Police clash with a violent crowd gathered near the site of UK stabbing attack that killed 3 girls
LONDON (AP) — Far-right protesters fueled by anger and false online rumors hurled bottles and stones at officers and set a police van ablaze outside a northwest England mosque near where three girls were fatally stabbed a day earlier. Police said the violent crowd was believed to be supporters of the English Defence League and the unrest was inspired by rumors about the identity of the teenage suspect arrested on suspicion of murder. Police say 22 officers and three of their dogs were wounded. The prime minister condemned the “thuggery” Tuesday and said the crowd had hijacked what had earlier been a peaceful vigil to mourn the dead and 10 survivors.
Israel carries out rare strike on Beirut that it says killed Hezbollah commander
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel has carried out a rare strike on Beirut, which it said killed a top Hezbollah commander who was allegedly behind a weekend rocket attack that killed 12 young people in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. The strike in the Lebanese capital killed at least one woman and two children and wounded dozens of people. Hezbollah did not immediately confirm the commander’s death. The strike came amid escalating hostilities with the Lebanese militant group. An Israeli official said the target was Fouad Shukur, a top Hezbollah military commander whom the U.S. blames for planning and launching the deadly 1983 Marine bombing in the Lebanese capital.
Project 2025 shakes up leadership after criticism from Democrats and Trump, but says work goes on
NEW YORK (AP) — The director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government has stepped down after blowback from Donald Trump’s campaign, which has tried to disavow the program created by many of the former president’s allies and former aides. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Paul Dans’ exit comes after the project “completed exactly what it set out to do.” Roberts, who has emerged as a chief spokesman for the effort, plans to lead Project 2025 going forward. Democrats have made Project 2025 a key election-year cudgel, pointing to the ultraconservative policy blueprint as a glimpse into how extreme another Trump administration could be.
Little-known paper sheets are key to declaring victory in Venezuela’s election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is tense. Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition both claim that they won Sunday’s presidential election. The national electoral authority proclaimed Maduro the winner. The opposition represented by Edmundo González said it has evidence to the contrary. Electoral authorities installed more than 30,000 voting machines. By law, the opposition had the right to have representatives at all voting centers. But not all were allowed in on Sunday or were ousted before polls closed. After those polls close, Venezuela’s electronic voting machines can print sheets tallying all the votes that each counted. Experts say that the best way to clear up the dispute is to release those sheets. But the National Electoral Council has not done so.
At boisterous Georgia rally, Harris dares Trump to ‘say it to my face’ and debate her
ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris told a cheering, boisterous, packed Atlanta arena on Tuesday that the next 98 days would be a fight, but they’d win come November, as she taunted Donald Trump for wavering on whether he’d show up for their upcoming debate. In the state that delivered Biden his narrowest victory margin in 2020, Harris pulled off what has been a signature Trump event: A big, loud rally full of supporters cheering her name, as she mocked her rival and his running mate JD Vance as “just plain weird,” and derided their policies as backward, outdated, and dangerous.
A speaking invitation to Donald Trump splits the most prominent American group for Black journalists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s invitation to address the National Association of Black Journalists has sparked an intense debate within the organization and a flurry of arguments online. Journalism organizations for people of color traditionally invite presidential candidates to address their summer gatherings during election years. But Trump’s acceptance of NABJ’s invitation has led at least one high-profile group member to step down as a convention co-chair and others to argue their convention may become a platform for Trump to make false claims or be seen as winning NABJ’s endorsement. The debate over NABJ’s invite reflects how many journalists are still grappling with how to approach Trump nearly a decade after his first presidential run.
Acting Secret Service director says he’s ‘ashamed’ after the Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service’s acting director has told lawmakers he considered it indefensible that the roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was unsecured. He also says it’s regrettable that local law enforcement had not advised his agency that a gunman had been spotted on a nearby roof. Acting director Ronald Rowe also testified Tuesday that he recently visited the shooting site and laid down on the roof of the building where shots were fired to evaluate the gunman’s line of sight during the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Tesla in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist was using self-driving system, authorities say
DETROIT (AP) — Authorities in Washington have determined that a Tesla that hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle in April was operating on the company’s “Full Self Driving” system. Capt. Deion Glover said Tuesday that investigators from the Washington State Patrol made the discovery after downloading information from the event-data recorder on the 2022 Tesla Model S. Authorities say no charges have been filed, and the investigation is ongoing. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last week that “Full Self Driving” should be able to run without human supervision by the end of this year.
Simone Biles and Team USA earn ‘redemption’ by powering to Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics
PARIS (AP) — “The Redemption Tour” ended in a familiar spot for Simone Biles: atop the Olympic podium. The American gymnastics star and her singular brilliance powered a dominant U.S. women’s team in the finals inside a raucous Bercy Arena. With Biles at her show-stopping best, the Americans’ total of 171.296 was well clear of Italy and Brazil and the exclamation point of a yearlong run in which Biles has cemented her legacy as the greatest ever in her sport and among the best in the history of the Olympics.
Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal investigation has found that at least 973 Native American children perished in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system over a 150-year period. Interior Department officials released the findings Tuesday and called on the government to apologize for the schools. Officials say the deaths were caused by sickness, accidents, and abuse. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says the schools isolated thousands of children from their families and denied them their identities as Native Americans. Former students at the schools, which operated until the 1960s, previously shared their experiences during a series of listening sessions that highlighted the harsh and often degrading treatment they endured.
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