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Locals say the fatal shooting of an unhoused man near the RNC would not have happened if Milwaukee police, rather than officers brought in from Ohio, had responded to the scene. Extreme weather is coming from all directions. The American League stole the MLB All-Star Game. |
It was all about safety at the RNC. A man was shot by police nearby. |
The fatal shooting of an unhoused man by five Ohio police officers in Milwaukee is unrelated to the Republican National Convention. But the man's killing by officers who were unfamiliar with his community raises concerns about the decision to bring out-of-state police officers into the city to help provide policing for the event. | A "Make America Safe Again" sign at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP via Getty Images |
Colorado workers exposed to bird flu | Triple-digit temperatures, industrial fans and carts used to kill millions of sick chickens with gas may have caused the largest bird flu outbreak among U.S. workers to date, federal health officials say. A commercial egg-laying facility in northeast Colorado now has four workers confirmed infected with bird flu, and another presumed to have contracted the virus, pending test results. Their goggles or N95 face masks apparently slipped as industrial fans blew feathers and other infected items through a sweltering barn. Read more |
Menendez convicted on all counts at sweeping corruption trial |
Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty on all counts ― 16 charges ― after a months-long trial in which he and three co-defendants faced indictments on federal corruption and bribery. Tuesday's verdict was the second time in six years that Menendez faced bribery charges, but this time there was no acquittal. Read more |
Extreme weather is everywhere all at once | Damaging thunderstorms. A reported tornado. Extreme heat. Flash flood warnings. This week's weather is shaping up for another stretch of summer extremes for Americans nationwide. New York has declared a state of emergency as rain, hail and heat threatened millions of residents along the East Coast, a day after severe weather in the Midwest left one person dead. A stretch of Missouri and Illinois was placed under a flash flood warning, hours after the National Weather Service issued a flash flood threat in southern-central Indiana into early Wednesday. Read more | Hundreds of passengers at the two major Chicago airports were stranded and ordered to shelter in place due to possible tornados hitting the region on Monday night. @RealCarola2Hope via Spectee |
2024 MLB All-Star Game brought it home | Shohei Ohtani's three-run home run shook Globe Life Field out of a third-inning slumber Tuesday night, but it was Jarren Duran's two-run shot in the fifth inning that provided the winning margin in the American League's 5-3 victory in the 94th All-Star Game. The victory gave the American League a 48-44-2 advantage, and re-established their dominance a year after the National claimed the 2023 game at Seattle to break an 11-year losing streak. Read more | AL outfielder Jarren Duran of the Red Sox was named the MVP the All-Star Game. Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports |
Photo of the day: No poo here! | A local resident dives in the Seine, in Paris on July 17, 2024. JULIEN DE ROSA, AFP via Getty Images |
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