National News at a Glance

Clark Was Shot 8 Times Primarily in His Back, Family-Ordered Autopsy Finds

Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot last week by Sacramento, California, police officers, was struck eight times, mostly in his back, according to an independent autopsy released Friday, raising significant questions about the police account that he was a threat to officers when he was hit. The autopsy was commissioned by the family of Clark, 22, and conducted by Dr. Bennet Omalu, a private medical examiner. He said he believed the first bullet to hit Clark on his side caused him to turn, so he was facing away from the officers when they fired the barrage of bullets. Sacramento police declined to comment Friday.

Baton Rouge Officer Is Fired in Alton Sterling Case; Another Is Suspended

A police officer who fatally shot a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, nearly two years ago was fired Friday, and a fellow officer involved in the episode was suspended for three days. The disciplinary actions were the first serious consequences for the officers after both state and federal officials declined to bring criminal charges against them. Blane Salamoni, the officer who was dismissed, fired six shots at Alton B. Sterling, a 37-year-old CD seller. Salamoni and the other officer, Howie Lake II, were responding to a call that a black man had brandished a gun and threatened someone. The officers, who are white, ended up in a physical struggle with Sterling, which was captured on video.

Wife of Gunman in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Is Acquitted

Noor Salman, the widow of the man who gunned down dozens of people at the Pulse nightclub two years ago, was found not guilty by a federal jury Friday of helping her husband carry out a terrorist attack in the name of the Islamic State. Jurors acquitted Salman on charges of aiding and abetting the commission of a terrorist act in the 2016 mass shooting and also found her not guilty of obstructing justice. She had been accused of giving misleading statements to law enforcement officers who interviewed her after the massacre, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. Salman, 31, had faced a sentence of up to life in prison.

Census Bureau’s Own Expert Panel Rebukes Decision to Add Citizenship Question

The Trump administration’s decision to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 census drew a new opponent Friday: the experts who advise the Census Bureau itself. Those experts — prominent demographers, economists, engineers and others who make up the Census Scientific Advisory Committee — said in a statement that the decision was based on “flawed logic,” could threaten the accuracy and confidentiality of the head count and likely would make it more expensive to conduct. In the statement, addressed to the acting Census Bureau director, Ron Jarmin, the committee also said it worried about the “implications for attitudes about the Census Bureau.”

14 Million Visitors a Year Could Face Social-Media Screening by the U.S.

Nearly all applicants for a visa to enter the United States will be asked to submit their social-media user names for the past five years, under proposed rules the State Department issued Friday. In September, the Trump administration announced that applicants for immigrant visas would be asked for social-media data. The new proposal would vastly expand that requirement to cover some 14 million people each year who apply for nonimmigrant visas. The proposal covers about 20 social media platforms. Citizens of roughly 40 countries to which the United States ordinarily grants visa-free travel will not be affected by the requirement.

U.S. Says It Can Pay for 100 Miles of Wall on 2,000-Mile Border

The Trump administration said Friday it could immediately fund 100 miles of new and replacement border fencing, a first step in the president’s plans for building a wall on the nearly 2,000-mile border with Mexico. The replacement fencing includes 28 miles in the San Diego region and a new 30-foot-high barrier in Calexico, California, that extends for 2 miles. A mix of barriers already stretches across more than 650 miles. Ultimately, the administration aims to cover 1,000 miles on the border with fencing or a wall. Congress rejected a request for $1.6 billion to build a wall in the spending bill it approved last week. Instead, lawmakers provided nearly $1.6 billion for border security — including new technology and repairs to existing barriers.