Jury acquits a white Louisiana trooper caught on camera beating a Black motorist The federal jury acquitted a state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling him 18 times with a flashlight. Read more on NPR

Post Malone bought Magic: The Gathering’s ‘One Ring’ card valued as high as $2 million Post Malone is a hardcore fan of the collectible trading card game who bought its most valuable card for $800,000 last year. His latest purchase may be worth double that price. Read more on NPR

Bud Light boycott takes fizz out of brewer’s earnings The company lost big sales in the U.S. after the boycotts over its collaboration with a transgender influencer. CEO says things have now stabilized “with signals of improvement” for the brand. Read more on NPR

Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far. Read more on NPR

A new take on ‘Pride and Prejudice’ brings readers to 2000s New York Chinatown By recasting the Bennets as a Cantonese, working-class immigrant family, C.K. Chau hopes to fill a gap in the Pride and Prejudice canon. Read more on NPR