Grand jury cites shoddy investigations by Brookhaven Police Dept. at center of mistrial (www.clarionledger.com)
A Mississippi grand jury issued a report last month sharply criticizing a police department whose errors prompted a mistrial this week in the case of two white men charged in an attack on a Black FedEx driver
Abortion bans are fueling a rise in high-risk patients heading to Illinois hospitals (www.npr.org)
Illinois hospitals are seeing a surge of out-of-state patients who need abortion care at a hospital due to medical complications. But hospital-based abortions are more costly and harder to arrange.
A key witness in the Trump classified docs case changed his testimony after switching lawyers, special counsel says (www.nbcnews.com)
The man identified as “Trump Employee 4” had been represented by Stanley Woodward, who was being paid by the former president’s Save America PAC.
In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing (apnews.com)
Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control measures....
Meta rolls out web version of Threads (www.nbcnews.com)
Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule (www.newyorker.com)
How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.
FDA approves first RSV vaccine for pregnancy to protect newborns (www.cbsnews.com)
Expectant parents could soon have another new option this fall to protect their newborns from RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, the most common cause of hospitalization in American infants, after the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has widened its approval for Pfizer’s Abrysvo vaccine to include...
As gas prices hit 10-month highs, Citi warns major hurricanes could ‘massively’ disrupt supplies (www.cnn.com)
The summertime gas price spike has been driven by a combination of easing recession fears, production cuts by Russia and Saudi Arabia and extreme heat that has knocked offline some refinery activity....
‘Transformative’ blood test can identify cause of fever in children in an hour (www.itv.com)
AP, other news organizations develop standards for use of artificial intelligence in newsrooms (apnews.com)
The Associated Press has issued guidelines on artificial intelligence, saying the tool cannot be used to create publishable content and images for the news service while encouraging staff members to become familiar with the technology....
95% of Yellowknife has now been evacuated due to N.W.T. wildfires (www.cbc.ca)
Northwest Territories officials said on Friday evening that more than 19,000 people have fled from Yellowknife due to wildfires and urged those who remain to also leave as soon as possible....
FBI joins investigation of threats to grand jurors in Trump Georgia case (www.washingtonpost.com)
The FBI has joined an investigation into a barrage of threats against Fulton County officials in recent days, including members of the Atlanta-area grand jury that voted to indict former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in a sweeping criminal case focused on alleged 2020 election interference.
Evergrande: China property giant files for US bankruptcy protection (www.bbc.com)
A California Wine Company Had to Destroy 2,000 Bottles of Wine After Illegally Aging Them at the Bottom of the Ocean (www.foodandwine.com)
The problem — and this is a significant one — was that the company’s owners never received the proper permits from the California Coastal Commission or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which turned that “perfect environment” into an illegal one....
Maui residents targeted in scams to grab land after tragedy, officials say (abcnews.go.com)
Kansas police and a small newspaper are at the center of a 1st Amendment fight after a newsroom raid (apnews.com)
Montana judge rules in favor of youth in historic climate change lawsuit (www.axios.com)
2 eject from vintage Soviet jet before crash at Michigan air show (www.nbcnews.com)
No injuries were reported when the MiG-23, flying at Thunder Over Michigan, plummeted and hit vehicles in a nearby apartment complex parking lot, authorities said.
Gay couple from Toronto wins lawsuit in Italy after son's birth photo used in anti-surrogacy campaign (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
In 2014, BJ Barone and Frankie Nelson welcomed their son Milo with the help of a gestational surrogate....
U.S.-led naval group warns ships to avoid Iranian waters to avoid seizure (www.reuters.com)
Native American Group Threatens National Boycott If Washington Football Team Doesn’t Change Name Back To ‘Redskins’ (The Daily Wire) (www.dailywire.com)
Gotta love the top comment, “If sincere, what a great move, and a great recognition of the need for preserving historical truth and solidarity.”
Fox’s Chief Legal Officer Will Depart (www.nytimes.com)
Fox Corporation’s chief legal officer, Viet Dinh, will depart at the end of the year, in a major shake-up at the company after the landmark $787.5 million settlement it paid to Dominion Voting Systems in April....
US suicides hit an all-time high last year (apnews.com)
Henrietta Lacks' family files 2nd lawsuit over harvesting of her cells (www.axios.com)
Henrietta Lacks' descendants accused a biopharmaceutical company in a lawsuit Thursday of unjustly profiting from the Black woman's tissue, which was harvested without her knowledge or consent and later used for medical breakthroughs.