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Unbiased headline news – The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have issued a bulletin to law enforcement nationwide, warning that violent extremists might attempt “follow-on or retaliatory” attacks following Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. They caution that such incidents could occur at events related to the 2024 presidential election over the next few months. The bulletin urged local, state, and federal law enforcement, along with their partners, to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity. — U.S. Central Command has recommended the permanent dismantling of the Gaza pier, according to two U.S. officials. The pier, plagued by bad weather and mechanical issues, has operated for only about 20 days since its installation in May. During that time, it has delivered nearly 20 million pounds of aid. Currently in Ashdod, Israel, the Pentagon has announced that operations will soon cease. — The North Carolina Board of Elections voted on Tuesday to allow Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on November’s presidential general election ballot but not Cornell West. The board voted 4 to 1 to recognize Kennedy’s We The People Party but had more questions about the signatures gathered for West’s Justice For All Party. State Republicans and some voting advocacy groups accused Democrats of trying to improve President Joe Biden’s chances by eliminating third-party candidates. — If you recently received an email from the Social Security Administration, don’t ignore it. Millions who created an online my Social Security account before September 18, 2021, will soon need to switch to a Login.gov account to continue accessing their information, according to the agency. All users will soon need either a Login.gov or ID.me account to access their Social Security account and other online services, SSA said. — The judge presiding over rapper Young Thug’s trial was removed from the case after two defendants requested his recusal due to a meeting with prosecutors and a state witness that excluded the defense team. Judge Rachel Krause, who heard recusal motions from Young Thug, removed Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville from the case. Glanville, who had presided over the case in Atlanta for the past 18 months, was replaced by Judge Shukura Ingram. — The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned four Mexican companies and three individuals allegedly linked to timeshare fraud orchestrated by a notorious drug cartel. “Cartel fraudsters run sophisticated teams of professionals who seem perfectly normal on paper or on the phone, but are actually money launderers expertly trained in scamming U.S. citizens,” said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. — Bank of America reported a decline in second-quarter profits as higher interest rates increased expenses, including those in its large consumer banking division. However, like Goldman Sachs, Bank of America saw increased activity in its investment banking division, which helped offset some weaknesses in other areas. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank reported a profit of $6.9 billion, down from $7.4 billion in the same period a year earlier. — Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, father of the late Basketball Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, has died, his alma mater announced Tuesday. Bryant, who spent eight seasons in the NBA with three different franchises, was 69. The Philadelphia Inquirer, citing La Salle coach Fran Dunphy, reported that Joe Bryant recently had a massive stroke. “We are saddened to announce the passing of La Salle basketball great Joe Bryant,” the school said in a news release.

Unbiased headline news – Investment giant BlackRock is removing an advertisement that included Thomas Crooks, the gunman who targeted Donald Trump. “In 2022, we ran an ad featuring a teacher from Bethel Park High School, in which several unpaid students briefly appeared in the background, including Thomas Matthew Crooks,” a spokesperson for the company said. BlackRock is a major investor in gun companies, including Sturm Ruger and American Outdoor Brand, the owner of Smith & Wesson. — Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social surged following the assassination attempt. In early trading on Monday, shares rose about 30% to a price of $40. That figure marked the highest level for the stock in more than a month, but shares still remained well below a peak of about $62. “The stock serves as a little bit of a proxy for sentiment toward Donald Trump himself,” Tyler Richey, an analyst at Sevens Report Research stated. — A French soldier deployed in the country’s anti-terrorism force was stabbed at a train station in central Paris on Monday evening, according to French government officials. “A soldier with Operation Sentinelle was stabbed while on patrol at Gare de l’Est in Paris. He is not in serious condition. The perpetrator was arrested,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in a post on X. Operation Sentinelle is an anti-terrorism military operation established in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in January 2015. — Six firefighters have died battling a bushfire in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, with another two in critical condition, emergency services said. Authorities suspect that Sunday’s fire may have been started by poachers trying to trap animals. Three firefighters died at the scene of the fire near the town of Boston, around 80 miles inland from the east coast city of Durban, emergency services spokesperson Roland Robertson said. — President Joe Biden proposed a 5% cap on annual rent increases for tenants of major landlords as he tries to show he’s addressing the high cost of housing, according to a source familiar with the plan. The proposal was announced while the president visited Nevada on Tuesday and is being championed by Biden during a tense presidential campaign and a time when housing costs have been a major driver of overall inflation. The plan would require solid Democratic control of Congress to become law. — Thailand’s prime minister announced that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts. This controversial program, intended to boost the lagging economy, will cost billions of dollars. The government announced in April the widely criticized ambitious plan, named the “Digital Wallet,” meant to give 10,000 baht (about $275) to 50 million citizens in digital money to spend at local businesses. — The hospitality group at the center of an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel in Detroit called allegations that a Black man received an interview only after he used a “Caucasian name” on his resume “baseless.” In a statement, Daniel del Olmo, president of Sage Hospitality Group, touted the company’s record of hiring diverse candidates and said there were “significant inconsistencies” in the lawsuit filed against the hotel that his company operates. Dwight Jackson said finally landing an interview under the alias “John Jebrowski” made him feel “worthless.” — Actor James B. Sikking, best known for roles in the TV shows “Hill Street Blues” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” has died at the age of 90. Sikking died of complications from dementia, according to a statement from his publicist. Sikking worked on “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” which ran for 97 episodes from 1989 to 1993. He played Dr. David Howser, father of teenage genius Doogie, played by Neil Patrick Harris.

Another radical-right white male as Vice President? Trump dropped the ball on this one. He may work for MAGA but will not work for independents and moderates. The GOP will never learn. Let’s discuss this along with a plea for Biden to turn back on his national ad campaign get going!

Unbiased headline news- An attendee at the Trump Rally described witnessing an audience member being killed in front of his family. — Within minutes of the gunfire, the apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump spawned a vast sea of misinformation, ranging from outlandish to contradictory claims. Donald Trump Junior immediately went on X to claim that it was the “radical left.” Others alleged it was staged by the Trump campaign. This incident underscores how social media has become a dominant source of information, and misinformation, for many, contributing to the distrust and turbulence in American politics. — At least 22 people were killed in a strike that hit a makeshift mosque in a displacement camp in west Gaza City, according to an official at the hospital treating the casualties. Dr. Amjad Elewa, head of the emergency room at Al-Ahli Hospital, stated that 20 men were killed in the strike on the field mosque in Al Shati camp, with two more men dying on Sunday from their injuries. Mahmoud Basal, the spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defense, reported that the bombing occurred “in the middle of the noon prayer.” — Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, hinted at a response to South Korea’s efforts to spread propaganda leaflets in the southern part of its territory. “I was informed today that, again, filthy leaflets and articles of South Korean trash were found near the border and in some remote areas of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” Kim said in a statement carried by state media. — China and Russia’s naval forces commenced a joint exercise at a military port in southern China, according to the official news agency Xinhua. This comes days after NATO allies called Beijing a “decisive enabler” of the war in Ukraine. The Chinese defense ministry stated briefly that forces from both sides recently patrolled the western and northern Pacific Ocean, asserting that the operation was unrelated to international and regional situations and did not target any third party. — Four people died in a shooting at a Birmingham nightclub late Saturday, while an earlier shooting outside a home in the city killed three people, including a young child, authorities in Alabama reported. Birmingham Police Department Officer Truman Fitzgerald said in a video posted on social media that officers responded shortly after 11 p.m. to a report of multiple people shot outside a nightclub. Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced one man dead on a sidewalk near the nightclub. Two women were killed inside the club, Fitzgerald said. — A single mom was struck and killed by her own car while trying to save her 6-year-old son when her car was stolen with him inside, according to authorities and officials in Ohio. Alexa Stakely, 29, worked for a school district as a speech and language pathologist and had a second job as a waitress, the Columbus Police Department said. She was running after her car when she was struck by it. Stakely died from her injuries several hours later, police said. Stakely’s Honda was “abandoned a short distance away” and the 6-year-old was found uninjured inside, police said. — The race is on to prevent a 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River. The society is urgently trying to raise money to place a submerged steel curtain around the lighthouse. Wooden pilings beneath Hudson-Athens Lighthouse are deteriorating, causing the structure, built in the middle of the river when steamboats still plied the water, to begin shifting. Cracks are evident on the brick building and its granite foundation. — Over the weekend, fitness personality Richard Simmons, sex guru Dr. Ruth, and Hollywood stars Shannen Doherty and Shelley Duvall passed away. Simmons died early on Saturday morning, the day after celebrating his 76th birthday, stated Publicist Tom Estey. Shannen Doherty passed away from her nine-year battle with breast cancer, according to her longtime publicist. Shelley Duvall died in her sleep at her home in Blanco, Texas, from complications of diabetes. Dr. Ruth Westheimer passed away of natural causes at age 96.

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Unbiased headline news- Israel reported that it targeted Hamas’ elusive military commander in a large-scale strike on Saturday in the densely populated southern Gaza Strip, resulting in at least 71 deaths. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 289 others were injured in the attack, one of the war’s deadliest, and that many casualties were taken to the overwhelmed Nasser Hospital nearby. There, Associated Press journalists counted over 40 bodies. Witnesses described multiple strikes in the attack. — Russian shelling in Ukraine killed four people on Saturday, officials said, as the two nations exchanged drone attacks, one of which ignited a Russian oil depot. Two people died in Ukraine’s partially occupied Kherson region, and two were wounded in an attack near the regional capital, according to Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin. Two other people died on Saturday afternoon, and 22 were wounded in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, as stated by Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. — The cost of mailing a letter rose to 73 cents, effective Sunday, after the U.S. Postal Service announced its second price hike this year. This increase includes the cost of forever stamps, which the Postal Service offers at a fixed rate for mailing letters and other items. The previous price of 68 cents for a first-class postage stamp and forever stamps reflected a 5-cent increase on July 9th, 2023, following a 3-cent hike on Jan. 22, 2023. — There is growing national concern about the risk of election deniers convincing local officials to refuse certification of legitimate voting results after a bizarre situation unfolded in Nevada, where a county board commissioner refused to certify her own victory. Washoe County Board Commissioner Clara Andriola won her primary in June by nearly 19 points. Yet, at last Tuesday’s commission meeting, Andriola joined two other Republican commissioners in deciding not to certify the results of her own election. — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the renowned sex therapist, author, and talk show host, has passed away, her publicist announced. She was 96. For decades, the witty and diminutive Westheimer — popularly known as Dr. Ruth — was one of America’s most trusted and beloved voices on sex. The German-American therapist was born Karola Ruth Siegel in the village of Wiesenfeld in 1928. The only child of Orthodox Jewish parents, she was sent away by her family to escape the Nazis. She later learned her parents perished in the Holocaust. — A man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the July 4th stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida announced. The victim, Rose Dieujuste, was heading to a friend’s house in her complex when she was attacked, officials said. During a press conference, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said the suspect, 28-year-old Jerry Dorisme, is facing first-degree felony murder charges. — A missing Utah teen and her two cousins have been found safe nearly two weeks after they disappeared in Mexico, the FBI stated. Elizabeth Gonzalez, 14, and her cousins, Sofia Mailen Moreno Zamora, 6, and Regina Moreno Zamora, 4, vanished on June 30th while Gonzalez was visiting family in Mexico City, authorities said. Mexican authorities located the three girls in Veracruz, Mexico, shortly after the FBI identified 31-year-old Antonio Moreno, the biological father. — Five people managed to escape from a hot, acidic pond in Yellowstone National Park after their sport utility vehicle veered off the road and into an inactive geyser, park officials reported. The passengers were able to exit the 105-degree Fahrenheit water on their own following the crash last Thursday morning and were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, park spokesperson Morgan Warthin said in a statement. The road was closed for about two hours on Friday while the SUV was extracted.