Jul 10 Hurricane Beryl leaves millions in Texas without power amid high heat and humidity By Associated Press More than 1.7 million homes and businesses in Texas lacked electricity Wednesday morning. Continue reading
Jul 10 Death of Dvontaye Mitchell, Black man held down by Milwaukee hotel guards, draws national outcry By Associated Press The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Dvontaye Mitchell died June 30 after hotel guards held him down following a disturbance; it's not clear why Mitchell was at the hotel or what happened before the confrontation. Continue reading
Jul 10 Las Vegas under ‘most extreme heat wave’ in recorded history, meteorologist says By Ken Ritter, Ty O'Neil, Associated Press Las Vegas baked Wednesday in a record fifth consecutive day of temperatures sizzling at 115 degrees Fahrenheit or greater amid a lengthening hot spell that is expected to broil much of the U.S. into the weekend, the National Weather Service… Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 2:31 Hurricane Beryl leaves millions in Texas without power amid scorching heat By Stephanie Sy, Jonah Anderson Millions of Texans are left without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. The outages come amid a stretch of extreme heat that is connected to at least five deaths in the West this week. Beryl is now a smaller… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch 7:59 Tween skincare obsession fuels industry boom and raises concerns By Catherine Rampell, Diane Lincoln Estes Ask many pre-teens what’s at the top of their wish list and there’s a good chance the answer will be skincare. Special correspondent and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell reports on the growth and some of the concerns around this… Continue watching
Jul 09 Digging in the sand can be deadly. No, really By Stephen P. Leatherman, The Conversation Research suggests more people die from sand burial suffocation than from shark attacks. Here's why. Continue reading
Jul 09 Beryl leaves hot misery along Texas coast and brings threat of flooding to the north By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Hurricane Beryl left millions without power as temperatures soar in Texas. Continue reading
Jul 09 Prosecutors expect new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein ahead of November retrial By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Manhattan prosecutors say they intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein as they anticipate a November retrial. Continue reading
Jul 09 Support for abortion access has risen since Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, poll finds By Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Christina Fernando, Associated Press A new poll finds that a solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban and that a rising number appear to support access to abortions for any reason. Continue reading
Jul 09 Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial for fatal film shooting begins jury selection By Morgan Lee, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Jurors will be tasked with deciding whether Baldwin committed a felony when a gun he was pointing at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal for the film "Rust" went off and killed her in 2021. Continue reading