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WPP has named Mark Read as its new chief executive, succeeding the ad giant's founder Martin Sorrell, per the Wall Street Journal.
The big picture, via Axios' Sara Fischer: Reed, who has been expected to be named CEO for months, takes the helm after Sorrell stepped down earlier this year due to personal misconduct allegations. Sorrell, who led the company for decades, turned WPP into one of the world’s largest ad holding companies and the largest by revenue.
Police officers stand guard during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo: Ben Hendren/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Louisville Metro Police Department said two officers were shot downtown in the Kentucky city late Wednesday, just hours after a grand jury announced an indictment in the Breonna Taylor case.
Details: A police spokesperson told a press briefing a suspect was in custody and that the injuries of both officers were not life-threatening. One officer was "alert and stable" and the other was undergoing surgery, he said.
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A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Brett Hankison, one of the Louisville police officers who entered Breonna Taylor's home in March, on three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots blindly into neighboring apartments.
Details: Angering protesters, the grand jury did not indict any of the three officers involved in the botched drug raid on homicide or manslaughter charges related to the death of Taylor.
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