Morning Brief: June 24

It is Pride Week in New York City this week. Many events will be occurring to celebrate the LGBT community, and today’s event is Family Night. Bring your family and friends for a free screening of Disney/ Pixar’s Finding Nemo. Family Night starts at 7:30 on Hudson River Park’s Pier 63, and best of all, there is no rain in the forecast!

NEED TO KNOW

Top French security officials to convene emergency meeting after WikiLeaks release [LA Times]

Calls to Drop Confederate Emblems Spread Nationwide [NY Times]

Tentative Deal in Albany Would Extend Rent Laws; Key Issues Are Unresolved [NY Times]

Twisted Horn hunting club in Owls Head identified by neighbors as remote spot where escaped convicts’ DNA was found [NY Daily News]

New York’s creative job sector is growing: study [NY Daily News]

SPORTS

Phillies beat Yankees 11-6

Mets lost to Brewers 2-3

Today

Yankees host Phillies, 1:05

Mets at Milwaukee, 8:10

WEATHER

Sunny, 84/67 [full forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

 John Fogerty @ Radio City Music Hall

 Warren Haynes Featuring Railroad Earth @ the Capitol Theatre

 Los Lobos (with Clarence Bucaro) @ Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne

 Mary Chapin Carpenter with Aoife O’Donovan @ the Mayo Performing Arts Center

 Madeleine Peyroux @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts

 Rhett Miller with Nicole Atkins @ City Winery

 The Kooks and Atlas Genius (with Joywave) @ SummerStage, Central Park

 Loudon Wainwright III “Surviving Twin” @ SubCulture

 Nona Hendryx And Mamafunk @ Joe’s Pub

 Scars On 45 @ Rockwood Music Hall

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 2004, capital punishment was declared unconstitutional.

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