AP NewsWatch 9:30 a.m. EDT

0:00I'm Arsela Sanchez with an AP News Minute. A federal judge in Boston will hear arguments today on whether to extend a ban, preventing the U.S. Postal Service from requiring states to use a new male-validating system for the midterms. The system is part of an executive order by President Trump. Jures in the Lindsey Clancy, murder trial are beginning their sixth day of deliberation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Judge William Sullivan brought the 12 jurors and six alternates into the courtroom briefly before sending them back to the deliberation room. Russia has announced its closing German cultural centers in the country for administer Sir Gail of Rose Announcement came after Berlin blamed Moscow for an attempted attack at Leipzig-Halla Airport on August 4. Meanwhile, Germany said it was closing both the Russian consulate and ban and the Russian House Cultural Center in Berlin.