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Unbiased headline news – Tens of thousands of customers in Puerto Rico remain without power more than a week after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through the U.S. territory. Officials have vowed to restore electricity to all affected areas by the weekend. The National Weather Service has issued another excessive heat advisory, warning of “dangerously hot and humid conditions.” Over 40,000 of the nearly 1.5 million customers were still without power as of the afternoon. Officials expect all schools to have power restored by late Tuesday. — Two German Navy vessels made a rare stop in Tokyo Bay following their participation in the Rim of the Pacific military exercises during a global tour. These vessels are part of Germany’s Indo-Pacific deployment, intended to demonstrate support for allies in Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and India. The tour comes amid rising tensions in the South China Sea due to China’s activities, leading Germany to join the RIMPAC exercises for the first time in 2021. — A former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the killing of George Floyd has been released from federal custody, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Thomas Lane was convicted in 2022 of violating Floyd’s civil rights during the fatal arrest on May 25, 2020, by former officer Derek Chauvin. Lane received a 2.5-year federal prison sentence in 2022. Earlier that year, he was also convicted on state charges of aiding and abetting manslaughter and sentenced to three years. — Ukraine’s parliament has outlawed religious groups with ties to the Russian Orthodox Church or any other faith group that supports Russia’s invasion. This legislation is widely perceived as targeting a Ukrainian religious organization, despite its assertion of independence from Moscow. The bill provides the government with legal means to ban the activities of any religious group found to be closely linked to Russia or supportive of its invasion of Ukraine. — A trial is set for June 2025 for a California man accused of attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his suburban Washington, D.C., home. U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte scheduled the trial date for Nicholas John Roske during a hearing Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland. It was the first hearing in the case in nearly two years. Roske, from Simi Valley, California, was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in June 2022. — A 35-year-old driver has been charged with murder after police allege he struck and killed a bystander in Houston while trying to hit his domestic partner. The Houston Police Department identified Sanden James George as the suspect arrested in connection with a fatal crash near downtown Houston early Sunday morning. George is accused of killing a 41-year-old nightclub manager with his car while allegedly attempting to run over his domestic partner, police said. — President Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Vermont on Tuesday, making federal funding available to aid individuals and communities impacted by flooding from July 9 through July 11 due to the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. Gov. Phil Scott has also requested a separate disaster declaration for flood damage caused by storms on July 30. The remnants of Beryl dropped over 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain in a few hours on parts of Vermont, destroying and damaging homes, knocking out bridges, and isolating towns. — A high-profile dispute between the United Auto Workers and Stellantis over the reopening of an Illinois factory complex has become a factor in the U.S. presidential race and may lead to a strike against the automaker. In a speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, union President Shawn Fain accused Stellantis of breaking its promise to reopen a closed assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, just over an hour northwest of Chicago. “Let me be clear. Stellantis must keep the promises they made to America in our union contract,” Fain declared to the crowd at the Chicago convention.

As we get closer to the election, Democrats and Republicans should listen to this MAGA activist. It’s a message that could change the results of the election and the way we think about making our vote count and the way we think about our own party.

Unbiased headline news – A Russian court has denied an appeal by a U.S. soldier sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for alleged death threats and theft. Gordon Black was sentenced in June by a court in Vladivostok, located in Russia’s Far Eastern region, where he was arrested in May while visiting a Russian woman he had met and dated while stationed in South Korea. The 34-year-old was detained after the woman, identified by Russian media as Alexandra Vashuk, reported him to the police following an argument. — The United Kingdom has enacted emergency measures to alleviate overcrowding in prisons overwhelmed by those sentenced for participating in, or inciting, riots across England and Northern Ireland earlier this month. Under Operation Early Dawn, defendants in northern England who have been arrested but not yet appeared in court will be held in police station cells until a prison space becomes available, causing delays as they cannot face trial until space is secured. — The United States and South Korea commenced a significant joint military exercise on Monday aimed at deterring escalating threats from North Korea, which criticized the drills as “offensive and provocative.” The annual exercise will address “realistic threats across all domains, including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s increasing missile threats, GPS jamming, cyber-attacks, and lessons learned from recent armed conflicts,” both militaries stated last week. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is North Korea’s official name. — Tourists will soon have the opportunity to visit North Korea again. According to two China-based tour operators, the reclusive nation is set to reopen one city to foreign tourists after nearly five years of border closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in December, visitors will be allowed to travel to the northern mountainous city of Samjiyon, as reported by CBS News partner BBC News. — Harvey Weinstein will remain in custody in New York while awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan. Prosecutors confirmed this as the former movie mogul made a brief court appearance related to California’s request to extradite him. However, after the New York case concludes, he will return to California to serve his pending 16-year sentence for a separate rape conviction there, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement. — The family of D’Vontaye Mitchell, who died on June 30 after being pinned down by four hotel workers outside a Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee, has reached a settlement with the hotel following the workers’ charges in his death, which were captured on security video. Family attorneys Ben Crump, Will Sulton, and B’Ivory Lamarr stated in a joint announcement that the Mitchell family’s legal team “entered good faith conversations” with Hyatt “with the goal of helping to achieve resolution for the family of D’Vontaye Mitchell.” — A shooting near a Boston festival left five people injured, and police on Monday were searching for the suspects. The shooting occurred Sunday night in Franklin Park as a Dominican festival was concluding. Police reported that three men and two women sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to a hospital. Their ages and names have not been disclosed. — Phil Donahue, the influential TV talk show host whose program aired for nearly 30 years, has died at the age of 88. Donahue passed away Sunday night following an undisclosed illness, according to a family statement provided to ABC News by a representative for Donahue’s wife of 44 years, Marlo Thomas. The family has requested that donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the Phil Donahue Notre Dame Scholarship Fund in lieu of flowers, as per the statement.

This is NOT another poll! A new fact-based report was released that’s not good for Donald Trump’s campaign narrative. What he’s been preaching at his rallies and what Americans are concerned about are two totally different things. This report shows that he’s not addressing American’s concerns. He’s not only not addressing the issues, he’s failing in them. This is documented proof that Kamala Harris is on the right track and that’s why poll numbers are rapidly rising in her favor.

Unbiased headline news – Ukraine has targeted a crucial bridge in Russia’s Kursk region and hit a second one nearby, disrupting supply lines as it continues a significant cross-border offensive that began on Aug. 6, officials reported. The bridge strikes, seemingly intended to hinder a Russian counter-offensive in Kursk, could indicate that Kyiv plans to establish a presence in the region. No official details were provided on the exact location of the second bridge attack, but Russian Telegram channels claimed the second strike hit a bridge over the Seim River in the village of Zvannoe. — Canada’s two largest freight railways are threatening to shut down operations on Thursday due to a labor dispute that is already impacting the movement of goods across both Canada and the United States. Canadian railways transport over $350 billion worth of goods annually, representing more than half of the country’s total exports, according to the Railway Association of Canada. Industries ranging from agriculture to automotive, ports, and retail are being affected. The two companies have already stopped shipping certain goods. — A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia was shot and killed while responding to a reported domestic dispute in what police describe as an ambush by a suspect who later took his own life. Deputy Brandon Cunningham, 30, and another deputy arrived at a home in a Hiram, Georgia subdivision when a male suspect opened fire, unleashing a “hail of bullets” at the deputies and other officers, striking Cunningham, according to Major Ashley Henson of the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office during a news briefing. — President Biden’s recent decision to partially suspend asylum processing at the southern border has resulted in a significant decrease in the number of migrants released into the U.S. interior or assessed for humanitarian protection, according to official government data. In early June, Mr. Biden, citing the unprecedented levels of illegal border crossings in recent years, used executive authority to disqualify most migrants from U.S. asylum, making it easier for immigration officials to deport those entering the country illegally. — Investigators have found human remains on a property in southeastern Michigan belonging to a man whose wife disappeared more than three years ago and is believed to be dead. Dee Warner’s family reported her missing in April 2021. Her husband, Dale John Warner, 56, was charged in November with open murder and evidence tampering related to her disappearance. He has pleaded not guilty. Michigan State Police announced Sunday that they recently searched Dale Warner’s Lenawee County property and discovered human remains. — Seven members of the same family were rescued from a home invasion in Queens, New York, after they were allegedly terrorized by the suspects, according to the New York Police Department. Emergency dispatchers received a call to the home in the Douglaston neighborhood of Queens around 2 a.m. on Saturday. When officers arrived, they saw a woman running out of the building with a baby in her arms, according to police. The woman informed officers that three intruders had entered the home and were still inside with other family members. — A driver in Houston could face a murder charge after allegedly striking and killing an innocent bystander on a sidewalk early Sunday while attempting to run over his domestic partner, according to police. The incident occurred around 3 a.m. when patrol officers in the Midtown area of the city responded to what they initially thought was a gunshot and discovered the fatally injured victim on the sidewalk, Robert Ementich, a spokesperson for the Houston Police Department, said during a news briefing. — Perdue Foods is recalling over 167,000 pounds of certain chicken products. The poultry company is voluntarily recalling 167,171 pounds of frozen chicken “after a foreign material was identified in a limited number of consumer packages,” the company stated in a release on its website. The company reported no illnesses or injuries associated with the products. All recalled items have a best-used-by date of March 23, 2025, according to the company. —