It’s rain on-and-off all today, with early morning showers making way for a cloudy, overcast afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Temperatures are in the mid-70s and will reach a high of 83 degrees. Winds are moving east-southeast at 5 to 10 mph.
The sun will set at 7:58 p.m. and the moon is in the waxing crescent phase.
Six things to know today:
- A federal judge ruled that NYC’s stop-and-frisk tactics are unconstitutional, violating the 4th and 14th Amendments. [NYTimes]
- The Federal Communications Commission voted 2 to 1 to reduce the rates inmates and their families pay for interstate calls from prison. The new rates will take effect in 120 days. [CNN]
- JP Morgan will face a federal fine for “misrepresenting the bank’s multimillion dollar loss” in 2012. [NYTimes]
- 13 shootings took place in Brooklyn this weekend. [News 12]
- How two DUMBO-based companies, Etsy and MakerBot, are impacting one another, aka how Etsy is being changed by 3-D printing. [TechNewsDaily]