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Fans of Aretha Franklin pay their respects. Some at her Hollywood Walk of Fame star. A Dallas police officer reportedly was injured and taken to a hospital in a squad car this morning. Officers were dispatched to an armed encounter call on Jim Miller at about 5:30 am. A plain-clothes …

• The mom who lost her son to gun violence has won the Democratic nomination in Georgia. Lucy McBath’s teenage son was shot and killed in 2012 by a stranger at a gas station. She won Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District Tuesday. McBath now faces Republican Rep. Karen Handel in the …

• A 20-year-old man from Texarkana, Meechaiel Criner, is on trial in the slaying of a University of Texas freshman on campus in 2016. He has taken the stand and denied killing Haruka Weiser of Portland, OR. • Imagine a Dallas version of the London Eye, a brilliant observation wheel …

• A manhunt for a possible serial killer in Houston has ended. Gilberto Rodriguez, 46, was captured this morning by Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies. He is the suspect in at least three recent homicides. Two were called ‘mattress store murders.’ • Two women told the NY Times their stories of …

• More boys are being rescued from the Thai cave network. A total of eight boys was recovered from the cave network and taken to the hospital Monday evening their time. Two more were being prepared for evacuation to the hospital. The 12 boys and their soccer coach, who have …

• “Trump Baby” balloon gets the mayor’s OK to fly over London during the president’s visit. • Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship. The Army abruptly is discharging them. • A white woman called police on a black …

• Officers arrested a woman after she scaled parts of the Statue of Liberty in a dramatic Fourth of July protest. She is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who has been active in the resistance movement against Trump administration immigration policies. • Wall Street opened higher …

• President Trump ordered American flags in the U.S. and around the world to half-staff until sunset tonight. It is a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the act of violence at the Capital Gazette newsroom. • Police in England arrested a health care worker as the suspect …

• Presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged to root out corruption and dampen drug violence while boosting the economy and lifting up the poor. That won him the election in Mexico Sunday. • Seattle becomes the first major U.S. city to ban straws. Seattle wanted to ban plastic drinking …

Activists want to fly a giant “Trump Baby” balloon over London to protest President Trump’s UK visit. The BoeingHorizonX invests in on-demand UAV delivery startup. It enables safe, next-generation cargo air mobility. It will continue to be hot and dry across all of North and Northeast Texas with highs in …