In the news
■ Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer who was detained for allegedly violating the country’s mandatory headscarf law, was freed on bail, her husband, Reza Khandan, announced in a post on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.
■ Nicole Berner, a longtime union lawyer, was nominated by President Joe Biden for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, a position that has been vacant since September 2022 when Judge Diana Gribbon Motz took senior status.
■ Lauren Zyriek, acting director of New Jersey’s Division of Elections, said a requirement that candidates for office sign an oath that includes the words “so help me God” in filing paperwork for their candidacy is no longer required.
■ Greta Thunberg, 20, the Swedish climate activist, denied a public order offense after she was arrested last month at a demonstration against a major oil and gas industry conference in London, joining four other protesters in pleading innocent at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
■ Robert Crimo Jr., the father of the suspect in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago, turned himself in to begin a 60-day jail sentence, but not before the judge reprimanded him for violating court rules against wearing clothing emblazoned with a political statement.
■ Christer B. Jarlås, the prosecutor in charge of the case of a fatal roller coaster accident in Stockholm in which passengers plunged to the ground, killing one, said officials “know what happened but still don’t know why it could happen.”
■ Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congresswoman from Georgia, had her request for restitution of $66,632 for security work at her home after a man pleaded guilty to threats against her denied by a U.S. district judge.
■ Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president known for his crackdown on illegal drugs that left thousands of suspects dead, has been summoned by a prosecutor to answer a separate allegation that he recently threatened a female lawmaker with death, the complainant said.
■ John Oliver, the comedian and host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” used his program to launch a successful campaign to have what he describes as a weird, puking bird with a colorful mullet win New Zealand’s Bird of the Century contest, beating the national bird, the kiwi, conservation group Forest and Bird announced.