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[0] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Friday, June 16th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] Charges against a ring of nine people for thefts of millions of dollars worth of paintings, sports memorabilia, and other valuables have been announced by federal authorities.
[3] The thefts took place over more than two decades at 20 museums, institutions, and stores across several states.
[4] The stolen goods include an Andy Warhol silk screen, a Jackson Pollock painting, and nine World Series rings belonging to the late Yankees catcher Yogi Berra.
[5] Scientists in the United Kingdom claim they have achieved a remarkable scientific feat, creating synthetic human embryos using stem cells without sperm or eggs.
[6] Professor Magdalena Zernica Gates of the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology announced the news on Wednesday at a conference in Boston, but the potential method is still a long way from being used clinically.
[7] It also raises serious ethical and legal questions.
[8] Texas Christian University's course catalog shows the school will offer a course called The Queer Art of Drag this coming fall.
[9] The course will be taught by Dr. Nino Testa, who also goes by his drag name Maria von Klapp.
[10] A syllabus for the course indicates that students will use worksheets and vision boards to develop their own drag personas culminating in a live lip sync performance.
[11] After a five -month investigation, law enforcement in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have busted a massive drug syndicate accused of smuggling six tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand.
[12] The traffickers were intercepted smuggling the drugs through shipments of maple syrup and canola oil.
[13] UFC superstar Connor McGregor has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom at Kasea Center, home to the Miami Heat.
[14] McGregor's representatives have denied the allegations.
[15] According to demand letters from attorney Ariel Mitchell, the victim was separated from her friend by Heat and NBA security, where she was forced into a bathroom inside the arena.
[16] McGregor then emerged from a stall and forcibly kissed the woman while security guards allegedly guarded the doors.
[17] After 41 years at the helm of Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sejack has announced that this will be his final season.
[18] As Sejack told NBC's Al Roker, he always put the show first.
[19] People are not tuning in necessarily to see how, let's see how clever Pat is tonight.
[20] They like the game, and the game's the star, the players are the star, and you kind of have to step back.
[21] Sejack took over for Chuck Woolery in 1983 and now holds the Guinness World Record for longest -serving host of a single game show.
[22] Ryan Seacrest, Whoopi Goldberg, and letter spinner Vana White have all been mentioned as replacements.
[23] The Justice Department's Antitrust Division has informed the PGA tour that it will review the organization's proposed merger with Saudi -funded Liv Golf.
[24] The announcement of the deal last week immediately triggered antitrust concerns and sent shockwaves through the golf world.
[25] 83 -year -old Al Pacino and his 29 -year -old girlfriend recently welcomed their first child together, according to TMZ.
[26] The baby sex has not been reported.
[27] All right, those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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