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Texas senators grill utility executives about massive power failure after Hurricane Beryl

Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The top executive of Houston’s power utility told lawmakers Monday the company would lose momentum on changes after Hurricane Beryl if he resigned over the prolonged and deadly power outages that followed the storm plowing this month onto the Texas coast. “I take personal accountability for not

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Fact check: Vance falsely claims Harris is calling to end the child tax credit, which she is actually calling to increase

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance is facing criticism over his previous comments about people without children, including one 2021 remark denouncing “childless cat ladies” in government and another in which he said that, in order to “tax the things that are bad and not tax the

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Text messages, radio chatter show confused communications around tracking Trump’s would-be assassin

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Scott Glover, CNN (CNN) — Text messages released and radio chatter detailed Monday show that law enforcement officers lost sight of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and further illustrate the confused communications around tracking him at the July 13 rally. According to documents released by Sen. Chuck

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Utility cuts natural gas service to landslide-stricken Southern California neighborhood

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Natural gas service is being cut in a neighborhood on Southern California’s Palos Verdes Peninsula due to worsening conditions in an area where a long-running landslide has damaged houses, roads and utilities. Southern California Gas Co. cited “significant strain” on its infrastructure in announcing that natural gas service would

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Delaware gubernatorial candidate calls for investigation into primary rival’s campaign finances

Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The chief executive of Delaware’s largest county is calling for a federal investigation into the campaign finances of the state’s lieutenant governor, who is his chief rival for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer held a news conference Monday to respond to a forensic review

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Robinson campaign calls North Carolina agency report on wife’s nonprofit politically motivated

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson is speaking against a state agency’s report about a nonprofit owned by his wife. Robinson is the current lieutenant governor. Yolanda Hill owns and operates Balanced Nutrition, which has implemented a federally funded child care food program. Last week, state regulators

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Más de 200.000 personas desplazadas en Gaza en la última semana a raíz de las órdenes de evacuación de Israel

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Más de 200.000 personas, el 9% de la población de Gaza, se han visto desplazadas en Gaza durante la última semana a raíz de las órdenes de evacuación de Israel, según informó este lunes en un comunicado la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios (UNOCHA, por

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The U.S. men’s gymnastics team ended a lengthy Olympic medal drought. They hope the NCAA notices

AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Before they stood with their arms wrapped around each other in a brotherhood forever etched into U.S. Olympic lore, Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, Asher Hong, Paul Juda and Stephen Nedoroscik were collegians. Yes, the dreams the members of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team had fostered since childhood began in

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Venezuela at a standstill as Maduro is declared winner but vote tallies have yet to be released

Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is facing a political standstill after both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election. Maduro’s ruling party considers the results of the election a settled matter. But opposition candidate Edmundo González on Monday said his campaign has the proof

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‘White Dudes for Harris’ is the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings backing the vice president

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On a “White Dudes for Harris” virtual call, it was probably fitting that “The Dude” dropped in. Actor Jeff Bridges addressed a fundraising call geared toward white men supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and sang her praises on Monday night. Organizers said the call drew more than 180,000 participants and

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Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI

Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has pardoned three journalists who were charged with sex crimes and espionage in prosecutions widely condemned by press freedom advocates as retaliation for critical reporting. Omar Radi, Taoufik Bouachrine and Soulaimane Raissouni were among 2,278 people who received pardons this week, according to Morocco’s Ministry

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