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1. Activist offers ‘laxative-laced brownies’ to school board members during meeting

   An activist presented school board members with brownies “laced with laxatives” during a meeting.

2. Judge strikes down Trump’s ‘anti-immigrant’ policies blocking asylum and green card applicants

   Court rulings restores critical immigration decisions for people from 39 countries impacted by travel ban

3. Why England and New Zealand’s helter-skelter first Test shows that Lord’s has a problem

   17 wickets fell on day two as the game hastened towards a conclusion on a surface weighted heavily in the bowlers’ favour

4. Footage shows James Handy murder suspect moments after actor stabbing to death

   Footage shows the crime scene after Hollywood actor James Handy was found stabbed to death at his Los Angeles home.

5. Rapist Paul Quinn jailed after man wrongly served 17 years in prison for his crime

6. It’s advantage Zelensky in Ukraine’s push for peace with Putin

   Editorial: The Russian leader has now been shown up by Kyiv on the battlefield, in the skies, and in the sphere of diplomacy – and Moscow’s rejection of face-to-face peace talks will look more like weakness than strength to Washington

7. Alexander Zverev is in the French Open final – but his toughest opponent remains clear

   Second seed Zverev has rounded out his game in recent seasons and demonstrated his strength in Friday’s semi-final, but his greatest enemy, as ever, remains his own mental equilibrium and tendency to crack with the finish line in sight

8. The electric guitar spawned garage bands, rock-god dreams — and generations of popular music

   The electric guitar has transformed music and inspired countless dreams

9. At least 49 die of thirst after truck breaks down in Sahara Desert

   The victims were reportedly returning home from a religious festival

10. Southern Baptists debate whether to expand ban on female pastors

    The convention has ousted churches in recent years that appointed women to top pastoral positions or asserted the right to do so