It's Academic: June 6, 2015

• TD Five Boro Bike Tour cyclists taking over NYC streets today. Here are the road closures, route map and more.

  

• United flight landing at Newark Liberty Airport strikes light pole, truck on New Jersey Turnpike, officials say

  

• America at 250: Exploring surprising pieces of Chicago history

  

• State officials sue California kratom manufacturer

  

• Illinois man indicted for evading more than $21,000 in turnpike tolls in Ohio

  

• 3 hospitalized, 1 arrested after head-on crash in Detroit, police say

  

• Video shows Baltimore bakery truck struck by United Airlines flight on New Jersey Turnpike

  

• North Texas pastor returns months after self‑deporting to Brazil