Good morning—there’s a sunny weekend ahead as a light note from Scen ic Route kicks off today’s briefing. In bigger headlines, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he’s in active talks with the Law Department about whether he has the authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a development that could shape local politics this week. Meanwhile, an approaching wave of wildfire smoke is set to drift across the U.S. and Canada, with air quality shifting over the next few days even as the overall smoke remains.
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On July 18, 64 CE, a great fire swept through Rome, burning for several days and shaping Nero's later notoriety as he blamed the Christians.
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