Morning Brief: June 25

Where do you get your groceries? If it is the grocery store Whole Foods, you may find this important. New York City says that its Whole Foods stores are responsible for overcharging customers. The Department of Consumer Affairs weighed many of Whole Foods’ pre-packaged products, and it found that many of them had mislabeled weights. However, Whole Foods says it does not agree with the DCA’s findings. [full story]

NEED TO KNOW

Russia and the West rattle sabers and renew sanctions [LA Times]

'I am sorry,' Dzhokhar Tsarnaev tells Boston Marathon victims at his sentencing [LA Times]

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

2^nd Prison Worker is Charged as Search for Escaped Killers in New York Continues [NY Times]

Transgender students face harassment in New York classrooms statewide: report [NY Daily News]

Nursing home workers accused of abusing disable patient, letting him crawl bloody on the floor [NY Daily News]

SPORTS

Yankees beat Phillies 10-2

Mets lost to Brewers 1-4

Today

Yankees @ Houston, 8:10

Mets @ Milwaukee, 2:10

WEATHER

Chance of rain, 83/65 [full forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

 Dar Williams with Jill Sobule @ Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne

 Buster Poindexter @ City Winery

 Andrew Bird (with Roger Sellers) @ Le Poisson Rouge

 The Weepies with Greg Tannen @ the Norwalk Concert Hall

 Bob Schneider @ Hill Country

 Stanley Jordan and Kevin Eubanks @ the Mayo Performing Arts Center

 Asleep At The Wheel (with Petey Hop) @ the Ridgefield Playhouse

 Pete Francis of Dispatch (with The Funky Dawgz Brass Band) @ the Wonder Bar

 Alberta Cross (and Cuddle Magic) open for Rubblebucket @ the Music Hall of Williamsburg

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1978, the rainbow flag representing gay pride was flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

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Morning Brief: June 25

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