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The World Health Organization strengthens its air quality guidelines as WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says air pollution "contributes to seven million deaths a year." The WHO's new guidelines recommend air quality levels for six pollutants, including ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide. SOUNDBITE
LeBron James, the Finals MVP, is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. However, the NBA's salary cap rules mean he typically earns less than other mega-star athletes. European soccer leagues lack a salary cap, according to Business Insider. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo made far more last year than James. Still, LeBron James led the LA Lakers to an NBA championship on Sunday night. This marked his fourth championship and first since joining the Lakers in 2018.
Relatives bury a 17-year-old victim of Saturday's wedding-party suicide attack in the southeastern city of Gaziantep. He was one of 54 people killed in the attack. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he has received nearly 7.5 million individual campaign contributions, proving it's possible to "run a winning national campaign" without Wall Street. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A New Jersey 7-Eleven retailer wins $30,000 for selling the multi-million dollar winning Powerball ticket, although the lottery winner's identity remains a mystery. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
'Birth of a Nation' a film that was featured and selected by Sundance, has signed the largest deal ever at the well known festival raking in 17.5 million dollars from film studio Fox Searchlight. Also in the news, Behati Prinsloo, Dakota Johnson, Gabrielle Union, Leslie Mann and Vince Vaughn were seen at the airport.