A Fredericksburg mother says a former deputy sexually assaulted her while on duty and has sued Gillespie County, blaming lax screening and supervision. The suit seeks damages.

A federal judge in Sacramento paused BLM’s plan to remove about 850 wild horses from three Northern California herd areas, saying the agency relied on flawed population assumptions. The injunction stops September gathers while the case proceeds.

A College Hill man was sentenced to 13–16 years after pleading guilty to sex crimes involving multiple young girls, court papers show.

A statewide audit of Georgia’s June 16 runoff flagged 23 mismatches across more than 1.1 million ballot images, and officials say every error was on a hand‑marked ballot.

Two women pleaded guilty in the 2020 Valcourt Road death of Daniel Vergara and were sentenced to prison under involuntary‑manslaughter pleas. The case, first reported in 2020, ended in July 2026 plea deals.

A woman in her 60s was taken to University Hospitals in critical condition after a car struck a building on Cleveland’s East Side. Police are investigating the crash at 17715 Euclid Avenue.

Orangetown’s Planning Board voted to require a full EIS for DataBank’s proposed Phase II near Lake Tappan, pausing approvals while water, energy and noise impacts are studied.

Flips Patio Grill will close July 19 for a six- to eight-week renovation that redoes the bar and shifts the Grapevine spot to non‑smoking, with plans to reopen later in 2026.

Cargo Ventures filed to build a roughly 150,000‑sq‑ft East Boston commissary at 160 McClellan to centralize Logan’s concession deliveries and launch an electric shuttle fleet. The BPDA filing is under review.

Caddell Construction opened a Grandview Yard office and plans to hire as data‑center projects pick up across central Ohio.

RTD says reprogramming station elevators to stay open when idle has driven down reports of unwanted activity at several Denver stations, including a 77% drop at Sheridan. The change is part of a broader CPTED push and will expand this summer.

A 33-year-old man was shot in Point Breeze on July 9; bullets damaged a home and two parked cars, and police are asking for tips.

Fire crews knocked down a blaze at a vacant two‑story building on South Hope Street early Friday. LAFD says about 71 firefighters extinguished the fire quickly; the cause is under investigation.