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Here are the headlines you need to know yesterday, former President Donald Trump was indicted for his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer of power. The four felony charges include conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of an official proceeding. Here's what special prosecutor Jack Smith said about these charges. The attack on our nation's capital on January 6th, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. As described in the indictment. It was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the US government, the nation's process of collecting counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. The indictment focuses on Trump's unlawful attempts to stop the certification of the 2020 election on January 6th, citing multiple co conspirators who allegedly helped the former president spread misinformation about the election results and attempt to stop the process. Trump is due in court tomorrow in Washington. This is his third criminal indictment. A Pittsburgh jury reached a unanimous death penalty verdict for the man who carried out the deadliest anti Semitic attack in US history. Robert Bauer shot and killed 11 people and wounded six others at the Tree of Life Synagogue. In 2018, jurors deliberated for about seven hours yesterday and an additional three this morning, ultimately determining that bowers to quote, maximize the devastation, amplify the harm of his crimes and instill fear within the local national and international Jewish communities. The family of Andrea Wed who was wounded in the shooting and whose 97 year old mother was killed. Shared their thanks to the jury saying, quote, a measure of justice has been served. Indiana, six abortion clinics have stopped providing abortion services in advance of the state's enacting of a total ban. Four of those clinics are Planned Parenthood locations which confirmed Monday, they received guidance that abortions would become illegal in most cases come yesterday. The state's ban has been on hold for a full year after legal challenges filed by the AC Lu. The State Supreme Court was set to overturn that challenge. But a last minute petition seeking a new hearing yesterday kept the ban from taking effect. Hundreds of childbirth units have shut down at us hospitals over the last five years. This is according to a report published yesterday by nonprofit March of Dimes which has been tracking the closure since 2018. About 300 birthing units have closed since then. The found more than 5.6 million women live in counties with little to no access to maternal health care. It found more than a third of us counties were maternity care. Deserts. Ohio had the most women impacted by overall reductions in access to care. The suspect in multiple murders at Long Island's Gilgo Beach appeared in court yesterday. Suspect Rex Homan did not speak during this very brief hearing. The focus of the court date was discovery as prosecutors walk through over 2500 pages and four hard drives worth of evidence. The evidence includes hours of video footage and photos taken from investigations of Hoer's home and office. Hoer's attorney said that his client maintains his innocence will not accept a plea deal and plans to go to trial Hoer's next pre trial. Court appearance is scheduled for September 27. A New York man was rescued off the coast of Long Island after treading water for more than five hours. According to Suffolk County police, 63 year old Dan Ho went swimming early Monday when a strong current swept him away from shore. Ho was able to tread water without any flotation devices for five hours before getting the attention of two men in a small fishing boat. Ho received treatment at a local hospital. Police have not given an update on his condition. Data suggests that us teachers are still dissatisfied with their jobs and it could be affecting the level of diversity in the profession. Data shows that 51,000 teachers left their job this past May the highest level since April 2022 roughly a quarter of teachers reported wanting to leave teaching by the end of the 2022 2 23 school year. According to a study by RAND Corporation, 80% of American teachers are white even as students get increasingly diverse. While that number is changing, the high level of turnover could mean fewer teachers of color going forward. Los Angeles International Airport took a huge step in reducing its carbon footprint, banning the sale of single use plastic water bottles. This makes it just the second ever airport to take this step. While planes are exempt from the new rule. Almost 7 million people who visit every single month will no longer be able to buy disposable water bottles from restaurants, vending machines or other places in the terminals. However, the airport is increasing the amount of refillable water bottle stations and will still allow customers to purchase reusable bottles.