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The Search for Children Lost in a Pennsylvania Flash Flood Continues Into a 4th Day

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa.—The search for a missing 2-year-old girl and her 9-month-old brother who were swept away from their car during flash flooding over the weekend carried into a fourth day, with officials acknowledging people seeking to volunteer to help but saying they won’t be needed. Upper Makefield Township police in a social media post…


Hearing in Trump Documents Case on Handling of Classified Materials

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hold a hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, on July 18 to determine how to handle classified evidence in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his retention of government materials. Legal experts have said the complexities surrounding the use of highly classified documents as evidence…


LIVE NOW: Hearing in Trump Documents Case on Handling of Classified Materials

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hold a hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, on July 18 to determine how to handle classified evidence in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his retention of government materials. Legal experts have said the complexities surrounding the use of highly classified documents as evidence…


Spain Antitrust Watchdog Fines Amazon, Apple $218 Million

MADRID—Spain’s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday said it had imposed fines worth a total 194.1 million euros ($218.03 million) on Amazon and Apple for colluding to limit the online sale of devices from Apple and competitors in Spain. The two contracts the companies signed on Oct. 31, 2018 granting Amazon the status of authorized Apple dealer…


US Opens New Special Probe Into Fatal Tesla Crash

WASHINGTON—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday it is opening a new special crash investigation into a fatal accident in California involving a 2018 Tesla Model 3 where advanced driver assistance systems are suspected of having been used. Since 2016, NHTSA has opened more than three dozen Tesla special crash investigations in cases where…


Kerry Sees Climate Cooperation as Path to Redefine US-China Ties

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said he hopes that climate negotiations could pave the way for improved ties with China. Still, critics claim that China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses climate issues as a “bargaining chip.” On July 18, Mr. Kerry held talks with the CCP’s top foreign affairs official, Wang Yi. The discussion…


Over 10,000 Flights in US Canceled or Delayed Amid Severe Weather

More than 10,000 flights into and out of the United States were canceled or delayed on July 17 as severe weather continued to plague parts of the country, wreaking havoc on multiple airports. Approximately 8,671 flights within, into, or out of the United States were delayed Monday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware, while 1,817 were canceled. That number…


Philadelphians Support Falun Gong in Ending the CCP’s 24 Years of Persecution

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Several dozen Falun Gong practitioners from the Greater Philadelphia area held a rally in Philadelphia’s Chinatown on July 15 to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 24-year persecution of Falun Gong, a meditation practice in the Buddhist tradition that is centered on the tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. People…


Alabama Inmate Asks Appeals Court to Block His Execution, Citing State’s Past Problems

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Attorneys for an Alabama inmate on death row asked a federal appeals court Monday to block his upcoming execution, arguing the state has a history of troubled lethal injections. James Barber, 54, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday as the state seeks to resume executions following a lengthy pause. Gov. Kay Ivey…


Education Secretary Tells Students With Loans to ‘Pay What You Can Afford’

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said on Monday that the department will continue to extend support for student loan holders and look for ways to provide more relief for existing borrowers, two weeks after the Supreme Court struck down a government attempt to forgive millions of such loans. “The goal is to be able to pay…