5 Things You Need To Know For June 8, 2026

June 8, 2026 5:55 am Published by Chris McLeod

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A taste of summer weather in Chatham-Kent this week.

A big warm-up moving through the Great Lakes is expected to push temperatures close to 30 degrees by midweek, with humid conditions making it feel even hotter.

But before the sunshine settles in, there’s a chance of thunderstorms tonight into Tuesday as a weather system tracks across the area. After that, the forecast turns mostly sunny and very warm through the second half of the week.

Late last week Instagram rolled out a new subscription called Instagram Plus that costs about four bucks a month.

It adds features aimed at heavy users and creators — things like viewing Stories anonymously, keeping Stories up for 48 hours instead of 24, extra profile customization, and more detailed Story insights.

The Instagram you know and love isn’t changing — this subscription is simply an optional upgrade for people who want more.

The NBA Finals moves to New York tonight with the Knicks leading the series 2-0 over the San Antonio Spurs.

Game 3 is tips off tonight at Madison Square Garden at 8:30. The cheapest tickets are selling for more than $6,000.

The Knicks are looking for their first championship since 1973.

Apple‘s Worldwide Developers Conference is today. The company is expected to unveil a major AI upgrade to Siri, transforming the voice assistant into a more conversational system designed to compete with tools like ChatGPT.

Experts say the new Siri will be able to handle complex requests, understand context more naturally, and integrate AI features across Apple devices while emphasizing user privacy.

This event will mark Apple CEO Tim Cook’s final keynote before he steps down September 1st.

The annual baby jumping festival in Spain took place yesterday.

In this bizarre festival grown men, dressed as El Colacho (the devil), jump over tiny babies to ward off bad luck and to cleanse the babies of the evil that infests them when they are born. The origins of this tradition are not entirely clear, but it is believed to have emerged as a way to ward off evil spirits and protect the newborns. After being jumped over, the babies are blessed with holy water.

The tradition is over 400 years old.