Unbiased headline news – Police deployed pepper spray as demonstrations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress intensified in Washington, D.C.
Thousands of protesters gathered near the Capitol, chanting “Free, Free Palestine,” with some attempting to block streets ahead of Netanyahu’s speech. Police wearing gas masks prevented the crowd, calling for an end to the Gaza conflict that has resulted in over 39,000 Palestinian deaths according to Gaza officials, from approaching the Capitol.
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Fires burning in California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington, and other western states, as well as in Canada, have filled skies in parts of the western U.S. with smoke and haze, prompting some areas to declare air quality alerts or advisories.
There were 79 large active wildfires across the country being managed that have burned over 1.4 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Evacuation orders are in place for 15 fires in the Northwest, where fires continue to exhibit active to extreme behavior.
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The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump reportedly conducted a Google search one week before the incident, asking, “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
This detail reveals a suspect with a keen interest in public figures but no clear ideological motive. The July 6th online search, found on a laptop linked to 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, references Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated President John F. Kennedy from a sniper’s perch in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
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North Korea sent another wave of trash-filled balloons into South Korea.
This time, some of the debris landed on the grounds of the South Korean presidential compound in Seoul and a nearby U.S. military base, seemingly disrupting operations. The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol stated it monitored the balloons’ flight path in real-time, “accurately measured the landing location, then safely took action after it fell” on the compound’s grounds.
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A Connecticut woman was found dead at her home on Wednesday, hours before her sentencing for killing her husband.
Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi, 76, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in March in the 2017 death of her husband, 84-year-old Pierluigi Bigazzi, according to the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice. Police discovered the University of Connecticut Health doctor and professor dead in the basement of the couple’s Burlington home.
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Senator Mark Kelly, a potential vice presidential contender, announced that he would vote in support of the PRO Act, a significant labor reform measure.
These remarks followed an ABC News report expressing concern among labor unions about the Arizona senator as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris due to his previous reluctance to support the pro-labor legislation.
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Shares of Tesla fell 12% in early trading on Wednesday after an earnings report showed declining profits amid rising competition and sluggish sales.
The earnings report did not meet Wall Street’s profit expectations. “There have been quite a few competing electric vehicles that have entered the market and mostly, they have not done well,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk told analysts on Wednesday.
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Eighteen people were killed when a plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal on Wednesday, aviation officials said.
Nineteen people were on board when the Saurya Airlines flight crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, according to a notice from the Search and Rescue Coordination Center of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, posted online by the airport.
