Plans to tear down a small Texas church where a gunman in 2017 killed more than two dozen worshippers are bringing visitors back to the rural sanctuary as there's a last-minute push to stop the demolition. Leaders of First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs have not publicly announced the timeline. On Tuesday, a Texas judge approved a temporary restraining order sought by some families to delay demolition. But an attorney for the families say they're concern the demolition could still proceed since... Читать дальше...
Swaths of California are sweltering and things are only expected to get worse during the Fourth of July holiday week for parts of the United States, with nearly 90 million people under heat alerts. Forecasters say Tuesday that the torrid conditions are being caused by a ridge of high pressure just off the West Coast and a separate ridge that has spawned heat warnings and advisories from Kansas and Missouri to the Gulf Coast states. California’s capital, Sacramento, is under an excessive heat warning expected to last until Sunday night... Читать дальше...
A Minnesota prosecutor says police investigating a potential sexual abuse case in a Minneapolis suburb found themselves in a gunbattle against a well-armed resident in a darkened home while trying to protect seven children inside. The February shooting left two officers and a paramedic dead. Dakota County Attorney Kathryn Keena made the revelation Tuesday in a report. She concluded that the Burnsville officers who went to the home of Shannon Gooden were justified in using deadly force. Gooden was struck by one officer’s bullet. Читать дальше...
The Twin Bridges Championship will be played July 21-23 at Pinehaven
U.S. health officials have approved a new Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease. It's only the second drug that's been convincingly shown to slow the memory-destroying condition. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly's medication Tuesday for patients with early or mild cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer's. Kisunla is not a cure and slows worsening memory and cognitive problems by about seven months. The FDA approved a similar drug, Leqembi, from a Japanese drugmaker last year. Читать дальше...
U.S. new-vehicle sales rose only slightly in the second quarter, despite larger discounts and slightly lower prices. Analysts predict that still-lower prices are coming and suggest buyers consider waiting for better deals. Overall, U.S. sales were up only 0.1% compared to a year ago, as still-high prices kept many potential buyers out of the market. That's according to Motorintelligence.com. Sales were crimped in late June, when cyberattacks knocked out software from CDK Global that dealerships use to do sales paperwork. Читать дальше...
The U.S. Interior Department has approved the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey. Tuesday's approval gives a major boost to a project that would be the state’s first. The project still requires an additional federal approval of its construction and operations plan and two state-level permits before construction can begin. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says this is the ninth offshore wind project approved under the Biden administration. Atlantic Shores would be built between... Читать дальше...
