Jul 18 Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with murder shot Black woman in face after she called police for help By Melissa Perez Winder, Ed White, John O'Connor, Associated Press Sonya Massey was killed at her home in Springfield after Grayson and another Sangamon County deputy responded to her 911 call early July 6. Continue reading
Jul 18 Conservative pundit and Fox Business host Lou Dobbs dies at 78 By Associated Press His death was announced Thursday in a post on his official X account, which called him a "fighter till the very end – fighting for what mattered to him the most, God, his family and the country."… Continue reading
Jul 18 Migrant children suffered ‘severe’ sexual abuse under housing provider’s care, DOJ says By Paul Weber, Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press Southwest Key, the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children, has engaged in “severe, pervasive" sexual abuse and harassment of children in its care over the past eight years, the Justice Department alleges. Continue reading
Jul 17 Syrian military official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested in Los Angeles By Christopher Weber, Jaimie Ding, Associated Press Al-Sheikh was charged with immigration fraud, specifically that he denied in his U.S. visa and citizenship applications that he had ever ordered any political killings or carried out abuse in Syria. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 6:44 News Wrap: Tornado hits upstate New York community In our news wrap Wednesday, upstate New York is cleaning up after a tornado ripped through Oneida County, prosecutors formally appealed a federal judge's ruling to toss out Donald Trump's classified documents case, an Israeli delegation touched down in Cairo… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 6:03 Frustration with power company mounts as Texans face weeklong outage after Hurricane Beryl By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas More than a week after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, utility crews across Houston are still working to restore power to the last 50,000 customers who have been without electricity through a stretch of hot weather. Some residents and politicians say… Continue watching
Jul 17 The Navy unjustly punished 256 Black sailors in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion. Now they are exonerated By Tara Copp, Associated Press The Navy punished them. Now, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has signed paperwork saying the sailors were unjustly tried and convicted, clearing their names. Del Toro signed the paperwork Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the disaster. Continue reading
Jul 17 ‘I can’t breathe’: Eric Garner remembered on the 10th anniversary of his chokehold death By Karen Matthews, Associated Press On Wednesday, Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, plans to lead a march honoring her son on Staten Island. That's where Garner died after being restrained by Officer Daniel Pantaleo on July 17, 2014. Continue reading
Jul 17 Secret Service handling of security at Trump rally under investigation, Homeland Security inspector general says By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press The agency said Wednesday the objective is to evaluate the Secret Service's “process for securing” Trump’s Saturday event. No date is given for when the investigation started. Continue reading
Jul 17 With the help of $5B in federal funding, aging bridges in 16 states will be improved or replaced By David A. Lieb, Associated Press The grants announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden's administration come from a $1 trillion infrastructure package he signed into law in 2021. The largest project provides an additional $1.4 billion to help replace two bridges carrying Interstate 5 traffic over… Continue reading