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What is the jury considering?

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia is deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his exwife Amber Heard. The trial has featured lurid testimony with explicit details about the movie stars’ short and volatile marriage. But what is the case really about? And what will the jury need to decide?:

Uvalde grieves, says goodbyes at visitations, funerals

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students — the start of summer break. Instead, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations.

Shanghai moves toward ending 2-month COVID-19 lockdown

SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening China’s largest city after a twomonth COVID-19 lockdown that has set back the national economy and largely confined millions of people to their homes.

Go native?

Back to Oregon with Nancy Buley and the J Frank Schmidt and Son Tree Company (JFS). Nancy explained experimental trees never go to market. They are first chosen for their unique traits including diversity of genes, adaptability to climate change, resiliency in tough urban environments, resistance to diseases and pests, easy care and profitability. These trees are grown in test blocks for potential introduction later. Trees may be cultivars, nativars and natives.