The Independent

 Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the U.N. Security Council Wednesday that recently-deployed Kenyan police will be crucial to helping control the country’s gangs and moving toward democratic elections — and he called feedback from their initial days in the capital “extremely, extremely positive.”He said his government will focus on addressing gang violence and food insecurity, ensuring free elections through constitutional and political reform, and rebuilding public trust in the police.On June 25, the initial contingent of 200 Kenyan police arrived in Port-au-Prince. Kenya has pledged 1,000 police to the international police force and Conille said the next contingent...

Haiti's prime minister says Kenya police is crucial to controlling gangs, calls early days positive

The US government employees who have publicly resigned in protest of the Biden administration’s Gaza policies released a joint statement on Tuesday for the first time, stating they “stand united in a shared belief that it is our collective responsibility to speak up” and outlining steps they believe the US government should take.

US government employees who resigned over Gaza policy release joint statement for first time

The Week

José Raúl Mulino will stop migration through the Darien Gap

New Panama president vows to halt migration

Leer versión en español en Fronterizo News. According to the Diario Oficial de la Federación, over 200 U.S. soldiers have been authorized by the Mexican government to enter Cd. Juárez on June 23. México uses the Diario Oficial to formally announce government legislation to the public. Mexican law requires that the Mexican Senate authorize any incursion of foreign military forces into the country.

US Troops To Arrive In Cd. Juárez On June 23

CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports on Labour leader Keir Starmer’s rise in UK politics. Exit polls indicate Starmer will become the new UK prime minister once the votes have been counted in the 2024 UK elections.

Who is the UK’s new prime minister?

Colorado State

CNN’s Elle Reeve travels to Colorado for a “Never Trumpers” meeting and follows up with them after the CNN Presidential Debate.

‘Never Trumpers’ react to Biden’s debate performance

War History Online

Lt. Thomas "Pete" Ray took part in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. It took decades for the CIA to acknowledge his death during the mission.

Fidel Castro Kept the Frozen Body of An American Airman Following the Failed Bay of Pigs Invasion

People who take Ozempic or Wegovy may have a higher risk of developing a rare form of blindness, a new study suggests. Still, doctors say it shouldn’t deter patients from using the medicines to treat diabetes or obesity.

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Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

CBS DFW

A family of six, including three children, were killed Friday by gunmen in the southern Mexico border state of Chiapas in a town marred by cartel-backed militia violence.Julio Pérez, the mayor of the Chiapas town of Pantelho, said the killings happened there Friday, and called it "a massacre." Two warring militia groups suspected of being backed by drug cartels have been battling for control of the town.In a brief statement, the state prosecutor's office said three suspects were arrested but neither the victims nor the detainees have been identified.It was the latest in a string of mass killings in which...

6 killed in latest "massacre" of family wiped out by hitmen in Mexico

Texas State

South Padre Island, TX

Several people were bitten by sharks in separate attacks at Texas and Florida beaches on the Fourth of July, authorities said.

At least 3 people were bitten in shark attacks in Texas and Florida on the Fourth of July

The British public has elected a new government, and with that a new family will be moving into 10 Downing Street.

Victoria Starmer, Britain’s new ‘first lady,’ is a former lawyer turned public health worker

Latin Times

Panamanian President-elect José Raúl Mulino is offering the U.S. a deal to shut down the Darien Gap, a treacherous jungle path connecting the country with Colombia and which has become a key migratory route for those trying to reach North America. Speaking with journalist Andrés Oppenheimer, Mulino said...

Panamanian president-elect offers Biden deal to shut down Darien Gap, a main migration route to U.S.

At least four people encountered a shark as they took to the waters off South Padre Island, Texas on the 4th of July Independence Day holiday. CNN’s Rosa Flores reports.

Aerial video shows shark that officials say attacked several people lurking near beach

Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican security officials found the bodies of 19 men piled into the back of a truck, the local prosecutor's office said late on Monday, with the victims allegedly linked to a gunfight between a Guatemalan criminal gang and Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel.

In Mexico, 19 bodies found in truck as violence spreads in southern state

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Provo, UT

Several people were injured by fireworks that shot into the crowd at an Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University in Utah. The event organizers say they are following up with those injured to “make sure they are okay.”

See fireworks shoot into crowd at July 4 show

A club of Eurasian countries spearheaded by China and Russia to advance their leaders’ vision of an alternative world order is set to expand again this week – this time adding a staunch Russian ally that has openly supported Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

A growing club led by Xi and Putin to counter the US is adding a staunchly pro-Russia member

Hawaii State

Cape Canaveral, FL

There are an estimated 236,000 annual drowning deaths worldwide, according to WHO. That comes out to an average of 647 people per day. Here’s how to avoid being a statistic.

How to survive rip currents and other drowning hazards

President Joe Biden was examined by his physician in the days following last week’s CNN presidential debate, the White House tells CNN — despite the White House press secretary having said Wednesday that the president has had no medical exams since his February physical.

White House now says Biden was seen by his doctor days after debate

NewsBreak

Colombia’s Foreign Minister on why his country cut diplomatic ties with Israel

Paula Newton speaks to Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo about the...

Colombia’s Foreign Minister on why his country cut diplomatic ties with Israel

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