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Unanswered questions remain after New Jersey firefighters killed in raging blaze on European-made cargo ship
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — Investigators are searching for answers after two firefighters were killed and five more were injured while battling a raging blaze aboard a cargo ship docked in Newark, New Jersey. [Read More…]

Solar, wind energy keeping Texas power grids running amid weeks-long heat wave
Robert Brook/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Green energy is helping to keep the Texas power grids alive amid a weeks-long heat wave that has left power usage at an all-time high. The perfect meteorological conditions [Read More…]

CBP rescues two people suffering from heat stress in southern Arizona
SimpleImages/Getty Images (TUCSON, Ariz.) — Two people suffering from heat stress had to be rescued via helicopter in a remote area of southern Arizona this week, officials said. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said [Read More…]

Dozens injured in NYC bus collision: FDNY
WABC (NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were injured following a bus collision in New York City on Thursday night, the FDNY said. The FDNY said it received a call just before 7 p.m. ET [Read More…]

‘Look at me, you coward’: Relatives of El Paso Walmart shooting victims confront gunman
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — Nearly four years after 23 people were killed in a racist mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the victims’ families are confronting the gunman in [Read More…]

Philly leaders sue ghost gun manufacturers just days after mass shooting
US Federal Register (PHILADELPHIA) — Just days after a man wielding two “ghost guns,” including an AR-15 rifle, shot seven people, five fatally, in a Philadelphia neighborhood, according to authorities, leaders of the city filed [Read More…]

Father says teen killed in Philadelphia mass shooting saved his son’s life
ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — The father of a 13-year-old boy who was wounded in a Fourth of July weekend mass shooting in Philadelphia said his son’s best friend, 15-year-old Daujan Brown, lost his life trying [Read More…]

Shootings in New York City are down 25% so far this year: NYPD
Natnan Srisuwan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite a violent Fourth of July holiday weekend, the number of shootings in New York City decreased in each of the last 13 weeks, according to the New York [Read More…]

Cruise ship damaged after striking San Francisco pier while docking
KGO-TV (SAN FRANCISCO) — A Ruby Princess cruise ship startled sleeping San Fransico residents Thursday morning after it hit a pier while docking, damaging it and the vessel, officials said. None of the 3,328 guests [Read More…]

Clark Atlanta president says affirmative action ban presents ‘opportunity’ for HBCUs
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The president of Clark Atlanta University is disappointed by the Supreme Court decision to end the use of race as a main factor in college admissions but he also views [Read More…]

Social media posts by parents bring concerns for children’s privacy, safety
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Cam Barrett was strapped to a hospital gurney and in a neck brace following an automobile accident when her mother took pictures of the moment to post on social media. [Read More…]

Ghost forest formation accelerates amid sea-level rise
Dan Manzo/ABC News (NEW YORK) — As people around the world contend this week with the hottest temperatures ever recorded on Earth, more visual evidence of climate change is emerging with the spread of ghost [Read More…]

Families, investigators continue to search for answers in five college student cases
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On Saturday, May 25, 1996, Kristin Smart, a freshman at Cal Poly State University, walked home from a party at 2 a.m. and was never seen again. She was [Read More…]

OceanGate suspends all exploration and commercial operations after Titan implosion
JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — OceanGate said it is suspending all exploration and commercial operations after five people were killed, including the company’s CEO, during its expedition to the Titanic wreckage last [Read More…]

Justice Department moves to block Trump deposition after ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok sues over firing
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A week after FBI director Christopher Wray was deposed in a lawsuit over the firing of veteran agent Peter Strzok, the Justice Department is now asking a federal judge to — [Read More…]

Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case
Alon Skuy/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Walt Nauta, the longtime aide to former President Donald Trump who was charged alongside him in the special counsel’s classified documents case, has pleaded not guilty to all charges at [Read More…]

Reaching ‘drop dead’ deadline, Trump aide Walt Nauta to be arraigned in classified docs case
ftwitty/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Walt Nauta, the longtime aide to former President Donald Trump who was federally charged alongside him last month in the classified documents case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, is scheduled [Read More…]

Two firefighters die while battling blaze aboard ship in New Jersey
slobo/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — Two firefighters died and several more were injured while battling a blaze aboard a cargo ship docked in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday night, officials said. Newark Fire Chief Rufus [Read More…]

Suspect arrested after stabbing at Levi’s Stadium soccer game
amphotora/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Police in Northern California have arrested a man for allegedly stabbing another man during the Mexico-Qatar soccer game on Sunday night. The Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) and the Sacramento [Read More…]

Criminal charges called for against deputies, officer in alleged assault of two Black men
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the investigation involving two Black men allegedly assaulted by one officer and five deputies continues, national activists and Mississippi residents held two press conferences Wednesday urging for criminal charges [Read More…]