In the news
■ Jill Karofsky, still wearing her running gear, took a brief break at the 35-mile marker of a 100-mile ultramarathon in Brasco, Wis., to be sworn in as a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and then went on to finish the course, which took her about 34 hours.
■ Benedict XVI, the 93-year-old pope emeritus who left office in 2013, has fallen ill with a facial infection after returning from a trip to his native Bavaria, Germany, to visit his brother, who died a month ago, said his biographer, Peter Seewald.
■ Steven McCulland of Mobile, Ala., took video of an alligator he found swimming in his pool and posted it on social media, saying: “If you own an alligator and you’re missing one, he in my backyard in my pool. Come get him.”
■ Jamal Mosely, a demolition contractor in Hammond, La., said he got stuck with the extra cost after what he described as a “big mix-up” in the address provided by city officials resulted in his crews tearing down a house only to find the real target was next door, which they also demolished.
■ Couy Griffin, founder of the New Mexico group Cowboys for Trump, has been barred from in-person visits with his son after social media posts that his exwife said generated threats as well as for refusing to abide by covid-19 mask requirements, a state district judge ruled.
■ Adam Zaborowski, 35, who police said shot at a clerk as he angrily stormed out of a cigar shop in Bethlehem, Pa., when he was told he had to wear a mask, was wounded multiple times the next day in a shootout with police when officers arrived to take him into custody.
■ Nuemonei Laster, 24, of Davenport, Iowa, faces first-degree murder and other charges after being accused of fatally shooting a man in a funeral home parking lot where the victim was attending services for his 8-year-old son who had died of cancer, police said.
■ Michelle Martine Jackson, a doctor in Mobile, Ala., accused of getting kickbacks for writing unnecessary prescriptions, is the 30th person charged in what federal prosecutors described as a fraud scheme involving a compounding pharmacy.
■ Eric Larson, a St. Louis police major, said an officer is expected to make a full recovery after being wounded in the arm when two juveniles, who were later arrested, began firing a handgun as they approached while he was working an off-duty security job.