The resignation email a gunman sent just hours before he opened fire Friday at a Virginia Beach, Va., municipal building did not offer any foreshadowing of the attack that killed 12 people, according to a city official. Law enforcement has not cleared the email for release since it has become part of the investigation, Virginia Beach Communications Director Julie Hill said. Officials have not said why DeWayne Craddock, 40, intended to leave his job as a civil engineer in the utilities department.

A Missouri judge on Friday ordered that the state’s last remaining abortion center can continue operating just hours before the Planned Parenthood facility’s license was set to expire. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services had not renewed Planned Parenthood’s license due to concerns about failed abortions, compromised patient safety, and legal violations at the facility.

The Arkansas River breached a levee early Friday, prompting a flash flood warning after nearby Holla Bend, Ark., was evacuated the day before. Hundreds of people were in temporary shelters on Thursday along the swollen river as crews went door to door encouraging people to evacuate ahead of the breach. Other levees in the state appeared to be holding up under historic flood levels, according to Col. Bob Dixon of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “My concern is, they are designed for a temporary load and they are holding a lot more water than they have been tested on before,” he said.

The New Hampshire state Senate Thursday abolished the death penalty in the state, overriding the governor’s veto in a 16-8 vote, exactly the two-thirds needed. The 400-member state House of Representatives last week had just enough votes to override Republican Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto.

The Arkansas River remained at record levels Thursday morning, threatening levees and causing historic flooding. Hundreds of homes faced likely flooding, according to officials in Fort Smith, Ark., and a nearby levee in Van Buren was beginning to deteriorate. The river will likely remain at extraordinary levels in western Arkansas for several days, according to the National Weather Service. The flooding has been blamed for at least one death in Arkansas. Residents have voluntarily evacuated more than 400 homes in the state, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday.

The recent bout of severe weather in the Midwest doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, with a vicious storm on Tuesday spawning several tornadoes in the Kansas City area. Following a violent tornado in Lawrence, Kan., at least a dozen people were hospitalized, hospital spokeswoman Janice Early said. The storms also damaged the surrounding towns of Bonner Springs, Kan., and Pleasant Grove, Kan. The Kansas City International Airport temporarily suspended flights and moved people into parking garage tunnels for shelter.

As the Trump administration works to expand medical workers’ religious liberty protections, states across the country are pushing back by trying to force doctors and nurses to fall in line with modern sexual ethics.