News of the Day From Across the Nation

1 Church fire: A fire that destroyed a black church in South Carolina that 20 years ago was a target of the Ku Klux Klan was not the work of an arsonist, a federal law enforcement official said Wednesday.

[...] the federal official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly, said preliminary indications show the fire at the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville was not intentionally set and was not arson.

Macy’s is the latest company to end its relationship with Donald Trump as the fallout from the real estate mogul’s remarks about Mexican immigrants continues.

Companies have been cutting ties with Trump left and right after his presidential campaign kickoff speech last week in which he declared that some Mexican immigrants bring drugs and crime to the U.S. and are rapists.

The developer is suing Univision for $500 million for breach of contract for dropping the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which are a joint venture between NBC and Trump.

Inmate sues: A Nevada prison inmate who was wounded by shotgun blasts that killed another prisoner has accused the state Department of Corrections chief, supervisors and guards of deliberate indifference and use of excessive force for shooting inmates.

Attorney Cal Potter alleges in that case that guards created a “gladiator-like scenario” to let the two handcuffed inmates fight before the corrections officer trainee fired four shotgun blasts.

First Lady Michelle Obama announced the policy change, effective immediately, in a video posted Wednesday on Instagram.