1. Special Counsel Jack Smith is not letting the Supreme Court's immunity ruling in favor of Donald Trump and senior officials deter him from prosecuting the former president solely for his role in the attack on the Capitol on January 6. Smith has just filed a new indictment against Trump, which has been approved by a new grand jury.
2. Eastern equine encephalitis has put several New England states on high alert. A New Hampshire woman has died from the mosquito-borne disease for the first time in a decade. Massachusetts is on high alert, restricting some outdoor activities and closing parks from dusk to dawn.
3. Travis and Jason Kelsey signed a three-year deal worth $100 million with Amazon's Wondery for exclusive streaming rights to their podcast, “New Heights.”
4. Did you know that when it's hot, “corn sweat” makes it feel even hotter? The heat index is calculated using dew point and air temperature, so adding extra moisture to the air will affect the heat index. “Corn sweat” is technically called evapotranspiration, and it can release up to 4,000 gallons of water per day per acre of corn. That little kid was right: corn does have moisture.
5. Lucy Mae, a 10-month-old Labrador retriever, was introduced during a game a few days ago with the Clearwater Thrashers, the Single-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, in a debut no one will soon forget. Far from going wrong, Lucy Mae stormed off the field, rounded second base, and collapsed near the mound in front of the home crowd. She was quickly cleaned up, the game resumed, and the team announced that Lucy Mae would keep her job, although there is talk of changing her name to “Ducie Lucy.”
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