Five stories to know for July 7:

1. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic nomination for New York mayor, positioning the former police captain to become the next leader of America's largest city.

2. U.S. President Joe Biden encouraged Americans who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get their shots to protect themselves, saying “this is an even bigger concern because of the Delta variant.”

3. Search and rescue teams pulled the remains of eight more victims from the ruins of a Florida condominium tower on Tuesday, able to penetrate deeper into the site after the demolition of a fragile section of the Champlain Towers.

4. Japan is considering banning all spectators from the Olympics, several sources told Reuters, as authorities are expected to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo to contain coronavirus infections 16 days before the Olympic Games begin.

5. Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in an "inhuman and barbaric act' and his wife was injured, Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said.