Hi there. It's Tuesday, June 28, and you're reading The Loop, a quick wrap-up of today's news.
Let's start here
Three people are in custody after the discovery of 46 bodies in the back of a truck in the US state of Texas.
San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood said 16 others, including four children, were taken to hospitals in the area.
Mr Hood said officials who responded to the incident saw "a stack of bodies" but there were no children among the dead.
The San Antonio Police department said the incident was being treated as a federal investigation.
What else is going on
- Ghislaine Maxwell, the former partner of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is set to be sentenced on multiple charges related to facilitating a sex-trafficking operation. Prosecutors have asked for the British socialite to serve between 30 and 55 years in prison
- Police say 11 more people have been arrested following a second day of climate protests in Sydney's CBD. A Blockade Australia spokesperson says the arrests won't deter the group from holding more demonstrations this week "because the climate crisis isn't going anywhere".
What Australia has been searching for online
- Novak Djokovic and Thanasi Kokkinakis. Defending champion Djokovic and Aussie 79th-ranked Kokkinakis will face off in Wimbledon's second round on London's hallowed grass courts. There's a stack of Aussies scheduled to play tonight, including Nick Kyrgios and Daria Saville.
- Census. In case you missed it, the data from last year's survey came out today, revealing that the millennial population has caught up to baby boomers, mental health is the most reported long-term illness and more Aussies are shunning religion. Catch up on the discussion here, or look back at the key highlights
One more thing
Last year's census was the first to show that less than half of Australians identified as Christian. The share of people ticking the "no religion" box, meanwhile, has risen to 38.9 per cent, up from 30.1 per cent in 2016.
On census night last year, Pirate Priestess Angela Carter and her husband Captain Colin "Cupcakes" Carter, who identify as "Pastafarian", followed an instruction from their leader and selected "no religion" where the nationwide survey asked about religious affiliations.
"When you put Pastafarian … that actually gets marked up as Christian," Ms Carter told ABC South West Victoria.
"Because of the previous government, we were conscious that we didn't want government to be able to make policy decisions around there being a high percentage of people that are Christian.
The ABS did not respond to questions about how Pastafarians had been counted in the past.
Sourcing an official number of Pastafarians in Australia is pretty much impossible due to their status not being recognised by the ABS's census, however Ms Carter estimates there "must be a few thousand in the country now".
You're up to date
See you tomorrow.
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