Jul 02 Stampede at religious event in India leaves at least 105 people dead, many women and children By Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press Officials say scores were admitted to hospitals after the stampede Tuesday in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state. Local media say the stampede occurred as attendees rushed to leave after the Hindu gathering. Continue reading
Jul 02 LIVE MAP: Track the path of Tropical Storm Beryl Beryl is blamed for killing several people in Texas and at least one in Louisiana. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 4:41 News Wrap: Hurricane Beryl hits southeastern Caribbean islands as Category 4 storm In our news wrap Monday, Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou with winds of 150 mph, Steve Bannon reported to a federal prison to begin his four-month sentence for contempt, Republican lawmakers sued Attorney General Garland for… Continue watching
Jul 01 Iran, Syria and North Korea accused of providing support for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in U.S. lawsuit By Jennifer Peltz, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, seeks at least $4 billion in damages for “a coordination of extrajudicial killings, hostage takings, and related horrors for which the defendants provided material support and resources.”… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 6:06 What’s next for France after far-right wins big in 1st round of snap elections By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Zeba Warsi France is closer than ever in its modern history to being governed by the far-right. Parliamentary elections are the country’s most consequential in decades and will have implications across Europe and for the United States. Nick Schifrin discussed the first… Continue watching
Jul 01 Record-breaking Category 4 Hurricane Beryl razes southeast Caribbean By Dánica Coto, Kofi Jones, Associated Press Hurricane Beryl ripped off doors, windows and roofs in homes across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday after making landfall on the island of Carriacou as the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 6:12 Hezbollah strikes on northern Israel raise fears that full-fledged war could be next By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Karl Bostic A drone fired from Hezbollah injured 18 Israeli soldiers over the weekend. It's adding to fears that a full-fledged war could break out. More than 60,000 Israelis are still evacuated from the northern border with Lebanon and Secretary of State… Continue watching
Jul 01 Panama’s new president promises to stop migration through Darien Gap By Juan Zamorano, Associated Press José Raúl Mulino was sworn in Monday as Panama’s next president, facing pressure to slow irregular migration through the Darien Gap that connects his country with Colombia. Continue reading
Jul 01 We’re in literal hot water this hurricane season By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The powerful storm Beryl is acting more like monsters that form in the peak of hurricane season thanks mostly to water temperatures as hot or hotter than the region normally gets in September, experts say. Continue reading
Jul 01 Ukraine releases thousands of prisoners so they can join fight against Russia By Vasilisa Stepanenko, Evgeniy Maloletka, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with battlefield shortages and recruiting efforts have turned to the country’s prison population. Continue reading