U.S. Southern Command said a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean killed three people it described as narco-terrorists. [1] U.S. News filed the Wednesday announcement. [1] Three is the named count. Print three. Do not print a courtroom verdict.

A later Reuters wrap belongs to a later edition. Wednesday prints the announcement. Human-rights objections are a claim, not this desk's finding. Leave a named investigation to the edition that owns a named investigation.

Print three. Print announced. Wednesday is not a trial.

Three remains the announced count, not a trial on this Wednesday politics desk.
A boat video is still not a verdict.
A later Reuters wrap belongs to Thursday.
Wednesday is not a trial on this Washington politics desk.
-- SAMUEL CRANE, Washington