Today is Saturday, Aug. 10, the 223rd day of 2024. There are 143 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Aug. 10, 2020, a powerful derecho struck several Midwest U.S. states, causing four fatalities and an estimated $11 billion in damage, making it the costliest thunderstorm in modern U.S. history.

Also on this date:

In 1792, during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries (TWEE’-luh-reez) Palace, where King Louis XVI resided. (The king was later arrested, put on trial for treason, and executed.)

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In 1821, Missouri became the 24th state admitted to the Union.

In 1945, a day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Imperial Japan conveyed its willingness to surrender provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged. (The Allies responded the next day, saying they would determine the Emperor’s future status.)

In 1969, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson’s cult, one day after actor Sharon Tate and four other people were slain.

In 1977, postal employee David Berkowitz was arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being “Son of Sam,” the gunman who killed six people and wounded seven others in the New York City area.

In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000 payments to still-living Japanese-Americans who were interned by their government during World War II.

In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 2006, British authorities announced they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up 10 aircraft heading to the U.S. using liquid explosives made to look like soft drinks.

In 2018, Richard Russell, a 29-year-old airline ground agent, stole a commercial plane from Sea-Tac International Airport near Seattle; he flew for 75 minutes, performing dangerous stunts while being chased by military jets before crashing into a remote island in Puget Sound, killing himself.

In 2019, Jeffrey Epstein, accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking ring and sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, was found unresponsive in his cell at a New York City jail; he was later pronounced dead at a hospital. (The city’s medical examiner ruled the death a suicide by hanging.)

Today’s Birthdays:

Actor James Reynolds is 78.
Rock singer-musician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is 77.
Country musician Gene Johnson (Diamond Rio) is 75.
Singer Patti Austin is 74.
Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is 72.
Folk singer-songwriter Sam Baker is 70.
Actor Rosanna Arquette is 65.
Actor Antonio Banderas is 64.
Rock musician Jon Farriss (INXS) is 63.
Singer Julia Fordham is 62.
Journalist-blogger Andrew Sullivan is 61.
Actor Chris Caldovino is 61.
Singer Neneh Cherry is 60.
Singer Aaron Hall is 60.
Former boxer Riddick Bowe is 57.
Actor Sean Blakemore is 57.
R&B singer Lorraine Pearson (Five Star) is 57.
Singer-producer Michael Bivins is 56.
Actor-writer Justin Theroux is 53.
Actor Angie Harmon is 52.
Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 51.
Actor-turned-lawyer Craig Kirkwood is 50.
Actor JoAnna Garcia Swisher is 45.
Singer Cary Ann Hearst (Shovels & Rope) is 45.
Actor Aaron Staton is 44.
Actor Ryan Eggold is 40.
Actor Charley Koontz is 38.
Actor Lucas Till is 34.
Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is 27.
Actor Jeremy Maguire is 13.

A night after Jair Camargo gave the St. Paul Saints a walk-off victory against the Columbus Clippers, there was more late-game excitement on Friday.

This time, it was Columbus celebrating in the end with a 5-3 win in 10 innings.

St. Paul’s DaShawn Keirsey Jr. tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inning at CHS Field with a two-run homer.

The game went to extra innings, where the Clippers scored twice in the 10th and held the Saints off the board.

Myles Straw had an RBI groundout in the 10th that plated Estevan Florial. Christian Cairo had an infield single that scored another run.

Hobie Harris (3-6) allowed two runs — one earned — in two innings pitched while taking the loss for St. Paul. He struck out four and gave up three hits.

Burnsville native Aaron Rozek started the Saints and gave up two runs in six innings. He allowed five hits and walked two.

Columbus opened the scoring in the second with a two-run double by Raynel Delgado.

The Saints got a run back in the second on an RBI single from Chris Williams.

Edouard Julien had two hits out of the leadoff spot for St. Paul, stretching his on-base streak to 34 games. Williams also had a pair of hits.

The series, which is split 2-2 after four games, continues Saturday with a 6:37 p.m. Central first pitch.

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Jack Campbell, an Illinois sheriff whose deputy was charged with murder after fatally shooting a Black woman in her home last month, said Friday that he would leave his position by the end of the month amid calls from the public and the governor that he do so.

The sheriff said in a statement obtained by WAND, a local television news station, that the “current political climate” made it impossible for him to continue in his role leading the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office and that he would retire no later than Aug. 31.

This booking photo provided by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office shows Sean Grayson, on July 17, 2024, in Springfield, Ill. Grayson, an Illinois sheriff’s deputy, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman inside her home. (Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Campbell had previously said he would not resign as he faced criticism for having hired Sean Grayson, the white deputy who shot Sonya Massey, 36, despite knowing that Grayson, 30, had two convictions for driving under the influence on his record, including one that had led to Grayson’s premature discharge from the Army in February 2016.

Grayson fatally shot Massey at her home in Springfield on July 6 after she had called emergency services because she believed an intruder was in her home.

The day before, Massey’s mother, Donna, had called 911 to alert authorities that her daughter had been having a mental breakdown and was in a vulnerable state.

“I don’t want you guys to hurt her, please,” she told a dispatcher on the morning of July 5.

Campbell, who was elected in 2018, fired Grayson on July 17 after an investigation into the deputy’s shooting of Massey by state police resulted in a murder charge. On July 22, his department released footage of the shooting from Grayson’s body-worn camera.

The footage shows Grayson and his partner searching outside Massey’s home before following her inside. Massey can be seen handling a pot of water that was on the stove.

She is standing several feet away from the deputies as she twice tells them, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.”

Grayson warns Massey that she “better not” and threatens to shoot her in the face. Seconds later, he draws his gun and orders her to drop the pot before firing at least two shots at her.

“Sonya Massey lost her life due to an unjustifiable and reckless decision by former Deputy Sean Grayson,” Campbell said in a statement after the release of the footage. “Grayson had other options available that he should have used. His actions were inexcusable and do not reflect the values or training of our office.”

On Friday, a judge denied Grayson’s motion to be released from jail before the trial. His next day in court is Aug. 26, according to the docket.

Calls for Campbell to resign came after his office released Grayson’s personnel records, which detailed his two drunken-driving convictions — one in 2015, the other in 2016. Critics say Grayson’s convictions should have been seen as red flags.

On Wednesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker also called on Campbell to resign, and he criticized the sheriff for not having met with Massey’s family a month after the shooting.

Efforts to reach the sheriff for comment Friday were not immediately successful.

Campbell had dismissed calls for his resignation and defended Grayson’s hiring, saying that convictions for driving under the influence do not disqualify candidates for deputy positions and that Grayson had been backed by references from trusted people.

Amid the fallout, the sheriff had said he was committed to making changes to prevent episodes like the one that claimed Massey’s life.

“Despite these efforts, some in our community want me to pay the price for that person’s actions, even threatening that I pay that price with my life, my family’s lives, or the lives of my deputies,” Campbell said in his resignation statement. He added: “Some individuals would rather see our community divided and in turmoil, than allow me to continue serving as sheriff.”

Massey’s death is the latest case of an unarmed Black person killed at the hands of law enforcement officers that has prompted national outrage and reignited conversations about the treatment of Black people by police and the use of excessive force in the United States.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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