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Top eight stories for today including Friday marked the 100th day since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a massive invasion of Ukraine; The U.S. economy added 390,000 jobs while the unemployment rate stayed at 3.6%; Denver detectives who coerced a false murder confession from a 14-year-old are not entitled to qualified immunity, and more.

National

Gearing up for next hearing, Jan. 6 group to dig at root of insurrection for first time

The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack is set to resume public hearings next week with the expectation that the panel will reveal new details about last year’s deadly insurrection.

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., left, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, arrive on April 4, 2022, to testify before the House Rules Committee seeking contempt of Congress charges against former President Donald Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in response to their refusal to comply with subpoenas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Juror bias accusations push We Build the Wall case toward mistrial

A juror who said fellow members of the panel had a liberal bias appears ready to cause a mistrial in the case against one of the co-founders of a bogus charity to privately build former President Donald Trump’s border wall.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent is posted at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Abram-Perezville, Texas, as agents take migrants into custody in March 2021. (Julio Cortez/AP)

Unfazed by recession fears, US employers add 390,000 jobs

American employers added 390,000 jobs in May as the unemployment rate stayed at a low 3.6%.

A sign advertises for help at a restaurant in York Beach, Maine, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Regional

Federal Circuit revives claims of Hurricane Harvey flood victims

The government is not immune from the takings claims of Houston residents whose homes flooded after the Army Corps of Engineers released Hurricane Harvey stormwater from two dams, the Federal Circuit ruled, reviving hundreds of cases.

Gaston Kirby, right, and Juan Minutella leave Kirby's flooded Houston home on Sept. 4, 2017, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Buried secrets: Mission San Miguel Arcángel and California’s first recorded mass murder

Mission San Miguel Arcángel now stands as a cautionary tale on the dangers of bragging to strangers about riches.

Tombstones in the cemetery at Mission San Miguel Arcángel in San Luis Obispo County, California. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse News)

10th Circuit rejects Denver detectives’ qualified immunity claims in coerced murder confession

Denver detectives who coerced a false murder confession from a 14-year-old in 2000 are not entitled to qualified immunity in his civil suit, affirmed the 10th Circuit on Friday.

Screenshot of the interrogation of Lawrence Montoya, then 14, by Denver police.

With Covid cases on the rise, California counties begin to bring back mask mandates

Citing the rise of hospitalizations due to Covid-19, health officials in Alameda County announced that wearing masks and face coverings will now be required in most indoor spaces.

In this April 13, 2021 file photo kindergarten students participate in a classroom activity on the first day of in-person learning. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

International

100 days after Russian invasion, no end in sight for Ukraine war

Friday marked the 100th day since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a massive invasion of Ukraine in February and upended world politics by launching a major war in Europe and turning his country definitively away from the West.

Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin with the remains of Army Col. Oleksander Makhachek during a funeral service in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, on Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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