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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers. More than 45,000 bridges across America are in poor condition. Jurors will deliberate for a second day in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. The defense of three white men charged with chasing and killing Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery will begin. And calling all "Tiger King" fans – the second series of the show that captivated the nation last year premieres on Netflix. |
| It's Steve and Jane, with Wednesday's news. |
| 🔵 "We are truly devastated": Heath Freeman, an actor who made appearances on several 2000s era dramas like "Bones" and "NCIS," has died, his manager said. He was 41. |
| 📚 Betrayal: A new book documents the historic election, claims of fraud, the Capitol riot and the stirrings of COVID-19 that marked the final days of Donald Trump's presidency. |
| 🔴 "19 Kids and Counting" star Josh Duggar's wife Anna has announced the birth of the couple's seventh child together, two weeks before Duggar is set to go on trial for child pornography charges. |
| 🦃 A grandmother accidentally invited a stranger to Thanksgiving dinner. Years later he's still a welcomed guest. |
| ⚖️ Cambridge, Maryland Mayor Andrew Bradshaw faces 50 counts of distributing "revenge porn" of a person with whom he had had a romantic relationship on the internet forum Reddit. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, Washington correspondent Ledyard King explains a proposed program that could give young people jobs to fight climate change. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
Jury continues deliberations in Rittenhouse trial |
| Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial will continue their deliberations Wednesday over whether he should be held responsible for killing two people and injuring a third during police brutality protests in 2020. The jury will determine whether he is guilty of the first-degree intentional homicide of Anthony Huber, first-degree reckless homicide of Joseph Rosenbaum and attempted first-degree intentional homicide of Gaige Grosskreutz. If convicted in Huber's death, Rittenhouse would face a mandatory life sentence. The charge in Rosenbaum's death also carries up to 60 years in prison, plus five additional years for a "use of a dangerous weapon." If convicted of attempted homicide of Grosskreutz, Rittenhouse would face up to 60 years in prison, plus five years for the same dangerous weapon modifier. |
Just for subscribers: |
| 🌉 More than 45,000 of America's bridges are in "poor" condition. Should you be worried? |
| ⚖️ A groundbreaking lawsuit in New Mexico could serve as a blueprint for how government officials deal with armed militia groups that deploy to public spaces and act like law enforcement officers, despite having no authority to do so. |
| 🎓 College students are protesting fraternities over sexual violence. Will Greek life change? |
| 🔴 The legal team for Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant's widow, filed documents in federal court that include descriptions of photos taken from the scene of a helicopter crash that killed her husband and daughter. |
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Defense in trial of men who chased, killed Ahmaud Arbery begins |
| Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia after the jury saw graphic photos of the shotgun wounds. Edmund R. Donoghue, a forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy, told jurors Arbery was shot twice and could have been grabbing the shotgun or pushing it away when he was killed . The trial of father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan will shift Wednesday when Bryan's attorney, Kevin Gough, gives his opening statement before the defense begins calling witnesses. The three men were arrested and charged with murder and other crimes two months after Arbery was killed on Feb. 23, 2020. |
'Tiger King 2' hits Netflix |
| On Wednesday, "Tiger King 2" will premiere on Netflix , which says the follow-up will feature even "more madness and mayhem." The first season of the hit series followed the story of Joseph "Joe Exotic" Maldonado-Passage, his tigers and other big cats at his Tiger King Park in Oklahoma. It also documented Maldonado-Passage being sentenced to 22 years in federal prison after being convicted of attempting to hire someone to kill Carole Baskin, a fellow exotic animal park owner who consistently lobbied for Maldonado-Passage's park to be shut down. |
 | | The Tiger King Joseph "Joe Exotic" Maldonado-Passage with one of his tigers. | | Netflix US/AFP via Getty Images | |
Republican Rep. Paul Gosar faces censure vote |
| The House of Representatives is expected to vote to censure Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. , and strip him of a committee assignment Wednesday after he posted a violent video on social media earlier this month. He has faced widespread criticism after he posted a photoshopped anime-style video to his social media accounts appearing to show him killing his colleague Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and attacking President Joe Biden. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday the House would be censuring Gosar "because he made threats, suggestions about harming a member of Congress." The House will also vote to strip Gosar of his position on the Committee on Oversight and Reform, in which Ocasio-Cortez also serves. |
Newsmakers in their own words: Kim Kardashian speaks out on the death penalty |
 | | Kim Kardashian in 2020 | | Invision/AP file photo; USA TODAY graphic | |
| Kim Kardashian is speaking out in support of Julius Jones ahead of his planned execution in Oklahoma on Thursday. She fired off a series of tweets early Tuesday after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt denied a meeting with Jones' mother, Madeline Davis-Jones, on Monday. |
| Jones, 41, has been incarcerated nearly 20 years after being convicted for the fatal shooting of Paul Howell during a 1999 carjacking. He was sentenced to death at the age of 22 but has maintained his innocence throughout. |
Fact check: Let's make some things perfectly clear |
| ✔ The claim: The Bakken, a geological formation containing oil and gas resources that extends across parts of the U.S. and Canada, contains more than 500 billion barrels of cheap oil, enough to power the U.S. economy for more than 2,000 years. Our rating: False ❌ |
| ✔ The claim: A video shows a woman being removed from a flight after complaining about a passenger's vaccination status. Our rating: False ❌ |
| 🔵 The claim: USA TODAY's experts are now checking subscribers' facts. Just send us a text. Our rating: True. To learn more about getting your facts checked, head here. |
| ✔ The claim: Myriam Bourla – the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla – recently died from COVID-19 vaccine complications. Our rating: False ❌ A spokesperson confirmed she is "alive and well." |
| ✔ The claim: A woman was ejected from a recent Wichita Thunder hockey game for wearing a "Let's Go Brandon" shirt. Our rating: False ❌ According to the team, the woman in the video was removed because she continued to use obscene language and gestures after several warnings from arena staff. |
| 🔵 Did you know we have an entire newsletter devoted just to fact checks? You can get the real story by signing up here. |
Biden visits Detroit as part of infrastructure tour |
| President Joe Biden will continue his national tour touting the sweeping $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package Wednesday with a visit to General Motors' Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit. Biden is expected to outline how the legislation will help spur adoption of electric vehicles. Notably, the bill Biden signed into law Monday includes $7.5 billion to begin installing 500,000 EV charging stations across the U.S. Biden, who was in New Hampshire Tuesday, and members of his Cabinet are traveling across the U.S. to promote the new law as a source of jobs and repairs for aging roads, bridges, pipes and ports while also helping to ease inflation and supply chain woes. |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 🍰 Hershey unveiled its largest Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and called it a Thanksgiving pie. 3,000 sold out in hours. |
| 😴 Here's the best time to fall asleep: Whether you're a night owl or an early riser, a new study suggests there's one golden hour for everyone to start catching Z's. |
| 🕷 Massive piercing fangs: Meet the "megaspider" – the biggest of its kind ever seen, an Australian reptile park says. |
| 🛒 Walmart Black Friday 2021 ad shows PS5, Xbox Series X as online only. Here's how to get early access. |
📸 Atmospheric river slams Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and winds 📸 |
 | | Jozette Helton, 54, contends with strong winds blowing across the Spokane, Wash. region as she waits for an STA bus on Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. | | Dan Pelle, The Spokesman-Review via AP | |
| An atmospheric river walloped the Pacific Northwest late last week with nearly ceaseless rain for days. Many parts of western Washington began drying out Tuesday, but waters in some areas continued to rise. |
| These rivers in the sky are responsible for up to 65% of the western USA's extreme rain and snow events, a 2017 study said. |
| Check out our gallery of the havoc wreaked by the phenomenon. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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