{"id":291616,"date":"2026-07-09T18:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/291616\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:16:47","slug":"morning-briefing-july-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/291616\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: July 9, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Thursday starts dry, but afternoon storms and showers could develop.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will warm to the mid-80s.<\/p>\n

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Highs:\u00a0Mid-80s
Lows:\u00a0Low 70s
Afternoon storm<\/p>\n

Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nIntroducing Spectrum News+
Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Around NYC<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Federal judge denies Kalshi’s request to override N.Y.’s gambling laws<\/a><\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James scored a legal victory after a federal judge ruled that prediction market company Kalshi is offering unlicensed sports gambling in New York.<\/p>\n

Kalshi plans to challenge the decision, arguing its event contracts fall under federal oversight. Legal experts say the ruling could reshape the growing prediction market industry and strengthen states’ authority to regulate sports-related wagering.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Man charged with attempted murder in Coney Island Fourth of July shooting, NYPD says<\/a><\/p>\n

Police have arrested a 44-year-old man in connection with the Fourth of July shooting in Coney Island that wounded eight people, including four children.<\/p>\n

Robert Smith faces multiple attempted murder charges after investigators say a masked gunman opened fire into a residential courtyard. Authorities are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Lawmakers press Hochul to sign nation-leading food safety reforms<\/a><\/p>\n

State lawmakers and consumer advocates are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a package of food safety bills aimed at increasing transparency and strengthening oversight.<\/p>\n

The legislation would require disclosure of certain food chemicals, testing for heavy metals in baby food, sodium warnings on chain restaurant menus, standardized food date labels and expanded access to healthy, locally sourced food.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Judges deny request to return Trump\u2019s name to Kennedy Center pending an appeal<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Oil prices rise, and stocks drop worldwide after Trump says ceasefire with Iran is \u2018over\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Thursday starts dry,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[577,25,128,55625,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-291616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-app-top-stories","tag-bronx","tag-erin-pflaumer","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}