Today's five.

A former Olympic canoeist is claiming he touched a strip of delaminating sealant and ended up in handcuffs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, detained by Park Police and National Guard troops while finishing a bike ride. Trump announced multiple arrests on Truth Social, describing deliberate sabotage of a national monument and promising years in jail. The pool just finished a multimillion-dollar renovation. BBC led with the arrested man's denial; NPR and The Hill led with Trump's sabotage claims. The pool is reportedly being drained again anyway. The renovation did not go great.

Paul Kueker, 51, fell from the 300 level at MSG during a Goose concert Saturday night and was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. He was there with family. Police were called at 9:51pm; the cause of the fall is still under investigation. CBS News had the detail most outlets buried: the show went back on about half an hour after it happened. Goose posted a statement saying they were "deeply saddened and heartbroken" — then played a Central Park show the next evening. The arena said nothing publicly. MSG keeps its own counsel.

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Two helicopters collided above Rio de Janeiro on June 14th, killing all six people on board — including Oliver Tree, who was 31. His team announced his body had returned to California over the weekend with the phrase "Oliver is now back in California where he can finally rest," which is the kind of sentence nobody plans to write. The other five passengers included an Argentine YouTuber named Gaspi and four others from Argentina and Brazil. Investigators are looking at human error. The cause hasn't been confirmed.

Celebrating 250 years of American democracy is easier when you have a shared story to celebrate. Florida is currently in the middle of an argument about whose version of history gets taught, displayed, and cheered at the parade — which makes the parade feel a little complicated. The Florida Phoenix notes the republic has survived "more or less," with rule of law intact "mostly" and free speech preserved "pretty much" — three qualifiers in one sentence that do a lot of quiet work. Bicentennials are easy. Sestercentennials, apparently, require footnotes.