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Prince Charles to Trump: '🍦'?

Ashley Shaffer   | Paste BN

Queen Elizabeth greeted President Donald Trump with a big (adorable) smile and a handshake Monday at Buckingham Palace to kick off a three-day state visit to Britain – only the third offered to an American president during the queen's 67 years on the throne.

Also Monday: iTunes' death, a rat-infested pop-up bar and the fate of James Holzhauer.

But first, calories: IHOP put a pancake inside a burger, and it's literally the most American thing we've ever seen. Now back to Britain. 

Trump's royal tea time stymied by 'an ice cream'

A tea time between Prince Charles, the president and first lady Melania Trump hit a slight bump when a photographer's flash diffuser fell on the palace floor. “It looks like an ice cream," said Charles, 70, as he picked it up with a laugh. Monday evening, the Trump family feasted with the queen at a white-tie-and-tiaras state banquet at Buckingham Palace. *Double-checks email for invite.* No sightings of Duchess Meghan – as we totally expected.

Also Monday: Trump called London's mayor a "stone cold loser." That's one way to kick off a U.K. trip.

Goodbye, iTunes, it's been a great 18 years 

Apple didn't say it’s actually killing iTunes, but it will break it up into three separate apps. At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple said it will rename iTunes as a pure music app and pull out movies, TV shows and podcasts into separate apps. For mobile devices, iOS 13 is the new name for Apple's fall operating system upgrade. Here's what's new with iOS 13:

  • Dark Mode: This option gives a new look to your phone or tablet, with dark backgrounds. 
  • Maps: An all-new, more information-rich look to the Maps app is coming soon.
  • Siri: The much-maligned personal assistant gets a new voice in the fall.
  • Photos: Management tools will be added to make it easier to find photos. 
  • Log in with Apple: Apple will offer a "Log in with Apple" in a nod to privacy concerns.

Virginia Beach shooting hero died trying to save others

When Ryan Keith Cox heard gunshots, he rushed to get co-workers to safety and ended up sacrificing himself. Cox was one of 12 victims of Friday's shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building. He died a hero, one colleague said. Cox led Christi Dewar and fellow co-workers into a break room and told them to barricade the door. “I've got to see if anybody else needs help," he said, per Dewar. Cox left. Then they heard gunshots. "That’s when he got Keith,” she told NPR. The day after the shooting, Dewar went to Cox's parents' house to tell them of their son's heroics, she said. “He's the type of person who you know would lay down his life for someone, just like he did," Dewar said.

(And a correction: The number of people injured during the shooting was misstated in yesterday's newsletter. Four were wounded.)

Real quick 

Pirates of the Caribbean: Blackbeard’s copyright

It's basically a real-life "Pirates" sequel: Legendary pirate Blackbeard's famed ship, grounded three centuries ago, will set sail toward the Supreme Court over a copyright dispute. The case pits North Carolina against a video company documenting the shipwreck's salvaging. The state posted the company's work online to promote tourism, going so far as to pass "Blackbeard's Law" to make the salvage effort public record. That doesn't sit well with the videographers, who resorted to a play on words in their Supreme Court filing: “The state brazenly pirated them," the company protested. The pirate ship – Queen Anne's Revenge – ran aground in 1718 and was discovered in 1996.

Sorry, James, it’s over.

Big-time “Jeopardy!” spoiler alert!

The interwebs were (pretty much) on fire Monday morning when a leaked clip dropped that appeared to show “Jeopardy!” contestant James Holzhauer finally losing. Turns out, the clip was real. Holzhauer lost Monday, ending his 33-day run on the game show, during which he took home a total of $2,464,216. He came up just $56,484 shy of besting the all-time record set by Ken Jennings. “Nobody likes to lose,” Holzhauer said to The New York Times on Monday, confirming the loss. 

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