The mother of the 25-year-old bank employee who killed five people and wounded nine others in a shooting rampage at his Kentucky workplace on Monday had frantically called 911 to report her son's intention, emergency calls released on Wednesday showed. The calls, one of which came from an employee who witnessed the attack while on a video conference meeting, were shared by the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department hours before hundreds of residents gathered to mourn at a vigil at the city's Muhammad Ali Center.

WHAT POLICE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT LOUISVILLE SHOOTING

The U.S. Justice Department is racing this week to convince a federal appeals court, or possibly the Supreme Court, to put on hold a judge's order suspending government approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. But even if those legal efforts fail and U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's order in Texas goes into effect, essentially rendering the drug unapproved, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could nonetheless continue to allow access to the drug, legal experts say.

THE DOJ'S ARGUMENT FOR PERMITTING THE ABORTION PILL

Prince Harry will attend the Coronation next month of his father, King Charles, but without his wife, Meghan, the couple said on Wednesday. Charles will be crowned in a ceremony that dates back 1,000 years, surrounded by foreign heads of state and dignitaries. But the participation of his youngest son had been in doubt after the 38-year-old heavily criticized his family in a book and documentary series.

SEE WHY MEGHAN WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE CORONATION

Who was the first British royal to be coronated at Westminster Abbey?

Wednesday's answer: Mickey Mantle's 1952 Topps baseball card sold for $12.6 million at 2022 auction, a new record for sports memorabilia.