfires in Canada: “I feel like I’m wearing a belt that’s too tight around my neck.” Follow live updates: nytimes.com/live/2023/06/2…

A 🧵, 38 years in the making. Today is my last day NPR after, yep, nearly four decades. It's impossible to sum up what these years have meant, but indulge me as I share some stories that have been among the most memorable for me… 1/

The fate of human telephone operators thrown out of work when call switching became automatic tells us something important about what might happen to jobs automated away by AI. vox.com/future-perfect…

Dysfunctional pockets of local government in big cities get a lot of attention because they impact a lot of people and draw media scrutiny, but in small places with less scrutiny bad stuff happens to — potentially more of it. nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/…

“I’m trying to get a full-time job, which has been a whirlwind. I’ve applied to over 50 jobs. In college I did a fair number of internships so this wouldn’t happen, but it’s still happening.” nytimes.com/2023/07/19/bus…

“What we’re trying to do is present a history that’s not divisive,” said Erwan de la Villéon, the head of the park, which fails to mention certain aspects of Spain’s past, including the bloody conquest of America and Franco’s repressive rule.

Breaking News: Tony Bennett, whose interpretations of musical standards helped spread the American songbook around the world, died at 96. nyti.ms/3OmXd3c

.Chris Stanford, an editor in the London newsroom, wrote today’s Wordle Review. He starts with RAISE every day. “That many of my fellow Wordle reviewers seem to use a different starting word every day fills me with a slightly horrified awe.” nyti.ms/3sTLEIP

Congratulations to Chris Stanford on his new role as deputy editor of the Home team in Seoul. nytco.com/press/chris-st…

Budding Journalists: Do you have questions about The New York Times Fellowship? (I know you do because I've been getting your many, many emails and messages). Carla Correa and I are doing an AMA for The New York Times on Reddit this Friday. Watch for details soon.