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| The fatal shooting of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a shocking attack in a country that has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on abortion today. We'll take a look in today's newsletter at predictions for the June jobs report. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert, and here's Friday's news. |
| 🌅 Up first: WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday in a Russian court on drug charges in what may have been a strategic move to get a more lenient sentence. Read more |
 | | WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. | | Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP | |
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| 🟠 Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety to arrest migrants at the southern border. |
| 🔵 The ex-Cleveland officer who killed Tamir Rice withdrew from his Pennsylvania police position amid backlash. |
| 💵 A Treasury Department watchdog has been asked to examine decisions by the Internal Revenue Service to subject former FBI officials to rigorous financial audits. |
| ➡ Al Pacino and Robert De Niro paid tribute to ''Godfather'' co-star James Caan: ''He was so alive and daring.'' |
| ✈ An Emirates aircraft flew from Dubai to Australia with a gaping hole in its side. |
 | | The hole on the Emirates Airbus A380 that departed from Dubai to Brisbane, Australia. | | Courtesy of The Aviation Herald. | |
| 🥤 From our product experts at Reviewed: What is Plastic Free July—and how to take part. |
| 📝 NASA temporarily lost a $32.7 million spacecraft, a 76-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton is for sale and Brad Pitt said he has prosopagnosia. Take the USA TODAY News Quiz. |
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Ex-Japanese leader Abe dies after being shot during a campaign speech |
| Shinzo Abe, Japan's former leader, died at the age of 67 Friday after being shot during a campaign speech in western Japan, hospital officials confirmed. Japan's NHK Television earlier reported Abe's death. It was a shocking attack in a country that has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere. Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech Friday in broad daylight in Nara. Local fire department official Makoto Morimoto said Abe was in cardio and pulmonary arrest after being shot. His heart stopped while he was being airlifted to a hospital, Morimoto said. He was pronounced dead later at the hospital. Police arrested a 41-year-old man at the scene of the shooting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. Abe came into office as Japan's prime minister for a second time in December 2012. He was Japan's longest-serving leader before stepping down due to health issues in 2020. Read more |
 | | Shinzo Abe, Japan's former leader, died at the age of 67 Friday. | | USA TODAY | |
| ✔ Earlier coverage: Japanese Prime Minister Abe resigns due to chronic illness. |
| ✔ What is the ''Quad'' and why does it matter? Shinzo Abe suggested a more formal meeting between four large nations in 2007. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, hear the latest from Japan after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
 | | Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, Friday, July 8, 2022. | | Katsuhiko Hirano, AP | |
Funerals begin for Highland Park shooting victims |
| The first services for the victims of the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park were set for Friday, four days after a gunman fired more than 70 rounds from a rooftop with a legally purchased assault rifle. Seven people were killed, including the parents of a two-year-old boy. Nearly 40 were wounded. Relatives of one of the victims, Eduardo Uvaldo, were expected to travel from Texas and Mexico to attend his burial Friday on what would have been Uvaldo's 70th birthday, the New York Times reported. Read more |
| ⚫ More updates: Eight-year-old Cooper Roberts is in critical but stable condition at a Chicago hospital after being shot in the chest on July 4. |
| ⚫ Red flags and firearms checks: How the Highland Park suspect slipped through the cracks. |
 | | Visitors pay their respects at altars for the seven people killed in Monday's Fourth of July mass shooting, Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Highland Park, Illinois. | | Nam Y. Huh, AP | |
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| 🧾 Wisconsin's first Black-owned resort community will receive historical status this summer. |
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Facing pressure, Biden set to sign executive order on abortion access |
| President Joe Biden will take executive action Friday to protect access to abortion, according to three Associated Press sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Biden will speak Friday morning "on protecting access to reproductive health care services," the sources said. The actions are intended to try to mitigate some potential penalties women seeking abortion may face, but are limited in their ability to safeguard access to abortion nationwide. The order, coming two weeks after the Supreme Court's ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion and overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, comes as Biden has faced criticism from his own party for not acting with more urgency to protect access to abortion. Read more |
| 🟣 Kentucky governor Andy Beshear said it's past time for Biden to rescind his anti-abortion GOP judge pick. |
| 🟣 Rule change support: Biden backs altering the filibuster to codify abortion and privacy rights into law. |
More on this: Hearing to take place on Louisiana abortion 'trigger law' |
| Abortions are still legal in Louisiana – for now. In a Friday morning hearing in New Orleans Civil District Court, Judge Ethel Julien will hear arguments for and against enforcing the state's abortion ban trigger law. Julien will decide whether to extend New Orleans Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarrusso's ruling that blocked the abortion ban from taking effect. If she puts a more permanent restraining order in place, the Louisiana Supreme Court will almost certainly hear the case. Read more |
| 🟣 ''DIY abortion'': Experts warn Americans against ''extremely dangerous'' herbs in viral posts. |
| 🟣 Undocumented people could become more vulnerable under anti-abortion laws. |
 | | A woman supporting abortion rights shouts at anti-abortion protesters outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, South Carolina. | | Meg Kinnard, AP | |
Key Trump aide Cipollone to testify to Jan. 6 panel |
| Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone on Friday will give sworn testimony to the House committee investigating the Capitol attack Jan. 6, 2021, the Associated Press reported. Committee members, such as Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., had repeatedly called for Cipollone's testimony to clarify what former President Donald Trump was doing before and during the Capitol attack. Cipollone urged Trump not to join the mob marching to the Capitol after his speech on Jan. 6 because of the risk he could be charged with "every crime imaginable," according to former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who testified June 28. Read more |
| ⭕ Investigation details: Who else has been subpoenaed so far by the Jan. 6 committee? |
 | | A highlight of the 25th Amendment, removal of the President, is displayed during a public hearing before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington. | | Jack Gruber, Jack Gruber-USA TODAY | |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 🔔 Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin received a 21-year federal sentence for violating George Floyd's civil rights. |
| 👻 Secret Service Director James Murray announced his retirement and that he is taking job at Snapchat. |
| ♿ It's Disability Pride Month: Here's what wheelchair users wish you knew – and what to stop asking. |
| 🎾 Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon semifinals because of an abdominal tear. |
 | | Spain's Rafael Nadal sports tape on his stomach following a medical timeout as he plays Taylor Fritz of the US in a men's singles quarterfinal match on day ten of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. | | Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP | |
June jobs report may show easing pace of hiring |
| Economists surveyed by data provider FactSet expect the Labor Department's June jobs report out Friday morning to show employers added 275,000 jobs, the Associated Press reports. That number suggests the pace of hiring may be easing — something the Federal Reserve has been hoping for as it looks to slow the economy and curb high inflation. U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs in May. The unemployment rate for June is expected to have remained 3.6%, just above the half-century low that preceded the pandemic. It has been at that mark since the March report showed it fell from 3.8% to 3.6%. Read more |
| 📈 What slowdown? Job seekers are juggling multiple offers and snagging higher pay. |
| 📈 College grads are snaring high-paying jobs: How the labor shortage made way for better benefits. |
📷 Photo of the day: The Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony 📷 |
 | | Simone Biles – Olympic gold medalist and most decorated American gymnast in history – is the youngest athlete to receive the the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at 25. | | J. Scott Applewhite, AP | |
| President Joe Biden presented the Medal of Freedom – the nation's highest honor – to 17 people Thursday, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. In a ceremony in the White House East Room, Biden called the recipients "extraordinary Americans." Read more |
| 🏅 Here's why Rep. Liz Cheney had a front-row seat at Biden's Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony. |
| Click here to see more photos of the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients. |
| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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