By Daniel Wine, NCS
👋 Welcome to five Things PM! Clive Davis, the legendary music producer often called “the man with the golden ears,” has died at 94. He labored with business icons from Janis Joplin and Whitney Houston to Billy Joel and Santana.
Here’s what else you might need missed throughout your busy day.
5 issues
1️⃣ Trump’s blunder
The first main ballot carried out since President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran reveals Americans are fed up with the warfare. NCS’s Aaron Blake says the scale of the debacle is coming into focus.
💬 Vance and Iranian state media issue conflicting statements
2️⃣ ‘Most frustrating case’
Carla Anderson was 23 when she vanished in 1987 with a rented film nonetheless in the VCR and the condo door locked together with her purse inside. Decades later, authorities in Minnesota haven’t given up on the search.
3️⃣ Mobility reset
If you spend most of the day sitting and gazing a pc display screen, you may suppose you want a protracted exercise or critical stretching to alleviate the rigidity. Not essentially — this three-minute routine may do the trick.
4️⃣ Fascinating discover
A 5,000-year-old construction found in southwest England might have been a prototype for the improvement of Stonehenge. Here’s why archaeologists think that’s the case.
5️⃣ Gay meltdown
When the San Francisco Giants hosted a Pride Night, drama ensued after just a few pitchers wrote Bible verses on their caps. Our sports team weighs in.
⚽ World Cup: Lionel Messi makes history
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🐷 Swimming to security: Pigs in Louisiana navigate the flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur, which dumped heavy rain in a number of states alongside the Gulf Coast.
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🇨🇳 Cultural connection: French aristocrats, playful clowns, florals, polka dots and stripes — this uncommon assortment of conventional Chinese clothes reveals a story of personal style spanning the mid-Twentieth century.
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Quiz time
⛳ Which golfer simply received the US Open?
A. Sam Burns
B. Rory McIlroy
C. Scottie Scheffler
D. Wyndham Clark
⬇️ Scroll down for the reply.
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✅ Most standard in Friday’s publication: Thousands of child seals died on two distant sub-Antarctic islands. Scientists now think they know why
🧠 Quiz reply: D. Clark took the title after avoiding the best collapse in the match’s historical past.
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Today’s version of 5 Things PM was edited and produced by NCS’s Kimberly Richardson, Meghan Pryce and Gina Park.