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Bucks County Beacon

Written by Amy Lieberman , The Conversation ; Jeff Inglis , The Conversation , and Naomi Schalit , The Conversation. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a president, including former President Donald Trump , “may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts.”

Supreme Court Rules Trump Had Partial Immunity as President, but Not for Unofficial Acts

Axios

Whoever wins in November, they'll have a nearly impossible time pursuing much of a domestic policy agenda through executive actions — tools that nearly every president has utilized to get around congressional opposition or respond to emergencies. Why it matters: The Supreme Court, in its most recent term, rewrote...

How the Supreme Court rewrote the presidency

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Arizona State

COVID-19 cases are growing or likely growing in 45 states and territories, and more than half of the states have virus levels that are "very high" or "high" as a summertime wave expands, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Why it matters: The prevalence of COVID is especially high...

Mapped: Another hot COVID summer

Fort Worth, TX

Axios Dallas

Dancing Iglesias chose to open her new Fort Worth thrift store on White Settlement Road to reclaim the ugly history of the city's relocation of Indigenous people.Why it matters: Iglesias, a member of the Lakota nation, believes embracing the street's name ensures people learn about its dark past."Erasing history or trying to cover up history doesn't really help," Iglesias tells Axios. "No matter how brutal or ugly that it was, I think people should look for it rather than try to erase it and cover it up."Driving the news: Iglesias, 31, her husband and her sister, Lily Mekeel, opened Flipstone...

Fort Worth thrift store reclaims White Settlement Road

Axios Phoenix

Data: BLS; Map: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosArizona has one of the largest senior populations in the U.S., but one of its smallest workforces of people 65 or older.The big picture: Only 15% of Arizonans ages 65 and up were working in 2023, according to preliminary census data.That's well below the national average of 18.7%.Arizona's population people 65+ is lower than all but three states: West Virginia (13.3), Mississippi (13.6) and Arkansas (14.6).Vermont (25.6%), Iowa (23.9%) and Maryland (23.4%) have the highest share of 65-and-up adults in the workforce, according to preliminary 2023 census data.Between the lines: The 2024 presidential campaign between Joe...

Arizona has one of America's smallest 65+ workforces

Mesa, AZ

The state's first "Picklemall" is moving out of Arizona Mills after just one year.The big picture: Picklemall announced its "unexpected and sudden closure" on Tuesday because Arizona Mills terminated its lease.Its final day of operations at the mall will be Monday, July 22, and it must have its equipment out of the building by July 31.All memberships have been paused and Picklemall said it's providing refunds to its 650 members.What's next: Picklemall was unable to find a new space in the immediate area, but will transfer operations to the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa.Initially, the company will offer 41 outdoor...

Picklemall leaving Arizona Mills after just one year

There was a striking similarity among local news coverage of the Trump rally shooting Saturday night, with sister publications from major local holding groups featuring the same home page stories, photos and headlines, and then updating them, mostly in unison, as the story developed. Why it matters: In breaking news...

Strapped for resources, local coverage of Trump shooting all looked the same

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Savannah, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Usha Vance will likely see her profile rise dramatically now that former President Trump has chosen her husband, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), as his 2024 running mate. Why it matters: Usha Vance — a highly accomplished attorney and daughter of Indian immigrants — and her husband bring youth and diversity to the Trump ticket.

Who is Usha Vance, wife of Trump VP pick J.D. Vance

Butler, PA

The FBI is investigating the Trump rally shooting as an act of domestic terrorism as well as an assassination attempt on the former president, officials said Sunday. The big picture: Searches of a vehicle and the Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, home of suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks uncovered "suspicious devices" that were "rendered safe by bomb technicians and are being evaluated at the FBI Laboratory," per an emailed statement from the bureau Sunday night.

FBI investigating Trump rally shooting as potential domestic terrorism

San Diego County, CA

Lemon Grove, CA

The San Diego County board of supervisors voted Tuesday to pursue a tiny-home project in Lemon Grove for homeless people, a month after abandoning a similar tiny-home project in Spring Valley. Why it matters: The vote came on the heels of news that Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking back $10...

San Diego County pivots to Lemon Grove tiny home project after abandoning Spring Valley proposal

Pennsylvania State

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

Virginia State

Richmond, VA

Axios Richmond

She's purple, she's 20-feet tall and her name is Freeda.Why it matters: She's also a giant inflatable IUD on a nationwide tour to advocate for the protection of birth control access. Her latest stop was Richmond.Driving the news: Freeda was posted up at the Virginia Capitol building yesterday morning and later at Diversity Thrift, where the IUD was visible from the highway.Beside it were postcards from the cities Freeda has visited (which include D.C., Miami and Nashville).Earlier this week, it was at Virginia Beach.The big picture: The massive IUD, an idea from Americans for Contraception, went viral after the organization debuted it at Union Station on June 5 — when the U.S. Senate was voting on the Right to Contraception Act.Nearly all Republicans blocked the bill.In Virginia, Gov. Youngkin vetoed legislation in May aimed at ensuring that residents have the right to contraceptives regardless of any federal law changes.He said while he supports access to contraception, "we cannot trample on the religious freedoms of Virginians."Between the lines: When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas said in a concurring opinion that the court should reconsider decisions protecting birth control access.What's next: Freeda is headed to Philly.

Why a giant inflatable IUD named Freeda was in Richmond

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Axios Salt Lake City

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) had some choice words for former President Trump's newly announced running mate, J.D. Vance, according to author McKay Coppins, who interviewed Romney extensively for his 2023 book "Romney: A Reckoning."What's inside: "I don't know that I can disrespect someone more than J.D. Vance," Romney told Coppins in a book excerpt that appeared in The Atlantic.Catch up quick: Romney lambasted Vance for what Coppins described as his "MAGA makeover" during his successful 2021 Senate run in Ohio.Vance's star rose in 2016 when his book "Hillbilly Elegy" was published, and shot up the charts as an explanation for white, working-class voters' support for Trump.Previously a never-Trump moderate, Vance became an arch-conservative election denier who opposes nearly all exemptions to abortion bans.The intrigue: "How can you go over a line so stark as that — and for what?" Romney said. "It's not like you're going to be famous and powerful because you became a United States senator."Editor's note: This story's headline has been updated to clarify Romney's comments appeared in his 2023 book. 

Romney on Vance in 2023 book: "It's not like you’re going to be famous and powerful"

New Jersey State

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

ESSEX COUNTY, N.J. - In a notable case from Essex County, New Jersey, 32-year-old Mahogany Hawkins of Newark has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her involvement in drug trafficking, specifically cocaine and methamphetamine.

Newark Woman Gets 10-Year Sentence for Drug Trafficking

Washington State

Mill Creek, WA

Timothy A Gruver

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries reported on Wednesday that it fined four roofing contractors more than a million dollars for letting their workers perform on top of homes without fall protection gear, among other safety violations.

Roofing Companies Fined $1.27M for Endangering Workers

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Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling

The Supreme Court on Friday curtailed the executive branch's ability to interpret laws it's charged with implementing, giving the judiciary more say in what federal agencies...

Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling

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