In the news

■ Chris Becker, a prosecutor in Kent County, Mich., conceded, “It’s kind of too weird to be true almost, but apparently it is true,” saying an 82-year-old driver who struck and killed a 32-yearold pedestrian will not face charges for leaving the scene because he thought he’d hit a deer and called 911 to report it.

■ Ashtyn Michael Rance, 35, of Miami faces years in prison after pleading guilty to wildlife trafficking for shipping three eastern box turtles, 16 spotted turtles and 15 venomous Gaboon vipers from Georgia to a customer in Florida, knowing they were bound for China.

■ Edna Lowe Swift, 72, said she was thrilled as Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., honored her for having “paved the way” as its first Black graduate 50 years ago, when she majored in Spanish and became a teacher.

■ Elizabeth II, Great Britain’s 95-year-old queen who had earlier canceled several appearances on her doctors’ advice, made it to the christening of two of her 12 great-grandchildren — August, son of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, and Lucas Philip, son of Zara Tindall and Mike Tindall.

■ Tom Czekanski, a curator at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, hailed “a compelling look at the political climate leading up to the attack” with the opening of the exhibit “Infamy: Pearl Harbor Remembered.”

■ Jason Shelton, former mayor of Tupelo, Miss., said “I don’t want to fight with the city on this” as he tries to sell the Jefferson Davis Hotel and another historic building downtown in the face of a condemnation order.

■ Dixon Land, an FBI spokesman, said no one was injured when a robber, dressed in jeans, a dark-blue coat, a red Kansas City baseball cap, black shoes, blue latex gloves and a covid-19 mask, demanded money from a Commerce Bank in Gladstone, Mo., and fled with an undisclosed amount.

■ Emily Nichols compounded the woes of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services as she announced she’s resigning after three years as director of the agency, which has been hit by staffing shortages and burnout, not to mention just nine ambulances operating out of a fleet of 40.

■ Donna Drake, a Kansas City, Mo., police spokeswoman, said a man was critically injured but in stable condition after his wife drove over him twice as he tried to dislodge a bowling ball that was thrown in front of their car in a convoluted robbery attempt.