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July Fourth violence nationwide kills at least 33, Chicago 'in state of grief,' mayor says 07/05/2024 07:14pm • Shootings and other violence during the extended Fourth of July weekend have left at least 33 people dead, including 11 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said. The Fourth of July historically is one of the nation���s deadliest days of the year. A flurry of shootings around 2 killed and 3 injured in July Fourth attack in California beach city 07/05/2024 06:58pm • HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) ��� Two people were killed and three others injured in an attack during a neighborhood Fourth of July gathering in a Southern California beach city, police said Friday. The county coroner removed two bodies Friday morning from the crime scene, which encompassed a grassy Eastern Wisconsin community evacuated after floodwaters breach dam 07/05/2024 06:24pm • MANAWA, Wis. (AP) ��� A dam in an eastern Wisconsin community has been breached, prompting people living downriver to be evacuated, the National Weather Service said Friday. The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf River was breached about 1:45 p.m. by floodwaters, meteorologist Scott Cultice said. T Multiple injuries reported after fireworks veer into the crowd at a Utah stadium 07/05/2024 05:53pm • PROVO, Utah (AP) ��� Malfunctioning fireworks veered into the stands at a crowded Utah football stadium and struck members of the audience during a Fourth of July celebration, sending up to six people to the hospital, according to authorities and the event organizer. The mishap occurred during the o How Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border after a judge's scathing order 07/05/2024 05:47pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) ��� Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country, taking some groups to court and making demands that a judge called harassment after the state tried shuttering an Man charged with stealing and selling car of elderly couple who were fatally shot in South Florida 07/05/2024 04:45pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� A man has been arrested and charged with stealing and later selling the car of an elderly South Florida couple who were fatally shot in March, authorities said. Maurice Newson, 30, of Davie, was arrested in May on a warrant for charges of grand theft auto and dealing i Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright 07/05/2024 04:23pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled. Chancery Court Judge I���Ashea Myles found that The Covenant School children and parents Shark attacks reported at Texas' South Padre Island; 2 people bitten, at least 1 severely 07/05/2024 03:43pm • SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) ��� Shark attacks disrupted Fourth of July celebrations Thursday at South Padre Island as two people were taken to the hospital with bites, at least one of them severe, authorities said. Police were called for the attack on the man who was severely bitten around 11 a. Former reporter settles part of her lawsuit over a police raid on a Kansas newspaper for $235,000 07/05/2024 03:32pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part of her federal lawsuit over a police raid on the paper that made a small community the focus of a national debate over press freedoms. The settlement removed the former police chief in The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro 07/05/2024 02:47pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office, and the swarm of cases have multiplied since his failed reelection campaign in 2022. Authorities have been looking into everything from allegations he conspired to incite The Latest | Keir Starmer is officially the new UK prime minister 07/05/2024 02:39pm • Labour leader Keir Starmer officially became prime minister of the United Kingdom on Friday after his party won a landslide victory in a national election. Starmer received the blessing of King Charles III to form a government in a ceremony known as the ���kissing of hands.��� A photo of the occasio Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say 07/05/2024 01:49pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazil's Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusat Metro Transit Police officer shoots carjacking suspect in Rosslyn, authorities say 07/05/2024 01:20pm • A Metro Transit Police officer shot and seriously wounded a man who was seen trying to carjack two different drivers in the Rosslyn area Friday morning, authorities said. The man who was shot was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound and is in critical condition, Metro Transit Police Chief M July Fourth attack kills 2 and injures 3 in Huntington Beach, California. A suspect is in custody, police say 07/05/2024 01:08pm • HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) ��� July Fourth attack kills 2 and injures 3 in Huntington Beach, California. A suspect is in custody, police say. Court says social media influencer Andrew Tate can leave Romania but remain in EU as he awaits trial 07/05/2024 12:59pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ��� A court in Romania���s capital ruled Friday that social media influencer Andrew Tate can leave Romania but must remain within the European Union as he awaits trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest T