World: A 21-year-old American who would have been a junior this fall at Kenyon College was stabbed to death during protests in Alexandria, Egypt. Andrew Pochter was there to teach English to 7 and 8 year olds and was watching a demonstration when a protester stabbed him in the chest, according to his family. At least two other people died in the violence.

Vows: Same-sex marriages resumed in California immediately after the lifting of a court order banning them. The first to be married in San Francisco’s City Hall were Sandy Stier and Kristin Perry, who filed the lawsuit that overturned California’s Proposition 8 defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. Gay couples are rushing to San Francisco to get hitched, but marriages will begin throughout the state.

National: President Obama met with Nelson Mandela’s family in South Africa today. Obama said he “reaffirmed the profound impact that [Mandela’s] legacy has had in building a free South Africa, and in inspiring people around the world — including me.” Obama is not expected to visit with the 94-year-old Mandela, who is in the hospital in critical condition.

• The family of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who received an adult lung transplant in an exception to transplant rules, kept secret that their daughter required a second set of lungs only days later. The first set failed within hours. Janet Murnaghan, the girl’s mother, said Friday that the family was told their daughter would die. They kept it secret because they didn’t want to suffer the loss in public. Sarah Murnaghan is now said to have taken a few breaths on her own with a second set of adult lungs.  

Hot: A dangerous heat wave is sweeping the southwest this weekend. It stretches from Northern California through Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Temperatures could hit 117 in Las Vegas, 125 in the Colorado River Valley, and 129 in Death Valley. The record is 134 in Death Valley in 1913.

Sacked:  Police have arrested two more men following the murder that led to charges against NFL All Pro Aaron Hernandez. One was arrested in Connecticut, the other in Florida. Hernandez is accused of the execution style killing of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd. Hernandez was released by the Patriots and has been stripped of endorsement deals with Puma and Muscle Milk.

You’re So Fine: The July 8 cover of The New Yorker features Muppets characters Bert and Ernie as a gay couple snuggling while watching the news of Supreme Court decisions on television.  It’s long been rumored they were more than friends. Sesame Street denies they are romantically involved.

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