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4:50 PM ET, July 3, 2021

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ABC News:
Massachusetts police responding to group of ‘heavily armed men’ claiming to ‘not recognize our laws’  —  Police said the men fled into the Wakefield woods carrying rifles and handguns.  —  A bizarre incident is playing out Saturday morning in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
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Associated Press:
11 people in custody after hourslong armed standoff on I-95  —  WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) — An hourslong standoff with a group of heavily armed men that partially shut down Interstate 95 ended Saturday with 11 suspects in custody, Massachusetts state police said.
CBS Boston:
Wakefield Standoff Suspects Claim To Be Part Of Group Called ‘Rise Of The Moors’  —  WAKEFIELD (CBS) — Interstate 95 in Wakefield was shut down by a standoff between Massachusetts State Police and a group of heavily armed men Saturday morning.  The men claim to be part of a group called …
NBC Boston:
11 Suspects Now in Custody Following Armed Standoff Off I-95 in Mass.: Police  —  All remaining suspects involved in an hours long armed standoff with police off Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts on Saturday morning have been taken into custody, state police said.
Kerry J. Byrne / New York Post:
11 in ‘heavily armed’ fringe group arrested after standoff in Massachusetts  —  Eleven “heavily armed” members of a fringe group called Rise of the Moors were arrested on a Massachusetts highway Saturday following a bizarre nine-hour standoff with law enforcement that included hostage negotiators.
Discussion: NBC Boston, Fox News and WINK NEWS
New Yorker:
Britney Spears's Conservatorship Nightmare  —  How the pop star's father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life—and have held onto it for thirteen years.  —  On June 22nd, Britney Spears's management team started getting nervous.  Spears, who is thirty-nine …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI launches flurry of arrests over attacks on journalists during Capitol riot  —  Nearly six months after the U.S. Capitol riot, the Justice Department has begun arresting a new category of alleged criminals — those who attacked reporters or damaged their equipment as journalists documented …
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Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones  —  PHOENIX (AP) — They flaunted their participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on social media and then, apparently realizing they were in legal trouble, rushed to delete evidence of it, authorities say.
Discussion: The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and The Verge
Associated Press:
AP sources: Remaining fence around US Capitol to be removed
Discussion: Insider, The Hill and WSVN-TV
New York Times:
In Case Against Trump's Company, Echoes of His Father's Tactics on Taxes  —  The first criminal prosecution involving the former president's business hearkens back to Fred Trump's $16,135 purchase of boilers in the 1990s.  —  Long before Donald J. Trump's company was accused of plotting detours around …
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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
The First Glimmer of Accountability  —  The indictment of the Trump Organization and its CFO isn't much—but it's a start.  —  About the author: Quinta Jurecic is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, a senior editor at Lawfare, and a fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Charges: A Probe of Hush Money Moved to Fringe Benefits
Discussion: Washington Post and Insider
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
DeSantis to forgo Trump rally in Sarasota  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will not be attending former President Trump's rally in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday amid ongoing recovery efforts following the deadly condo building collapse in Surfside, Fla.  —  “We can confirm that the Governor will not attend the rally in Sarasota.
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David Jackson / USA Today:
In wake of indictments and with Ron DeSantis focused on condo collapse, Donald Trump holds Florida rally
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Reuters:
‘Eye of fire’ in Mexican waters snuffed out, says national oil company  —  A fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula early on Friday has been extinguished, state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze captured in videos that went viral.
Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
North Miami Beach condo ordered to close, evacuate after inspection said structurally unsafe  —  The city of North Miami Beach has ordered that Crestview Towers Condominium be immediately closed and evacuated Friday evening after a building inspection report found it to have unsafe structural …
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Washington Post:
Widespread ransomware attack is affecting hundreds of businesses  —  Researchers said cybercriminals were demanding $50,000 from smaller companies and $5 million from larger ones  —  A supply-chain ransomware attack that hit hours before the beginning of a holiday weekend has already affected …
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New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Have Called Arizona Official After Election Loss  —  Donald Trump tried to reach the top Republican in metropolitan Phoenix as his allies were trying to overturn the state's 2020 results, according to the official, who said he did not pick up the calls.
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Dana Liebelson / New York Times:
How to Vaccinate Wyoming Against Covid  —  Living on his 25,000-acre ranch about an hour outside Laramie, Wyoming, 67-year-old Scott Sims figures he's at lower risk of catching the coronavirus: He resides in relative isolation.  A fourth-generation cattle rancher, he takes his vitamins …
New York Times:
Lawmaker Threatens to Subpoena Exxon After Secret Video  —  The chairman of a powerful House subcommittee said he is seeking answers from Exxon and other oil and gas giants over their role in spreading disinformation on climate change.  —  The chairman of a House subcommittee is demanding …
Discussion: Washington Post and Common Dreams
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Biden administration formally launches effort to return deported veterans to U.S.  —  The Biden administration unveiled plans Friday to bring hundreds, possibly thousands, of deported veterans and their immediate family members back to the United States, saying their removal “failed to live up to our highest values.”
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Department of Homeland Security:
DHS, VA Announce Initiative to Support Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Immediate Family Members
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Dan Goldberg / Politico:
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Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
Upstate NY judge's racist comments from the bench get burglar 10 years off his sentence
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
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