Disasters and accidents

Eight people are killed in a fire in an office building in Fryazino, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8444kxgrkeo

Disasters and accidents

Officials in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States, issue an evacuation warning due to flooding on the Blue Earth River breaching the Rapidan Dam, pushing it into an "imminent failure condition" upstream of several cities. Flooding also collapses a railroad bridge connecting South Dakota and Iowa and kills two people. (WCCO-TV) (AP)

• https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/rapidan-dam-fails-evacuation-blue-earth-county/
• https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-floods-extreme-heat-71b740c16ad97edd90b3e9422672a61e

Sports

In ice hockey, the Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers in seven games to win the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, marking their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history. The Panthers also avoid becoming the fifth team in National Hockey League history to lose a series despite having a 3–0 series lead. (The Washington Post)

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06/24/florida-panthers-stanley-cup-champions-game-7-edmonton-oilers/