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WASHINGTON (AP) — Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit.
President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday his special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia in the coming week, ahead of a looming US sanctions deadline and escalating tensions with Moscow.
Forecasters extended a weekend statewide air quality advisory into Monday because they expect smoke from Canadian wildfires to linger over the state and cause unhealthy levels of particle pollution.
It’s long been a dream of local WNBA fans to have a team based right in Boston, and it’s now one step closer to becoming a reality.A big hurdle remains in bringing the Connecticut Sun to Boston — the WNBA itself.An investor group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has made a record-setting $325 million offer to acquire and relocate the Connecticut Sun and make TD Garden the teams new home.“As passionate basketball fans and strong believers in women’s professional sports, we remain excited by this opportunity and would be honored to serve as the next stewards of this franchise,” the group said in a statement.While the transaction is pending, it is far from being a done deal. The WNBA and its board of governors have the final say, and in a statement to ESPN, they wrote relocation decisions are made by the WNBA, and not individual teams. The league went on to say that no groups from Boston applied for a team back in June, when the WNBA opened expansion team bidding.Nine other cities did, and therefore have priority over Boston.“They seem to feel that maybe Boston should have to wait in line like everyone else,” Trenni Casey of NBC Sports Boston said. “In my personal opinion, that is a miss by the WNBA. You could wait eight years and have a bid, and maybe then it’s lost its momentum. But the WNBA is at an apex tight now. They are at a point where they can grow and grow rapidly and why not do it in a great sports market?”If the deal does go through, the team wouldn’t play in Boston until 2027. The investors group would also pay an additional $100 million for a new practice facility in Boston.More on the Connecticut SunWNBAJul 15As TD Garden sells out for Fever-Sun game, Boston pushes for WNBA teamBostonJul 9‘The time is now': Boston city councilor calls for a WNBA franchise in the city
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched a digital ad campaign against House Democrats who left the state to upend a Republican-driven redistricting bill.
PORTHCAWL, Wales (AP) — Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first major title Sunday when she withstood a charge by Charley Hull by not making a bogey until the outcome of the Women’s British Open was no longer in doubt....
Israeli PM earlier asked for Red Cross to intervene to help captives as just 36 aid trucks entered Gaza on Saturday.
Atop air strikes, displacement and hunger, an unprecedented water crisis is unfolding across Gaza, heaping further misery on the Palestinian territory's residents.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross on Sunday for help aiding hostages in Gaza, as outrage built at videos showing two of them emaciated.
The trade deal reached last month between the U.S. and Japan was “win-win” for both countries, but implementing the terms of the pact may be a bigger challenge than reaching the deal, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said.
The UN reported on Sunday that a new wave of armed attacks in northern Mozambique has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis and raising urgent questions about compliance with international legal obligations to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian assistance. Between July 20 and July 28, [...]The post UN reports mass displacement in northern Mozambique amid strain on humanitarian aid resources appeared first on JURIST - News.
McLaren driver Lando Norris wins Formula 1's Hungarian Grand Prix.
Flanker Marlie Packer will be available for England’s opening match in the Women’s Rugby World Cup after she received a one-match ban. Packer was sent off on Saturday during a 97-7 win over Spain in a World Cup warmup in...
A far-right Israeli minister has visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, sparking regional condemnation. The visit by Itamar Ben-Gvir comes as hospitals in Gaza report 27 more Palestinians killed by Israeli fire while seeking food aid. The...
French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt won the women's Tour de France at her first attempt on Sunday, launching an attack to clinch the final stage and increase her overnight lead. It gave Ferrand-Prévôt a resounding victory. She finished 3 minutes, 42 seconds ahead of 2023 champion Demi Vollering of the Netherlands...
FCA says motorists should start to receive payments in 2026 with most individual payouts likely to come in under £950Drivers could be handed a share of between £9bn and £18bn in compensation next year, after the City regulator said it would consult on a redress scheme for consumers affected by the car finance scandal.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Sunday it plans to launch the redress scheme in 2026, with consumers “starting to receive compensation next year”. Continue reading...
She became suspicious when she discovered large deposits in the bank account of Aldrich Ames, whose betrayal cost the lives of at least eight double agents.
Sanitation workers in Massachusetts are doubling down on their strike as trash troubles continue to get worse for many cities and towns as the strike remains ongoing more than a month after Teamsters Local 25 workers first walked off the job.The vast majority of Republic Services employees voted to stay on strike Sunday, entering five weeks of failed negotiations between the union and the Fortune 500 company. The Revere City Council unanimously approved a letter earlier this week calling on the CEO to settle.Meanwhile, the union continues to call for better pay, better benefits and more labor protections. Republic has “refused to meet with the union for 15 days,” according to the president.Now the Revere City Council is worried about rat problems and public health implications, so they’re thinking about issuing fines to commercial businesses who have contracts with Republic Services to spur some movement.“Our contract is through Capitol Waste so Republic only does condos and commercial businesses here in the city so we have seen condos and restaurants get a little backed up,” Revere City Council President Marc Silvestri said.“We could in theory fine the commercial sites that’s something that was kicked around in our council meeting on Monday,” said Revere City Councilor Juan Pablo Jaramillo.“We don’t want to take it out on these business that have no control but trying to do something to urge the ownership to come to a conclusion,” said Revere City Councilor Paul Argenzio.NBC10 Boston has reached out to Republic Services for a statement but we have yet to hear back.More stories on the Republic Services strikeMassachusettsJul 31Video: Trash strike stalemate continues as Republic accuses union of blocking trucksBostonJul 23Boston to levy fines against Republic Services as trash strike drags onMassachusettsJul 22Mass. communities take trash company to court as strike drags on
Pope Leo XIV has told over a million Catholic youths they are a sign that a different world is possible. Speaking at the closing Mass of the Jubilee of Youth on Sunday, he emphasized resolving conflicts through dialogue, not weapons....
The loopholes apply to tugboats under 26 feet. While the Coast Guard hasn’t confirmed the tugboat’s length, a Miami Herald review of photographs estimate the tugboat is under 26 feet.
Saudi Arabia, Russia and six key members of the OPEC+ alliance said Sunday they will increase production by 547,000 barrels a day in a move which analysts say aims to regain market share amid resilient crude prices.
The former U.S. soldier suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar was still at large early Sunday and may be armed after escaping in a stolen vehicle containing clothes and camping gear, officials said.Authorities believe 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown killed four people on Friday morning at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Missoula in a valley hemmed in by mountains. Suspect Michael Paul Brown and was last seen in the Stumptown area.Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said at a press conference Sunday that Brown committed the shooting with a rifle that law enforcement believes was his personal weapon. The victims ranged in age from 59 to 74 and were a female bartender and three male patrons.Knudsen warned residents in the town of just over 9,000 people that Brown, who lived next door to the bar where he was a regular, could come back to the area. Crime and CourtsAug 1Authorities search for ex-U.S. soldier suspected in deadly Montana bar shootingMontanaMay 12Family of 4, including a 7-month-old and a 6-year-old, dead in Montana murder-suicide“This is an unstable individual who walked in and murdered four people in cold blood for no reason whatsoever. So there absolutely is concern for the public,” Knudsen said. Numerous public events were canceled over the weekend as the search entered its third day, according to local Facebook pages.Investigators are considering all possible options for Brown’s whereabouts, the attorney general said. That includes searching the woods where Brown hunted and camped while he was a kid. But Knudsen noted that, during peak tourist season in western Montana, some law enforcement officials would have to return to their local jurisdictions for their regular responsibilities. Brown served in the Army as an armor crewman from 2001 to 2005 and deployed to Iraq from early 2004 until March 2005, according to Lt. Col. Ruth Castro, an Army spokesperson. Brown was in the Montana National Guard from 2006 to March 2009, Castro said, and left military service at the rank of sergeant.Brown’s niece, Clare Boyle, told the AP her uncle has struggled with mental illness for years and she and other family members repeatedly sought help.“This isn’t just a drunk/high man going wild,” she said in a Facebook message. “It’s a sick man who doesn’t know who he is sometimes and frequently doesn’t know where or when he is either.”Knudsen said on Sunday that Brown was “known” to local law enforcement before the shooting. It was widely believed that he knew at least some of the victims, given how close he lived to the bar.Law enforcement released a photograph of Brown from surveillance footage taken shortly after the fatal shootings. He appeared to be barefoot and in minimal clothing. But law enforcement now believes Brown ditched the vehicle he escaped in and stole a different one that had camping gear, shoes and clothes in it — leaving open the possibility that Brown is now clothed.The last time that law enforcement saw Brown was on Friday afternoon, but there was “some confusion” because there were multiple white vehicles involved, Knudsen said. There is a $7,500 reward for any information that leads to Brown’s capture.“This is still Montana. Montanans know how to take care of themselves. But please, if you have any sightings, call 911,” Knudsen said.
Two years ago, Lamborghini from the Sant’Agata Bolognese house wanted to get on the electric vehicle bandwagon and announced the launch of its own 100% electric design for 2028. However, after a drop in demand and the disinterest shown by customers of supercars and luxury cars in this type of model, the anticipated Lamborghini Lanzador [...]
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HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area Saturday night.
A small earthquake has rattled the New York metropolitan area
MLB Speedway Classic between Braves and Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway suspended by rain, to resume on Sunday.
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko took down top-seeded American Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday, thrilling the home crowd as she reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal.
Lionel Messi suffered an injury and was removed in the 11th minute of Inter Miami's Leagues Cup penalty kicks victory over Mexico's Necaxa on Saturday at Fort Lauderdale's Chase Stadium.
Two men described as “associates” of the suspect in a quadruple homicide in Tennessee earlier this week have been arrested on suspicion of helping the fugitive, authorities said Saturday.Special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested Tanaka Brown on Friday and Giovonte Thomas on Saturday, the agency said.Brown and Thomas, both 29 and from Jackson, have been charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder, the bureau said in a statement. Brown also faces one count of tampering with evidence. Brown is being held without bond in Lake County Jail. Thomas will be transferred there from the Madison County Jail, where he was being held on an unrelated charge of failure to appear, the bureau said.The two men are accused of helping Austin Robert Drummond, 28, who remained at large Saturday night. Authorities have been searching for Drummond in connection with the deaths of four people Tuesday in Tiptonville. The four bodies were discovered after an infant was found abandoned in a car seat in Dyer County, setting off a scramble to find the baby’s guardians, Stephen Sutton, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s offices in Lake and Dyer counties, said at a Friday news conference.“The baby is safe and is being cared for,” Sutton said.TennesseeJul 30Baby found on ‘random' Tennessee yard before 4 relatives found deadDrummond has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, possession of a gun during a dangerous felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.Drummond was out on bond when the killings took place, Danny Goodman, district attorney for Dyer and Lake counties, said Friday.He had been released on bond related to an incident that allegedly took place in prison, where he was serving time for aggravated robbery, Goodman said. It’s not clear whether Drummond, Brown or Thomas have retained legal counsel. The public defender’s office for the judicial district that covers Lake and Dyer counties was not available to provide information late Saturday.Drummond is described as armed and dangerous, and anyone who spots him was asked to call 911.“Getting Austin Drummond in custody is a priority,” the U.S. Marshals Service said.Two vehicles associated with Drummond have been found, authorities said. A white 1988 Ford pickup with red side panels was located in Dyer County on Saturday, and authorities are asking anyone with security video of the truck to send it to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.Drummond’s white 2016 Audi A3 was found abandoned Friday in Jackson, about 74 miles southeast of Tiptonville, the bureau said. He is believed to still be in the Jackson area, bureau Director David B. Rausch said Friday. “This incident has this community on edge,” Rausch said.Jackson is about 87 miles northeast of Memphis.Authorities have previously identified the victims as Matthew Wilson, 21, the abandoned child’s father; Adrianna Williams, 20, the mother; Cortney Rose, 38, the maternal grandmother; and Braydon Williams, 15, the maternal uncle.Authorities haven’t said how they died but have described their deaths as the result of murder.“There is a familial relationship between the suspect and the family,” Rausch said.A relative of the victims said Thursday in a Facebook post that the suspect has “literally been nothing short of amazing to us and our kids.” According to the post, Drummond previously dated a sister of Rose.Rausch said the suspect showed a sign of compassion — dropping the child off — so “there is hope for him to be able to come in and have a conversation about what happened.”Janat Batra contributed.
Abeer and Fadi Sobh spend their days seeking food for themselves and their six children.
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The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia after Trump's first pick withdrew amid controversy.
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CALVERT CITY, Ky. (AP) — Three Republicans competing to succeed longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell tried to define themselves before the political attacks that could come Saturday when they share the spotlight at the Fancy Farm picnic, a daunting rite of...
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A gunman opened fire at a neighborhood bar in a small Montana town, killing four people before disappearing.
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President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown was ‘rigged’ to make him look badSenior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July.The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US. Continue reading...
Springfield found itself in an unwelcome spotlight last year after Trump amplified false rumors that members of the city's burgeoning Haitian population were abducting and eating cats and dogs.
The "Daily Show" host pointed out the reason why one late-night host is so "popular" among conservatives.
A sex toy was tossed onto the court during a WNBA game for the second time this week. Video showed the sex toy out of bounds under a basket after a whistle was blown to stop play during the third...
A teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers he didn’t know in an Arkansas state park has bounced between four school districts in three states. Andrew James McGann is charged with two counts of capital murder in...
Captain Son Heung-min has announced that he will be leaving Tottenham Hotspur. At a media conference in Seoul, Son said his decision to leave the English Premier League club was ’the most difficult” of his career and said the club...
Grapevine freshman Luke Esquivel is the player of the year on the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A all-state baseball team. Esquivel batted .434 with 38 runs scored and 31 RBIs. The 16-year-old who has already committed to LSU...
The weekend is here, and we’re tracking great weather here in the Boston area that will last into early next week!Many of us here in Greater Boston started this Saturday with temperatures in the 50s. Refreshing! As we continue moving through the day, expect sunny, warm weather. High temperatures in Boston will likely reach the mid 70s due to an onshore wind. But MetroWest, temperatures will climb into the upper 70s to near 80. Humidity values will be low, meaning it will feel great for much of the day. We’ll see mostly sunny skies. Tonight, low temperatures will drop into the upper 50s and lower 60s.Temperatures will warm into the low to mid 80s Sunday afternoon. Still, it won’t feel miserable outside, courtesy of low humidity values. We’ll see sunny skies.Our dry stretch of weather will continue into the start of next week. The warmth will stick around, too. Monday will be a bit warmer, with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s, and on Tuesday, we’ll be in the low 80s. An onshore flow, though, will keep temperatures right in Boston in the upper 70s by Wednesday.Late next week, our weather will become a bit more humid, and we could see some rain chances returning to our forecast. Stay tuned.
Tottenham captain Son Heung-min says he plans to leave English Premier League club.
Mike Yastrzemski homered in his first at-bat with Kansas City, Michael Wacha limited Toronto to a run in eight innings in his longest outing of the season and the Royals beat the Blue Jays 9-3 on Friday night. Acquired from...
Shock, dismay and angst swept across India as businesses, policymakers and citizens digested U.S. President Donald Trump’s sharp remarks and a surprise 25% tariff rate earlier this week.
A six-year-old boy was hurt when an octopus grabbed on to his arm and wouldn't let go after the boy reached into a touch tank at the San Antonio Aquarium, his mother said.
Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev
Anastasija Sevastova stunned two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Friday to book a fourth-round clash with Naomi Osaka at the WTA Canadian Open.
US sprint star Sha'Carri Richardson was at the center of a new controversy on Friday after it emerged she was arrested for allegedly assaulting boyfriend Christian Coleman shortly before this week's US Track and Field Championships in Oregon.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian capital Kyiv observed an official day of mourning Friday, a day after a Russian drone and missile attack on the city killed 31 people, including five children, and injured more than 150, officials said.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy has visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy. International experts...
The Kansas City Royals have made strategic moves at the trade deadline, acting as both buyers and sellers. They believe they are still in the playoff hunt, yet their window to contend could stretch long into the future. So, they...
In this op-ed, Kevin Schneider explains how REFORPAC, an exercise in the Indo-Pacific, can improve readiness for the US.
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A teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing a couple he didn’t know who were hiking with two of their children in an Arkansas state park has faced a judge for the first time. Andrew James McGann has been...
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Tania Safi and Robert Martin allege they were strip-searched and barred from external communication and access to medication before Australian embassy was allowed to assistFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo Australian activists say they were “brutalised psychologically” and treated “like criminals” by the Israeli military, including being strip-searched, shackled and denied external communication, after a boat they were on was intercepted and detained while attempting to transport aid to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.Journalist Tania “Tan” Safi and human rights activist Robert Martin were among 21 activists on board the Handala when it was intercepted on Sunday and transported to Israel. Continue reading...
Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics have been detected accumulating in human brains, but there is not yet enough evidence to say whether this is doing us harm, experts have said. These mostly invisible pieces of plastic have been found everywhere from the top of mountains to the bottom of oceans, in the air we [...]The post What are all these microplastics doing to our brains? appeared first on Digital Journal.
An investigation linked the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office to the high-profile detainment of Caroline Dias-Goncalves, a 19-year-old college student, in June.
After Russia’s sparsely populated Far East was rattled by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in late July, old videos were shared in posts...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years.
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ALP MLC Stephen Lawrence criticises ‘slow and steady demonisation of protest’ in NSWFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSeveral New South Wales Labor MPs have defied their premier, Chris Minns, by vowing to march across Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Gaza this weekend as police attempt to challenge the protest in court.Labor’s Stephen Lawrence, Anthony D’Adam, Linda Voltz, Cameron Murphy and Sarah Kaine were among 15 NSW politicians who signed an open letter on Thursday evening calling on the government to facilitate “a safe and orderly event” on Sunday. Continue reading...
President Trump will impose a 35% tariff on Canada, up from 25%, as the White House pushes countries to finalize trade deals. Mexico received a 90-day extension, while Trump said other nations have until the deadline to negotiate or face new tariffs.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s Legislative Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidenti...
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El Salvador's Congress approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends presidential terms to 6 years.
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The budget smartphone maker is reportedly considering a Hong Kong IPO to complement its existing listing on Shanghai's STAR MarketKey Takeaways:Shanghai-listed Transsion is reportedly weighing a second IPO in Hong Kong that could raise up to $1 billionThe budget smartphone maker rose to prominence by tapping the underserved African market, but its revenue began to contract last year as it faces growing competitionWhen it comes to fundraising, timing is everything. But budget cellphone maker Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co. Ltd. (688036.SH) apparently hasn't learned that lesson, based on the timing of new reports that it's considering a second listing in Hong Kong to complement its existing listing on Shanghai's STAR Market.The company is one of China's least-known cellphone superstars due to its focus on budget models under the Tecno, Infinix and Itel brands that typically sell for $100 to $200. The company quietly built up a dominant presence in Africa, before bursting onto the global leaderboard in 2023 when it became one of the world's five biggest manufacturers with its expansion into other developing markets.But lately Transsion has fallen on hard times as China's other cellphone makers start to challenge it in Africa, and it stumbles in some of its newer markets. Making matters worse, the company was sued by global telecoms chip giant Qualcomm last year, and its longtime CFO also disappeared briefly last September under worrisome circumstances.Such conditions hardly make the company look like a strong candidate for a Hong Kong IPO right now. But that's exactly what it appears to be doing, based on a Bloomberg report last week that the company is talking with advisors about a potential Hong Kong listing that could raise about $1 billion.While its own circumstances hardly look encouraging, Transsion is undoubtedly encouraged by a red-hot Hong Kong IPO market that has been especially kind lately to Chinese companies seeking second listings to complement existing ones on domestic A-share ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
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The bill, originally named after Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., bans members of Congress and their spouses from trading and holding stocks. Pelosi, former Speaker of the House, has been criticized for trading and holding stocks. She says she has done so without insider information. Pelosi voted to advance the bill.
Pitcher Shane Bieber is headed to the Toronto Blue Jays in a deal with the Cleveland Guardians. Bieber is working his way back from Tommy John surgery in April 2024 and has made five rehab starts. His most recent outing...
Pitcher Shane Bieber is headed to the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays in a deal with the rebuilding Cleveland Guardians, who also dealt right-hander Paul Sewald in the division to the AL Central-leading Tigers
An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world.The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City — a distance that would take at least eight hours by car or 90 minutes by commercial plane, according to the World Meteorological Organization. In comparison, the average bolt of lightning usually measures less than 10 miles, according to the National Weather Service.The WMO, an agency within the United Nations, announced Thursday that it certified the megaflash as the longest lightning flash on record. It struck Oct. 22, 2017, during a severe storm that hit much of the Great Plains. A megaflash is a giant bolt of lightning that travels huge distances from its origin point, said Randall Cerveny, a professor of geographical sciences at Arizona State University and a member of the WMO committee that confirmed the new record. “It’s an incredibly strange phenomenon,” he said. “We only discovered them 10 years ago, when we could use a particular set of technologies to detect the start and end locations of the of lightning events.”Megaflashes are not altogether uncommon, but they typically only occur in parts of the world where specific geographical and atmospheric conditions can produce the most severe thunderstorms, Cerveny said. In the Great Plains and across the Midwest, for instance, warm and humid air from the Gulf of Mexico collides with drier, colder air from the north, creating strong atmospheric instability.When these conditions mix and produce severe storms, megaflashes of lightning can occur. These extra-long bolts of lightning have been observed before in the United States, Argentina and southern France, and scientists think they can also occur in parts of China and Australia, according to Cerveny.The 2017 megaflash was produced by an immense storm that blanketed a huge swath of the U.S., from Texas up into Iowa and Missouri. Though megaflashes can extend across multiple states, they form high up in the atmosphere and so rarely cause damage on the ground, Cerveny said.“They are upwards of 10,000 to 18,000 feet high, in the upper to middle layers of a thunderstorm,” he said.The 515-mile-long lightning bolt was described in a study published Thursday in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.“These new findings highlight important public safety concerns about electrified clouds which can produce flashes which travel extremely large distances and have a major impact on the aviation sector and can spark wildfires,” WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said in an accompanying statement.The extreme conditions that spawn them are a reminder of how powerful and dangerous lightning storms can be. In the U.S., lightning kills roughly 20 people each year and injures hundreds more, according to the weather service.With the classification Thursday, the 2017 lightning flash now surpasses the previous world record set five years ago by about 38 miles, according to the WMO. That bolt of lightning was unleashed April 29, 2020, and spanned 477.2 miles across parts of the southern U.S. Extreme WeatherJul 23The deadliest extreme weather event is not what you think it isExtreme WeatherJul 9U.S. faces more frequent extreme weather, but attitudes and actions aren't matchingThe 2017 megaflash was identified after scientists re-examined archival measurements taken when the storm occurred.“When the original studies were done, we didn’t have the technology that we have today,” Cerveny said. “Now we have this instrument on a weather satellite that very accurately detects lightning and can precisely pinpoint where, how far and how long a lightning flash event takes place.”Experts said it’s likely there will be even longer megaflashes found in the coming years, particularly as satellite technologies improve the ability to detect them.“Over time, as the data record continues to expand, we will be able to observe even the rarest types of extreme lightning on Earth and investigate the broad impacts of lightning on society,” study lead author Michael Peterson, an atmospheric scientist in the Severe Storms Research Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said in a statement. The WMO’s Committee on Weather and Climate Extremes keeps official records of global, hemispheric and regional extremes, including for temperature, rainfall, wind, hail, lightning, tornadoes and tropical cyclones.
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has dampened expectations of a deal with Canada materializing at the last minute as his tariff deadline looms.
A New York City police officer killed during a shooting at a Manhattan office tower is being laid to rest. The funeral of Officer Didarul Islam will take place Thursday at a mosque in the Bronx. The 36-year-old will then...
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About six months into the second term of President Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats are making conflicting and often misleading assessments of the Trump administration’s impact on inflation and prices. Both sides cherry-pick examples of consumer products to support their claims, while sometimes wrongly taking credit for lower prices or falsely casting blame for rising costs.Experts say the reasons for the rise or fall of prices usually involve a number of factors beyond the policies implemented in the first six months of the current administration, and predictions of success or failure of those policies, including tariffs, are still to be determined.“The economy is roaring, business confidence is soaring, incomes are up, prices are down and inflation is dead, it’s dead,” Trump proclaimed at the White House Faith Office luncheon on July 14.At a news briefing the same day, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries offered a different portrait of the American economy. “Costs aren’t going down in the United States of America, costs are going up,” he said. “America is too expensive. And things aren’t getting better under Donald Trump and House Republican rule, they’re getting worse.”Inflation, a major theme of the 2024 election, had increased substantially during the first half of President Joe Biden’s term, due largely to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the 12-month period ending in June 2022, the Consumer Price Index increased 9.1% – “the largest 12-month change since the period ending November 1981,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The annual CPI moderated to below 3% for the six months before Trump returned to the White House, as we’ve written. It was 3% for the 12 months ending in January.Contrary to Trump’s claim, not all prices are “down” and inflation isn’t “dead.” Based on the CPI, the inflation rate was 2.7% for the 12 months ending in June, and was up 0.8% from January to June. Core inflation, which doesn’t include the categories of food and energy, rose 2.9% from June 2024. In January, annual core inflation was 3.3%.Not all costs are “going up,” either, as Jeffries suggested.We reached out to the White House for information to support Trump’s statements, but we did not receive a response. We also asked Jeffries’ office for support for his statements, and his office said it would “let the Leader’s comments on the record speak for themselves.” Jeffries’ office also noted the rise in the CPI in June and increases in prices for groceries, beef and other specific items.In this story we’ll examine recent changes in the prices of some of the products Republican and Democratic leaders cite as bellwethers of the economic climate.GroceriesAt a campaign event on Aug. 15, 2024, at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump spotlighted the high cost of food under the Biden administration. Surrounded by staged displays of groceries, Trump said, “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down.”Then, in an interview in the Dec. 30 issue of Time magazine, Trump backpedaled on his pledge regarding grocery prices. “It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up,” he said. “You know, it’s very hard.”Yet, during a White House lunch with the presidents of West African nations on July 9, Trump responded to a reporter’s question about the impact of his economic policies, saying, “I brought down the cost of groceries. I brought down the cost of energy, tremendously energy, tremendously groceries.”Also on July 9, in an interview on MSNBC, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin said Trump “ran on lowering costs for people. That was the issue last year. And now every action he’s taking appears to be raising costs for families, whether that’s food at the grocery store.” Baldwin added later, “we need to make sure that ... the public is crystal clear about why their grocery bill isn’t going down, but is in fact going up.”The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ CPI for “food-at-home” — products bought at a grocery store or supermarket — increased from January to June by 0.6%, and was up 2.4% from June 2024. The USDA’s Economic Research Service in July estimated that for 2025, “Food-at-home prices are predicted to increase 2.2 percent,” the midpoint of an estimated range of 1.1% to 3.4%.“Grocery prices have been accelerating,” Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics at the nonpartisan Budget Lab at Yale University, told us via email. “Grocery prices overall are literally up over the last five months.”“On the other hand, a little bit of grocery inflation is typical, and it’s not clear that the president has much to do with recent grocery price dynamics,” Tedeschi said, noting the impact of climate and disease on the prices of beef and eggs in recent years.“On the third hand, while presidents have very few levers to actually affect prices, one they do have is tariffs, and tariffs have gone up considerably this year, from a 2.4% average effective tariff rate in January,” Tedeschi said, to an average effective tariff rate of 20.6% as of July 14, according to the Budget Lab. Due to Trump’s tariffs, “Over the next year or two, we think food prices will rise 3.7% more than otherwise, and stay 3.2% higher over the longer-run (5-10 years),” he said.EggsAt the summit with West African leaders on July 9, Trump said his administration had brought down the price of eggs since January. “If you remember my first week in office, the press was screaming at me about the cost of eggs. They were four times higher than they were just a short time ago. That was caused by Biden and stupid policies, and we got that down. And by Easter, it was normalized and now it’s actually even at a lower price,” the president said.The nationwide average price for a dozen grade A white eggs paid by consumers declined from $4.95 in January to $3.78 in June, a 23.8% decrease, according to the most recent data available from BLS. Still, the price of eggs was 39% higher than the same time a year ago.While Trump blamed Biden’s policies for soaring egg prices in 2024 and early 2025, many economists said the primary cause has been the highly pathogenic avian influenza that has been spreading in the U.S. among poultry, cows and wild animals since 2022, as we’ve written. The bird flu outbreak caused an egg shortage, as tens of millions of hens have been killed to prevent further spread of the virus.Trump has credited a strategy led by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins — including increased biosecurity assessments of flocks, financial relief for farmers and the import of eggs from other countries to reduce shortages — for the lower egg prices since January.But Jeremy Horpedahl, an associate professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas, told us in an email, “Most of the decline in egg prices this year was due to bird flu season ending, which typically happens when wild birds are migrating. Wholesale egg prices started falling right at the beginning of March 2025, which is before most of the new policies of the Trump administration went into place. So I would say the policies haven’t had much effect yet on prices.”“Prices could rise again in the fall if there are more bird flu outbreaks,” said Horpedahl, who is the director of the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics. “Some of Trump’s policies, such as increased biosecurity, could mitigate bird flu spread in the future, but that is something we’ll have to wait and see whether the policies benefit egg prices.”news2 hours agoTrump says he asked 17 drugmakers to take steps to cut U.S. prices within 60 daysTrump administrationJul 29How will Trump's E.U. tariffs affect drug prices?BeefThe price of another American staple, ground beef, hit a record high $6.10 per pound in June, an 11.1% increase since January, according to BLS data.That economic news prompted Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire to lay the blame on Trump. “The president has imposed a national sales tax through these reckless tariffs, driving up the cost of food, housing and other goods and services,” she said at a media luncheon on July 15. “And families know this firsthand. Beef and ice cream prices today hit new record high prices, with ground beef prices reaching an average of more than $6.00 per pound for the first time ever.”But like the increase in egg prices, factors that have led to the rise in beef prices began years ago.Drought conditions in the Plains and Upper Midwest over the past few years “really placed a lot of stress on our farmers and their pastures that they rely on to help feed cattle,” Bernt Nelson, an agricultural economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation, told NBC News. “When this happened, they placed high numbers of females on feed for market rather than holding them back to replace the herd. And so that led us to this slow but steady contraction in the cattle herd.” The inventory of the beef herd in 2024 was the smallest since 1951, Nelson wrote in a 2024 Farm Bureau report, and the number dropped another 1% by the start of 2025, the USDA reported.Restrictions on the import of cattle from Central and South America to replace supply in the U.S. have also affected the price of beef. A case of New World screwworm, a parasite that kills host animals, found in Mexico in July led the USDA to suspend imports of live cattle from Mexico into the U.S.Experts are also concerned about Trump’s threatened 50% tariff on some imports from Brazil, now set to go into effect on Aug. 6. Trump’s executive order on the tariffs objects to the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, on charges of an attempted coup.“The 50% tariffs on Brazil will effectively shut out Brazil beef from the USA, just at a time when we are critically short of beef and prices are already at record high levels,” Bob Chudy, a consultant for U.S. beef importers, told us.“Imported beef comprises about 20% of USA beef supply and Brazil is 30% of the imported beef coming to the USA. That number has exploded in recent years, filling the gap in the USA domestic supply,” Chudy also told us via email. “Since the 50% announcement all exports to the USA from Brazil have come to a complete halt. Even meat that was already put in containers, destined for the USA market has been held in Brazil in the hope that Trump backs down like he so often has,” he said.GasolineThe average retail price of gasoline has stayed largely the same since Trump took office, though the cost now is relatively low for summer pricing. The national average was $3.11 per gallon for regular gas the week ending Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which calculates the cost of all grades of gasoline across the country. It was $3.12 for the week ending July 28, a small increase of less than 0.5%. However, gas is typically more expensive in the summer because the formula used in warm weather is more expensive and demand is higher. In July 2024, for instance, the average price was $3.48 per gallon.Overall, the price of gasoline is expected to continue its downward trend, analysts predicted at the beginning of the year.Prices reached a peak in 2022, due primarily to a drop-off in global supply following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — which prompted sanctions against one of the world’s three biggest oil producers — and a resurgence in demand as the world came out of the COVID-19 pandemic.But Trump has been claiming credit for the current prices, which are in their third year of a general decline, and making false claims about the price at the pump.At the start of the summer, during a July 3 rally in Des Moines, Iowa, the president said that “we’ve already cured inflation. Your gas prices are way down.”Later in the month, at a July 14 luncheon, the president exaggerated the price of gasoline, saying, “Gas prices have reached the lowest level in five decades. ... I got to make sure that people can afford to produce the gas, but the gas has gone to the lowest level in decades and you’re seeing $1.99, $1.98. And I saw $1.95 at certain states.”There’s no support for either of these claims.“First of all, this is not the lowest in decades,” Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told us in a phone interview.As we said, the current average of $3.12 per gallon is low for the summer, but gas was a close $3.14 in the last week of July in 2021, during Biden’s presidency, before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. And as we said, it is 1 cent per gallon higher than the day Trump took office.The EIA numbers are national averages, but even in states where gas is cheaper, De Haan said, there’s “no way” it’s below $2, as Trump claimed. We wrote about a similar claim from the president in April and the same thing holds — none of the state averages reported by AAA have been below $2 per gallon. The lowest state price as of July 29 was an average $2.70 in Mississippi.As for who gets the credit — or the blame — for gas prices, it’s not the president, De Haan said.The largest factor in determining the price of gas at the pump is the cost of crude oil, which has gone down since January and is affected by markets around the world.“It’s a balance of the global economy, not just the U.S. economy, that dictates oil and gas prices,” De Haan said.EnergyTrump made a campaign promise to “cut energy and electricity prices in half” in his first year, but so far, those prices have largely continued to follow their already existing trends.The CPI for energy overall is down 1.6% between January and June, but household energy rose 5.5%, according to BLS data.The president has recently, however, claimed to have lowered energy prices. During a diplomatic lunch on July 9, Trump said, “I brought down the cost of energy, tremendously energy.”It’s unclear what measure Trump is referring to, and, as we said, the White House didn’t respond to our questions about his statements on prices. Some Democrats have criticized the president’s policies and made the opposite claim. House Minority Leader Jeffries, for example, has speculated that the recently passed Republican tax and spending bill will cause utility costs to increase and said on July 14, “Costs aren’t going down.”We don’t know what will happen in the future, but we do know that the overall cost of services used for heating, cooling, lighting, cooking, and running appliances and household equipment have increased so far in Trump’s second term. Those are the measures included in the BLS index tracking household energy prices.Electric power — which is generated by a variety of sources — accounts for the largest share of energy consumption in the U.S., according to a 2024 report from the Energy Information Administration. The average price of electricity — which Trump has singled out as a priority — has risen about 6% between January and June and is projected to continue increasing faster than the rate of inflation through 2026, according to the EIA.Data from the BLS show a 12.2% increase in the average price per kilowatt hour in 2022 and a relatively steady increase since.“Overall, U.S. energy prices rapidly increased from 2020 to 2022 as economic activity recovered after the worst of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine interrupted energy supply chains. Since 2022, nominal prices for many fuels have declined, particularly for those such as gasoline and heating oil that are tied more closely to crude oil prices, which are affected by international markets,” the EIA wrote in an analysis of energy prices published on May 14. “Electricity prices, though, have continued a steady increase.”Editor’s note: FactCheck.org does not accept advertising. We rely on grants and individual donations from people like you. Please consider a donation. Credit card donations may be made through our “Donate” page. If you prefer to give by check, send to: FactCheck.org, Annenberg Public Policy Center, P.O. Box 58100, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
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