News Wrap: Ukraine claims Russia plans to sabotage Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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• Amna Nawaz:

  In the day's other headlines: Mass shootings erupted in more U.S. cities overnight amid celebrations for the Fourth of July.

  A gunman in Shreveport, Louisiana, killed at least three people and wounded 10 at a block party. Today, local officials condemned the attack.

• Tabatha Taylor, Shreveport, Louisiana, Councilwoman:

  What you have done is traumatized this community. You have traumatized us in a way that is unfathomable. You have hurt us in ways that we cannot echo into words.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Elsewhere, a 14-year-old boy was killed and six people hurt in a shooting on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Nine others were wounded in a neighborhood shooting in Washington, D.C. And, in Philadelphia today, a suspect was arraigned on murder charges in Monday night's shooting that killed five people.

  One of the so-called Central Park 5 in New York has won the Democratic nomination for a City Council seat in Central Harlem. Yusef Salaam was convicted, imprisoned and then exonerated in the rape and beating of a white jogger in Central Park in 1989.

  Last week, Salaam claimed victory on primary night, but he had to wait for officials to count absentee ballots before the race was called today. He is all but assured of winning the general election in November.

  In the war in Ukraine, fears about the fate of a nuclear plant under Russian control escalated today. Each side claims the other plans to sabotage the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site in Southeastern Ukraine. It's the largest in Europe. The plant has already been damaged during months of shelling, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia has now mined the roofs of reactor buildings.

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President (through translator):

  Radiation is a threat to everyone in the world, and the nuclear power plant must be fully protected from any radiation incidents. Different countries have their own intelligence and other capabilities to know exactly what is going on and who's to blame.

• Amna Nawaz:

  U.N. experts based in Zaporizhzhia reported no signs of explosives, but they said they'd need greater access to the plant to be certain.

  Four countries went to the International Court of Justice today over the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in 2020. Iran shot down the plane after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 people on board. The Iranians said they mistook it for an American cruise missile. Britain, Canada and Sweden all had citizens on the plane. Along with Ukraine, they say Tehran has refused to compensate the victims' families.

  The U.S. and Iran have had a new confrontation. U.S. Navy officials say Iranian vessels tried to seize two oil tankers and fired on one of them just outside the Persian Gulf today. An American destroyer blocked both attempts near the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway is a vital route for the international oil trade. Iran has seized at least five commercial ships there in the past two years.

  And on Wall Street today, stocks edged lower on news of slower growth and China's services industry. The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 130 points to close at 34288. The Nasdaq fell 25 points and the S&P 500 slipped eight.

  Still to come on the "NewsHour": the state of play in the West Bank after Israeli forces complete an anti-militant operation; how a Supreme Court decision limits convicted people's chance to appeal; the skyrocketing cost of living threatens the status of Austin, Texas, as the live music capital of the world.