1. At least 4 marines are dead after a gunman attacked 2 military facilities in Tennessee. The suspect identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez was also killed. Officials are investigating a possible motive. 

2. A South Carolina judge set a trial date of July,2016 for Dylann Roof. The 21-year-old is accused of killing 9 people inside a Charleston church last month. 

3. President Barack Obama's push for a fair prison system took him to one in Oklahoma. The White House says Obama is the first sitting president to see the inside of a federal prison. He toured a cell block and met a group of non-violent drug offenders. 

4. Iraq's government declared Thursday an official holiday. Iraqis are trying to keep cool with temperatures at some places soaring above 122 degrees. The heatwave comes as Muslims are fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. 

Emily Roseman, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.