KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Officials kept a wary eye on river levels as some crews resumed the search for people still missing after catastrophic flooding pummeled Texas this month. Heavy rains over the weekend temporarily paused their efforts. The July Fourth floods killed at least 132 people. Some rescue efforts along the Guadalupe River resumed…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced new measures targeting Russia over its ongoing war in Ukraine, threatening steep tariffs if a peace deal isn’t reached within 50 days. Trump also revealed plans for European allies to buy U.S. weapons and transfer them to Ukraine. Patriot air defense missiles are a top priority for…… MORE
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced he will run for New York City mayor as an independent candidate. Cuomo, who lost to progressive Democrat Zohran Mamdani in the June primary, says he aims to challenge Mamdani’s policies, calling them “slick slogans with no real solutions.” The general election is set for November. The…… MORE
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire destroyed a historic Grand Canyon lodge and is continuing to spread out of control Monday after it had been allowed to burn for days. Now the National Park Service’s decision not to aggressively attack the fire right away is coming under scrutiny. So far the, fire has leveled the…… MORE
The man accused of killing two women at a Kentucky church and wounding a state trooper in separate shootings had been expected in court for a domestic violence hearing the next day. Guy House was fatally shot by police on Sunday at Richmond Road Baptist Church. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that House went to the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who…… MORE
BUSRA AL-HARIR, Syria (AP) — Israel has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clash with Druze militias. Dozens of people have been killed in the fighting between local militias and clans in Syria’s Sweida province. Government security forces that were sent to restore order on Monday also clashed with…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is asking an inspector general to review the cost of the central bank’s building renovations that White House officials have attacked as “ostentatious.” The Fed has been renovating two of its office buildings in Washington for several years at a current cost estimate of about $2.5 billion,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic President Joe Biden handed out subsidies to chipmakers and electric vehicle manufacturers. Republican President Donald Trump is building a wall of import taxes – tariffs – around the U.S. economy to protect domestic industry from foreign competition. But American manufacturing has been stuck in a rut anyway. Biden’s subsidies haven’t had…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal court in Miami began considering Monday whether Elon Musk’s car company should share blame for the death of a stargazing university student after a runaway Tesla sent her flying 75 feet through the air and severely injured her boyfriend. The jury trial is a rare one for Tesla and…… MORE
