The Supreme Court has rejected the Independent State Legislature theory The court rules that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, a key opinion that should safeguard 2024 election integrity. Read more on NPR

Negligence, staff failures led to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, a DOJ report says The disgraced financier who was jailed for sex trafficking charges, killed himself at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019. He died before standing trial. Read more on NPR

Standing where Prophet Muhammad gave his final sermon, 2 million Muslims perform Hajj This is the largest pilgrimage since 2019, after which the Hajj was dramatically curbed due to coronavirus restrictions that limited the pilgrimage to just a few thousand people. Read more on NPR

A TV meteorologist linked weather events to climate change. Then came the threats Chris Gloninger, a TV news meteorologist in Iowa, got threats over his coverage of climate change. Now he’s leaving the industry to tackle climate change head-on. Read more on NPR