National News at a Glance

Court Blocks Trump Administration From Blanket Detention of Asylum-Seekers

In another blow to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, a federal court on Monday blocked the systematic detention of migrants who have shown credible evidence that they were fleeing persecution in their home countries. At issue is the right of those seeking shelter in the United States to be released while their applications for asylum are making their way through the courts. The preliminary injunction orders the government to conduct individualized reviews to determine whether a person is a flight risk, poses a national security threat or is a danger to the community before denying parole as otherwise advised under a 2009 directive.

Wildfires Roar Across the West, Again

Wildfires are tearing across California, Colorado, New Mexico and other Western states this week, chewing up bone-dry mountainsides, scorching buildings and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes. The message across the West — just as plans for July 4 fireworks and camping trips get underway — is that after a record-breaking 2017 fire season, 2018 is likely to be brutal, too. There are 29 large uncontained fires raging across the United States. In Colorado, at least four major wildfires forcing hundreds of people from their homes. Among the largest is one called Spring Creek. At more than 50,000 acres, it was just 5 percent contained Monday.

President Meets Four Finalists for Supreme Court Seat

President Donald Trump interviewed four candidates to take Justice Anthony Kennedy’s place on the Supreme Court on Monday. The White House refused to disclose the names of whom the president met with, but one of the candidates, according to two people briefed on the vetting process, was Judge Amul R. Thapar of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said Trump did not meet with any other candidates over the weekend. Sanders said that key staff members will spend the summer focused on winning confirmation of whoever Trump chooses. Democrats have responded by targeting judges widely believed to be on the president’s shortlist.

Weinstein Faces New Sex Assault Charges From Third Accuser

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein, 66, already accused by prosecutors of sexually assaulting two women in New York, has been indicted on additional charges that he forced a third woman to have sex with him. One of the new charges, predatory sexual assault, carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. A grand jury in state Supreme Court in Manhattan voted Monday to approve an updated indictment against Weinstein, which accuses Weinstein of using force to compel a woman to allow him perform oral sex on her in July 2006. The additional charges are two counts of predatory sexual assault, and one count of criminal sexual act.

Trooper Is Killed Answering Call to Home of School Principal

The principal of a rural school shot and killed a New York state trooper who had been summoned to the man’s home outside Corning, in Steuben County, by a 911 call early Monday, officials said. The state trooper who was killed, Nicholas Clark, 29, was one of several officers who went to the home of Steven Kiley, 43, after the man’s estranged wife had called 911 saying he was suicidal and might be armed, officials said. Officials said Kiley was found dead inside the house, but did not say whether Kiley killed himself or was shot by police.

The Problem that Will Cost $31.8 Billion to Repair

The New York City Housing Authority is responsible for maintaining tens of thousands of apartments, which house 1 in 14 New Yorkers. But its 2,413 buildings are on average more than 60 years old, and they are plagued with leaky roofs, mold, broken elevators and faulty heating systems. On Monday, officials said the cost to restore NYCHA’s infrastructure to good working order would be $31.8 billion over the next five years. Housing officials said they had lined up funding for only about one-third of the unmet capital needs. That leaves NYCHA with a hole of more than $22 billion.

3-Year-Old Dies After Mass Stabbing at Her Birthday Party, Officials Say

A 3-year-old girl who was among nine people stabbed at her birthday party in Idaho over the weekend has died from her injuries, police said. The girl was celebrating her birthday at an apartment complex in Boise on Saturday when a man who had recently been ejected from the complex returned and came upon the toddler’s outdoor party. The man, Timmy Earl Kinner, 30, was charged Monday with murder and eight counts of aggravated battery. He was ordered held without bail. The International Rescue Committee identified the 3-year-old as Ruya Kadir, an Ethiopian refugee who was brought to the U.S. by her mother in 2015.