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Unbiased headline news – Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling it a “critical moment,” urged parties in the Middle East to work towards easing tensions. Concerns of a broader regional conflict are rising after last week’s killings of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas’ top political leader in Iran. “We are engaged in intense diplomacy, pretty much round-the-clock. Escalation is not in anyone’s interests,” Blinken said at a signing ceremony with his Australian counterpart. — The U.N. announced it has dismissed nine staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, after an internal probe suggested they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The U.N. secretary-general’s office disclosed the decision in a brief statement to journalists on Monday. It did not detail the UNRWA staffers’ alleged roles in the attack. The nine included seven employees previously terminated over the allegations. — Gunmen in Mexico shot and killed a crime reporter in the central state of Guanajuato. Alejandro Martínez Noguez died in Celaya after being attacked while in his car. He survived a similar attack in 2022, the BBC reported. At the time of his death, he was under police protection, and the officers ineffectively returned fire at the attackers. Martinez was known by the nickname “El Hijo del Llanero Solitito,” which translates to “The Son of the Lone Ranger” in English. — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose travel aboard a private jet provided by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow in 2010, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee revealed in a letter on Monday. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon cited international flight records from U.S. Customs and Border Protection showing that Thomas and his wife Ginni flew from Hawaii to New Zealand on Crow’s private jet in November 2010 and returned a week later. — Google violated U.S. antitrust laws in maintaining a monopoly over the online search business, a federal judge ruled. D.C. District judge Amit Mehta declared Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, finding the company illegally secured its dominance in the search market by paying billions of dollars to smartphone carriers like Apple to make Google the default search engine on their phones — effectively preventing any rival businesses from competing. — Hurricane Debby brought more than powerful winds and storm surge to Florida; packages of cocaine worth over $1 million also made landfall, officials said, marking the latest in a string of recent drug discoveries along Florida shores. Debby, which hit the state as a Category 1 hurricane but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, washed the drugs ashore in the Florida Keys, U.S. Border Patrol acting chief patrol Agent Samuel Briggs II wrote on social media. Hurricane Debby blew 25 packages of cocaine (70 lbs.) onto a beach in the Florida Keys. — Recreational marijuana sales began across Ohio on Tuesday as the state issued its first operating certificates. Nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries began sales immediately, though it’s unclear how many were ready to open, the Division of Cannabis Control said. Some were ready right away, while others faced potential delays due to staffing or inventory issues. The first round of operating certificates went to 98 locations, according to the Division of Cannabis Control. — Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s Los Angeles home was recently burglarized, law enforcement officials reported. The incident, which occurred a few weeks ago but only came to light Monday, was the latest in a series of home burglaries in Southern California. The burglars targeted the celebrity couple’s guest house but did not enter the main house. No one was home at the time, and it is not believed they were specifically targeted, according to officials.

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Unbiased headline news – Ukraine has destroyed a Russian submarine and struck a Russian airfield, amid a wave of long-range attacks on Russian targets, officials reported. Russia claimed that Ukrainian drones also targeted an apartment building, resulting in one fatality. The increase in attacks since July coincides with Ukraine’s push for allies to permit the use of long-range missiles against Russia. Western allies, especially the U.S., have so far been hesitant, concerned about potential escalation from Moscow. — Western nations including Italy, Britain, France, and the United States have urged their citizens in Lebanon to depart due to rising tensions. Israel has been conducting strikes on Lebanon for months to target Hezbollah, an armed political group formed to resist Israeli occupation in the 1980s. Thousands of Lebanese civilians near the border have been displaced. After enduring a civil war in Lebanon, Hezbollah continues to oppose Israeli actions in the region. — The assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who played a central role in Gaza ceasefire efforts, has “ignited the fire of resistance,” according to a statement from the Palestinian militia, potentially dimming hopes for an end to Israel’s conflict. Hamas leaders held urgent meetings following Haniyeh’s assassination and agreed on several points, including that his death was a significant loss for the Palestinian people and “free people worldwide.” — With support from Democrats, increased engagement from younger and Black voters, and women believing she’d better represent their interests, Vice President Kamala Harris has shifted the 2024 presidential race. She now has a 1-point lead nationally, a position President Biden never held (he was down by 5 points when he exited the race). Harris and former President Donald Trump are tied in key battleground states. Looking ahead, voters emphasize the importance of the coming weeks. — A 5-year-old boy died and another child was injured when a bounce house they were playing in was lifted 15 to 20 feet by the wind during a baseball game Friday night, officials in Maryland stated. The bounce house was situated in the right field stands of Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Maryland, during a game between the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs and the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. A second child sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a hospital, officials reported. — A teenage girl, nine months pregnant, and an 18-year-old man were hospitalized Friday night after their tent was struck by lightning in Indiana, officials said. The unidentified victims were inside their tent at their residence in Country Squire Lakes, Indiana, when the lightning strike occurred, according to the Jennings County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday. First responders transported the pair to a hospital where they were listed in serious but stable condition. — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack Sunday on a hotel housing asylum seekers, which resulted in injuries to at least 10 police officers. The Prime Minister denounced the attack as “far-right thuggery,” as additional violence erupted across the country following a stabbing rampage at a dance class that left three girls dead and many others injured. In a statement from 10 Downing Street, the prime minister vowed that authorities would “do whatever it takes to bring these thugs to justice” and assured that justice would be swift. — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has reduced its stake in Apple by nearly 50%, according to financial documents filed Saturday after technology stocks suffered a downturn. The value of Berkshire Hathaway’s Apple holdings fell from $174 billion in December 2023 to $84 billion in June, as indicated in Berkshire’s second-quarter earnings report. The number of shares held by the Omaha-based conglomerate decreased from 790 million to 400 million.

Donald Trump is at it again with the big lie about rigged election. Now that the polls are getting closer in key states, Trump is getting louder with his chants of “Rigged” “Fake” election. His rallies are getting louder as he continues with the big lie. Will this be a repeat of the 2020 election?

Unbiased headline news – In a stunning development, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked the controversial plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices announced on Wednesday, stating he was taking control of the military tribunal at Guantanamo. The decision reinstates the death penalty as a potential outcome for three of the five 9/11 defendants who would have faced life imprisonment at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, in exchange for pleading guilty to the murder of 2,997 individuals in the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Flight 93. — Hawaii Governor Josh Green announced a historic $4.037 billion settlement to resolve claims from the devastating August 8, 2023, Maui wildfires. The settlement comes just before the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. The seven defendants – State of Hawai’i, County of Maui, Hawaiian Electric, Kamehameha Schools, West Maui Land Co., Hawaiian Telcom, and Spectrum/Charter Communications – “undertook significant efforts to find a resolution that addresses the needs and ensures the well-being of plaintiffs.” — Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will face sentencing for his three-count felony conviction on Nov. 13, just a week after the presidential election. Biden was found guilty in June by a Delaware jury of breaking the law when he acquired a firearm in 2018, during his struggle with drug addiction. For the three felony convictions, Hunter Biden could face up to 25 years in prison, though legal experts believe he will avoid jail time as a first-time and nonviolent offender. — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has scheduled a hearing for Aug. 16 at 10 a.m. Trump is not required to attend. This will be the first appearance in Judge Tanya Chutkan’s courtroom in seven months. Chutkan also denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case on statutory grounds. She indicated that they may refile the motion once issues of presidential immunity are addressed. The case has been paused as Trump’s legal team appealed presidential immunity. — Three Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were shot, one fatally, while responding to a disturbance report at a Florida home. One deputy is deceased. Another was hit in the shoulder and is now in stable condition. The third deputy, who was struck in the armpit, groin, and stomach multiple times, has undergone surgery and remains in critical condition, Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell said during a press conference. — Two Georgia National Guard soldiers died Wednesday in Iraq in what the U.S. Army described as unrelated noncombat deaths. Specialist Travis Jordan Pameni, 23, of Douglasville, died in Baghdad following an incident at another location, the Army said. Pameni was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, based in Lawrenceville. That unit began a mission at an undisclosed location in the Middle East in April. — A Frontier pilot was handcuffed onboard an aircraft in Houston and removed by Houston Police ahead of the flight’s scheduled departure, officials confirmed on Saturday. The pilot was removed from Flight 3195 before its planned departure from Houston to Dallas. Houston police identified the pilot as Seymour Walker, 45, who was wanted on an assault-family violence warrant. Law enforcement said they waited until the plane reached a specific gate at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. — The Park Fire has become the fourth largest wildfire to ravage California. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported that the fire has expanded to nearly 401,000 acres and is just over a quarter contained, destroying hundreds of structures. The state is contending with 16 active wildfires, with the Park Fire being the largest, spreading across four counties and Lassen National Forest. Cal Fire reported that over 95,000 acres of the fire involve Forest Service land and that it is impacting “a variety of vegetation and ecosystems.” —

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