Four people were killed and about one million people were without power as intense thunderstorms swept through Texas on Thursday evening, bringing heavy rain, destructive winds and dangerous flooding to portions of the state. nyti.ms/4bE5w3A

A years-long Times investigation by @ronenbergman and @MarkMazzettiNYT reveals how after 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists, lawlessness has become the law. nyti.ms/4dLezBO

A skeleton that was found in the chimney of a Wisconsin music store in 1989 has now been identified using DNA and genetic genealogy techniques. An autopsy determined that the remains belonged to Ronnie Joe Kirk, Madison police officials said. nyti.ms/4dGUsEJ

J. Gary Cooper, a two-star general and the first African American to lead a Marine infantry company in combat, who later became an Alabama state lawmaker, an assistant secretary of the Air Force and an ambassador to Jamaica, died on April 27. He was 87. nyti.ms/3WL5iDv

California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, criticized Donald Trump for reportedly meeting with fossil fuel executives and asking them for $1 billion in contributions to his election campaign. nyti.ms/4amfeqd