Top Eight

Top eight stories for today including the Supreme Court agreed to decide what will likely be a landmark case on public funding of religious schools; American employers added a robust 850,000 jobs; The head of the World Health Organization warned the highly contagious Delta strain of the coronavirus poses a serious global threat, and more.

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National

1.) Among nine cases added to the calendar in a final list of orders before summer break, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide what will likely be a landmark case on public funding of religious schools.

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2.) A federal judge has advanced the central claims in a sprawling privacy case into whether Google Assistant inappropriately spies on customers, including children.

Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

3.) Reinstating a 2011 regulation meant to decrease smog emissions, the D.C. Circuit on Friday found that a Trump-era rule that allowed the use of high-ethanol fuel to be used year-round exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority.

FILE- In this June 14, 2018, file photo gasoline prices are displayed on a pump at Sheetz along the Interstate 85 and 40 corridor near Burlington, N.C. On Thursday, July 12, the Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for June. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

4.) American employers added a robust 850,000 jobs in June, beating expectations and signaling a surge in momentum after a hiring slowdown.

A shopper enters a retail store as a hiring sign shows in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Thursday, June 24, 2021. America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months and a sign that companies may be having an easier time finding enough workers to fill open jobs. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Regional

5.) Tropical Storm Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season early Friday, bringing wind and rain to the Caribbean and attracting the attention of Floridians.

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Elsa moving through the Caribbean, over Barbados, Friday, July 2, 2021, at 12:00 Z (8am a.m. ET). Elsa was expected to pass near the southern coast of Hispaniola on Saturday and to move near Jamaica and portions of eastern Cuba on Sunday. (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)

6.) The case of a southeastern Minnesota Amish community seeking to avoid installing modern wastewater systems is headed back to state courts after a Friday ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that says local requirements violate their religious rights.

People in Amish country prepare a horse team to work on a farm in Pulaski, Pa., in June 2021. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

International

7.) The head of the World Health Organization on Friday warned the highly contagious Delta strain of the coronavirus poses a serious risk for the world.

A woman sits at the grave of a relative who died of COVID-19 after her burial at Rorotan Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 1, 2021. Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced new community restrictions and the mobilization of the National Police and other resources as the world's fourth-most populous country has seen a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

8.) A Dutch judge ruled Friday that Asia’s most wanted man can be extradited to Australia to face drug trafficking charges.

Police stand outside of a high security courtroom at the District Court of Rotterdam ahead of a Friday, July 2, hearing for Tse Chi Lop. (Molly Quell photo/Courthouse News)

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