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Unbiased headline news in 4-minutes for Monday June 24, 2024 – More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom. Saudi Health Minister Fahd bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel said that 83% of the 1,301 fatalities were unauthorized pilgrims who walked long distances in soaring temperatures to perform the Hajj rituals in and around the holy city of Mecca. — An expanding heat dome had 100 million people across 27 states on alert for extremely high temperatures coast to coast. On the west coast, Palm Springs, California, is forecast to reach 112 degrees on Tuesday. Fresno, California is forecast to reach 107 degrees, while temperatures in Las Vegas were expected to soar to 109. A cold front headed to the Northeast is forecast to cool things down, but could also bring severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to double down on his claims that the United States has been withholding weapons deliveries for Israel’s war effort. Netanyahu told his Cabinet that there was a “dramatic drop” in U.S. weapons about four months ago, without specifying which weapons. He said only that “certain items arrived sporadically but the munitions at large remained behind.” A White House official stated that they are not going to keep responding to the Prime Minister’s political statements. — The USS Theodore Roosevelt arrived at a naval port in the southeastern city of Busan in a show of force against evolving North Korean threats. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Carrier Strike Group 9 entered the naval base in Busan, 199 miles southeast of Seoul, early Saturday, joined by the Aegis-equipped destroyer USS Halsey and the USS Daniel Inouye, according to the Navy. — Full-time residents of Ruidoso were allowed to return to their village Monday morning. Federal authorities seek to prosecute whoever started a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures. The FBI said it is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrests and convictions of those responsible for the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire in southern New Mexico. — A Philadelphia police officer was shot in the neck and is in critical condition, officials said. The 31-year-old officer was in critical condition and underwent surgery at Temple University Hospital, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said during a news conference outside the hospital. The shooting suspect and all the people who were in the car are in custody and are considered “persons of interest” at this time, Bethel said. — A public bus crashed into a building in Seattle on Saturday evening, injuring 11, including one critically, officials said. The Sound Transit bus ran into the building at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Terrace Street in downtown just before 7 p.m., the Seattle Fire Department said in a statement. Emergency responders arrived at the scene for an “extrication response” and helped all the passengers off, the department said. Each was able to exit the vehicle by themselves, the department said. — A fourth person has died after the mass shooting outside a grocery store in Arkansas on Friday. Arkansas State Police said the latest person to die was 81-year-old Ellen Shrum in the shooting. Callie Weems, Roy Sturgis, and Shirley Taylor earlier were also identified as people who died at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, which is 70 miles south of Little Rock. —

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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.

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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.