"A somber moment of silence marked the end of the two-week search for survivors of a Florida condominium collapse, as rescue workers stood at solemn attention and clergy members hugged a line of local officials while many of them sobbed."
"According to the report, something is creating methane on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. Methane is a greenhouse gas that microorganisms simultaneously break down and produce. The levels of methane on Enceladus are so high that it matches what scientists would expect from microbes."
"More than nine out of 10 Americans who died from Covid-19 in the US in June were unvaccinated, according to Dr Anthony Fauci – a statistic that health officials say is especially concerning given the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy in some regions and the rise of the Delta variant."
"The recent emergence of a virus that typically sickens children in colder months has baffled U.S. pediatricians and put many infants in the hospital with troublesome coughs and breathing trouble."
"Police in Long Beach, Calif., have opened a hate crime investigation after discovering that a local statute of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been vandalized with racist graffiti."
"Initial filings for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week, a possible hint that the rapid job growth seen in the first half of 2021 could face hurdles in the months ahead, the Labor Department reported Thursday… First-time jobless claims totaled 373,000 for the week ended July 3, compared with the 350,000 Dow Jones estimate. The previous week’s level was revised up by 7,000 from 364,000 to 371,000."
"As early as last week, the expectations were that oil prices would either stabilize or rise gradually — until an OPEC+ meeting that was supposed to be routine ended in an unexpected impasse, with no agreement on what to do about oil production… Now analysts are bracing for everything from a price spike to a price plunge. As millions of Americans hit the road again, there's just no certainty around where crude is headed."
"That's not the end of the story, however. Lumber prices may have fallen but they are still elevated, creating new headaches for the critical housing sector. And companies in the lumber industry are wrestling with a new pandemic problem: a shortage of workers." And while all the economics reporting are "return to pre-pandemic pricing levels" I'll remind you those were still high because of a trade war with Canada.
"Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday."
"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday compared officials carrying out President Joe Biden's latest Covid-19 vaccination push to Nazi-era 'brown shirts,' just weeks after apologizing for her comments comparing Capitol Hill mask-wearing rules to the Holocaust." No, they don't learn.
"An FBI Task Force officer and 30-year police department veteran was shot and killed in the line of duty after being ambushed outside an FBI building in Indiana, police say."
"Clinical psychologist Ephrem Fernandez analyzed more than 130 mass shootings in the U.S. from 2000 to 2015. He found that most were not random; in fact, many involved intense anger. And in many cases where a person’s rage turns violent, they tend to give off warning signs like purchasing weapons or making concerning comments."
"President Biden is trying to tread a thin, tangled line. He's trying to pass a police reform bill as a surge of violent crime sweeps the country. He's also trying to balance calls from activists within his own party for a major overhaul of policing with growing safety concerns from the broader public… For years, Biden was a loyal ally to law enforcement, dating back to his days in the Senate when he crafted the 1994 Crime Bill with their direct help."
"In the latest state-level swing at LGBTQ health care access, Ohio will now allow medical providers to refuse to administer any medical treatment that violates their moral, ethical, or religious beliefs." Fuck conservatives. So does this mean I can refuse to help those wearing MAGA gear or those who have Nazi tattoos?
"South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court… He was admitted to Estcourt Correctional Centre in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday."
"Women have taken up guns in northern and central Afghanistan, marching in the streets in their hundreds and sharing pictures of themselves with assault rifles on social media, in a show of defiance as the Taliban make sweeping gains nationwide." I wish them luck. "'Women will never pick up guns against us. They are helpless and forced by the defeated enemy,' said a (Taliban) spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid. 'They can’t fight.'" Oh no, he didn't.
"Nearly six months into President Joe Biden’s administration, Wall Street remains divided over the likelihood, and impact of, one of the Democrat’s key campaign promises: higher taxes… While the president and his Cabinet have made progress in persuading foreign partners to back a global minimum corporate tax rate, the Biden team does not appear any closer to passing the types of sweeping tax reform he promised during his 2020 campaign." OMG, we forgot to raise taxes!
"A Washington, D.C., court has suspended the law license for Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's attorney, just weeks after New York similarly took action against him… Giuliani's law license will remain suspended in the nation's capital pending the resolution of his case in New York, according to the District of Columbia appeals court."
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