Jul 16 Experts warn of scammers on Amazon Prime Day By Associated Press The Better Business Bureau advises consumers to watch out for lookalike websites, too-good-to-be-true social media ads, and unsolicited emails or calls. Continue reading
Jul 16 1 dead, thousands without power after severe storms, possible tornadoes hit Chicago area By Associated Press The National Weather Service says 5-7 inches of rain fell in eight hours. Continue reading
Jul 16 Dam fails in southern Illinois town after storms hit Midwest, hundreds evacuated By Melissa Perez Winder, Ed White, Jim Salter, Associated Press Officials say a reservoir dam failed near the Illinois community of Nashville. First responders tried Tuesday to ensure all 300 people in the evacuation zone got out safely. Continue reading
Jul 15 Texas governor criticizes Houston power company as they say electricity will be mostly restored by Wednesday By Jim Vertuno, Nadia Lathan, Associated Press The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city’s main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. Continue reading
Jul 15 Border arrests drop in June to the lowest of Biden’s presidency as asylum halt takes hold By Associated Press Arrests totaled 83,536 in June, down from 117,901 in May to mark the lowest tally since January 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Continue reading
Jul 15 Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower dies at age 86 By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86. Continue reading
Jul 15 California bans school rules requiring parents get notified of child’s pronoun change By Sophie Austin, Associated Press/Report for America The law bans rules requiring school staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child’s permission. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: More than 250,000 in Texas still without power a week after hurricane In our news wrap Monday, the largest energy provider in Texas is under intense scrutiny as more than 250,000 thousand customers are still without power a week after Hurricane Beryl, Israel carried out new attacks on Gaza following a weekend… Continue watching
Jul 15 Former fire chief Corey Comperatore who died at Trump rally used his body to protect family from gunfire By Ron Todt, Mark Scolforo, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Corey Comperatore, the victim who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally for Donald Trump spent his final moments diving in front of his family to protect them from gunfire that rang out Saturday during an assassination attempt against the former… Continue reading
Jul 15 Protesters gather outside Republican National Convention for abortion and immigrant rights, end to war in Gaza By Sophia Tareen, Corey Williams, Associated Press Activists in Milwaukee for the first day of the Republican National Convention say they'll stick with protest plans for marches and rallies in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump… Continue reading