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.

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 …

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 …

The First Glimmer of Accountability  —  The indictment unsealed on Thursday in New York does not charge Donald Trump personally.  It addresses only a small slice of alleged wrongdoing by the organization named after him and which, for most of his life, he ran.

‘Wasting my breath’: Southern faith leaders wary of promoting vaccines  —  Exhausted by backlash over pandemic restrictions, some faith leaders see little upside in urging skeptical congregants to get vaccinated.  —  A person receives their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from a health care worker at a church.

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.

A Fourth of July Symbol of Unity That May No Longer Unite  —  In a Long Island town, neighbors now make assumptions, true and sometimes false, about people who conspicuously display American flags.  —  SOUTHOLD, N.Y. — The American flag flies in paint on the side of Peter Treiber Jr.'s potato truck …

‘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.

Yes, Trump Really Did Lose Michigan  —  The GOP state Senate debunks fraud claims, and it's worth a read.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Donald Trump says fraud is the only reason he lost the 2020 election.  Some even think Mr. Trump will be reinstated once the truth comes out.

In Virginia governor's race, a raging debate about education takes center stage  —  RICHMOND — Parents and teachers, already exercised about public schools amid raging K-12 culture wars and the aftermath of pandemic-era shutdowns, are proving attractive targets this year for Virginia gubernatorial candidates …

BUSTED: Arizona official was told to ‘stop the counting’ during blitz by Trump, Giuliani and GOP chair  —  Donald Trump is under investigation in Georgia for his caught-on-tape efforts to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” 12,000 votes to overturn the election in the Peach State.

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 …

A hotter future is already here — and Canada is not ready  —  Like the pandemic, climate change causes the poor and the frail to suffer most.  We need to prepare.  —  Two weeks ago, the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices released a report on the public health impacts of climate change …

Fewer people missing in collapse; nearby tower is evacuated  —  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell Friday following a new review, but fears of another potentially catastrophic failure deepened after engineers found unsafe conditions …