Cops in Major U.S. Cities to Patrol in Pairs:  Following the Thursday night rampage in Dallas, in which a gunman opened fire on 12 police officers, killing five of them, officers in other major U.S. cities around the country will begin patrolling in pairs.  Kelly Cohen of the Washington Examiner reports that departments in Washington D.C., Las Vegas, St. Louis, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and Burlington, Vt., have ordered their patrols be conducted in pairs.  D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said that the order will help officers, most of whom patrol alone, feel much safer.

SD Inmate's Death Sentence Upheld:  A federal court upheld the death penalty Thursday for a South Dakota murderer who was sentenced to death over two decades ago.  Tiffany Tan of the Rapid City Journal reports that Charles Russell Rhines, 59, was sent to death row in 1993 for the slaying of Donnivan Schaeffer, 22, in March 1992.  Rhines bound and stabbed Scaeffer after he walked in on Rhines burglarizing the donut shop where Schaeffer worked part-time.  Rhines has had previous appeals rejected, and the latest ruling by the South Dakota U.S. District Federal Court denied Rhines' request to overturn his conviction.  He can now file a notice of appeal within 30 days to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, though he must get permission from the federal court to do so.