• Shimon Peres, 90, the Israeli president, who is departing office next month, lunched at the White House with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden before holding talks about Iraq, Iran and peace in the Middle East.
• Buddy Cianci, 73, the twice-convicted felon who led Providence, R.I., as mayor for 21 years before spending 4½ years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, said that he is running as an independent for a seventh term as mayor because the city can't afford to have a mayor who is getting "on-the-job training."
• George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars movies, announced that he has picked Chicago to host his much-anticipated museum of art and movie memorabilia, choosing the Windy City over San Francisco and Los Angeles.
• Princess Cristina, the sister of Spain's newly proclaimed King Felipe VI, edged closer to an indictment in a corruption and embezzlement investigation centering on her husband after a Spanish judge kept her on a list of suspects he thinks should stand trial.
• Max Baucus, the United States' new ambassador to China, said in a speech at a Beijing hotel that he would devote himself to strengthening already bustling trade ties between the two powers and work to ease bilateral tensions.
• Alexander Matusov, 52, a Russian mafia gang leader wanted back home in connection with scores of killings and other crimes since 1995, was arrested in Thailand while living on a retirement visa, police said.
• Gloria Jones of Kansas City, Mo., was convicted of two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and faces sentencing in August for trying to poison her infant twin daughters by putting rubbing alcohol in their milk.
• Austin Garrett, 20, of Anson, Texas, was held on a charge of abandoning-endangering a child, accused of playing video games while his 2-year-old son drowned in an outdoor pool.
• Kathleen O'Toole, a onetime Boston police commissioner and former inspector general for Ireland's national police force, will be Seattle's first female police chief.
• Khalil al-Marzooq, a senior Bahraini opposition figure who faced allegations of instigating violence, was cleared of all charges after a brief hearing in a closely watched case linked to political unrest in the strategic Persian Gulf island nation.
A Section on 06/26/2014