Keeping Up With America | 100 Lewiston mass shooting survivors and victims' families claim U.S. military negligence: One year after an Army reservist perpetrated a mass shooting across Lewiston, Maine, lawyers representing survivors and families of the victims said Tuesday they are pursuing negligence claims against the federal government that could pave the way for 100 individual lawsuits. | Hurricane Milton leaves path of destruction across Florida, at least 24 dead: Where Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane. From above the devastation seemed limitless, a vast landscape of twisted metal and debris, marking the heartbreaking toll of back-to-back hurricanes. | Supreme Court tosses lower court decision that shielded officers who arrested Texas citizen journalist: The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a lower court decision that shielded from liability Texas law enforcement officers who arrested a local citizen journalist after she sought information from a police source. | Panda diplomacy resumes: A pair of bears are on their way to the National Zoo from China: Bao Li, a 3-year-old male, and Qing Bao, a 3-year-old female, are the latest pandas to be sent to the U.S. after a series of repatriations from American zoos raised concerns that geopolitical tensions could be hurting "panda diplomacy," a longtime symbol of friendship between the world's two largest economies. | Two men shot during Pennsylvania assassination attempt on Trump say Secret Service failed them: David Dutch, 57, an ex-Marine, and James Copenhaver, 74, a retired liquor store manager, told NBC News in an exclusive interview Monday they were excited to be sitting in the bleachers behind the Republican nominee at the fairgrounds in Butler on July 13 when gunshots rang out and they were hit. |
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| | Around the World | Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 21 people: The Israeli military did not immediately comment and the target was not clear. The strike hit a small apartment building in the village of Aito, which is part of the country's Christian heartland in the north and far from the Hezbollah militant group's main areas of influence in the south and east. | Photos show mess on Air Canada flight after turbulence sends passenger meals flying around the cabin: According to a reddit post from Morrell Andrews, a few hours into the flight from Vancouver to Singapore, Flight AC19 hit "some major bumps and everything went flying (including a few people!)." Andrews said nobody was hurt, but his photos show food in the aisle and splattered all over the ceiling of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. |
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| | | | Richer, Wiser, Happier | What to know before refinancing your home equity loan: With the Federal Reserve's recent action to lower the federal funds rate and home loan rates trending downward in recent months, the interest outlook is turning the corner. Consequently, many homeowners who had been waiting for lower rates have now tapped into their home's equity for cash. |
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| Prediction: CDs Won't Be Worth Opening a Year From Now: Many savers clamored to buy CDs this year. For much of 2024, it was possible to lock in a CD rate of 5%, or even a little more. That's a pretty great deal for a risk-free investment (provided your bank is FDIC-insured and your deposit isn't above $250,000). |
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