1. Two teachers played heroic roles during theater shooting, Jindal says: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said outside a hospital where victims of a movie theater shooting were being treated that he was starting to hear "stories of heroism and self-sacrifice." [Read more]

2. Gym mat death investigators seize phones, computers of FBI agent & sons: Federal agents on Tuesday seized computers and cell phones belonging to an FBI agent, his wife and their two sons as part of an ongoing investigation into the 2013 death of a Valdosta teen whose body was discovered in a rolled-up gym mat. [Read more]

3. Three struck by lightning at Florida nude beach: At around 4:15 p.m. lifeguards had to run back to the ocean to rescue three people, just minutes after they directed swimmers to take cover from a "nasty storm," according to NBC Miami. [Read more]

4. Feds want to send Ga. peanut executive to prison for life: Attorney for executive whose plant sold tainted peanut butter calls "truly absurd" the life prison term that federal prosecutors have asked for. [Read more]

5. Donald Trump campaigns at the border: Republican Presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump makes a trip to the border at Laredo, Texas. Trump's recent immigration comments have stirred up reactions on both sides of the aisle. [See photos]

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If the Senate's version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes, the 30% federal tax credits offered for clean energy installations — such as these solar panels being installed atop an Ellenwood home in 2022 — would be sunset by the end of 2025. (Jason Getz/AJC 2022)

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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