From the Wire

LGBT Rights Trial Could Take Place Close to Election Day Dueling lawsuits over a North Carolina law limiting protections for LGBT people will likely go to trial just as voters are gearing up to cast ballots for governor.
France's Hollande Says State of Emergency Will be Lifted French President Francois Hollande says that the state of emergency, in place since attacks in January claimed by the Islamic State group, will be lifted July 26, but he stressed that the threat continues.
Mississippi-Based Check Casher Closing Stores in 2 States A Mississippi-based check cashing company fighting legal battles against state and federal regulators said Wednesday that it is closing stores in Alabama and in Louisiana.
ACLU, Other Groups Sue Police Over Baton Rouge Protests Civil rights groups and activists sued Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies over their treatment of protesters rallying against the police shooting death of a black man, saying officers used excessive force and physically and verbally abused peaceful demonstrators.
Mississippi Leaders Divided on Religious-Beliefs Law AppealMississippi's Democratic attorney general said Wednesday that he won't join the Republican governor in appealing a federal judge's ruling that blocked a state law on religious objections to gay marriage.
Moody's: Mississippi Has Negative Credit Outlook The bond credit rating agency Moody's Investor Service has given Mississippi a negative credit outlook because the state dipped into its rainy day fund to cover budget shortfalls, but the state's bond rating remains unchanged.
Mississippi District Appeals Order in Desegregation Case A Mississippi school board has voted along racial lines to appeal a federal judge's order in a long-running desegregation case.
Travis CreelLouisiana Tech head baseball coach Lane Burroughs has added former Jones County Junior College assistant Travis Creel as an assistant coach to the Bulldogs staff.
Clinton Receives Long-Awaited Endorsement from Sanders Bernie Sanders, whose calls for a "political revolution" energized millions of voters across the nation, offered a long-awaited endorsement of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton Tuesday, calling for unity just two weeks shy of the Democratic National Convention.
Lawsuit Seeks to Block Charter Schools in Mississippi A new lawsuit seeks to block charter schools in Mississippi, arguing that they violate the state constitution by making school districts share property tax collections with schools they don't control.
Obama to Honor 5 Dallas Officers Shot by Man Out for Revenge President Barack Obama will be in a different city but still in an all-too-familiar place when he leads the nation in honoring more lives cut short by gun violence, this time five white police officers slain by a black man …
AG Lynch on Capitol Hill as GOP Presses Clinton Inquiry Attorney General Loretta Lynch is testifying before Congress amid a roiling national debate over police violence and as House Republicans seek a Justice Department perjury investigation of Hillary Clinton.
B.B. King Estate, Universal Sued Over Blues Legend's Photos A New York photographer is suing B.B. King's estate and Universal Music Group for copyright infringement, saying his pictures of the blues legend have been used on King's albums for more than 40 years without his permission.
Sanders to Back Clinton. Will Supporters Follow?It looks as if Bernie Sanders is ready to back Hillary Clinton. But not all his supporters are prepared to give up revolution for realism.
Sheriff: 2 Bailiffs, Suspect Dead in Michigan Courthouse Two bailiffs were shot and killed Monday inside a southwestern Michigan courthouse before officers killed the gunman, a sheriff said.