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1. British PM Boris Johnson to resign

   

   British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, his office said Thursday, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future that has paralyzed Britain's government.

2. Legal morass brewing over some U.S. states' fight to ban abortion pills

   

   The overturning of Roe v. Wade has sparked legal battles across the U.S., as individual state trigger laws restricting access to abortion procedures. But the legal status of medication used to terminate pregnancy could see the fight enter an even-murkier legal zone.

3. Accused in Fourth of July mass killing contemplated 2nd shooting, police say

   

   The man charged with killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop and then fled to a neighbouring state, where he contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities say.

4. More flights are scheduled in the U.S. than air traffic control can handle, say authorities

   

   The U.S. aviation system is expected to "remain challenged this summer and beyond," and the Federal Aviation Administration needs more air traffic control staff, a senior United Airlines executive said on Wednesday, echoing problems in Canada and Europe.

5. South African president denounces underage alcohol sales during eulogy for 21 teens

   

   More than a thousand grieving family and community members are attending the funeral in South Africa's East London for 21 teenagers who died in a mysterious tragedy at a nightclub nearly two weeks ago.