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Disgraced Cleveland dance instructor gets life for raping, abusing underage students

Terence Greene, a once-acclaimed dance instructor who launched several Broadway performers' careers, was sentenced to life in prison for raping six students and sexually assaulting two. (Fox News)

San Diego police officer shot, sparking manhunt for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect

San Diego police are looking for a suspect considered "armed and dangerous" who they say shot an officer late Thursday morning. Residents were told to shelter in place. (Fox News)

5 airlifted to hospital after coastal Texas walkway collapse

Five people have been airlifted to a hospital following the partial collapse of an elevated walkway in Surfside Beach, Texas, near Galveston. (Fox News)

California jury returns $63M verdict after finding Chevron covered up toxic pit before selling land

A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit on land purchased by a man who built a house on it and was later diagnosed with a blood cancer (ABC News)

IN nursing home resident, 61, pleads guilty to raping, murdering 80-year-old invalid

Dwayne Freeman, 61, of Indianapolis, has pleaded guilty to raping and killing Patricia Newnum, 80, at the nursing home where they both resided. (Fox News)

Supreme Court Gives the Voting Rights Act a Tenuous New Lease on Life

The main remaining power of the landmark 1965 law, over racial bias in political mapmaking, gets an unexpected buttressing from a court that had been weakening the law for years. (Michael Wines, The New York Times)

Fugitive suspect in 1984 Florida killing arrested 39 years later in California

Authorities say a man wanted in the 1984 killing of a Florida woman has been arrested nearly four decades later (ABC News)

Around the world

Halifax residents board buses to view homes destroyed by wildfires

Scores of residents from Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia whose homes have been destroyed by wildfires boarded buses to get a look at what little remains of where they used to live (ABC News)

South Korea to investigate over 200 possibly manipulated foreign adoptions

Europeans, Americans adopted from South Korea suspect their origins were falsified or manipulated. South Korea plans to investigate over 200 cases. (Fox News)

Haitians are dying of thirst and starvation in severely overcrowded jails

Haiti’s inmates are thirsty and starving in severely overcrowded jails, many forced to sleep standing up (ABC News)

Knife Attack in France Critically Injures 4 Children

A local prosecutor said there was “no apparent sign of a terrorist motive” after a knife-wielding man violently assaulted people in a park in the southeastern city of Annecy. (Aurelien Breeden, The New York Times)

Pope Francis Is Doing Well After Hernia Surgery, Vatican Says

The 86-year old pontiff had a “day of rest” after hernia surgery, and was able to take communion in his room, the Vatican said. (Elisabetta Povoledo, The New York Times)

Russian man dies after being mauled by shark off Egypt's Red Sea resorts

Egypt's Environment Ministry said the man was killed after being attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada. Authorities closed off 46 miles of the coastline. (Fox News)

Pentagon denies report that China setting up spy station in Cuba

Pentagon officials on Thursday shot down news reports that China is preparing to build a spy station in Cuba, even as the claims gained traction on Capitol Hill and sparked an angry reaction from lawmakers of both parties. (Ben Wolfgang, The Washington Times)

Technology

Apple's VR headset could change everything, again

Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference kicks off today in Cupertino and anticipations are high for a new virtual reality headset from the company. (Rich DeMuro, KTLA 5)

You won't believe your eyes: Screens that fold, bend and expand

New display technologies are changing the way we see things. Screens are getting bigger and smaller, along with more rollable and foldable. (Rich DeMuro, KTLA 5)

A new malicious malware is specifically targeting iPhones

A few ways to combat the new malware that is making its way onto iPhones through the iMessage app is to constantly update your iPhone as soon as possible. (Fox News)

Study: ChatGPT bests Alexa, other AIs in online medical advice

Move over, WebMD. A study in a leading medical journal has found that popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT gives superior advice about a variety of health issues such as headaches and suicide. (Sean Salai, The Washington Times)

SEC Sues Coinbase, Accuses Crypto Platform of Breaking Market Rules

The S.E.C. said the cryptocurrency platform allowed users to trade unregistered securities, a day after it accused the crypto platform Binance of mishandling funds. (Matthew Goldstein, Ephrat Livni and Emily Flitter, The New York Times)

Why I Can’t Bet Against Apple’s Vision Pro

There are plenty of reasons the Vision Pro could flop. But we shouldn’t forget that Apple has a knack for entering a product category at just the right time. (Kevin Roose, The New York Times)

TSA expands controversial facial recognition program

As possible record-setting crowds fill airports nationwide, passengers may encounter new technology at TSA checkpoints. (CBS News)

Sports News

Rory McIlroy, a strong anti-Saudi voice, now feels like 'sacrificial lamb' amid LIV Golf deal

Rory McIlroy says the PGA Tour's collaboration with Saudi Arabia's wealth fund makes him feel like a sacrificial lamb (ABC News)

How long can Warriors’ Steph Curry stay elite? His father believes it’ll be ‘several more years’

“His determination, his dedication to the sport and his will to want to be the best in the league every single year is far beyond anything I’ve seen. (Alex Simon, The Mercury News)

Celtics’ Jaylen Brown’s playoff struggles may have been expensive with contract decisions looming

Jaylen Brown is a fine player. He made his second straight All-Star appearance this season, qualified for second-team All-NBA, has been a Top-17 scorer each of the past three seasons and averaged a career-best 26. (Tribune News Service, The Mercury News)

Henderson homers as Orioles rally to defeat Brewers, avoid sweep

Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning to put Baltimore ahead for good and the Orioles rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Thursday. (Steve Megargee, The Washington Times)

Champions League Final: Inter Milan Tries to Live in the Now

Inter made the Champions League final with Italy’s oldest squad and its highest debts. Whatever happens in Istanbul cannot stop the financial squeeze to come. (Rory Smith and Tariq Panja, The New York Times)

Football or discus for Maverick Ohle? Naperville Central’s state champion will ‘get to choose’ in college.

Maverick Ohle, Naperville Central’s first three-time state medalist in one event, has received Division I offers in football. (Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune)

Why Matt Mervis and Christopher Morel are in tough spots as Chicago Cubs try to get their anemic offense on track

The Chicago Cubs are in a tough position of trying to dig out from their 26-35 record while getting Matt Mervis and Christopher Morel on track. (Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune)

Politics News

GOP’s booming support for guns is turning off millennial, Gen Z Republicans

About a quarter of young Republicans in one poll said they strongly or somewhat supported an assault weapons ban. (Juan Perez Jr., Politico)

DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls 'reprehensible'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recruiters set their sights on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the Texas border city of El Paso in search of asylum-seekers they could take from its bustling migrant shelter to California's capital on taxpayer-funded private jets. (Olga R. Rodriguez, Elliot Spagat, The Washington Times)

Trump says he has been indicted in probe over handling of sensitive government documents

The charges would be the first to arise from special counsel Jack Smith's investigations into former President Donald Trump. (CBS News)

Biden rails against 'hysterical,' 'prejudiced' lawmakers banning child gender surgery: 'We are not relenting'

President Biden railed against lawmakers pushing state-level bills that ban gender surgery from being performed on children, calling them "hysterical" and "prejudiced. (Fox News)

Biden says COVID-19 Coordinator Ashish Jha is leaving post, as U.S. moves on from virus

White House COVID-19 Ashish Jha is set to leave his position next week after President Biden ended the public health emergency around the coronavirus as part of a pivot to normalcy. (Tom Howell Jr., The Washington Times)

DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls 'reprehensible'

Mark Seitz, the Roman Catholic bishop of El Paso, Texas, tells The Associated Press that Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis' flights of migrants from the Texas border to California are “reprehensible” and “not morally acceptable. (ABC News)

GM’s Electric Vehicles Will Use Tesla’s Charging Network

The electric car company, which operates the country’s most extensive charging network, struck a similar deal with Ford Motor recently. (Jack Ewing, The New York Times)