NEWS OF THE DAY

1 Mall shooting: Police said Saturday that they’re still searching for the gunman in an attack at a Wisconsin mall that injured eight people. “Investigators are working tirelessly to identify and apprehend the suspect from yesterday’s shooting at Mayfair Mall,” the Wauwatosa Police Department said in a tweet. Investigators said the shooting apparently stemmed from an altercation and was not a random act. “Preliminary statements from witnesses indicate that the shooter is a white male in his 20s or 30s,” Police Chief Barry Weber said at a briefing. “Investigators are working on determining the identity of that suspect.” Barry said the shooter had left the scene before officers arrived. The injuries were described as nonlifethreatening.

2 Bomb plot: A Nebraska pharmacist was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison and a Maryland drug dealer to 14 years for a convoluted plot to firebomb a competing pharmacy so they could divert more prescription narcotics to the black market. William Burgamy, 33, of Hanover, Md., and Hyrum Wilson, 41, of Auburn, Neb., each pleaded guilty to their respective roles in the conspiracy this year in federal court. Federal agents arrested Burgamy in April and charged him with running a website on the internet black market called NeverPressedRx that sold hundreds of thousands dollars’ worth of illicit drugs. After his arrest, authorities discovered the plot to destroy the rival pharmacy so Wilson’s operation could increase its business.

3 Conversion therapy: A federal appeals court blocked the enforcement of local ordinances in Florida that ban therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of LGBTQ minors. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision not to grant an injunction in a lawsuit challenging ordinances established by Palm Beach County and Boca Raton that ban what’s known as conversion therapy. The laws were challenged by therapists who argued that they are an infringement on their constitutional right to free speech.

4 Sex ed: For the first time in more than two decades, Texas’ Board of Education voted to make major changes to the state’s sex education standards, expanding the teaching of birth control beyond abstinenceonly education for middle school students. Under the revision, public school educators will be allowed to teach students in seventh and eighth grades about birth control methods such as condoms and other contraceptives, and about their effectiveness in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. High school health educators were already required to teach about different methods of birth control, but health education is an optional course at the high school level, unlike in elementary school and middle school. The state’s rate of teenage pregnancy is one of the highest in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 Aging disease: The first drug has been approved for a rare genetic disorder that stunts growth and causes rapid aging in children, after studies showed it can extend their lives. Kids with the genetic disorder progeria typically die in their early teens, usually from heart disease. But in testing, children taking the drug Zokinvy lived 2 ½ years longer on average. Research on the treatment was mainly funded by the Progeria Research Foundation in Peabody, Mass., with help from drug developer Eiger BioPharmaceuticals of Palo Alto. Just an estimated 400 people worldwide have progeria or a related condition. The disorder causes stunted growth, stiff joints, hair loss and aged-looking skin. Children with the disease suffer strokes and hardening of heart arteries.

6 Satellite launch: A U. S. European satellite designed to extend a decadeslong measurement of global sea surface heights launched into Earth orbit from California on Saturday. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Sentinel6 Michael Freilich satellite is named for a former NASA official who had a key role in developing spacebased oceanography. The satellite’s main instrument is an extremely accurate radar altimeter. Sea surface heights are affected by heating and cooling of water, allowing scientist to use the altimeter data to detect such weather-influencing conditions as the warm El Niño and the cool La Niña. The measurements are also important for understanding overall sea level rise because of global warming.