Here's a roundup of news trending across the nation and the world today.
What to know now:
1. North Korean missile: Kim Jong Un vowed on Tuesday to continue to send "gift packages" of missile tests to the United States after North Korea successfully launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile. The test, which launched a missile capable of reaching the United States, was met with the launch of two surface-to-surface missiles by the United States and South Korea. The missiles were intended to show the capability of a mobile launching system, according to U.S. military officials. They were fired intentionally into South Korean waters from the new launching system.
2. Trump to visit Putin: President Donald Trump will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin face-to-face on Friday as Trump attends the Group of 20 summit in Germany. No set agenda has been announced, and according to national security adviser H.R. McMaster, "It's really going to be whatever the president wants to talk about."
3. Attack thwarted: Ukrainian officials say they were able to stop a planned cyber attack originating from inside that country. According to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, the second stage of a malware attack that hit on June 27 had been timed for 4 p.m. Ukraine time on Tuesday. Officials say they raided the offices of the Ukrainian tax firm M.E. Doc, the source of the first attack.
4. Prince's drummer dies: John Blackwell Jr., who worked as a drummer for Prince, died Tuesday. Blackwell, who had also worked for Patti LaBelle, was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year. His wife, Yaritza, announced his death on Instagram. "My husband incredible drummer John Blackwell Jr. passed the way peacefully in my company today," she wrote. "Thanks God for his life and thanks everyone for their support." Blackwell was 43.
5. Offer of help: President Trump has offered to help a terminally ill British child come to the United States to get an experimental treatment. Charlie Gard, who is 11 months old, suffers from a rare genetic disease that damaged his brain and left him unable to breathe on his own. Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that the hospital where he is being treated could discontinue life support. Charlie's parents want to bring the child to the United States for an experimental therapy that could extend his life.
And one more
In what seems to have become a 4th of July tradition, Joey "Jaws" Chestnut won the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Chestnut ate 72 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes at the Coney Island Boardwalk on Tuesday. It was the 10th time Chestnut has won the contest.
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