Newly Elected County Judge's Online Plans Forced His Resignation Bill McLeod posted that he would one day love to run for Texas' supreme court. The state's constitution says for a county judge to announce candidacy for another office means automatic resignation.
Booked and buried: Northwest jails' mounting death toll Since 2008, at least 306 people across the Northwest have died after being taken to a county jail, according to an investigation by OPB, KUOW and the Northwest News Network. Conrad Wilson
Supreme Court Rules Against Death Row Inmate Who Appealed Execution A divided court ruled against a Missouri man who said, because of a rare medical condition, death by lethal injection would constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." Domenico Montanaro
Lake City shooting suspect told police he had no memory after blacking out from drinking earlier in the day Lake City shooting suspect Tad-Michael Norman told police he had no memory of what transpired after he drank and played video games the afternoon of a deadly carjacking and shooting spree, according to a charging document filed by police. Amy Radil
Trump Extends Deportation Protection For Liberians In The U.S. The delay will give Congress time to work on a possible permanent pathway for thousands of Liberians to remain in the U.S. Richard Gonzales
Bump Stock Ban Proceeds After Supreme Court Denies Gun Makers' Request To Halt It Gun makers had a sought a temporary hold on the ban, which went into effect on Tuesday. The court denied the second such appeal, allowing the ban to proceed while challenges move through the courts. Laurel Wamsley
Making Sense Of The Smollett Legal Drama: What's Going On Here? Fair warning: There are questions we just can't answer at this point. But there are also plenty we can. Here's an attempt to explain the charges against the Empire actor — and the move to drop them. Colin Dwyer
Facebook Bans White Nationalism And Separatism Content From Its Platforms The company says such content is linked to white supremacy and organized hate groups. Users who search for terms related to white supremacy will be directed to an anti-hate site. Sasha Ingber
Federal Judge Blocks North Carolina Ban On Abortions Later Than 20 Weeks The law runs afoul of Supreme Court precedent banning abortion restrictions based on how many weeks pregnant the mother is, the judge wrote. Matthew S. Schwartz
Michigan Officer Says He Botched Investigation, Believed Larry Nassar's 'Lies' An independent investigation finds that police failed to follow up on allegations made against the now-disgraced sports doctor in 2004. Richard Gonzales