Associated Press

Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Evers was assassinated by a white supremacist in 1963.

Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Six other people are scheduled to be put to death in five states during the remainder of 2025. Alabama and Missouri recently set execution dates for August and October, respectively. Florida, Tennessee and Texas have also have executions scheduled later this year.

Jimmy Swaggart, the televangelist whose multimillion-dollar ministry was crippled by his encounters with prostitutes, has died. He was 90. His death was announced Tuesday. The Louisiana native was best known for being a captivating Pentecostal preacher with a massive following before being caught on camera with a prostitute in New Orleans in 1988, one of several TV preachers brought down in the 1980s and 1990s by sex scandals. He continued preaching for decades, but with a reduced audience. In a tearful 1988 sermon, he wept and apologized, telling parishioners across the nation, “I have sinned against you.”

The survey will collect baseline and follow-up data on the knowledge and attitudes of adults in Louisiana regarding Veteran suicide and available resources.

So far this year, nine children have died after being left unattended in vehicles in California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, New Jersey and North Carolina, according to Kids and Car Safety, which collects data on hot car deaths. Five died in June.

Some Iranians are getting arrested by immigration authorities after living decades in the United States. The Homeland Security Department hasn't released numbers but the National Iranian American Council, an advocacy group, says there has has been a surge of arrests. Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian lived in the United States for 47 years before being piked up by immigration officers this month in New Orleans. Like other Iranians, she has faced the possibility of being deported to Iran before, because of severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. Now the future appears more uncertain.

For over 50 years, D. Wayne Lukas set the standard in horse racing. And the sport followed suit. Trainers wanted to be like Wayne. Owners wanted him handling their horses. Much of what American trainers do today is based on Lukas' playbook. He ran his stable like a corporate CEO, supervising 400 horses from outposts around the country in his heyday. He had the success too, winning 15 Triple Crown races, including six in a row and 20 Breeders' Cup world championships. Up until a short time before his death at age 89, Lukas would climb aboard his stable pony and supervise the morning workouts of his horses.

The Razorbacks eliminated the Bruins from the College World Series with a 7-3 victory. Arkansas will play SEC rival LSU on Wednesday night and would have to beat the Tigers twice in two days to advance to the best-of-three CWS finals.

Attorneys for the Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil have asked a federal judge to immediately release him on bail, or else transfer him to New Jersey, where he can be closer to his wife and newborn son. The filing comes days after a federal judge ruled that the government can continue to detain the legal U.S. resident based on allegations that he lied on his green card application. Khalil disputes the accusations that he wasn't forthcoming on the application. The judge previously determined that Khalil couldn’t continue being held based on the U.S. secretary of state’s determination that he could harm American foreign policy.

Investigators said they believe that a convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozark s" has likely fled Arkansas after escaping from prison last month, a federal court filing released this week shows