Florida prosecutor seeks to overturn convictions in cocaine sting operation A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine made by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office for sting operations between 1988 and 1990. Read more on NPR

6 charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash The truck had been packed with at least 160 migrants when it crashed into a support for a pedestrian bridge in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Read more on NPR

Lawsuit: A Character.AI chatbot hinted a kid should murder his parents over screen time limits The parents of two Texas minors are suing a chatbot developer saying the company’s services endangered their kids. One chatbot allegedly encouraged a child to self-harm and to kill their parents; another allegedly exposed them to sexualized content. Read more…

Taller vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians, even at low speeds, research finds A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows higher speeds are worse for pedestrians regardless of vehicle height — but those risks are amplified for vehicles with taller front ends.  Read more on NPR

Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall. Read more on NPR

What we know about Luigi Mangione, the suspect in United Healthcare CEO’s killing Mangione was arraigned on firearms and forgery charges in Pennsylvania after his arrest Monday evening, and is expected to face charges in New York as well. Read more on NPR

A record-breaking deal for slugger Juan Soto sends the baseball world into a spin The Dominican-born superstar Juan Soto will take his talents to Queens after the New York Mets reportedly signed him to a $765 million contract — a move that has the rest of the baseball world abuzz. Read more on NPR

How will Australia’s teen social media ban actually work? Australia’s Parliament has passed one of the strictest social media crackdowns in the world. Under the new law, anyone under 16 years old will be banned from opening a social media account. Read more on NPR

Top ‘Washington Post’ editor kills article on deputy’s departure Washington Post Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed a story about the departure of a veteran and popular editor for a senior position at the New York Times. Read more on NPR

Syrian Refugees Displaced for Years Return Home The regime of President Bashar al-Assad crumbled in rapid fashion as rebel groups challenged his power. Assad is now in exile in Russia and the rebels have taken control of the capital, Damascus. Now displaced Syrians, some of whom have been out of the country for over a…