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She double-faulted more than she would have liked. Her 25 unforced errors weren’t pretty. She played long, grueling games that, at one time in her singular career, may have been over in a flash. But Serena Williams will leave the

Hugs and anger, prayers and hope: Vigil held at Drake Park for Bend Safeway shooting victims  KTVZ Two killed at Bend Safeway  KOIN 6 Slain Oregon supermarket employee hailed as a hero for confronting gunman  Los Angeles Times Bend mourns victims of Safeway

Elderly customer and employee who attempted to disarm gunman ID’d as victims in shooting at Oregon Safeway store  CBS News 2 killed in shooting inside Oregon supermarket  ABC News Police: Heroic Safeway employee confronted gunman in store  WRAL News Glenn Bennett, 84, customer

Russian envoy accuses Washington of destroying and robbing country with 20-year occupation; US ambassador points to oppressive Kabul regime, its support for terror

At least 7 shells land in protected quarter housing gov’t buildings and diplomatic missions, but unclear who authorized bombing; Shiite cleric’s supporters occupy government palace

Zelenskiy urges Russians to ‘go home’ as Ukraine presses offensive in south  Reuters Ukraine claims new push in Russian-held region Kherson – BBC News  BBC News Ukrainian forces begin ‘shaping’ battlefield for counteroffensive, senior US officials say  CNN Ukraine says long-anticipated southern offensive

Game theory analysis finds big, vaccine-rich countries could protect citizens’ lives more effectively by dispatching spare doses to developing countries than by stockpiling them

California Fast Food Wages Would Be Set by Government Under Bill Passed by State Legislature  The Wall Street Journal California’s ‘fast food bill’: Senate passes landmark bill aimed at giving fast food workers more protections  KABC-TV California Senate Passes Bill to Regulate

Local authorities say Ukrainian counteroffensive aims to repulse Russians across the Dnipro River; top pro-Russian official shot dead in occupied city, Russian officials say

Mississippi’s governor says the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will start distributing both drinking water and non-potable water in the city of 150,000 residents. (Image credit: Rogelio V. Solis/AP)