Found

A pair of Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from the movie The Wizard of Oz has resurfaced 13 years after its theft from a Minnesota museum. Collector Michael Shaw, who had owned the slippers for 35 years, had loaned them to the museum. In 2005, on a night when the surveillance camera was inoperative, a thief smashed the display case, grabbed the slippers, and left through a window. Investigators could not find any evidence to help them apprehend the robber, but a tip led to an FBI sting operation that recovered the slippers this July. The pair of shoes may be one of the most valuable props in movie history. They were insured at $1 million, but experts told the BBC they are probably worth twice that now.

Sentenced

The two Reuters journalists who published a report of the Myanmar government’s massacre of Rohingya Muslims have been sentenced to seven years in prison. The Myanmar court claims Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo broke the Official Secrets Act after they accepted information from two police officers. The two say they were set up, that the officers gave them secret documents so the government had an excuse to stop them. At least one police officer came forward to support their story. Their sentencing has sparked international outrage against Myanmar’s leaders.

Found

Investigators uncovered a mass grave of at least 166 victims in Mexico’s eastern state of Veracruz. Officials told reporters they also found more than 100 identity cards, about 200 items of clothing, and other personal belongings they hope will help them identify those killed. They are counting skulls to try to figure out the exact number of people in the grave. Drug cartels frequently use Veracruz as a dumping ground for people they have killed. Authorities found 250 skulls in another burial there in March 2017. Since 2006, drug cartels in Mexico have reportedly killed more than 200,000 people, and there are 37,000 registered as missing.

Upheld

A U.S. circuit court has ruled the quote “In God We Trust” is not unconstitutional due to long-term use and an absence of any compulsory element. Twenty-nine atheists and related groups brought the case forward after a lower court rejected their arguments in 2016. The plaintiffs, represented by Michael Newdow, claimed the quote violates First Amendment free speech rights. In his ruling, Judge Raymond Gruender cited a 2014 Supreme Court case, Town of Greece v. Galloway, which said courts must use “historical practices and understandings” in applying the Establishment Clause. Gruender said the quote on coins is not coercive and reminds us of our “tradition of religious freedom.”

Killed

Omar Santa Perez opened fire in the lobby of a bank in downtown Cincinnati, killing three and wounding two others. He entered Fifth Third Center through the loading dock early on Sept. 6, carrying a 9 mm handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. He reportedly began shooting as he walked into the lobby. A witness told the media that only minutes later police arrived on the scene, and they shot and killed Perez in a brief gun battle. Perez reportedly had enough ammunition with him to kill more than a hundred people. The incident, with four dead, is the deadliest the city has seen since 2013.