Popularly known as “the Flying Sikh,” Singh was the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Source

President Biden is urging Americans to pick up the pace and get vaccinated. The push comes with just over two weeks to go before the Fourth of July when the administration hoped to see 70% of adults in the nation vaccinated. It also comes as the dangerous and highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus surfaces in 49 states. Michael George has the latest. Source

Amythyst Kiah was raised in Tennessee. She was a rising star when she was invited to join “Our Native Daughters,”— a super-group featuring Rhiannon Giddens that paid tribute to the struggles of black women through history. One of her songs on that album earned a 2019 Grammy Nomination. That song also appears on her just-released solo album: “Wary and Strange.” Performing for Saturday Sessions, here is Amythyst Kiah with “Tender Organs.” Source

Amythyst Kiah was raised in Tennessee. She was a rising star when she was invited to join “Our Native Daughters,”— a super-group featuring Rhiannon Giddens that paid tribute to the struggles of black women through history. One of her songs on that album earned a 2019 Grammy Nomination. That song also appears on her just-released solo album: “Wary and Strange.” Performing for Saturday Sessions, here is Amythyst Kiah with “Black Myself.” Source

Amythyst Kiah was raised in Tennessee. She was a rising star when she was invited to join “Our Native Daughters,”— a super-group featuring Rhiannon Giddens that paid tribute to the struggles of black women through history. One of her songs on that album earned a 2019 Grammy Nomination. That song also appears on her just-released solo album: “Wary and Strange.” Performing for Saturday Sessions, here is Amythyst Kiah with “Wild Turkey.” Source

20-year-old Sang Ho Baek had recently completed his freshman season, the university’s athletics department said. Source

“It really does feel like a passive move in the midst of some really heavy conversations,” said Danielle Hawthorn of the diversity nonprofit Code 2040. Source

One-third of Americans plan to use some of their stimulus money to spend during the sales event June 21 and 22. Source

June’s full moon is quickly approaching, and it marks the final supermoon of the year. Source

The storm was expected to dump anywhere from 5 inches to 10 inches of rain along parts of the Gulf Coast – even 15 inches in isolated areas, Source