1.  Prosecutors Say Bannon Case Is Open-and-Shut

 SLAM DUNK 

Both sides presented opening statements Wednesday, and the prosecution thinks it has an easy one.

POLITICS

2.  Secret Service Ordered to Probe How Riot Texts Got Deleted

  DIG DEEPER 

The National Archives demanded a probe into “the potential unauthorized deletion.”

POLITICS

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3.  U.K. Clocks Heat Record That Was Predicted to Come in 2050

 TOO HOT TO HANDLE 

The United Kingdom on Tuesday clocked a record-breaking temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius, or 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

WORLD

4.  De Blasio Admits He Lacks the Support to Run for Congress

 IT’S OVER 

The former mayor of New York City said he’s not only dropping out of the race but leaving politics for good.

POLITICS

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5.  Officials Seize $460K Picasso Sketch Man Claimed Was a Print

 CAUGHT RED-HANDED 

Spanish officials in Ibiza intercepted the Picasso sketch, which the man tried to pass off as a print with a fake receipt.

TRAVEL

6.  North Las Vegas Cop Kills 12-Year-Old Daughter, Then Himself

 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

Israel Molina, 42, also injured his wife and son during an altercation at their home.

U.S. NEWS

7.  Uvalde Police Chief Wrote Shooter Plan Putting Him in Charge

 HARD TO BELIEVE 

Pete Arredondo has insisted that he didn’t think he was incident commander during the shooting, even though he helped craft the report that gave him that role.

U.S. NEWS

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8.  Oklahoma Town’s First Openly Gay Mayor Resigns Amid Threats

 ‘BAD-FAITH ATTACKS’ 

“I’ve been followed home from meetings, threatened while walking my dog, harassed at Starbucks and have had my tires slashed,” he wrote in a resignation announcement.

U.S. NEWS

9.  Charges Dropped Against Deli Worker Who Stabbed Attacker

  LET HIM OUT 

Jose Alba has spent five days locked up on Rikers Island for fatally stabbing a man who attacked him behind the counter at the deli.

U.S. NEWS

10.  Virginia Cops Escape Charges for Killing Mentally Ill Woman

 IN THE CLEAR 

A report concluded that all five officers acted “appropriately and with justifiable use of lethal force.”

U.S. NEWS

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11.  Missouri Cop Shot in Head During Routine Traffic Stop

 SHOCKING 

Authorities say a man hopped out of his car and opened fire at Officer Daniel Vasquez, 32, before fleeing the scene.

U.S. NEWS

12.  Kylie Jenner’s Private Jet Habits Are Pissing People Off

 PLANE AND SIMPLE 

“Her carbon footprint for one 10 minute flight is more than some people make in a year,” one viral tweet laments.

ENTERTAINMENT

13.  Methanol Found in Bodies of 21 Teens Who Dropped Dead in Bar

 MORE CLUES 

Investigators initially believed the teens may have died in a stampede but they’re now trying to determine if the levels of methanol were high enough to be lethal.

WORLD

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