Shooting happened on street in popular neighborhood lined with restaurants, bars, shops and homesA police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, shot and killed a man Wednesday in an incident that was captured on cellphone footage, sparking local protests.John Patterson, the Madison police chief, acknowledged the shooting at a news conference, but stressed footage circulating was just one perspective of what happened. Continue reading...
Gory details about tarp, mats and inflatable pool come to light during hearing over death of Celeste Rivas HernandezAt singer D4vd's former Hollywood Hills home, law enforcement detected possible bloodstains - invisible to the naked eye - on items including a green tarp, black rubber mats and a crumpled inflatable pool that had the odor of fresh laundry.The gory details came to light on Wednesday, the second day of a hearing to determine whether there was probable cause for the musician, whose full name is David Anthony Burke, to stand trial for the murder and sexual abuse of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Continue reading...
President visits swing state to promote Trump accounts' and says high prices lingering from Joe Biden's presidencyDonald Trump scoffed at the word affordability" as a political message, describing it at a campaign rally on Wednesday as a term concocted by Democratic political consultants to criticize his presidency. Yet even as the president dismissed the notion of affordability, he devoted much of his speech at Wheeler high school to touting the bread-and-butter benefits of his economic policies.So I just want you to remember that if you're paying a little bit more - a lot of it's come down now, we got it coming down very rapidly actually," Trump said in Marietta, an Atlanta suburb, casting higher prices today as a lingering effect of the Biden administration. Continue reading...
GOP-controlled chamber paves way for reconciliation bill, while making long-shot attempt at new voting restrictionsHouse Republicans on Wednesday agreed to begin the process of writing a $95bn bill to fund the war with Iran as well as provide new aid to farmers, while making a long-shot attempt to impose new restrictions on voting nationwide.In a virtually party-line 216-214, the Republican-controlled chamber passed a budget resolution that paves the way for the creation of a reconciliation bill, which can advance through the Senate under special rules that circumvent the Democratic filibuster and requires only a simple majority to pass. Two Republicans - Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky, as well as Kevin Kiley, an independent of California who aligns with the GOP - joined all Democrats in opposing the measure. Continue reading...
Donald Trump approves agreement to help country make fuel for civilian nuclear programmeDonald Trump signed a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that could enable the kingdom to enrich its own uranium for nuclear reactions.The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, signed a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement" and an accompanying bilateral safeguards agreement," according to a statement from the US Department of Energy. Continue reading...
Three-year-old girl landed in ICU after snake bit her while grabbing a package outside her family's Santa Clarita homeA three-year-old girl landed in the intensive care unit earlier this month after a rattlesnake bit her while she was trying to grab an Amazon package.Addy, the young girl, ran out with her mother on 13 July to pick up a package dropped over the gate to their home in Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles. Continue reading...
Passage of annual bill complicated by Trump's decision to join Israel in attacking Iran without congressional approvalThe US House of Representatives passed a $1.15tn defense policy bill in a near-party-line vote on Wednesday, after Democrats refused to back the measure amid the war with Iran and Donald Trump's push to impose new restrictions on voting nationwide.A key plank of the president's plan to spend $1.5tn on the military in the 2027 fiscal year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed the Republican-controlled chamber by a 216-212 vote, with all but six Democrats opposing its passage. Seven House Republicans broke ranks to oppose the measure, which now goes to the Senate. Continue reading...
Andy Biggs wins nomination to challenge Katie Hobbs as Alex Kolodin won party's primary for secretary of stateDonald Trump-backed candidates in Arizona prevailed in key primary contests on Tuesday, setting up a fall campaign that will test whether Republicans can reverse some of their recent losses in the presidential battleground state.Andy Biggs, the hard-right congressman endorsed by Donald Trump, easily won the Republican nomination to challenge the incumbent Democrat, Governor Katie Hobbs. Continue reading...
Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran ran into traffic and killed by semi after federal officials approached him at Florida gas stationThe Mexican man who was hit and killed by a semi-truck in Florida when running away from federal immigration officials was vacationing in the US with a tourist visa, according to news reports this week.The 28-year-old, Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, was killed on 14 July after an encounter" with federal officials, including those with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a state highway patrol spokesperson said last week. Continue reading...
Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been held at Brooklyn jail and both have pleaded not guiltyThe ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will go on trial on US drug trafficking charges starting on 1 June 2027, a judge said on Wednesday.Maduro wore beige prison garb as he was led into a Manhattan courtroom by US marshals for a hearing before district judge Alvin Hellerstein in one of the most consequential criminal cases in recent history. Continue reading...
Mamdani admits he lacks power to arrest Israeli prime minister after saying he's not welcome' in New York CityZohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, doubled down on his support for the international criminal court (ICC) on Wednesday and called on federal authorities to execute the court's warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest should he visit the city in the fall.I call on the federal government to join the international criminal court and to execute both this warrant as well as any warrant the international criminal court holds," Mamdani told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Trump's 50% tariff threat means there will be no ribbon-cutting celebration of Gordie Howe International BridgeA planned joint US-Canada ceremony on Friday celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is no longer expected to take place after Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on most Canadian goods.In announcing the tariffs, the president accused Canada of unfairly discriminating against US automobiles, alcohol and dairy products, escalating tensions with one of the United States' closest allies. Continue reading...
More than 20,000 unaccompanied children risk going to US immigration court alone after federal funding cutsThousands of immigrant children who came to the United States without being accompanied by a parent or guardian are now at imminent risk of losing the attorneys assisting on their legal cases, amid cuts in government funding, advocates warned this week.The Trump administration has severed ties with nearly a hundred legal organizations across the country that provide immigration advice and has been funneling kids into fast-tracked court hearings. Continue reading...
The $3 purchase was authenticated as a rare piece from Chamberlain's final NBA seasonAn Oregon teenager admitted I got very, very lucky" after a basketball legend's jacket he picked up at a thrift store for pocket change sold at auction for almost $90,000.Quinn Brown said he was in a Goodwill store in Portland in January when he saw somebody throw the bright yellow jacket into a clothing bin. Continue reading...
Outbreak has been traced to Upper East Side cooling towers, but Mamdani believes source of exposure was eliminatedA fifth person has died in New York City in connection with the legionnaires' disease outbreak on Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood, according to the city's health department.In an update issued on Tuesday, the department said that 82 cases of legionnaires' disease have now been identified and five people have died. Eight people remain hospitalized, while 56 have been discharged. Continue reading...
To win in this year's midterm elections, the party must highlight that Trump has made huge financial gains while millions struggle to make ends meetIf the Democrats hope to maximize their chances of winning in this November's elections, there's a subject they need to scream far and wide about: Donald Trump's immense and unprecedented corruption. The Democrats need to make clear to every American that Trump has shamelessly used his second term to increase his wealth by an astounding amount - by more than $2bn - all while millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet, their struggles made worse by Trump policies that have pushed up inflation and gas prices.Every day through election day, the Democrats should convey loud and clear that America's billionaire president has focused far more on making himself richer than on improving the lives of average Americans. Trump's corruption and conflicts of interest are so vast and outrageous that many Americans have little idea how vast and outrageous they are: ranging from Trump's making more than $1.4bn from crypto last year to granting pardons to criminals whose families have donated to Trump's campaign to his sons' investing in start-up companies that receive generous help from the Trump administration.Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author, focusing on labor and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues Continue reading...
Stephen Miller warned of a leftwing cancer' threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosisThe presumption that US elections are legitimate died last week in Washington. It was 237 years old. It did not die of one wound. It died of three, inflicted in a single day, in daylight, on the record. And the country, running to the loudest of them, never examined the one most likely to kill.In critical care we distinguish the mechanism of death from its cause. The mechanism was a Thursday. The cause was chronic, progressive and untreated.Robert B Shpiner is a clinical professor of medicine in pulmonary and critical care at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Continue reading...
After ICE raids and protest crackdown, the LA team's supporters are ambivalent about the World Series winners' visitLike many children of Latino immigrants in Los Angeles, Juan grew up a Dodgers fan. He watched their baseball games from home when he was little - even though his parents, who are Guatemalan, were more interested in soccer and basketball - and has been to Dodger Stadium many times as an adult. He sports a Dodgers logo, among other symbols, on an elaborate tattoo on his left forearm.These days, though, he's not sure about his allegiance. Juan - whom the Guardian is only identifying by his first name amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown - saw his family ripped apart when his father, who had been in the US for close to 30 years, was plucked off the street last year and deported. From that moment on, a team that many immigrants in LA see as a symbol of integration and belonging became, for him, an organization unwilling to stand up for its large immigrant fanbase. Continue reading...
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Shoppers are waking up before sunrise to score the $3 mini grocery bags, which have become a global status symbolA Friday morning on a public holiday usually means sleeping in. Instead, I was standing outside my local Trader Joe's before 7am, staring at a line of shoppers that seemed to stretch for miles.The grocery store in Santa Clarita, just north of Los Angeles, wouldn't open for another hour. But hundreds of people were already waiting for the same thing: Trader Joe's new striped pastel mini canvas totes, a $2.99 reusable bag that has inspired a frenzy more typically associated with sneaker releases or concert presale tickets. Continue reading...
Family and boxing community grieving deeply after Rapp was killed by motorist while she was cycling in TexasThe violent death of the US boxer Hannah Rapp, whom authorities say was killed recently by a motorist while she cycled, has left her sport, her communities outside the ring and her loved ones grieving deeply just weeks after she took her first world title shot.A statement from the Bryan Boxing gym where Rapp trained in Texas commemorated her as an amazing lady and soul" while the Aggieland Cycling club to which she belonged recalled how her kindness and excitement for life [buoyed] all who knew her". Continue reading...
He decried endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he may be stuck in one of his own makingAs Donald Trump launched a war of aggression against Iran nearly five months ago, he insisted Washington would achieve a decisive victory within weeks. Trump and his advisers scoffed at any suggestion that they were breaking repeated campaign promises not to start new conflicts, and to end America's legacy of forever wars, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.In early March, a week into the war, Trump declared he would only agree to unconditional surrender" by Iran's theocratic government. He vowed to destroy much of Tehran's military, called for a popular uprising and touted the overthrow of the regime that rose to power after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Of course, Trump's grandiose promises turned out to be the latest chapter in a long history of American imperial hubris. Continue reading...
The US president has been complaining about Canada's filthy, polluted and unhealthy air'. Maybe he should put all that energy into tackling the climate crisisRight, that's it: we've got to do something about Canada. The country's wildfires, which resulted in air quality alerts across more than 20 US states, ruined my weekend. On Friday the air in Philadelphia, where I live, was so unhealthy I couldn't go outside without my eyes stinging. My kid's preschool cancelled outdoor time, while the city suspended trash pickup and closed public pools.You know who did not suspend their regularly scheduled programming because of a bit of toxic smoke? The plot monitoring committee at my allotment. Despite the apocalyptic conditions, they were still busy ensuring the gardening bylaws were strictly adhered to. I realised this on Saturday when I got an official violation for too many weeds. Yes, I'd got a bit carried away with chaos gardening" (all the rage these days) and I'd meant to clean things up on Friday, until the smoke got in the way. So, thanks for that Canada. Continue reading...
Newly released footage shows the moment a police officer from Southlake, Texas, pulls a driver unharmed from a car after the vehicle burst into flames during a routine traffic stop. Cpl Joshua Swisher was awarded the local police department's meritorious conduct award for his bravery in the incident Continue reading...
The best games, goals and personal highlights - from a magical Azteca to Erling Haaland breaking AmericaParaguay 1-1 Germany. There were plenty more games with more goals but none could match the drama of the penalty shootout in this last-32 tie. Germany aren't supposed to lose in them but they did this time in spectacular fashion. Ed Aarons Continue reading...
New survey reveals one in 10 Americans identify politics as biggest risk they face in life - 10 times the global averageAmericans are 10 times more likely than people elsewhere in the world to regard politics as the greatest threat to their personal safety, according to a global survey that suggests the country's deep partisan divisions are poisoning everyday life.The latest Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll found that one in 10 Americans identified politics as the biggest risk they face in their daily lives when asked an open-ended question. The figure is up from 6% in both 2021 and 2023 and well above the global average of 1% across 140 countries. Continue reading...
Many Black Americans were not cheering Spain's complicated history. They were rooting against the racism, politics and silence associated with ArgentinaThere are moments in sports when you realize people aren't just watching the score any more. They're watching values. They're watching who speaks. They're watching who stays silent. And they're watching what those silences say.I found myself thinking about that throughout this World Cup. On paper, Sunday's final looked simple. Spain v Argentina. Two footballing giants and countries with glorious soccer histories. Two nations whose pasts are also stained by colonization, oppression and chapters of history that shouldn't be whitewashed simply because someone can score a goal. Continue reading...
New York mayor admits he does not have authority to arrest Netanyahu, adding Israeli PM is architect of a horrific genocide'Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, acknowledged on Tuesday he does not have the authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged US federal authorities to do so if the Israeli prime minister visits the US later this year.Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal, the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people," Mamdani said in a video posted to social media. Continue reading...
In today's newsletter: A White House operating without expertise, strategy or restraint is stuck in a conflict with no easy way out, which is sending economic shockwaves far beyond its own bordersGood morning. Within two hours of entering No 10 on Monday afternoon, Andy Burnham had his first call with Donald Trump. After chit-chatting about the football (both agreed England had an excellent tournament") and Manchester (our new prime minister invited the president to visit the city Trump once described as a town"), they got on to far trickier territory: the strait of Hormuz.The US has attacked Iran for the eleventh consecutive night, hitting aircraft hangars and drone storage sites across the country. It came after Iran launched retaliatory strikes on US air bases and neighbouring Gulf states, which have accused it of deliberately targeting desalination plants that are essential to life in the region. Each side now claims it is preventing the other from gaining control over the strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil was shipped before the war began. Vessels carrying crucial shipments of oil, gas and fertiliser remain at a standstill.UK politics | Andy Burnham is under mounting pressure to explain how he will pay for his policy pledges as he implored his new cabinet to examine all possible ways" to tackle the cost of living crisis.UK news | A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of the former MP and Reform UK spokesperson Ann Widdecombe. Joshua Kerry, 28, is accused of killing the former Conservative minister at her home in Haytor, Devon, by hitting her on the head with a hammer 21 times.Middle East | The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, told the Senate the US-Israel war on Iran had cost $37.5bn so far, as he faced lawmakers furious over the conflict's soaring price tag and the deaths last week of three American service members.Climate crisis | About 23 million people will be banned from using hosepipes by this weekend, as England and Wales moves closer to drought status.Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Ukraine's commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and offered a prominent position" to the defence minister he sacked last week in a move that sparked nationwide protests. Continue reading...
Measure authorizes spending until 4 December as Republicans seek to avoid volatile issue in election seasonThe US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a stopgap measure to head off a government shutdown until early December, with its Republican leaders seeking to defuse a volatile issue in the run-up to the November midterm elections.The continuing resolution authorizing government spending until 4 December passed by a vote of 220-205, roughly along party lines. It next heads to the Senate, where it will need to win bipartisan support to clear the chamber. Continue reading...
Sgt Angel S Pampersad also believed to be dead in attack that killed two others, raising death toll to 18 troops since start of Iran warThe US military has confirmed that a third service member is believed to be dead in Friday's attack on a base in Jordan and identified them as Sgt Angel S Rampersad, 28, of New York.The confirmation brings the death toll to 18 US service members killed since the war began. Continue reading...
Storm warnings stretch from Florida to Louisiana as Bertha brings heavy rain, flooding risk and possible tornadoesTropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday but was expected to weaken this week as it chugs closer to the US, potentially bringing coastal flooding and heavy rain from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana.Those areas along the northern Gulf coast were under a tropical storm warning through Wednesday and could see rain and flooding into Thursday morning, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. New Orleans also was under a tropical storm warning. Continue reading...
The second circuit overturned the previous decision, saying the judge overstepped authority by intervening before it moved through the immigration court systemA federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision ordering the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, opening the door to the re-arrest of a student protest organizer whom the Trump administration has spent more than a year trying to deport.Tuesday's ruling from the second US circuit court of appeals in New York City overturns a previous decision by a federal judge in Vermont, which likened the government's efforts to expel him and other activists to McCarthyist repression. Continue reading...
Mtula Payton and Dandrae Martin were tried together over shooting on K Street in April 2022 that left six deadThe trial of two men accused of carrying out the deadliest shooting in the city of Sacramento, California, ended in a mistrial on Tuesday.The suspects, Mtula Payton and Dandrae Martin, were tried together and faced up to 15 years to life in prison for their role in the shooting, which killed six people and injured at least a dozen. While they were not convicted for the deaths, they were found guilty of being in possession of firearms despite having prior felonies. Continue reading...
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Defense secretary has asked Senate appropriations committee for nearly $88bn more to continue effortThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth told the Senate on Tuesday that the US-Israel war on Iran had cost $37.5bn so far, as he faced lawmakers furious over the conflict's soaring price tag and the deaths last week of three American service members.During an appearance before the Senate appropriations committee, Hegseth, whose opening remarks were repeatedly interrupted by protesters, provided an updated account of the war's cost - up from previous estimates - and defended the Trump administration's roughly $88bn supplemental funding request, calling it urgent, necessary". Continue reading...
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Guardian analysis shows officers arrested 43,138 people as quiet and steady operations ramp up across the countryThe Trump administration arrested a record number of immigrants last month, according to newly released government data that reveals how US immigration agents are quietly but steadily ramping up operations across the country.A Guardian analysis of the latest data published by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) found that federal immigration agents arrested 43,138 people in June - the highest number since Donald Trump took office in January last year and promised a campaign of mass immigrant deportations. Continue reading...
Sausalito city manager Elaine Forbes faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly trying to steal the three-story vesselA Bay Area city manager will face misdemeanor charges for allegedly breaking into a 66ft yacht while drinking and trying to steal the vessel.Elaine Forbes, Sausalito's city manager, was arrested on the morning of 18 July after police received a call for a noise disturbance. Police say Forbes had apparently broken into" a three-story yacht, where she was consuming alcohol. Continue reading...
Committee voted 9-8 to advance Clayton's nomination to serve as intelligence chief despite Democratic oppositionThe Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton to serve as the US intelligence director, despite criticism from Democrats.Donald Trump had nominated Clayton, now the top federal prosecutor in the southern district of New York, for the role of the director of national intelligence (DNI) last month after the departure of Tulsi Gabbard. Continue reading...
Staff raised on multiple occasions' risks of tech mogul's philanthropic body associating with disgraced financierA new external review commissioned by the Gates Foundation has found that there were roughly 30 meetings" between Jeffrey Epstein and foundation leaders and staff - including Bill Gates - between 2011 and 2014, even as foundation staff raised on multiple occasions the risks of associating with Epstein because of his prior conviction".The Gates foundation commissioned the review in March, following the justice department's release earlier this year of millions of documents related to Epstein. The files included numerous references to Gates, several photographs of him, and records showing that he met with Epstein on multiple occasions, which prompted renewed scrutiny of Gates's past ties to the disgraced financier. Continue reading...
Announcement comes after White House meeting with Lebanese president in which Trump vowed to help a lot'Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would allow American carriers to resume direct flights to Lebanon more than 40 years after the US suspended the route.Direct flights between the US and Lebanon were suspended in 1985 by Ronald Reagan's administration following the hijacking of TWA flight 847. Continue reading...
Explosion in ticketing and hospitality revenue goes along with a Fifa desire to recoup lost TV income in future dealsAs is often the case, it has been left to Donald Trump to say the quiet bit out loud. We have to do this again and we have to do it while I'm around, you hear that Gianni?" the US president told Fox News in an interview broadcast in the buildup to the World Cup final.An American bid for the 2038 World Cup has been the talk of the hotel lobbies populated by administrators from around the world over the past month, who have watched this country's seemingly limitless appetite for major events and willingness to pay whatever it takes to attend them. Continue reading...
Jazz saxophonist - who recorded with artists Frank Sinatra, BB King and more - died in Los Angeles, reports sayThe US jazz saxophonist Plas Johnson, best known for his solo riff on the timeless classic The Pink Panther Theme, has died at the age of 94, according to reports.The native of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, died on 15 July, according to a report from the Los Angeles jazz radio station KKJZ. Continue reading...
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