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Today's featured article Mckenna Grace (born June 25, 2006) is an American actress. She began her career at the age of five, making her onscreen debut in the sitcom Crash & Bernstein (2012–2014). In 2017, she starred as a child prodigy in the drama film Gifted, a breakthrough for which she received a nomination for a Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Grace subsequently appeared in the films I, Tonya (2017), Troop Zero (2019), and Captain Marvel (2019). During this time, she appeared in several horror projects, including The Bad Seed (2018), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), and Annabelle Comes Home (2019). For playing an abused teenager in The Handmaid's Tale (2021–2022), Grace was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She garnered further recognition for her appearances in the supernatural comedy films Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), and portrayed Jan Broberg in the miniseries A Friend of the Family (2022). (Full article...) Recently featured: Etika Cyclone Taylor Capri-Sun Today's featured picture {{{caption}}} Archive More featured pictures   Mel Carnahan ... that Mel Carnahan (pictured) was the first person to be elected to the United States Senate posthumously? ... that Korean brick toys, colloquially called "Korean Lego", often feature themes of "war and danger", including sets such as military vehicles? ... that stage director and scenic designer Daniela Kerck crafted a new ending to Puccini's unfinished opera Turandot for the 2024 Internationale Maifestspiele? ... that the Oxtongue River, historically a canoe route for indigenous people, is still used for recreational canoeing? ... that Native American studies professor Joely Proudfit has received tenure from three different universities? ... that Metro Boomin unknowingly sampled a song created with generative artificial intelligence in the diss track "BBL Drizzy"? ... that young Erismatopterus formed shoals as a likely way to avoid predators? ... that Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi helped empower Caliph al-Amir, only to be later imprisoned and executed by him? ... that due to legal and union restrictions, the production team for the Doctor Who episode "Space Babies" occasionally had to replace real babies with props?

In the news... Iberian lynx Coordinated terrorist attacks in Dagestan, Russia, leave 27 people dead. The Iberian lynx (pictured) is reclassified from endangered to vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. American baseball player Willie Mays dies at the age of 93. In basketball, the Boston Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks to win the NBA Finals. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Taylor Wily Keith Locke Jodie Devos James K. Irving Gerhard Klingenberg Daniel Patrick Reilly On this day... June 25: Eid al-Ghadir (Shia Islam, 2024), Michael Jackson in 1993 1658 – Anglo-Spanish War: The largest battle ever fought on Jamaica, the three-day Battle of Rio Nuevo, began. 1910 – The United States Congress passed the Mann Act, which prohibited the interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes". 1944 – World War II: U.S. Navy and Royal Navy ships bombarded Cherbourg, France, to support U.S. Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg. 1950 – The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 82 condemning the North Korean invasion of South Korea. 2009 – Singer Michael Jackson (pictured) died as a result of the combination of drugs in his body. Giovanni Battista Riccioli (d. 1671) Eloísa Díaz (b. 1866) George Michael (b. 1963) Farrah Fawcett (d. 2009) More anniversaries: June 24 June 25 June 26 Wikipedia community Every page on Wikipedia is a collaborative effort. But there are some special places reserved for specific types of discussion and assistance. Find what you're looking for here: The Community Portal — The center of community involvement. Learn about projects and activities you can join to help improve Wikipedia. The Help Desk — Come here if you need help editing. You can ask a question about using Wikipedia. Alternatively, you can find what you need at Help:Contents. The Reference Desk — For questions about any subject you're researching or curious about (not about Wikipedia itself), just like at a library's reference desk. The Village Pump — The main discussion forums of Wikipedia. The Signpost — Wikipedia's newspaper, where you can read and post news about what's happening on this website. Donations — Wikipedia is funded entirely by its users. We appreciate all donations. Thank you!

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