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1 Videos show police fired nearly 100 shots during traffic stop:

Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gun shots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured last month, according to video footage released Tuesday. Officers from a tactical unit in an unmarked police vehicle surrounded an SUV last month driven by Dexter Reed, allegedly for failing to wear a seatbelt. Video shows the 26-year-old refusing to exit the vehicle as more officers arrived, yelled commands and drew weapons. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability says preliminary evidence showed Reed fired first, injuring an officer.

2 Audit finds California issues tracking homeless programs:

California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn’t consistently track whether the huge outlay of public money actually improved the situation, according to state audit released Tuesday. With makeshift tents lining the streets and disrupting businesses in cities and towns throughout California, homelessness has become one of the most frustrating issues in the country’s most populous state. An estimated 171,000 people are homeless in California.

3 Ruling on climate action ripples across Europe:

Europe’s highest human rights court has ruled that its member nations must better protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change. Tuesday’s decision that sided with a group of Swiss women against their government could have implications across the continent. The case sets a legal precedent in the Council of Europe’s 46 member states against which future lawsuits will be judged. The court ruled that Switzerland failed to combat climate change and meet emissions targets.

4 Judge dismisses suit of pipeline protester:

A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed the excessive-force lawsuit of a New York woman who was injured in an explosion during the protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor ruled that “the facts as alleged” by Sophia Wilansky don’t meet legal standards for excessive force or for overcoming the officers’ qualified immunity, in part because they were reasonably trying to disperse protesters, not arrest them.

5 Russia court adds to prison term of Navalny’s associate:

A court in Russia on Tuesday added two more years to a 7½-year prison term of a former associate of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Lilia Chanysheva, who used to head Navalny’s office, was convicted on extremism charges, and Bashkortostan’s Supreme Court extended her sentence.