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On June 18, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1803, Haitian Revolution: The Royal Navy led by Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth commence the blockade of Saint-Domingue against French forces. In 1942, Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (died 2013) was born. In 1958, Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival. In 1967, Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (born 1942) passed away. In 1981, The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight. In 1986, Edgars Eriņš, Latvian decathlete was born. In 1994, Takeoff, American rapper (died 2022) was born. In 2007, The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters. In 2009, The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. In 2023, Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board including the co-founder and CEO of the company, Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

This Wild ‘The Fugitive’ Knockoff Is Your Next Netflix Binge

The Daily Beast

June 18, 2026

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This Wild ‘The Fugitive’ Knockoff Is Your Next Netflix Binge

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/NetflixSo pulpy you’re apt to need floss after each episode, I Will Find You gets high marks for concision and energy but considerably lower grades for plausibility. A beach paperback thriller in eight-episode streaming form, Robert Hull’s Netflix adaptation of Harlan Coben’s bestseller is the rare modern TV effort to never dawdle. Unfortunately, though, its fleet pace is due to plotting that’s too rife with convenient twists and instantaneous deductions—and, courtesy of its story’s particulars, resembles a Temu version of The Fugitive.Overflowing with the sort of junk-food melodrama that’ll make viewers crave additional servings (no matter how bad they feel afterward), I Will Find You (June 18) concerns David Burroughs (Sam Worthington), who’s serving time for killing his adolescent son Matthew (Ashton Cressman) with a baseball bat while the boy slept in his bed. Read more at The Daily Beast.

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