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NPR (Nina Totenberg) - Supreme Court declines to hear Texas man's intellectual disability case in capital case

The court's action means Victor Saldaño is likely to be executed even though both defense and state experts determined he was not eligible for execution under the law.

The court's action means Victor Saldaño is likely to be executed even though both defense and state experts determined he was not eligible for execution under the law.Open

NYTIMES (Vjosa Isai and Norimitsu Onishi) - Shootout Suspect Is Dead After Killing Montreal Police Officer, Authorities Say

Fady Dagher, the city’s police chief, said that the “immediate threat to the public is no longer present” and that sheltering in place was no longer required.

AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - Scoop: Bobby Pulido headlined school benefit with registered sex offender

Democratic congressional candidate and musician Bobby Pulido performed onstage alongside a registered sex offender at a Texas middle school benefit concert in 2018, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Pulido, the Grammy award-winning Tejano singer running to oust Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas' 15th district, is facing media scrutiny over his ties to accordionist Frankie Caballero. - Pulido has denied he had any knowledge of Caballero's status as a registered sex offender at the time of the 2018 school benefit, which occurred roughly a year after Caballero finished serving a four-year prison sentence for indecent sexual contact with an 8-year-old girl. - A spokesperson for Pulido's campaign told the New York Post in April…

Democratic congressional candidate and musician Bobby Pulido performed onstage alongside a registered sex offender at a Texas middle school benefit concert in 2018, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Pulido, the Grammy award-winning Tejano singer running to oust Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas' 15th district, is facing media scrutiny over his ties to accordionist Frankie Caballero. - Pulido has denied he had any knowledge of Caballero's status as a registered sex offender at the time of the 2018 school benefit, which occurred roughly a year after Caballero finished serving a four-year prison sentence for indecent sexual contact with an 8-year-old girl. - A spokesperson for Pulido's campaign told the New York Post in April…Open