Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school used as a shelter kills at least 80, Palestinian officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 80 people in a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza City. Nearly 50 others were wounded. A witness says it struck early Saturday during prayers at a mosque in the building. The Israeli military says it hit a Hamas command center inside the mosque in the school compound. Hamas denies using the school as a command center. This is the latest in what the U.N. human rights office is calling “systematic attacks on schools” by Israel. There have been at least 21 since July 4 leaving hundreds dead including women and children.
‘I don’t want to die,’ student tells 911 dispatcher from Uvalde school during mass shooting
DALLAS (AP) — As a gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, terrified pupils and staff members made frantic calls to 911. One student told an operator that there were “a lot” of bodies as she begged for help, saying, “Please, I don’t want to die.” The calls from the May 24, 2022, shooting at Robb Elementary School were included in a massive collection of audio and video recordings released by Uvalde city officials Saturday after a prolonged legal fight. The Associated Press and other news organizations brought a lawsuit after the officials initially refused to publicly release the information from one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.
Harris pledges to work to end taxes on tips for service industry employees, echoing Trump vow
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is promising to work to eliminate federal taxes on tips paid to restaurant workers and scores of other service employees. That echoes a pledge that her opponent in November, Donald Trump, has made, in a rare moment of political overlap from both sides. Harris made the announcement Saturday at a rally on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where the economy relies heavily on the hotel, restaurant and entertainment industries. Trump made a similar promise at his own rally in the city in June. He accused Harris on Saturday of copying his pledge, adding, “she has no ideas, she can only steal from me.”
Donald Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked
Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign says it has been hacked and is blaming Iranian actors for stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents. The campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran’s involvement, but the claim comes a day after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents’ attempts to interfere in the U.S. campaign in 2024. It cited an instance of an Iranian military intelligence unit in June sending “a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign from a compromised email account of a former senior advisor.”
Rescuers retrieve remains of all 62 passengers in Brazil plane crash. Families gather in Sao Paulo
VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian rescue teams have retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families began gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones. Local airline Voepass’ plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport in Guarulhos with 58 passengers and four crew members, when it went down in the city of Vinhedo. Initially, the company said its plane had 62 passengers, then it revised the number to 61 and early on Saturday it raised the figure once again after it found a passenger named Constantino Thé Maia was not on its original list.
Worker’s death at California federal prison investigated for possible fentanyl exposure, AP learns
WASHINGTON (AP) — A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death. That’s according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Marc Fischer was a mailroom supervisor at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California, who reported feeling ill and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead later. Investigators are examining whether Fisher was exposed to a substance authorities believe was fentanyl while screening mail at the prison. The agency says a second worker sent to the hospital after coming in contact with the mail was later released.
Debby finally moves out of the US, though some flooding risk and power outages remain
Debby has finally moved out of the U.S. after the storm spent the better part of a week unleashing tornadoes and flooding, damaging homes and taking lives as it moved up the East Coast after first arriving in Florida as a hurricane. Though the skies cleared, a flood warning remained in effect until Saturday night in a small part of northern New York. Nearly 170,000 homes and businesses in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Vermont remained without power. Debby’s last day over the U.S. inundated south-central New York and north-central Pennsylvania with rain, prompting evacuations and rescues by helicopter.
Boxer Lin Yu-ting wins gold, following Imane Khelif to conclude an Olympics filled with scrutiny
PARIS (AP) — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won a gold medal in the women’s featherweight division at the Paris Olympics. She followed Imane Khelif’s lead with a glittering response to the intense scrutiny faced by both fighters inside the ring and around the world over misconceptions about their womanhood. Lin beat Julia Szeremeta of Poland 5:0 in the final at Roland Garros, capping her four-fight unbeaten run through Paris by ensuring that Taiwan’s first Olympic boxing medal is golden. Both fighters persevered through an avalanche of criticism and uninformed speculation about their sex during the Paris tournament to deliver the best performances of their boxing careers.
Jordan Chiles could lose her bronze medal from the Olympic floor finals. What happened?
PARIS (AP) — Romania’s Ana Barbosu could replace American Jordan Chiles as the Olympic bronze medalist in gymnastics floor exercise after the International Gymnastics Federation restored Barbosu’s third-place standing. The decision came after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided an appeal from Chiles’ coach that vaulted her onto the podium.
Golden Steph: Curry’s late barrage seals another Olympic men’s basketball title, as US beats France
PARIS (AP) — Stephen Curry was thinking about this two years ago, after winning his fourth NBA title. The only thing left for him to win was Olympic gold. And in the ultimate moment, he made sure that medal would be his. The U.S. is atop the international men’s basketball world once again, after Curry scored 24 points and led the way to a 98-87 win over France in the final at the Paris Games on Saturday night. It was the fifth consecutive gold medal for the U.S. — and the 17th in 20 all-time appearances for the Americans at the games.
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