Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that 27 people are dead, including nine children, after flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, July 4. Leitha said at a press conference on Saturday, July 5, that 850 people were evacuated. Authorities cautioned that information is rapidly changing. “Tragic incidents like this affect us […]
The Pentagon has launched a sweeping review of U.S. weapons shipments worldwide, which prompted an immediate pause in deliveries to Ukraine on July 1. The review began weeks earlier. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the reassessment, which the Pentagon said is backed by President Donald Trump, to address concerns about dwindling American stockpiles amid mounting […]
The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration permission to deport eight undocumented immigrants who were convicted of crimes and detained for over a month on a United States military base in Djibouti to war-torn South Sudan. Of the eight men, only one is from South Sudan, and it’s unclear what will happen to them once […]
Harvard University may soon face a budget squeeze as President Donald Trump’s administration pursues changes to federal research funding, student visa policies and tax regulations that impact higher education. The Wall Street Journal outlined a worst-case scenario in which Harvard could lose billions in federal support, putting pressure on one of the wealthiest universities in […]
Immigration authorities have arrested Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. for allegedly lying on an application to become a permanent U.S. resident. Authorities are processing him for expedited removal proceedings, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DHS officials also accuse the 39-year-old son of legendary boxing icon Julio César Chávez Sr. of being […]
Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” on Thursday, July 3, and it includes significant reforms to Medicaid and the SNAP food assistance program. Ask a Republican, and they’ll tell you the reforms will reduce waste, fraud and abuse. Democrats say it’s cruel and people will die because they can’t get coverage. So, what […]
Pick a screen, any screen, and chances are someone is deep in a text conversation. While phone calls are still around, texting has become the go-to means of communication across generations. Where words fall short, emojis step in. People around the world use them more than 10 billion times a day, with eight out of […]
A federal judge ruled that authorities can deport the family of the man accused in last month’s deadly firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado. Authorities accused Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, of throwing Molotov cocktails at people protesting to raise awareness about Israeli hostages in Gaza. Prosecutors said Monday, June 30, that an 82-year-old woman injured during […]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Mexican diplomat Carlos Ruiz as the organization’s special representative to Haiti and to lead the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, or BINUH, on Thursday, July 3. The move comes after a U.N. report on Wednesday, July 2, revealed 90% of Port-Au-Prince is now controlled by […]
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in a last-minute plea deal that spares him the death penalty. Under the agreement, finalized just weeks before trial, Kohberger admitted to four counts of first-degree murder and accepted four life sentences without the possibility […]
