July 2022

Video from hall outside Uvalde classroom to be shown

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Surveillance video from the Robb Elementary School hallway where police waited as a gunman opened fire in a fourth-grade classroom will be shown this weekend to residents of Uvalde, a Texas lawmaker leading an investigation into the massacre of 21 people said Tuesday.

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NASA’s new telescope shows star death, dancing galaxies

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — NASA on Tuesday unveiled a new batch of images from its new powerful space telescope, including a foamy blue and orange shot of a dying star.

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Jill Biden apologizes for saying Latinos ‘unique’ as tacos

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden apologized Tuesday for saying Latinos are “as unique” as San Antonio breakfast tacos during a speech to the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization.

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US stocks waver as earnings reports for companies begins

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday as traders brace for a big week of news on inflation and company earnings reports.

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Biden to discuss immigration, trade with Mexico’s president

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday for discussions the White House says will showcase the underlying strength of a relationship that of late has been more notable for the leaders’ disagreements on issues including energy and Ukraine policy.

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Yosemite wildfire grows, but giant sequoias remain protected

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire on the edge of a grove of California’s giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park grew overnight but remained partially contained Tuesday.

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UK: Monkeypox cases rise to 1,735 with most cases in London

LONDON (AP) — British health officials say there have now been 1,735 confirmed cases of monkeypox and that threequarters of those cases are in London, according to data released on Tuesday.