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Despite National, State Warnings, Kerr County, Camp Mystic Didn’t Evacuate
(Bethany Blankley The Center Square) As the death count in the Independence Day flooding in central Texas has now surpassed that of Hurricane Harvey, with dozens of children reported dead and missing who were camping at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texans are asking why a warning system wasn’t in place and why the camp…
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Police Officer Wounded in Shooting outside North Texas ICE Detention Center
(José Niño, Headline USA) Several suspects are in custody after a police officer was shot in the neck during a late-night attack at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, officials reported. According to a report by CBS, on Friday, just before 11 p.m., Alvarado police responded to a report of a suspicious…
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Mamdani Faces Firestorm Over College Application Race Claim
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo want an investigation into claims that Zohran Mamdani, running this fall to lead the city, falsely identified himself as African American on his Columbia University application. Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary for mayor last month, identified as “Black…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Gets Standing Ovation from Inmates after Court Victory, His Lawyer Says
(Headline USA) Sean “Diddy” Combs got a standing ovation from fellow inmates when the music mogul returned to jail after winning acquittals on potential life-in-prison charges, providing what his lawyer says might have been the best thing he could do for Black incarcerated men in America. “They all said: ‘We never get to see anyone who…
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U.S. Launches Series of Airstrikes During Major Battle Between US-Backed Force and Al-Shabaab in Somalia
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Africa Command said in a press release on Thursday that its forces launched multiple airstrikes in southern Somalia between June 27 and June 30, a time when Somali media reported major battles between a US-backed force and al-Shabaab. It’s unclear how many strikes AFRICOM launched during the battle, but it means the…
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U.S. Contractor Who Worked for Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Saw Colleagues Fire on Hungry Palestinians
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) An American security contractor who previously worked at aid distribution sites inside Gaza run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has told the BBC that he witnessed his co-workers fire live ammunition at unarmed, hungry Palestinians who posed no threat. In one incident, the contractor said a guard had opened…
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Trump Declares Major Disaster in Texas as Rescue Operations Continue
(The Center Square) President Donald Trump on Sunday declared a major disaster in Texas as at least 67 people have died and dozens remain missing after torrential rainfall caused historic flooding along the Guadalupe River in the state’s Hill Country. “These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing,”…
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BREAKING: FBI Concludes Jeffrey Epstein Had No Clients, Didn’t Blackmail Anyone, and Definitely Killed Himself
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein and his colleague, Ghislaine Maxwell, were both charged by the Justice Department with sex trafficking—and Maxwell was convicted. But according to the DOJ, the two apparently didn’t have any clients. In a bombshell FBI memo leaked to Axios and published Sunday night, officials said they’ve reviewed more…
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Russia and Ukraine Trade Hundreds of Drone Attacks
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Russia and Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at each other’s territory over the weekend as fighting continued to rage across the frontlines in eastern Ukraine amid a stalled peace process. Ukrainian officials said that Russia launched its largest drone attack on the war overnight Thursday into Friday, which killed one person in Kyiv…
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Iran Throws Cold Water on Idea of Resuming Talks With the US This Week
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) After media reports said the US and Iran were expected to resume negotiations this week, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei threw cold water on the idea, citing public opinion within Iran. “Public opinion is currently so angry that no one even dares to talk about negotiations and diplomacy,” Baghaei told Iranian media…
