Columbus, OH

The Associated Press

Children in sandals trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s crowded tent camps for displaced families. The filth surrounding them, people in the camps say, is just another inescapable reality of war — like pangs of hunger or sounds of bombing. (AP Video: Abd Al Kareem Hana, Wafaa Shurafa)

In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

TheDailyBeast

Fifty miles up the coast from Gaza, where an Israeli offensive continues to shatter the besieged strip, Israel’s former chief spy Tamir Pardo is a world away from the war without end, in his office in Israel’s tech hub in the manicured city of Herzliya. From 2011 to 2016 Pardo was the director of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Mossad. He says the seeds that led to this moment of dread were sown over the previous two decades.The bloody, unprecedented attack on Oct. 7, 2023, sparked widespread Israeli anger at a government that promised them perpetual calm in lieu of peace.The...

‘Arrogance’ & ‘Bullshit:’ Top Insiders on Netanyahu’s Catastrophic Oct. 7 and Gaza War

Younis lays disorientated on a green mattress in Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza. His long brown eyelashes rest delicately on his pale sunken face, as he drifts in and out of sleep.

Children are dying of starvation in their parents’ arms as famine spreads through Gaza

The Guardian

The numbers that have been coming out of Gaza have been almost too shocking to comprehend

Nearly 21,000 children are missing in Gaza. And there’s no end to this nightmare | Arwa Mahdawi

Families bid a tearful goodbye to over a dozen critically ill children who left Gaza for treatment abroad on Thursday. It’s the first medical evacuation since the territory’s sole travel crossing shut down in early May after Israeli forces captured it, Palestinian officials say. Kamela Abukweik burst into...

The Latest | Gaza families bid a tearful goodbye to critically ill kids leaving for treatment abroad

Charlotte, NC

ABC News

Ashlee Stallings, 36, allegedly left her daughter in the vehicle "in hot weather conditions" and the 8-year-old suffered a fatal medical emergency, police said.

8-year-old dies after mom allegedly left her in car during high heat to go to work

Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee County, WI

One 17-year-old was found dead and two others were rescued in Lake Michigan after they became distressed in the water while swimming.

1 teen dead, 2 others rescued from Lake Michigan in apparent drowning

Arkansas State

Crete, NE

Seven people were wounded in a Nebraska home Friday after a gunman allegedly opened fire, according to investigators.

4 children, 3 adults wounded in Nebraska home after neighbor opens fire: Police

EUGENE, Ore. -- American track and field enthusiasts take a lot of pride in making one bold claim. When it comes to qualifying for the Olympics, they contend their team is the toughest one to make -- of any sport, in any country. Given what took place in two electrifying...

Lyles rallies, Richardson fails in bid for Olympic 200M spot

Hawaii State

Fernandina Beach, FL

A man was fishing in Florida when a shark attacked him, severely injuring his arm, officials said.

Shark attacks man while he's fishing in Florida

CAIRO (AP) — The reconnected U.S.-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip cannot supply Palestinians with anywhere near the level of aid they need, the head of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region said Monday. Dr. Hanan Balkhy made the remarks after the U.S. military...

A WHO official says the US-built pier in Gaza not sufficient in delivering aid to Palestinians

New York City, NY

This weekend's Pride March and other Pride-related events throughout New York City could be targets for violence, the New York Police Department's Intel Bureau warned.

Pride march, related events could be targets for violence, NYPD says

Gazans are forced to live in bombed-out buildings or camp next to giant piles of trash, a United Nations spokeswoman said Friday, denouncing the "unbearable" conditions in the besieged territory. - Friends 'unrecognisable' -
Wateridge said that before the war, sanitation units would clear all the trash from refugee camps to landfill sites.

Gazans living in 'unbearable' conditions: UNRWA

Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) -Chaos is taking hold in Gaza as smuggling bands form and add to the difficulties in delivering aid, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said on Tuesday.

Gaza suffers near total breakdown of law and order, UNRWA chief says

North Carolina State

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing became law on Thursday after GOP lawmakers successfully overrode a veto by the state's Democratic governor. The Senate gave its final stamp of approval in a 30-14 override vote along party lines. The state House initiated the process Wednesday when...

North Carolina's restrictions on public mask-wearing are now law after some key revisions

ABC News reports on the dwindling clean water supply in one of the world’s largest cities, forcing many residents to resort to drastic measures.

Mexico City residents, faced with water crisis, resort to drastic measures

Massachusetts State

Wellfleet, MA

More than 100 dolphins are currently stranded on a beach near Wellfleet, Massachusetts, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

125 dolphins stranded in 'difficult' location on Massachusetts beach

Iowa State

Health experts are warning of the possibility of floodwaters containing "fecal soup" after Iowa was inundated with an unprecedented amount of rain.

'Fecal soup' could be lurking in Iowa floodwaters, health experts warn

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

The mother of a Denver homeless man told the City Council Monday that city-sponsored services have failed her son. Barbara Hallick Yeomans made her remarks during public comment period of the City Council meeting. She said her son grapples with substance abuse and mental illness and repeatedly has been harassed by police. She said her son also suffered verbal abuse by a guard in the Denver County Jail. Yeomans said she heard the guard harassing her son over the phone.

Mother says Denver homeless services have failed her son

Reading, PA

Mahanoy City, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

MAHANOY CITY – Two members of a motorcycle club were convicted on federal charges, accused...
The post Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say

NewsBreak

Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick or wounded children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the...

Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months

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