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The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest moves by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, according to two people familiar with the matter.  Those dismissed include two attorneys who worked as supervisors overseeing the Jan. 6 prosecutions.  Click here for the full story.  

Click here to read about how a Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 dead bodies in a decrepit building and sent grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 20 years in prison in federal court Friday for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in Covid-19 aid. 

A US Marine has been sentenced to seven years in prison after he was convicted of strangling and sexually assaulting a woman in Okinawa, a Japanese district court told CNN.  Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, 22, was accused of choking a woman in her 20s while attempting to rape her in May 2024.  Click here for more details on this story.  

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists who say they were "blindsided" by his proposal to build a temporary migrant detention center in the heart of the Everglades that he has dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

Friends of the Everglades, an environmental protection group, has sent Uthmeier and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a letter asking them to reverse course on the plan to build the facility on land surrounded by alligator- and python-infested waters into a facility to hold people detained in the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. In the letter, the group said the construction would "inflict significant damage on the Everglades ecosystem."  Click here for the full story.

Christians believe in the 6th Commandment of 10 - "Thou Shalt Not Kill!".  However, all that changed when a lone gunman attempted a mass shooting.   Churchgoers attending a morning service at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne spotted the gunman driving recklessly and then saw him exit his car wearing a tactical vest and carrying a rifle and a handgun, and began firing as he approached the church, striking one person in the leg. A parishioner struck the gunman with his vehicle as the gunman shot at the vehicle.  At least two staff members shot the gunman.  Police described the suspect as a 31-year-old white male with no known connection to the church. His motive remains unclear, but it appears he was suffering from a mental health crisis, Strong said.  Click for more on this story.  

Click here to read about how the Fourth of July holiday is fast approaching -- and it's going to be a busy one.  A record high of 72.2 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the July Fourth holiday period (from June 28 to July 6), according to AAA. This is 1.7 million more people than last year and 7 million more than in 2019, according to AAA.  Here's what you need to know before you to head to the airport or hit the highway.  Or you could always stay local and enjoy the Lakehills July 4th Parade!

The United States decisively entered into conflict with Iran on Saturday after President Donald Trump ordered US warplanes to drop massive bombs on three nuclear sites inside the country, thrusting him squarely into an escalating Middle East conflict even as he holds out hope the matter can be resolved diplomatically.  In social media posts and during a late-night address from the White House, Trump described the bombings as entirely successful and warned Iran against retaliation.  Click for the full story and photos and videos.

With Texas legislators mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in Texas schools, federal judges don't agree with it and have ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. The ruling Friday marked a major win for civil liberties groups who say the mandate violates the separation of church and state, and that the poster-sized displays would isolate students — especially those who are not Christian.  Click here for more.

Click here to read more about the man accused of shooting Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday while impersonating a police officer worked for a security company that advertised a fleet of “police type vehicles,” and other equipment that could potentially have aided him in appearing to be law enforcement.  Vance Boelter was also an outspoken evangelical Christian who traveled to Africa to tell his faith story and, in at least one sermon, pointedly questioned American morals on sexual orientation, according to videos and social media posts reviewed by CNN.