The Sunrise News Sampler

According to authorities, a 26-year-old man was shot and killed yesterday in the Hunters Run neighborhood off Crabtree Road. Another member of the household,  30-year-old Mose Franklin Hill (identified via Jailbase) who was not related to the victim, has been charged with murder in the case.

The jury has been selected in the trial of Tracey Grissom, whose defense doesn't deny that she killed her estranged husband Hunter Grissom, who was awaiting trial on rape and other charges at the time of his killing. Prosecutors contend insurance money was the motive while the defense says the woman suffered from PTSD after being beaten and sexually assaulted by her victim.

Alabama Republican Congressman Mo Brooks is coming under fire after stating that Democrats are fostering a "war on whites," as part of President Obama's strategy of dividing people on the basis of race, sex, and class.

Alabama state troopers are covering the highways, often riding as passengers in tractor-trailers as part of their TACT campaign in which tailgaters, speeders, those who fail to signal and those who cut off others are targeted.

U.S. factories are getting busier with orders increased in June, led by demand for aircraft, industrial machinery and computer and electronics. Businesses appear to be investing with the expectation of economic growth.

Today, a federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in six gay marriage cases from four states dealing with bans, recognition of out-of-state marriages, and rights of same-sex couples.

Today, a jury will hear closing arguments in the trial of Theodore Wafer, the Detroit-area man who shot and killed 19-year-old Renisha McBride as she stood on his front porch seeking help after crashing her car.

A report released yesterday shows Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites.