Five stories to know for June 24:

1. President Joe Biden pledged to go after illegal gun dealers and boost federal funding and support for local law enforcement as homicide rates have spiked in large cities.

2. British-born U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee died on Wednesday by suicide in a Barcelona prison after the Spanish high court authorized his extradition to the United States on tax evasion charges.

3. The United States' top military officer hit back against a growing conservative movement opposed to teaching certain theories about racism at educational institutions, saying military university graduates should be "open-minded and be widely read."

4. An emotional Britney Spears called the 13-year-long conservatorship that has controlled her life stupid and abusive, saying she felt traumatized and angry and wanted her life back.

5. Hong Kong residents snapped up the final edition of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily after it was forced to end a 26-year run amid a national security crackdown.

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