Officials defended their actions in the hardest-hit county, where no survivors have been found since Friday and questions are mounting over disaster preparation and flood warnings. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/texas-floods-missing-search.html Author : Edgar Sandoval Publish date : 2025-07-09 15:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
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When a GOP senator proposed using federal land for affordable housing, right-wing forces revolted to protect what they see as a symbol of American greatness. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/09/public-lands-sale-conservative-opposition/ Author : Karin Brulliard Publish date : 2025-07-09 12:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
"Jeopardy!" is taking some heat for a confusing James Bond clue. Earlier this week, a Final Jeopardy prompt about the beloved film franchise left fans scratching their heads, as they argued that the clue was "convoluted."During an episode that aired on July 7, host Ken Jennings announced that "Movie Music" was the category for the Final Jeopardy clue. ‘JEOPARDY!’ HOST KEN JENNINGS HAS ‘100% EMPATHY’ FOR CONTESTANTS' SHOW FAILS"The last 2 best song Oscar winners whose titles were the same name as the movie they were in had this man in the leading role," the clue read.Contestant Ashley had begun writing down
In symbolic rulings, Moscow was again blamed for the downing of Flight MH17 in 2014 and for an array of war-related human rights violations, including the transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/europe/european-court-human-rights-russia-mh17-ukraine.html Author : Nataliya Vasilyeva Publish date : 2025-07-09 13:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Where We Live | Community is seen as a good place for first-time home buyers. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/09/where-we-live-riverdale-park-maryland/ Author : Elliot Williams Publish date : 2025-07-09 12:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
President Donald Trump took a different tone on Russian leader Vladimir Putin during his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, calling out the "bull----."Trump was making a contrast between the assistance his administration sent Ukraine during his first term and what former President Barack Obama approved."I gave them the javelins. Remember? They said, ‘Trump gave the javelins and Obama gave them sheets.’ Right. They called Obama at that time, Barack Hussein Obama. If you haven't heard, he did a terrible job," Trump said. "That was a war that should have happened. And a lot of people are dying and it should end.
In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey would be replaced by politics. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/middleeast/turkey-pkk-kurdish-leader-ocalan-armed-struggle.html Author : Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Publish date : 2025-07-09 10:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
“The fans are right to be frustrated,” Mike DeBartolo, the interim GM for the Nationals, said Tuesday. “We’re all frustrated.” Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07/08/mike-debartolo-nationals-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage Author : Publish date : 2025-07-09 10:42:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
FIRST ON FOX - A new report by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is urging the U.S. government to impose sanctions on senior Iranian clerics and regime-controlled institutions that have issued or promoted Islamic legal rulings — known as fatwas — calling for the torture and assassination of President Donald Trump, other American citizens and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The fatwas invoke the Islamic charge of mohareb — "waging war against God" — a term in Iran’s penal code that mandates brutal punishments, including crucifixion and cross-amputation, under the regime’s interpretation of Sharia law."Today UANI is exposing the individuals and
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks near Guatemala City led to landslides that were reported to have killed at least two people. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/americas/guatemala-earthquake-landslide.html Author : Mike Ives Publish date : 2025-07-09 07:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
He boycotts events to dodge his homophobic brother-in-law, but a nephew’s grad party has him rethinking that self-imposed rule. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/advice/2025/07/09/carolyn-hax-homophobic-brother-in-law-cost/ Author : Carolyn Hax Publish date : 2025-07-09 04:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
A jury of his peers found rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs not guilty of the most serious charges he had been facing on July 2.On that day, the jury told the courtroom the government had not proven the disgraced music mogul participated in a racketeering conspiracy or sex trafficking. However, Diddy was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.An alternate juror, who presented his badge to Fox News Digital for confirmation, explained where Diddy's defense had "poked holes" in the prosecution's case."I mean, there were always moments where there was, you know, when the defense really was
Firefighters worked to prevent the blaze from entering France’s second-biggest city, where ash and smoke had spread overnight. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/europe/marseille-wildfires-france.html Author : Livia Albeck-Ripka and Andrés R. Martínez Publish date : 2025-07-09 05:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
More than 100 people have been confirmed dead after the flooding in the central part of the state. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/08/texas-flooding-missing-death-toll/ Author : Anumita Kaur, Angie Orellana Hernandez, Patrick Svitek Publish date : 2025-07-09 00:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Florida after Palm Beach County approved renaming a busy stretch of roadway after the commander-in-chief.The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a resolution that would rename a 4-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard that runs from Palm Beach International Airport to the president's home at the Mar-a-Lago resort.NEW JERSEY LAWMAKER PROPOSES LEGISLATION RENAMING DELAWARE BAY TO 'THE BAY OF NEW JERSEY'"It has been brought to my attention that the Great State of Florida, which I won BIG three times, and where I am a proud Resident, has renamed an
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/americas/trump-venezuelan-migrants-us-prisoner-swap.html Author : Frances Robles, Julie Turkewitz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs Publish date : 2025-07-09 03:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
The British lawmaker worked to curb labor unions and was tipped as a potential future prime minister. He and his wife were injured in a 1984 terrorist attack. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/07/08/norman-tebbit-dead/ Author : Harrison Smith Publish date : 2025-07-09 00:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani clinched a historic, and deeply polarizing, victory by officially receiving the most votes ever recorded in a New York City mayoral primary.After three rounds, Mamdani received 565,639 votes, surpassing the previous record of 547,901 votes held by David N. Dinkins in 1989, according to updated ranked-choice voting totals released Tuesday by the NYC Board of Elections.Mamdani celebrated the milestone on X, posting: "With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history."NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI IDENTIFIED
Pungent odors permeate the City of Brotherly Love as a contract impasse between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees continues. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/trash-philadelphia-strike.html Author : Neil Vigdor, Rylee Kirk and Campbell Robertson Publish date : 2025-07-09 00:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
The defense secretary’s abortive Ukraine weapons freeze projected weakness to Russia. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/08/trump-ukraine-weapons-pause-hegseth/ Author : Editorial Board Publish date : 2025-07-08 20:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
President Donald Trump warned that New York won’t ever be the same if New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is elected. Mamdani is a Ugandan-born Muslim who won the Democratic Party’s primary for New York City mayor in June and identifies as a Democratic socialist. But Trump said that New Yorkers should not cast their ballot for the New York State assemblyman from Queens, who he described as "a man who's not very capable in my opinion, other than he's got a good line of bulls–-." SANDERS ENDORSES SOCIALIST MAMDANI IN MOVE TO BLOCK CUOMO IN NYC MAYORAL RACE"No. 1, you have
The police recovered a large cache of guns and explosives and said that the ‘ideologically motivated’ group included active members of Canada’s military. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/canada/terrorist-plot-charges-canada-quebec.html Author : Ian Austen Publish date : 2025-07-08 22:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Humidity holds through week with daily storm chances. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/07/08/dc-weather-live-updates-tuesday-storms/ Author : Matt Rogers Publish date : 2025-07-08 21:24:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., stood shoulder-to-shoulder with staunch Democrats to celebrate the inclusion of key compensation for survivors of nuclear testing inside President Donald Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill on Tuesday.Hawley has fought for the passage of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) since the program was canceled in 2023. It has now been re-upped and greatly expanded thanks to persistent bipartisan advocacy.Among the cross-aisle attendees was former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., who was among the most aggressive critics of Republicans while in Congress. Hawley embraced Bush at the event, however."Cori, thank you. We would not be here without you and
President Emmanuel Macron is on a state visit to Britain, the first of a French leader since 2008. His hosts are drenching him in pomp, pizazz and protocol. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/macron-uk-state-visit-royal-family-photos.html Author : Amelia Nierenberg Publish date : 2025-07-08 19:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.