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Unbiased headline news for weekend June 22, 2024 – Dozens are reported dead after separate strikes in Gaza on Friday and Saturday. Officials for the International Committee of the Red Cross officials said a strike Friday hit several tents containing displaced people near Al Mawasi, which the ICRC said killed 22 and injured 45. Another 38 died in strikes that hit the al-Shati neighborhood, known as Beach camp, and the al-Tuffah district, the Hamas-run government media office said. — Yemen’s Houthi rebels target ship in the Gulf of Aden as the Eisenhower aircraft carrier heads home. The Houthi attack comes after the sinking this week of the ship Tutor, which marked what appears to be a new escalation by the Iranian-backed Houthis in their campaign of strikes on ships in the vital maritime corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. — An investigation into a ransomware attack earlier this month on London hospitals by the Russian group Qilin could take weeks to complete. Hundreds of operations and appointments are still being canceled more than two weeks after the June 3 attack on NHS provider Synnovis, which provides pathology services primarily in southeast London. The attack affected King’s College and Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital trusts, which run several south London hospitals. — Three people were killed and 10 wounded in a mass shooting Friday outside of a grocery store in Fordyce Arkansas, state police said. Two law enforcement officers were among those injured, but their conditions are not life-threatening, police said in an afternoon press conference. Arkansas State Police responded to the Mad Butcher grocery store at 11:38 a.m. local time on Friday. Upon arrival, officers engaged in a shooting with the lone suspect, authorities said. — A teenager was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old Chicago boy who was not the intended target of gunfire earlier in the week, police said. “There is no excuse for this violence,” police Supt. Larry Snelling said Friday night. Jai’mani Amir Rivera was killed Tuesday outside an apartment building where he lived on the city’s west side. Video showed shots fired from about 300 feet away, said Antoinette Ursitti, chief of detectives. — Three Alabama men have died from likely drowning after becoming distressed while swimming at a Florida Panhandle beach, authorities said Saturday morning. The young men had traveled to the Panama City Beach area Friday evening, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. The sheriff’s office received an emergency call about the distressed swimmers shortly after 8 p.m., officials said. — A trio of fishermen have saved 38 dogs that were close to drowning on a Mississippi lake. By the time fishermen spotted the first head bobbing above the water, the 38 dogs were exhausted and struggling to stay alive. The hound dogs had plunged into a large Mississippi lake while chasing a deer, a diversion during a fox hunt. Bob Gist, who was fishing on the lake, knew they had no chance. “A deer can swim the Mississippi River, and those dogs are not going to catch a deer in the water,” he recalled Friday. — The state Senate in Massachusetts has passed a wide-ranging bill curtailing the use of plastics, including barring the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. The bill also bans carry-out plastic bags at retailers statewide and require stores to charge 10 cents for recycled paper bags. It also requires straws and plasticware to be available only by request and creates a program to recycle large items like car seats. It now heads to the House.

In several interviews Judge Judy surprises everyone with her opinions and predictions of the 2024 election. She has now turned her opinions about the candidates and the election. Watch this video to see why she’s changed her mind and what her opinion is based on.

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Unbiased headline news for Thursday June 20, 2024 – The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has projected that the federal budget deficit will reach 1.9 trillion dollars for the 2024 fiscal year. This new deficit forecast is $400 billion higher than the CBO’s previous estimate in February, marking a 27% increase. The CBO attributes this rise to various factors, including recent legislation allocating $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region, which Congress approved in April after prolonged deliberations. — Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a partnership agreement in Pyongyang, furthering their strategic cooperation against Western leaders. The agreement includes a pact for “mutual help” in the face of “aggression” against either nation, as reported by Russian media. In his opening statement, Putin thanked Kim for his “unwavering support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine. The two leaders met in Pyongyang on Wednesday during Putin’s official state visit. — A cargo ship sank in the Red Sea following an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The U.K. military’s Maritime Trade Operations center issued a notice to sailors in the area. According to The Associated Press, one mariner on board was believed to have died in the attack, marking the second deadly Houthi assault on international shipping. — The White House has condemned China over what the Philippines described as an “intentional high-speed ramming” by the Chinese Coast Guard. “We’re deeply concerned about the injuries suffered by the Philippine sailor and wish him a swift recovery,” said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “This provocative and reckless behavior by China is unnecessary,” Kirby told journalists. — Destruction from a massive train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, extended far beyond the initial wreckage site, spreading “hazardous” pollution across 16 states, a new study revealed. The study found that pollution from the wreckage and controlled burn of several train cars spread across the Midwest, Northeast, and Southern U.S., covering 540,000 square miles or 14% of the U.S. land area. — Over 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals spent another day on the picket lines, holding signs saying, “Patients over profits.” Organizers claim it’s the largest nurses strike in Oregon’s history, while Providence assured that no patient’s health is at risk, having hired contract workers to cover the shortfall. Scott Palmer, chief of staff with the Oregon Nurses Association, stated that negotiations have been ongoing since December, but a fair contract with Providence has not been reached. — Recreational boaters discovered $1 million worth of cocaine floating in the ocean off the Florida Keys. Samuel Briggs II, acting chief patrol agent of the U.S. Border Patrol, shared the find in a social media post on X. Briggs posted a video Monday night showing the wrapped packages of cocaine being wheeled away on a cart. “We appreciate the support from Good Samaritans in our community,” he wrote. — An early start to the U.S. wildfire season has intensified in the West, with deadly blazes in New Mexico prompting a state of emergency. Simultaneously, California firefighters are dealing with five major fires burning at both ends of the state. In New Mexico, firefighters are battling two large wildfires that began Monday in the same area, spreading to over 23,400 acres by Wednesday morning.

Ethics probe into Matt Gaetz now reviewing allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use and witness claiming his paid her to have have sex. With this new evidence, it seems to be over for Matt.

The House Ethics Committee has provided new details on its three-year investigation into Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, stating that the inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct and drug use is still in progress. “Based on its review to date, the committee has determined that certain of the allegations merit continued review,” said a statement in a rare public update by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee. “I work for Northwest Floridians who won’t be swayed by this nonsense and McCarthy and his goons know it,” Gaetz commented. — A potentially deadly bacterial infection known as streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is currently spreading in Japan. Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases issued a statement in March warning that STSS was increasing in the country. As of June 2nd, Japan’s health ministry reports 977 cases since the start of 2024, surpassing last year’s 941 cases. This figure is nearly two and a half times the number reported in the U.S. so far this year. — At least 323 Egyptian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, with most succumbing to heat-related illnesses, according to two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries’ responses. “All of them died because of heat” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one diplomat stated, noting that the total figure came from the hospital morgue in the Al-Muaisem neighborhood of Mecca. At least 60 Jordanians also died, the diplomats said. — New York’s highest court declined to consider a challenge to the limited gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by the judge overseeing his criminal hush money trial. The New York Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s appeal “upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved.” Judge Juan Merchan prohibited Trump from discussing witnesses, jurors, and others involved with his criminal trial, which ended in a conviction last month. — The shooter who killed five and injured over a dozen more at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2022 has accepted a plea deal related to federal hate crimes charges and received 55 concurrent life sentences. Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to all 74 charges of violating provisions of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, as well as gun crimes in the Club Q shooting. Aldrich had initially pleaded not guilty. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has temporarily halted new exports of mangoes and avocados from Michoacán, Mexico. This decision follows an incident that reportedly raised security concerns for its safety inspectors on the ground. A spokesman for the agency stated that the inspection program will remain paused until it can ensure the safety of its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service inspectors working in Mexico. — Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to address a software glitch that can disable the rearview cameras. The recall includes Jeep Compass, Grand Cherokee, Wagoneer, and Grand Wagoneer SUVs from the 2022 and 2023 model years. Also affected are Ram ProMaster vans from 2022 and 2023, as well as the Ram 3500 chassis cabs and Ram 1500 and 2500 pickups from 2022. — Massachusetts’ 911 system has been restored following a statewide outage on Tuesday afternoon, according to the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety. Earlier in the afternoon, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox advised residents to call their local police department directly for police services. “For medical or fire-related emergencies, you can use the red light call boxes located on street corners,” Cox stated. He added that any emergency reported to one service would be seamlessly relayed to the appropriate department.