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Mistrial Declared in Sacramento K Street Case; Retrial Planned

A mistrial was declared in the Sacramento K Street mass shooting case after jurors failed to reach verdicts on the murder charges against surviving defendants Dandrae Martin and Mtula Payton, with prosecutors expected to decide soon on retrial. The 2022 shooting left six people dead and injured about a dozen, and the defendants were later convicted on weapons counts despite the hung jury on the murder charges.

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Beaver Canyon SR-153 Closure; DOT Priorities I-15

State Route 153 through Beaver Canyon is closed indefinitely after flash floods and debris flows destroyed multiple road sections, with the worst damage between mileposts 7.5 and 10.5 and about half of the roadway near milepost 14 washed into the river. UDOT is assessing the damage from air and ground and developing a repair plan, warning that neither side of the mountain is safe and that further storms could worsen conditions due to the Cottonwood Fire burn scar.

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New Jersey: 6,600 Noncitizens Registered to Vote

A software error at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission caused about 6,600 non-citizens to be added to the state’s voter rolls between June 2023 and June 2024, with fewer than 400 of them ultimately voting; officials say they are removing those erroneously registered and have launched an independent investigation into the vendor IDEMIA. Gov. Mikie Sherrill framed the incident as a voter-registration integrity issue amid ongoing scrutiny from President Donald Trump, calling for transparency and accountability while noting the issue predates her tenure.

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Six NFL franchises featured in fantasy standouts

Stacker released rankings of the best single-game fantasy performances in NFL team histories, highlighting top quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers/tight ends for the Steelers, 49ers, Browns, Bengals, and Cowboys using Stathead data. Each piece emphasizes how these standout performances shape fantasy weeks and showcase the franchise history of explosive games.

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Monkeys, Children Share Geometry Intuition

New research across several studies shows that baboons and macaques understand geometric relationships in ways that closely resemble how preschoolers and adults reason about shapes, challenging the view that geometry is uniquely human. The findings, drawn from touchscreen shape-matching tasks and cross-cultural samples including the Tsimane’ and Mundurucu, suggest geometry intuition is a shared feature of the primate mind, not a product of formal education alone.

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