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A grand jury weighing evidence in one of the country’s most contentious police shootings indicted a former Louisville police detective on charges of reckless endangerment for his role in the raid on the home of Breonna Taylorhttps://nyti.ms/2RPRvca 

An officer in the Breonna Taylor case is charged with “wanton endangerment.” Here's what that means.https://nyti.ms/3hYYw4W 

Haste, sloppiness and a refusal to address climate change are costing the Trump administration in court, where environmental rollbacks keep losing. But a second term would give President Trump time to get the deregulation right.https://nyti.ms/33OQVRC 

“We’re not going to get off of this wildfire train anytime soon,” one fire scientist said. “The big question is, how do we want our smoke?”https://nyti.ms/2RQ7hUB 

In the mostly white, racially segregated suburbs of Milwaukee, support for President Trump remains high. One resident, Michael Hicks said his efforts to show support for Black Lives Matter were met with hostility: "They just seem to want to silence you."https://nyti.ms/3iZ4jci 

In a survey of 21,196 people in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, researchers identified a clear generational dividehttps://nyti.ms/3kGflUa 

The Trump administration has rejected scientific evidence linking the pesticide chlorpyrifos to serious health problems, directly contradicting federal scientists’ conclusions just five years ago that it can stunt brain development in children.https://nyti.ms/32XzP4Y 

California plans to ban sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, a sweeping move aimed to bolster the fight against climate change.https://nyti.ms/2RQ3Kpa 

At least two suspicious fish caught the attention of the state, leading to a lengthy investigation, analysis by a university lab and, finally, felony charges against two fishermen accused of trying to cheat their way to a contest's first place.https://nyti.ms/362qMla 

Betty Bushman was, briefly, a sportscasting pioneer. For 15 games in 1964, she was part of the Kansas City A's radio team, offering the feminine perspective to listeners of the moribund team. She has died at 89.https://nyti.ms/2ZVVUPe 

“No matter who you are, you feel the ground shaking underneath,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List. She senses a turning point for her mission in the midst of the Supreme Court battle. Listen to “The Daily.”https://nyti.ms/33LKui0 

What used to be a rare weather double whammy has been occurring more frequently because of climate change, said Mojtaba Sadegh of Boise State University. “These events, dry-hot events, are intensifying,” he said. “This is rising at an alarming rate.”https://nyti.ms/3iXHyFJ 

Americans have lost more than $145 million to fraud related to the coronavirus, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which said it had fielded more than 200,000 complaints from consumers.https://nyti.ms/3hWIetz 

New York’s finance industry is beginning to reoccupy offices in fits and starts, impeded by uncertainty around the virus The industry’s return to office life, by contrast, has been shambolic.https://nyti.ms/2FLqynN 

Republicans have tried boosting Green Party candidates in previous elections to siphon votes from Democrats. They are at it again this year — but it hasn’t always worked.https://nyti.ms/32VgxNh 

As many suburban Americans reject President Trump, the suburbs outside Milwaukee, among the most racially segregated in the country, remain a bulwark of support.https://nyti.ms/2HhX2pR 

Joe Biden sought to energize Democratic voters over the battle to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, warning that if Republicans confirmed a nominee, “women’s rights as it relates to everything from medical health care is going to be gone.”https://nyti.ms/3hVddGb 

The future of environmental protection may rest on whether President Trump is re-elected, with a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court ready to hear his fresh attempts to ramp up fossil fuel development and undo decades of regulations.https://nyti.ms/32YxWEM