Today is Monday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2025. There are 212 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at age 27 at a ceremony in London’s Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.

Also on this date:

In 1886, 49-year-old President Grover Cleveland became the first president to get married in the White House, wedding 21-year-old Frances Folsom.

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In 1924, Congress passed, and President Calvin Coolidge signed, the Indian Citizenship Act, a measure guaranteeing full American citizenship for all Native Americans born within U.S. territorial limits.

In 1941, baseball’s “Iron Horse,” Lou Gehrig, died in New York of the degenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease; he was 37.

In 1966, U.S. space probe Surveyor 1 landed on the moon and began transmitting detailed photographs of the lunar surface.

In 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder by a federal jury in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people. (McVeigh would be sentenced to death and was executed in 2001.)

In 1999, South Africans went to the polls in their second post-apartheid election, giving the African National Congress a decisive victory; retiring President Nelson Mandela was succeeded by Thabo Mbeki.

In 2012, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him from power (Mubarak was later acquitted and freed in March 2017; he died in February 2020).

In 2016, autopsy results revealed that musician Prince died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid painkiller.

Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Stacy Keach is 84.
Filmmaker Lasse Hallström is 79.
Actor Jerry Mathers is 77.
Actor Joanna Gleason is 75.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is 73.
Actor Dennis Haysbert is 71.
Comedian Dana Carvey is 70.
TV personality-producer Andy Cohen is 57.
Actor-comedian Wayne Brady is 53.
Actor Wentworth Miller is 53.
Actor Zachary Quinto is 48.
Actor Justin Long is 47.
Actor Morena Baccarin is 46.
Olympic soccer gold medalist Abby Wambach is 45.
Actor-rapper Awkwafina is 37.

Maynard James Keenan knows how to throw a party.

When the Tool frontman turned 50, he performed a series of shows in Los Angeles with his two other bands, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, along with his pals Primus. He called it “Cinquanta,” which is 50 in Italian.

Keenan was so pleased with the results, last year he took the show — now dubbed “Sessanta” — on the road to celebrate his 60th birthday. The outing was such a success, Keenan did it again this year. While “Sessantuno” is just sitting there ready to go, Keenan went with “Sessanta V2.0” instead.

Regardless of its title, the tour landed at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center Sunday night for a memorable show quite unlike anything seen in arenas. Rather than three distinct performances, Keenan turned the evening into a three-hour concert mashup that only stopped for a 10-minute intermission.

The bands played three separate sets of three to four songs each, one after another. To be clear, each has a distinct sound of their own. Primus specialize in bass-heavy, off-kilter rock with a goofy sense of humor. The most commercial of the trio, A Perfect Circle offer a guitar-driven take on alt-rock, while Puscifer boasts a more dramatic, and electronic, approach with help from a second vocalist, British signer/songwriter Carina Round.

Still, Sunday’s show brought out the acts’ similarities and obvious camaraderie. A giant riser at the back of the stage held three full drum kits as well as sofas, drink carts and stairs to the main stage on either side. Throughout the show, various band members who weren’t playing hung out in full view of the crowd. During Puscifer’s “Bullet Train to Iowa,” roadies even pulled out a ping pong table for two members of APC to use.

There were also plenty of collaborations, like when Keenan and Round added backup vocals to Primus’ new single “Little Lord Fentanyl,” their first recording with their terrific new drummer John Hoffman. (Primus reportedly auditioned more than 6,000 drummers before finding Hoffman.)

With the 200 level closed off, the show could have easily downgraded to the 8,400 capacity Armory in Minneapolis. Then again, it felt like the sort of spectacle custom made for arenas and amphitheaters. And the grand finale of Primus’ “Southbound Pachyderm” with all three drummers and Puscifer’s “Grand Canyon” with all three bands had fans cheering so loud it sounded like a full house.

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Talk about a turnaround.

The Lynx gave up season-highs for points in a quarter and a half while being out a lot of things in the first half Sunday night.

“It was not a pretty halftime,” said coach Cheryl Reeve.

Her coach’s frustration was “really, really valid,” said Napheesa Collier.

By stepping it up on defense, the Lynx remain perfect on the season by pulling away for a 86-75 win at Golden State. At 7-0, this is Minnesota’s best start since a 9-0 kickoff to the 2017 championship season.

After allowing 52 first-half points, Minnesota held Golden State to eight in the third quarter, the fewest in a frame by a Lynx opponent this season. The Valkyries only added 15 in the fourth.

“We know what to do and that we’re not going out to do it is extremely frustrating. … We need to go out and take responsibility for that. I think that third quarter was us showing that we know what to do, we just need to do that for four quarters,” Collier said.

Four Lynx players scored in double figures, led by a 22-point, 11-rebound, 4-assist, 2-steal performance from Collier in almost 37 minutes of action. She missed Friday’s win over Phoenix with right knee soreness.

Courtney Williams had 20 points, Kayla McBride 16 and Bridget Carleton 12 for Minnesota.

Williams, who also had five rebounds, five assists and two steals, has reached the 20-point mark in two of her last three outings.

“Her pick-and-roll game is so good, shooting the basketball, making life easy for others, getting Phee easy baskets or (Alanna Smith) when she’s rolling, finding shooters. She just has this unique confidence in herself that never wavers,” Reeve said. “… Her will to win is very high. Her play is contagious.”

Williams had three threes and Carleton, Collier and McBride two apiece as Minnesota made a season-high 11 3-point shots.

But about that defense.

“It was just a matter of us locking in,” Williams said. “We know how we need to bring it every night and sometimes we take that for granted and we have to stop doing that. If we want accomplish the goal that we have for ourselves we can’t be a second half team.”

Golden State scored 29 second-quarter points for a 52-51 lead at intermission then went 8 for 30 in the second half, including 3 for 17 from deep, and turned the ball over nine times.

“We had a greater passion for what we were doing than what we demonstrated in the first half. As a result, I thought we were in their space a bit more. A lot of stuff they were getting in the first half came pretty easy for them. Their aggression was greater than ours, their pace was greater than ours,” Reeve said.

Up by one, Carleton hit a triple, McBride scored on a drive and Natisha Hiedeman added a trey for a 67-58 lead.

The Valkyries (2-4) went more than five minutes without a point during a third quarter in which they were 3 of 15 from the field and missed all nine 3-point attempts after shooting 45.7% from the field in the first two quarters.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Collier and Williams made it 83-61 midway through the fourth quarter, the end of a 24-3 Lynx run.

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SEATTLE — This weekend’s return to Seattle brought back a lot of different emotions for Ty France, who played for the Mariners for parts of five seasons and was an all-star during his time in Seattle but didn’t quite have the ending he would have hoped.

France struggled struggled last season and was eventually designated for assignment before a trade to the Cincinnati Reds in July. He returned this weekend in a much better place and was welcomed back with a tribute video on Friday, after which he tipped his helmet to an applause from the crowd. He then went out and collected four hits in the series against the Mariners.

“I’m having a lot more fun. This game is hard. You go through a bunch of waves,” France said. “Obviously how things ended here kind of — not that it wasn’t ready for my time to end here but kind of felt like it was ripped away. Didn’t really get the closure and ending that I wanted but coming here to Minnesota, getting this opportunity to play here … it’s been a great ride.”

France’s numbers took a dive last year, in response partially, he’s said in the past, from getting “lost in the mechanical aspect.” He also suffered a right heel fracture during the season, which did nothing to help matters.

It wasn’t the first time he hadn’t had success, but “it was the first time I failed that bad,” he said. His wife, Maggie, and one-year-old son Luka and his life off the field ended up being what helped him enjoy the game more on the field.

“It kind of shows you how little this is compared to life. Having them around, we have our two dogs, too,” he said. “The off the field stuff has made me really appreciate the on the field stuff.”

Signed to a non-guaranteed contract,  France made a strong impression this spring and has posted up nearly every day at first base this season for the Twins.

It’s a small sample size, but he’s been particularly good with two outs and runners in scoring position and in late and close situations for the Twins and has fit in seamlessly.

“He’s been a stabilizing presence in our lineup. He’s put good at-bats together,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He’s been great in our clubhouse, with his teammates. … He’s got really good character and charisma. He’s been everything we could hope for.”

Lee gives thanks to Correa

The last thing Carlos Correa wanted to do was get ejected on Saturday.

During the seventh inning of Saturday’s game, the shortstop was tossed by home-plate umpire Austin Jones from the on-deck circle. He didn’t think it would ever happen in his career — and wasn’t looking forward to having to explain the situation to his young sons, Kylo and Kenzo.

“I understand the situation of the game. I understand that I cannot get thrown out, so I’m never going to disrespect an umpire, I’m never going to say anything that would make them want to throw me out,” Correa said. “I’ve also got my kids watching every game so the last thing I want to do is go home and have to explain what happened, but we move on.”

At the very least, his actions were appreciated by Brooks Lee, who was at the plate and had just had two questionable strikes called on him right before the ejection.

“I said, ‘Thank you,’” Lee said. “He said, ‘It’s the first time I’ve ever been tossed, so you know I love you.’”

Briefly

Royce Lewis hit ninth on Sunday amid a slump that has seen him go 0 for 30. He is hitless since May 19 and was removed for Lee, who pinch hit for him in the eighth inning. … The Twins will now head to Sacramento to take on the Athletics in their temporary park. The ballpark is typically used for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. Joe Ryan is scheduled to start.

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