Month: July 2021
Palestinians riot outside illegal West Bank outpost on eve of evacuation
Red Crescent says 61 Palestinians hurt, including six hit by rubber-tipped bullets; under agreement with government, settlers will leave site by 4.00 pm Friday
Read MoreCalifornia sets date for recall election targeting Newsom – Associated Press
California sets date for recall election targeting Newsom Associated Press California Gov. Gavin Newsom recall vote set for Sept. 14 Fox News Election to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom set for September 14 CNN Gavin Newsom’s anti-recall campaign made a small mistake with
Read MoreBranson aims to beat Bezos to orbit in final stretch of billionaire space race
Two billionaires are neck and neck in the final sprint to the Kármán line, but Richard Branson may clinch it with a July 11 flight on a Virgin Galactic spacecraft, narrowly beating out Jeff Bezos’s planned July 20 trip aboard
Read MoreVideo taken minutes before Miami building collapse shows leak in garage – NBC News
Video taken minutes before Miami building collapse shows leak in garage NBC News A Florida woman saw a crack forming in her condo and told herself, ‘You have to run to save your life’ CNN New video shows water rushing into garage
Read MorePelosi names 8 members of Jan. 6 committee, including Republican Liz Cheney, to probe pro-Trump riot – CNBC
Pelosi names 8 members of Jan. 6 committee, including Republican Liz Cheney, to probe pro-Trump riot CNBC McCarthy reportedly makes ‘stark threat’ to Republicans over Jan. 6 committee Yahoo News McCarthy threatens to strip GOP members of committee assignments if they accept
Read MoreWhat the Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona voting laws means for voting rights
On the final day of its term, the Supreme Court issued major decisions that put the court’s 6-3 conservative majority in the spotlight, especially given the national debate on voting rights. John Yang reports with Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent
Read MoreTwitter tests more attention-grabbing misinformation labels
Twitter is considering changes to the way it contextualizes misleading tweets that the company doesn’t believe are dangerous enough to be removed from the platform outright. The company announced the test in a tweet Thursday with an image of the
Read MoreNews Wrap: Biden meets with victim’s families as rescue crews halt Surfside operations
In our news wrap Thursday, President Joe Biden met with first responders and families of the victims in Surfside, Florida, as rescue crews halted work at a collapsed condominium tower. The heat wave scorching the Pacific Northwest and western Canada
Read MoreSupreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions – The New York Times
Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions The New York Times Supreme Court says Arizona limits don’t violate Voting Rights Act CNN Supreme Court upholds Arizona voter fraud protections Fox News U.S. Supreme Court to Arizona (and America): It’s go time for restrictive voting
Read MoreThe ‘substantial blow’ to the Trump Organization and what it could mean for Trump
Former President Donald Trump’s company and its Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg were indicted on 15 criminal charges Thursday for allegedly evading about $900,000 in taxes with the help of the Trump Organization and its payroll corporation. Yamiche Alcindor reports
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