The #JournoList is a daily roundup of the events and issues that are making headlines. Compiled by Teddy Wilson, a reporter who covers reproductive rights for RH Reality Check. Follow him on Twitter: @txindyjourno
A judge in Cleveland ruled that probable cause existed to charge two Cleveland police officers in the death of a 12-year-old boy, Tamir Rice, but also said he did not have the power to order the arrests without a complaint being filed by a prosecutor. (New York Times)
A veteran Miami police officer training a rookie shot and killed a homeless man who was threatening him with a pipe at an Overtown park filled with kids. (Miami Herald)
Prosecutors in Charlottesville have filed a request to drop charges against Martese Johnson, the black University of Virginia student who was thrown to the ground and bloodied during his arrest by white Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control officers in March. (Washington Post)
Federal data on prison populations shows that communities of color are disproportionately affected by mass incarceration in Ohio. Criminal justice reform groups say shortsighted solutions to crime are not the answer. (Public News Service)
Defying the governor, lawmakers enacted a law that allows state court officials to refuse to perform a marriage if they have a “sincerely held religious objection,” a measure aimed at curtailing same-sex unions. (New York Times)
Faith-based adoption agencies will be allowed to refuse to serve prospective parents, such as same-sex or unmarried couples, if doing so would go against their religious beliefs in a package of bills that Michigan's governor signed. (USA Today)
The largest union representing federal employees said it believes the hackers from China who breached a database containing employment information have access to the personal information of every federal worker. (Washington Post)
The U.S. budget deficit narrowed further in May as revenue continued to rise faster than expenses have in the past year. (Wall Street Journal)
The U.S. has spent more than $2.7 billion on the war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since bombings began last August, and the average daily cost is now more than $9 million. (Associated Press)
A system of local quotas for privately run immigration detention facilities across the United States has created a strong incentive for federal immigration authorities to detain more immigrants than it would otherwise need to, while increasing profits for private companies. (Al Jazeera)
The remains of 129 people who died trying to cross the U.S. border were recovered in the southern Arizona desert last year, the lowest number since 2001. (Los Angeles Times)
Photo: The Augusta Chronicle newsroom in Augusta, Georgia.
