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NPR (The Associated Press) - Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says

A top official at the National Park Service says a liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project

NYTIMES (Adam Goldman, Jane Bradley, Dustin Volz and Michael Schwirtz) - A $2.5 Billion Whodunit: The Hack That Dented the U.K. Economy

A loose collective of cybercriminals initially took credit for crippling Jaguar Land Rover last year. Investigators now see Russian hands behind the ransomware attack.

NYTIMES (Raymond Zhong) - Climate Change Fueling Europe’s Ferocious Heat Wave, Scientists Find

A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would “not have been possible” without global warming.

AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Europe swelters under record-breaking heat wave

New June temperature records were set in the U.K. and France this week as a deadly heat wave grips much of Europe. Why it matters: A new World Weather Attribution analysis found human-caused climate change made this week's extreme heat "virtually impossible" 50 years ago. The big picture: Extreme heat warnings have been issued across the continent this week, from Ireland to Slovenia . - "The heatwave will spread over large parts of Western, Central, and Southern Europe within the next two weeks," the UN's World Meteorological Organization said in a statement . - Spain saw new temperature highs this week as Spanish officials reported at least 212 heat-related deaths. Five heat-related deaths were recorded in Italy. - France reported…