Today in History for July 2nd
Highlights of this day in history: Continental Congress votes to break away from Britain; Civil Rights Act signed; Amelia Earhart disappears; President James Garfield shot; Author Ernest Hemingway commits suicide;…
Trump’s 2024 chances under renewed scrutiny
AP weighs up Iowa voters and Trump’s chances for 2024 (July 1)
Pre-pandemic sized crowds descend on US airports for holiday
The fireworks are still a few days away, but travel for the July Fourth weekend is off to a booming start (July 1) (AP Video/Sharon Johnson, Ted Shaffrey, Eugene Garcia)…
Florida girl seriously injured by shark, the second attack in the US in just over a week
Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this headline and story cited a report about the girl’s injuries that has since been retracted. A teenage girl was seriously injured in a shark…
Moderating your alcohol by saving drinks for the weekend? A study says there may be risks.
That one night out with friends may be more harmful to your health than having a drink every day of the week, new research suggests. A study published in June in the…
‘It will not happen overnight’: Can abortion rights drive voters to turn purple states blue?
The battleground over abortion access has shifted to local and federal elections in swing states such as Arizona, Florida and Georgia. In Kentucky, state Rep. Atta Scott said she doesn’t want Democrats…
3 Kentucky police officers dead, others wounded after suspect with rifle opens fire
ALLEN, Ky. — A third police officer has died after a shootout in a small Eastern Kentucky town on Thursday evening. The fatal shootings of two officers were announced the…
Migrant caravan heads north from southern Mexico
Some 2,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, walked out of the southern Mexican city of Tapachula early Friday en masse to pressure authorities into allowing them to continue to the US border…
Fatal police shooting of Jayland Walker in Ohio: Akron cancels events as it plans to release bodycam footage
AKRON, Ohio – Local officials plan to release on Sunday body-camera footage of events surrounding the fatal police shooting of a 25-year-old man — a death that has rattled the city, prompted the cancellation of July 4…
4 climate tech investors sound off on Supreme Court’s EPA ruling – TechCrunch
This week’s Supreme Court decision to curtail the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions may not have been unexpected, but it was still a bombshell. Not only…