• Queen Elizabeth II, the British monarch, laid a wreath of roses on the grave of the Unknown Warrior inside Westminster Abbey during a service to mark the onset of the Battle of the Somme, the monthslong British and French offensive against German forces in World War I.
• Michelle Obama, the first lady, took her Let Girls Learn education initiative to Spain, meeting with Queen Letizia and calling on the hundreds of young women at a conference in Madrid to show the world how important it is that girls be "valued for their minds."
• Katherine Haik, the reigning Miss Teen USA, applauded The Miss Universe Organization's decision to replace the swimsuit portion of the teen pageant with an athletic-wear competition, saying it's "a great way to celebrate the active lives that so many young women lead."
• Nancy Grace, 56, a former prosecutor and host of the self-titled TV show on HLN, announced that she will be ending her show in October after a 12-year run.
• Adnan Syed, 35, the subject of the podcast Serial that chronicled the 2000 trial in which he was sentenced to life in prison in the death of his girlfriend Hae Min Lee, will get a new trial because, a judge said, his lawyer didn't question the reliability of cell tower data that was used to show Syed was at Lee's shallow grave.
• Tod Mishler, 80, who snarled traffic on a highway bridge from New Jersey to Staten Island as part of a cross-country horse ride to raise awareness for childhood hunger, has been charged with animal cruelty after police said two of his horses were dehydrated and had bleeding saddle sores.
• Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechnya region of Russia, has turned to reality TV to find an apprentice, soliciting viewers to apply for the Live -- The Team competition, where they will present concepts for redeveloping the war-torn region.
• Walter Eichinger, vice president for the Brenden cinema chain, issued an apology after moviegoers at a showing of the PG-rated Finding Dory in Concord, Calif., were shown a trailer for the R-rated animated movie Sausage Party.
• Daniel Herndon, a skydiver who was delivering the game ball for a professional soccer match in Oklahoma City, said muscle memory kicked in, allowing him to deploy his reserve chute to land safely after his main parachute malfunctioned while falling at 80 mph.
A Section on 07/01/2016