NEWS OF THE DAY

_1 Charges dropped: Prosecutors have dropped felony charges against 87 protesters who gathered last week outside the Kentucky attorney general’s home to demand charges against police officers responsible for the death of Breonna Taylor. Mike O’Connell, the Jefferson County attorney, said Friday that he had decided to dismiss the felony charges proposed by the Louisville police “in the interest of justice and the promotion of the free exchange of ideas.” Police officers fatally shot Taylor, 26, on March 13 after three officers used a noknock warrant to enter her apartment. The warrant to search her home was in connection with a suspect who did not live there. The officers have not been charged, fueling daily protests.

_2 DACA ruling: A federal court in Maryland on Friday ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program must be restored fully, meaning it must open up to new applicants for the first time in three years. The program allows immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children but who lack legal status to legally work and protects them from deportation. Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump didn’t properly end the program in 2017. Immigration attorneys argued that meant the Trump administration had to start accepting new applications, but hadn’t done so yet. Roughly 650,000 people are enrolled in DACA, but only those who were already in the program when it ended have been able to renew. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it is reviewing the ruling. _3 Shooting probe: The FBI said it will review the death of an 18yearold man who was shot and killed by a Los Angeles County sheriff ’s deputy. Andres Guardado Pinedo was shot five times in the back on June 18, according to the official autopsy and an independent autopsy arranged by his family. The Sheriff ’s Department has said the shooting occurred near Gardena after two deputies on patrol spotted Guardado with a gun and he ran. Authorities described the weapon as a loaded “ghost” gun that appeared to have been pieced together from different parts. Guardado’s family has denied the gun was his and the shooting has sparked protests.

_4 Name change: Voters will get another chance to strip the words “and Providence Plantations” from Rhode Island’s formal name after lawmakers approved a joint resolution to put the question on the November ballot. Although the word “plantations” in Rhode Island’s name does not specifically refer to a place where slaves labored, it elicits such imagery, say sponsors of the bill. A similar effort a decade ago failed overwhelmingly.

_5 Accomplice sentenced: An Arkansas woman pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend, the alleged leader of a white supremacist gang, and another inmate escape from a jail. Kennan Gililland, 27, admitted aiding and abetting escape and helping Wesley Gullet, 31, and Christopher Sanderson, 34, flee on July 29, 2019, by driving them away from the jail in Pine Bluff. Gililland also admitted she provided Gullet with food and other supplies. Both men were recaptured.