• Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, who was pulled over July 16 and given a $154 ticket for driving between 10 and 19 mph over the speed limit in her hometown of Wasilla, joked with TMZ that she wasn't speeding, she was "qualifying."
• Michael Farrell resigned as leader of the federal bioterrorism lab in which careless procedures may have exposed dozens of workers to live anthrax, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton joined community leaders in Oakland, Calif., to launch "Talking Is Teaching: Talk Read Sing," a campaign that encourages parents to talk, read and sing to their babies.
m Anthony Novellino, 66, was convicted in Morris County, N.J., of fatally stabbing his ex-wife, Judith, 84 times and covering her face with a pig mask in June 2010 and faces at least 30 years in prison when he's sentenced Sept. 12.
• Joe Biden, the vice president, urged the NAACP at its annual convention in Las Vegas to spread the word about what he called "a hailstorm" of measures to restrict Americans' ability to vote.
• Jason Omar Griffith, 35, a former Cirque du Soleil performer, was sentenced in Las Vegas to 10 years to life in prison in the killing and dismemberment of his ex-girlfriend, Vegas dancer Deborah Flores Narvaez.
• Speaker John Boehner prompted two bipartisan standing ovations in the House chamber when he praised Dr. Jessica Bienstock, who helped the infant daughter of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., survive a rare fetal condition.
• Jeffrey Duck, a veteran of the U.S. Marines, received an apology from the Department of Veterans Affairs after he was locked inside a central Florida community clinic while waiting in a consultation room for more than three hours.
• Crystal King, whose backyard in Stahlstown, Pa., is separated from the Pennsylvania Turnpike by only a short fence, says she can see drivers who pull off the side of the highway relieving themselves near her property, prompting turnpike officials to ask police for more patrols.
• Jimmie Johnson Jr., 45, an Ardmore, Tenn., man charged with misdemeanor harassment, left profanity-filled voice mails with Tennessee's homeland security office threatening to kill President Barack Obama and other officials, saying in one that he would "light Nashville up," according to court documents.
A Section on 07/24/2014