Homeland Security ordered ICE to pause most non-urgent vehicle stops nationwide on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after two recent deadly enforcement encounters in Houston and Biddeford, Maine.

The pause exempts operations targeting serious criminal suspects and some partner-led actions and is described as temporary while ICE provides additional training on vehicle-stop tactics.

Senators introduced the Promise Act on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, to fast-track a bipartisan plan aimed at fixing Social Security and averting an estimated 22% cut to benefits if Congress takes no action.

The bill directs the bipartisan Social Security Advisory Board to draft a solvency plan that keeps the retirement trust funds sound for at least 50 years and requires any plan win a three-fifths vote in the Senate. CBS News The Promise Act itself does not change taxes, benefits or eligibility; it creates a structured, fast-track process for future reforms.

Federal health officials say 2026 has become the nation's worst year for cyclosporiasis, with infections from more than 30 states already exceeding the U.S. record set in 2019. PBS Michigan officials say lettuce or salad greens are the product most consistently reported by patients and are urging people to buy whole heads, discard outer leaves and avoid bagged salad mixes. PBS Michigan has reported 1,562 cases and 44 hospitalizations since a Monroe County cluster surfaced, state health officials say.

The Food and Drug Administration is conducting traceback investigations on multiple produce items and patient-reported locations. PBS Taco Bell says it has voluntarily and temporarily removed limited ingredients at select restaurants as a precaution. CBS News Public health officials have not confirmed any connection between Taco Bell's restaurants, ingredients or suppliers and the outbreak.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency expanded an air quality alert to include the Twin Cities from 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, through 11 a.m. Friday because of wildfire smoke drifting from northern Minnesota and Canada.

Air quality in the Twin Cities is forecast to reach red, or unhealthy, on the Air Quality Index, with very unhealthy to hazardous levels expected in parts of northeastern Minnesota. FOX 9 Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency and mobilized the Minnesota National Guard as multiple northern Minnesota wildfires burn. FOX 9 The federal government closed the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and evacuations are underway. FOX 9 The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday for Cook, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis counties because dry, hot, windy conditions can drive rapid wildfire spread.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency expanded an air quality alert to include the Twin Cities on Tuesday as wildfire smoke pushed unhealthy air across much of the state.

The MPCA tied the alert directly to active wildfires that remain ongoing and not yet under control. Minnesota Reformer Officials said the alert covers a broad region, including the Twin Cities metro.

An ICE agent shot and killed a 26-year-old Colombian man during an attempted vehicle stop in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday, July 13, 2026, prompting urgent calls for answers.

The victim has been identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 26, a father of a 3-year-old whose wife and child were at the scene as neighbors and leaders demanded accountability. MS NOW DHS posted that agents were surveilling an address tied to someone with a final removal order and said the vehicle "attempted to flee" before an officer fired "fearing for public safety." PBS News The Maine attorney general's office confirmed the officer who fired has been placed on leave pending an investigation. PBS News Witnesses said they heard multiple shots, and security-camera video shows officers pulling a limp driver from a vehicle though the clip does not show when the shots were fired.

Senators unveiled the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 on Tuesday, July 14, advancing a package of sweeping sanctions and tariffs that late Sen. Lindsey Graham had championed.

The bill would mandate sanctions on President Vladimir Putin, senior Russian officials, the military, major banks and energy firms, and foreign entities doing business with Russia or its "shadow" oil fleet. CBS News It would impose tariffs of up to 100% on the top five purchasers of Russian oil and natural gas, with the list reviewed every 180 days. CBS News The measure would also bar U.S. persons from buying Russian debt or doing business with the Russian government or its energy sector, while allowing presidential exemptions with a justification to Congress. CBS News By 1 p.m. Central on July 14 the bill had 26 Senate cosponsors, and House allies plan to introduce a companion measure.

The United States expanded strikes on Iran and moved to reinstate a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after fresh Iranian attacks on commercial ships raised immediate threats to shipping and energy flows.

U.S. Central Command said the latest strikes hit Iranian coastal-defense systems, missile and drone sites and maritime capabilities around Abu Musa, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Chabahar, Jask and Konarak. MS NOW CENTCOM also said the United States used one-way sea drones against a dock at Bandar Abbas, the first combat employment of the Corsair sea-surface vehicle. CBS News Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed cruise-missile strikes on two tankers, and the International Maritime Organization said mariners were killed and others wounded in the attacks. PBS News The military action came as President Trump announced plans to reinstate a blockade and briefly proposed a 20% transit fee before publicly backing away amid Gulf state objections. CBS News Meanwhile, Senate Democrats blocked floor action on the must-pass defense bill, saying the National Defense Authorization Act had become a referendum on the Iran war and protesting the administration's expanded military campaign.

A large house fire broke out on the 300 block of Maple Island Road in Burnsville while police were responding to a reported person-in-crisis, authorities said.

Multiple Burnsville police units, SWAT teams and fire crews were on scene, and officials asked the public to avoid Maple Island Road as the house suffered significant damage.

Darline Graham was sworn in on the U.S. Senate floor on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, to serve out the remainder of her late brother Sen. Lindsey Graham's term.

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa administered the oath as dozens of senators and high-profile guests attended, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. CBS News Her swearing-in made her the 27th woman serving in the U.S. Senate at the same time, a record concurrent total, and made her South Carolina's first female U.S. senator.

House Republicans passed a party-line procedural rule on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, allowing Speaker Mike Johnson to attach the SAVE America Act to a State Department appropriations bill before sending it to the Senate.

The move ended an hourlong initial vote and tense floor negotiations that had paralyzed other House business. CBS News The SAVE America Act would require proof-of-citizenship documentation to register for federal elections and photo identification to vote. CBS News Rep. Anna Paulina Luna agreed to Johnson's plan only after he pledged to add the bill to all appropriations and other must-pass measures, and GOP hard-liners had earlier blocked his attempt to add it to the defense bill. CBS News Rep. Don Bacon criticized the internal divisions, saying a small bloc of Republicans was effectively operating as its own party.

Hennepin County Attorney's Office says it has received a case after fireworks were set off at Sen. John Hoffman's Champlin home over the July 4, 2026 weekend and is considering charges.

Champlin police have made no arrests and have not publicly released details about the fireworks incident.

Florida has scheduled two more elderly inmates for execution this month: Dennis Sochor on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and 80-year-old Dominick Anthony Occhicone on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.

Sochor was convicted in 1982 in the rape and murder of 18-year-old Patricia Gifford and has spent more than 40 years on death row. Occhicone would be only the second known U.S. inmate executed in his 80s if Florida carries out the sentence.

On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testified publicly before a House Appropriations subcommittee to ask Congress for expanded Supreme Court security funding.

They said the court is seeking more than $228 million for fiscal 2027, including an extra $14.6 million earmarked for expanded personal security for the justices. CBS News Budget documents say the $14.6 million would fund about six additional Supreme Court Police agents per justice and cover security-related travel when justices are outside Washington. CBS News Kagan told lawmakers the Supreme Court Police expects a 38% increase in threats against the justices in 2026. CBS News She also cited a 57% rise in U.S. Marshals Service "security incidents of significant concern" involving federal judges in fiscal 2025. CBS News Barrett said she was the target of a swatting incident roughly six weeks before the hearing and recalled receiving a bulletproof vest after the May 2022 draft leak. CBS News Members of Congress on the panel, from both parties, appeared receptive to the justices' warnings about rising threats.

E. Jean Carroll received $5,625,005.48 transferred from a federal escrow account to her legal team on Monday, July 13, 2026, covering the $5 million jury award plus accrued interest.

On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, Donald Trump filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its June 29 refusal and asked the trial judge to delay disbursing the escrowed funds. CBS News Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, that Carroll could collect roughly $5.8 million that had been held in the court's escrow account. PBS Trump's emergency requests to halt the disbursement, including an administrative-stay bid tied to his rehearing petition, were denied, allowing the transfer to proceed. MS NOW Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan confirmed Carroll received the payment and told the court she plans to place the funds in a retirement account.

On Monday, July 13, 2026, former President Donald Trump ordered sharp reductions to Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, reigniting legal and tribal fights over protected lands.

The proclamations cut the two monuments from more than 3.2 million acres combined to under 303,000 acres combined, a larger reduction than Trump's first-term changes. PBS Utah Gov. Spencer Cox backed the move, while leaders of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition said it undermines sacred sites and tribal co-stewardship. PBS The action also reopens legal questions over whether the Antiquities Act permits presidents to substantially shrink existing national monuments.

Warren Buffett announced on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, that his 2026 donations will total about $6 billion and will not include a gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

He said he will give roughly $4.5 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and about $500 million each to the Sherwood, Howard G. Buffett and Novo foundations. PBS He also said all of his remaining Berkshire Hathaway stock, worth more than $140 billion, will be donated to those four foundations by December 31, 2034.

Chinese authorities have formally charged U.S. seismologist Youlin Chen with espionage after secretly detaining him since late 2024.

Chen is 54, China-born and based in Massachusetts, and he researches and monitors underground nuclear tests. Wall Street Journal Supporters say the State Department designated him as "wrongfully detained" earlier in 2026. Wall Street Journal They also say President Trump raised Chen's case with Xi Jinping in Beijing in May 2026. Wall Street Journal The State Department did not immediately comment when asked.

On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Gov. Kathy Hochul imposed a one-year moratorium on construction of hyperscale AI data centers in New York, pausing projects while the state studies energy, cost and environmental impacts.

The pause specifically targets very large, AI-related "hyperscale" facilities rather than all data centers. CBS News The move halts new construction while state agencies investigate broader economic, environmental and grid effects cited as central reasons for the decision.

U.S. marine biologist Kent Carpenter was shot dead inside his home in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, on Sunday night, July 12, 2026, when three masked men entered and shot him in the head.

The assailants stole a laptop, cash and a backpack before fleeing. CBS News Carpenter's Filipina companion was injured and is receiving treatment, and police said they are still seeking to identify the attackers and establish a motive.

On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, the Labor Department reported that U.S. consumer prices in June rose 3.5% year-over-year and fell 0.4% from May, a sharp cooling in inflation that could ease pressure on monetary policy.

Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, was unchanged month-to-month in June and up 2.6% on a 12-month basis. PBS News The monthly drop was the largest in four years and was driven in part by cheaper gasoline; AAA data show the national average was $0.71 per gallon below May's peak. NPR GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan warned the national average could return to about $4 per gallon within days, risking a reversal of the June improvement. NPR Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told the House Financial Services Committee that FOMC members have "no tolerance for persistently elevated inflation" as they weigh next steps. CBS News After the CPI release, the CME FedWatch tool showed an 86% implied probability the Fed will hold interest rates at its upcoming meeting.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will face sharp questioning at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday, July 15, in Washington after a Miami federal judge rebuked the Justice Department over the Trump tax-leak settlement.

On July 13, a Miami federal judge sanctioned a Trump attorney and sharply criticized the Justice Department's handling of the IRS settlement that created a nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. CBS News The settlement granted immunity from future tax claims to former President Trump, his two eldest sons, the Trump Organization and related entities, and contemplated roughly $1.8 billion in payouts. Blanche told a House subcommittee last month that DOJ had scrapped the fund's payout plan, but the department declined to file a sworn declaration saying so in pending litigation.

Environmental groups sued to block a new federal rule that rescinds the regulatory definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act on July 14, 2026.

Earthjustice and allied groups filed suit in federal court in Seattle, and the Swinomish and Squaxin Island tribes filed a separate ESA challenge. NPR The government's new rule removes explicit coverage of "significant habitat modification or degradation" from the harm definition and is scheduled to take effect September 14, 2026. NPR Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the change restores "common sense" and reduces permitting burdens, while environmental plaintiffs said it undercuts the ESA's core purpose and will trigger extensive litigation.

The Defense Department inspector general found that a $469 million 155mm artillery plant in Mesquite, Texas, had produced no contract-specification metal parts as of March 2026.

The facility, opened in May 2024, was expected to produce 30,000 projectile metal parts per month but had yielded none, the inspector general said. CBS News Army officials now project that, without Mesquite, monthly 155mm output will reach only about 71,000 rounds by September 2026, far short of the 100,000-per-month goal set for October 2025. CBS News An Army spokesperson told CBS in mid-July that Mesquite still had not produced any conforming projectile parts despite a new "path forward" agreement with General Dynamics.

Three Mamdani-endorsed candidates — Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier — won Democratic primaries in New York City on June 23, 2026, sweeping Mayor Zohran Mamdani's slate.

Brad Lander routed two-term Rep. Dan Goldman in New York's 10th District by roughly 65.7% to 34.1%, according to near-final returns. BBC Lander pledged to abolish ICE, publicly called Israel's conduct in Gaza "genocide," and said criticism of Israel need not be antisemitic. PBS Mayor Zohran Mamdani backed the three winners, while Gov. Kathy Hochul and House Leader Hakeem Jeffries had campaigned for some of the incumbents but sought to minimize the long-term implications of the losses.

Somali American leaders have scheduled a formal news conference for 9:30 a.m. Central on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in St. Paul to respond to Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher's comments about Somali gangs.

Confirmed speakers include Sen. Omar Fateh, Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman and State Rep. Mohamud Noor, joined by other community and faith leaders. FOX 9 The Somali American Partnership said Fletcher sensationalized violence, made sweeping generalizations about Somali youth, and stigmatized the broader community.

The Trump administration on Monday began enforcing a rule that U.S. citizens recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo must spend at least 21 days in a third country before boarding commercial flights to the United States.

The restrictions are being applied under Title 49 and place affected travelers on a temporary "Do Not Board" list until the 21-day period is complete, the administration said. CBS News Roughly two dozen U.S. citizens with planned flights were identified as affected, and the CDC will conduct medical assessments for Americans still in the DRC.

President Trump said he will not sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, but the bill will become law at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 11, 2026, unless he issues a veto.

Trump framed his refusal as a protest over the Senate's failure to pass the SAVE America Act. Nytimes The White House confirmed he will let the measure become law without his signature rather than veto it. PBS News Congress approved the package by wide margins, leaving its enactment likely even without a presidential signature.

President Trump used his July 4 "Salute to America 250" address on the National Mall to press for the partisan SAVE America Act while honoring veterans and marking the semiquincentennial.

The speech was delayed by roughly two hours after a storm forced an evacuation of the Mall, and Trump again warned of a "communist menace" while praising recent military actions and touting strict voter ID and citizenship rules in the SAVE bill. CBS News PBS News

More than 150 million Americans faced extreme heat or flood threats across the United States on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, with heat alerts stretching from the northern Plains and Northeast to California and heavy-flood warnings centered on Texas.

Heat alerts on Tuesday covered northern states including Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan and extended across the Northeast, affecting at least 130 million people. CBS News Forecast heat indices were expected to hover near 110°F in the northern Plains, with temperatures 20 to 30°F above average and potential record highs in Fargo (99°F), Rapid City (105°F) and Syracuse (97°F). CBS News Extreme heat warnings and advisories also covered much of California from San Francisco to Los Angeles, with triple-digit daytime highs and record-warm overnight lows expected. CBS News In Texas, roughly 20 million people were under flood alerts as a stationary system produced repeated heavy storms, with rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour and localized totals of 10 to 15 inches possible. CBS News The National Weather Service highlighted a significant flash-flood risk for the Texas Hill Country and anticipated 4 to 6 inches more broadly across the region.

On Monday, July 6, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned, unexplained order allowing Texas to enforce its App Store Accountability Act while lower-court appeals proceed.

The law requires app stores to verify every user's age and generally bars Texans under 18 from downloading most apps without parental consent, with narrow exceptions for emergency services and college-entrance-exam apps. NPR A federal district judge had blocked the law as unconstitutional, but a Fifth Circuit panel reinstated enforcement in June and the Supreme Court's order leaves that reinstatement in place while lower-court appeals continue.

Attorneys general from 12 U.S. states on July 13, 2026, sued to block Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the deal would reduce competition and harm consumers.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the merger would lead to higher prices, lower quality and less content for consumers and would remove competition among five of the largest Hollywood studios. NPR The U.S. Justice Department declined to sue, saying the combination could strengthen competition against Netflix and Amazon, which prompted the states to step in.

On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, federal immigration officers were deployed to truck weigh stations with state troopers to intercept and arrest unauthorized commercial driver's license holders.

Tom Homan said the effort targets an estimated 200,000 non-U.S. citizens who obtained CDLs after entering the country illegally. Washington Examiner The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says roughly 28,000 commercial driver's licenses have already been rescinded. Washington Examiner DHS linked the enforcement push to the arrest of Haitian national Michael Bon, who is charged in the death of Pennsylvania state trooper Michael Pahira. Washington Examiner Homan said Democrat-led states including New York are resisting by denying ICE and CBP access to DMV databases. Washington Examiner He said Attorney General Todd Blanche is suing some cities and states over data access.

On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, a Defense Department official confirmed that President Trump has extended the National Guard deployment patrolling Washington, D.C., through Inauguration Day in January 2029.

The Guard presence was recently doubled to more than 5,000 troops to support the nation's 250th anniversary events, making it the costliest Guard mobilization to a major U.S. city. MS NOW Officials estimate the deployment costs about $607 per Guard member per day and has totaled roughly $330 million so far. MS NOW That bill is projected to exceed $600 million by August 2026, surpassing the Metropolitan Police Department's $599 million annual budget; an MPD officer costs about $384 per day by comparison.

Maine Democrats will convene 601 delegates on July 25, 2026, to choose a new U.S. Senate nominee now that Graham Platner has withdrawn from the race.

Platner formally filed withdrawal paperwork with the Maine secretary of state on Friday, July 10, clearing the way for the party to name a replacement before the July 27 ballot deadline.

A deputy U.S. marshal was fatally shot while serving an arrest warrant Monday, July 13, 2026, around 3 p.m. Central in Alexandria, Louisiana, officials said.

After a lengthy standoff, the injured suspect was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital. CBS News The FBI, the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office and Louisiana State Police are conducting a joint investigation, officials said. CBS News FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau is offering its full resources to the probe.

On Thursday, July 9, 2026, President Donald Trump dismissed the remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, leaving the agency without commissioners just months before the November midterms.

Democratic commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland were terminated, Republican Christy McCormick resigned, and Republican Donald Palmer had departed earlier this year. NPR The White House said Trump "reserves the right to remove individuals that may not be totally aligned" with his election-security priorities and explicitly cited the Supreme Court's Trump v. Slaughter decision as precedent.

Apple filed a trade-secrets lawsuit against OpenAI in a California federal court on Friday, July 10, 2026, accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing secret hardware designs and seeking damages and injunctions.

Apple's complaint says OpenAI encouraged recruits to share confidential Apple information and coached them on how to avoid internal scrutiny when moving to OpenAI. PBS News The suit names two former Apple employees now at OpenAI — Tang Tan, identified as OpenAI's chief hardware officer, and Chang Liu, a former Apple electrical engineer entrusted with highly sensitive product work. PBS News Apple alleges Liu accessed and downloaded multiple confidential hardware files onto an Apple-issued device he kept after leaving, and it says Tan asked Apple candidates to bring "actual parts" to OpenAI interviews. PBS News Apple says an internal investigation uncovered a pattern of theft of hardware trade secrets and that both Liu and Tan accessed Apple confidential information while employed at OpenAI. PBS News Apple also says it contacted OpenAI in February to raise concerns but received no response before filing the suit in July. PBS News OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri said OpenAI has "no interest in other companies' trade secrets" and that the company is reviewing the filing.

Nolan Xavier Wells' family on Friday, July 10 demanded a full, transparent investigation after his body was found off Horn Island following a July 4 outing.

They have retained civil-rights attorney Ben Crump and say independent investigators will press for answers amid contradictions in friends' and witnesses' accounts.

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health warned that dogs adopted or imported from South Dakota are showing a high prevalence of canine brucellosis, an incurable bacterial disease that can force lifelong quarantine or euthanasia.

The board said it has traced seven brucellosis-positive dogs to South Dakota and is considering new import and quarantine rules for dogs coming from that state. FOX 9 The agency recommends veterinary exams, certificates of veterinary inspection, and testing before adoption or resale while it evaluates those measures.

An 8-year-old boy riding an electric scooter was struck and killed by a pickup truck Friday around 2 p.m. at Candlewood Drive and Brunswick Avenue North in Brooklyn Park.

Police say the driver immediately called 911 and remained at the scene. FOX 9 Authorities say he showed no signs of impairment and is cooperating with Brooklyn Park police and the Minnesota State Patrol investigation.

The House of Representatives last month voted 414-2 to approve the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act, allowing open-end investment companies to temporarily pause suspected elder fraud redemption requests.

The bill would let funds freeze redemption requests for up to 15 business days, with a possible 10-day extension for investors age 65 or older or adults believed unable to protect their own interests. PBS News It also directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit recommendations to Congress within one year on further steps to reduce financial fraud against older and disabled adults.

The Federal Communications Commission approved a notice in late June 2026 to launch a top-to-bottom review of the E-Rate school and library internet subsidy, tying the probe to concerns about children's screen time.

Chairman Brendan Carr framed the review as a way to ensure federal funding supports learning outcomes rather than excessive or unsupervised screen time. NPR Educators and child-safety advocates warned that cutting E-Rate would jeopardize essential connectivity for classrooms and libraries rather than simply reducing device use. NPR Technology officials in California's San Bernardino County said losing the subsidy would force districts to absorb tens of thousands of dollars a month in internet utility costs.

Young America's Foundation filed a federal lawsuit challenging the University of Minnesota's gender-identity and pronoun policies, seeking policy changes and $1 in nominal damages and alleging the rules chill speech.

The complaint says students can be disciplined for refusing to use preferred pronouns or for expressing views that "there are only two genders" or opposing transgender participation in women's sports. FOX 9 It points to a U of M administrative policy that expects community members to use names and pronouns consistent with individuals' specified gender identities and pronouns.

The White House removed all three sitting commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission effective July 9, 2026, leaving the agency without a quorum and unable to act.

Democratic commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland were notified of their firings by email, while Republican Christy McCormick was permitted to resign. FOX 9 Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, who sat on the EAC board of advisors, said the removals will hamper the agency's work but he does not foresee immediate effects on Minnesota's election administration.

A passenger was partially sucked out of a dislodged window on a Thessaloniki-to-Memmingen flight operated by Malta Air on Friday morning, July 10, 2026.

Fellow passengers pulled the 61-year-old man back into the cabin; he sustained neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns and was treated in Thessaloniki. PBS News The Boeing 737-800 returned to Thessaloniki after the cabin decompressed.

On Friday, July 10, 2026, former Afghan general Abdul Zahir Qadeer appeared in federal court in Manhattan, was ordered detained and was charged in a U.S. heroin, meth and weapons import plot.

He is charged with one count of conspiracy to import narcotics and two counts of conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. CBS News A DEA affidavit says Qadeer sold a 2 kilogram methamphetamine test shipment in December 2024. CBS News The affidavit says he negotiated to provide 500 to 600 kilograms of heroin and meth and hundreds of rifles, machine guns, grenades and ammunition. CBS News Kenyan authorities arrested Qadeer in Nairobi in April 2025 after a meeting with multiple DEA confidential sources, and he was extradited to the U.S. on July 10, 2026. CBS News If convicted, he faces a minimum of 10 years on the drug charge and 30 years on the weapons charges, and a maximum of life imprisonment.

The United Nations launched an appeal for roughly $300 million on Thursday, July 9 to help 1.3 million Venezuelans after twin earthquakes struck the La Guaira region, as outbreaks of illness spread in crowded shelters.

Twin earthquakes on June 24 killed 3,889 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 buildings, Venezuelan officials say. PBS Doctors in Catia La Mar and other La Guaira communities report rising skin and diarrheal diseases and interrupted treatment for chronic conditions in unhygienic, overcrowded shelters. PBS The U.N. said the United States has provided most of the international earthquake-response aid so far, with Venezuelan NGOs partnering with global agencies to deliver much of the assistance.

Minnesota has recorded 37 motorcycle fatalities so far this riding season, up from 24 at the same point in 2025, officials said.

Department of Public Safety officials say this is the highest year-to-date motorcycle death toll in a couple of decades and project around 90 deaths if the trend continues. FOX 9 Roughly half of the state's motorcycle fatalities have occurred in the Twin Cities metro and half in greater Minnesota, officials said. FOX 9 Officials reported a rise in single-vehicle, high-speed crashes where riders fail to make turns and an increase in impairment among riders and other drivers. FOX 9 They urged helmet use, high-visibility gear and participation in Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Training Center courses for new and experienced riders.

A fast-moving wildfire that began late Thursday near the Sierra de Los Filabres in Almería province has killed at least 12 people and left 23 others missing, officials said.

As of Friday afternoon, authorities reported at least 12 dead, 8 injured and 23 missing, and said more than 3,200 hectares had burned. PBS News Andalusian emergency chief Antonio Sanz said most victims died after ignoring shelter-in-place orders and that some who fled into a dry riverbed were trapped. PBS News Regional officials said four of the dead are believed to be British based on a burned car with a right-hand steering wheel, and that most of the deceased are thought to be foreign nationals. PBS News Roughly 150 firefighters and 220 soldiers from Spain's military emergency unit have been deployed, but officials say steep, scrub-covered terrain and wind are complicating containment.

Judge Tony Graf set four hours of oral arguments for Sept. 1 after a five-day preliminary hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo to decide whether Tyler Robinson should be bound over for trial in the killing of Charlie Kirk.

During the July 6-10 hearing, prosecutors showed surveillance video, autopsy findings and DNA evidence they say ties Robinson to a Mauser 98 bolt-action rifle recovered wrapped in a towel near Utah Valley University. MS NOW Prosecutors also played a redacted recorded interview in which Robinson's former roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs, said Robinson told him he "wishes he hadn't done it." CBS News Robinson declined to testify when invited by the judge, and his lawyers said they would rely on cross-examination and forensic records instead. New York Times The Kirk family filed a motion asking Graf to make a bind-over ruling by Sept. 1 and said prosecutors had presented "overwhelming evidence." CBS News

A federal grand jury in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, July 9, 2026 returned a two-count indictment charging eight men with conspiring to attack the White House during the June UFC Freedom 250 event and to kill federal government officials.

The indictment accuses the group of two conspiracies: conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to commit murder on federal government territory and to murder a federal government official. Justice Prosecutors say the alleged plot involved money, firearms, ammunition, body armor, explosives, drones, medical and communication equipment, and personnel. Justice Authorities say the group used Signal, SimpleX, Discord, TikTok and Instagram to plan the June 14 event, and that members engaged in marksmanship and combat training and developed operational and escape plans.

British police arrested a 26-year-old man on Friday, July 10, 2026, on suspicion of murdering former Member of Parliament Ann Widdecombe at her Haytor Vale, Devon, home.

Widdecombe, 78, was found dead with serious injuries at the house on Thursday, July 9, 2026, police said. PBS News Devon and Cornwall Police said there is no indication the killing was terrorism-related or politically motivated at this stage. PBS News Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly addressed the case and said the security of lawmakers must be protected.

A federal appeals court upheld Illinois' semiautomatic-weapons and high-capacity magazine ban in a 2-1 ruling by the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, July 9, 2026.

The three-judge panel said the Protect Illinois Communities Act is consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation and thus permissible under the Second Amendment. Foxnews Gun-rights groups said they will seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Forecasters say a very strong El Nino is likely to suppress Atlantic hurricane activity in 2026, prompting seasonal outlooks that now call for a below-average hurricane season.

NOAA told forecasters in its July monthly update that the 2026-27 El Nino has an 81% chance of reaching "very strong" strength by fall. PBS News Ocean temperatures in key equatorial Pacific regions are already at or near record highs for this time of year, and the event — which formed only last month — has intensified from weak to moderate. PBS News Colorado State University revised its July 8 seasonal outlook and now expects Atlantic activity to be "well below normal" because of increased confidence in a strong or very strong El Nino. PBS News The first major seasonal forecast published just before NOAA's update similarly moved to a quieter outlook for 2026.

On Friday, July 10, 2026, the NAACP asked Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to end the Memphis Safe Task Force and open federal probes into recent law-enforcement-related deaths of Black men in Memphis.

The group's letter cites at least four officer-involved shootings and alleges at least four deaths tied to the task force, and it criticizes delays in releasing body-camera footage. MS NOW The demand came days before Blanche's scheduled Senate confirmation hearing, which the NAACP highlighted as a test of the Justice Department's commitment to accountability.

The D.C. Circuit issued a 10-day administrative injunction on Friday, July 10, 2026, blocking the Justice Department from releasing recordings and transcripts of former President Joe Biden's interviews with his biographer.

The injunction runs through 11:59 p.m. Central on July 20 and explicitly does not decide the merits of Biden's emergency motion. CBS News The pause prevents the Justice Department from providing the redacted files to the Heritage Foundation and to congressional offices while the appeal proceeds.

The Minnesota Clemency Review Commission is weighing 35 commutation applications Friday, including requests from people convicted in several high-profile Twin Cities murders.

Among the applicants is Ronald Reed, who was convicted in 2006 of the 1970 killing of St. Paul Police Officer James Sackett and is seeking parole for at least the fourth time. FOX 9 Police groups and Sackett's family oppose Reed's release, saying under current law he would be serving life without parole even though his original sentence allows a clemency route. FOX 9 The panel is also reviewing Jason Williams' 1992 Brooklyn Park home-invasion murder and Meng Veng's conviction in a 2005 double murder at Jimmy's Pro Billiards in Columbia Heights. FOX 9 The commission's recommendations go to the Minnesota Board of Pardons, which has the final authority to grant or deny sentence reductions.

Trump administration officials are weighing a plan to install permanent fencing on the Pennsylvania Avenue block near the White House and around Lafayette Square, as discussions continued Friday over security and public access.

The proposed barrier would run near 15th and 17th Streets NW and could be opened or closed in sections based on security needs. CBS News Officials said the plan would rely largely on repurposed existing barrier materials and that no final decision has been made or contractors hired. CBS News A White House official said discussions are ongoing and that any project would undergo the necessary review process.

The Department of Health and Human Services abruptly canceled most Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants in late June, cutting about $66 million in funding and threatening layoffs and service reductions nationwide.

HHS left roughly a dozen grants in place and ended the rest, officials said. NPR Most awards were five-year grants with about two years remaining on them. NPR Healthy Futures of Texas lost a $2 million annual grant and said 13 employees are losing their jobs and services may be reduced.

The Department of Homeland Security deported Tou Lue Vang from the United States on Friday, July 10, 2026, despite a full pardon granted by Gov. Tim Walz and the Minnesota Board of Pardons.

DHS publicized the removal on Friday morning and released a photo showing Vang in custody in front of a plane. FOX 9 The pardon had been granted in June after the Minnesota Board of Pardons reviewed a victim's support letter, but federal immigration authorities said the state action did not block the removal order.

On July 10, 2026, the Pentagon said it will tighten enforcement of shaving, grooming and fitness standards and hold commanders accountable as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presses compliance.

A 2025 Defense Department memo ordered commanders to begin separation proceedings for service members who still rely on medical shaving waivers after more than one year of treatment. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said commanders will be held accountable for enforcing hair, weight and grooming standards as part of restoring a culture of excellence and readiness.

The National Capital Planning Commission voted 8-1, with three members voting present, on July 9, 2026, to advance preliminary site and building plans for President Trump's proposed 250-foot arch near the National Mall.

The approval was conditional; commission staff said the arch must be revised to comply with the 1910 Heights of Buildings Act. CBS News Staff proposed lowering the internal mezzanine to 130 feet and the observation level to 20 feet while enlarging the Lady Liberty statue to 100 feet so the overall height remains 250 feet. CBS News NCPC also raised air-safety concerns because the arch sits near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and required the project to incorporate any FAA recommendations after a full aeronautical study. CBS News Commissioners flagged pedestrian access and lighting issues, calling 32 proposed traffic poles visual clutter and warning about eight 14-to-20-foot lighting stanchions. CBS News More than 40 people spoke against the project at the meeting; the commission has received nearly 2,000 written comments and faces a lawsuit from Vietnam War veterans. NPR Speakers including Gold Star mother Cynthia Morrison and Vietnam veteran Michael Lemmon said the arch's scale and location would obscure and disrespect the vista between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.

On Thursday, July 9, 2026, former Epoch Times chief financial officer Weidong "Bill" Guan pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to a money-laundering conspiracy tied to a $67 million scheme.

Prosecutors told the court that Guan's Vietnam-based "Make Money Online" team used cryptocurrency beginning in 2020 to buy tens of millions in criminal proceeds, including fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits loaded onto prepaid debit cards. CBS News They say the illicit flows coincided with Epoch Times revenues jumping about 410%, from roughly $15 million to $62 million, and that Guan misled banks by calling the surge legitimate donations.

On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, Nashville's Metro Council advanced a plan to use eminent domain to seize land next to the Nashville Zoo proposed for a DC BLOX data center.

The council also moved forward three bills to impose a moratorium on new data center projects and add operating regulations, steps supporters say could block the development.

A Congolese government report published late Wednesday, July 8, 2026, said Bundibugyo Ebola deaths reached 600 and confirmed cases totaled 1,759 nationwide.

Officials reported the outbreak has spread beyond Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, with suspected cases now recorded in Tshopo and Haut-Uele. PBS Two suspected cases in Kisangani include one linked to Ituri's Nia-Nia health zone and one under investigation. PBS The Africa Centre for Disease Control warned this is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on the continent, and officials say tens of thousands of contacts still need tracing.

St. Paul officials say the city will begin clearing the large homeless encampment at Pig's Eye Park on Aug. 5 to protect residents and the surrounding community.

Volunteers estimate more than 100 people stay at the Pig's Eye encampment at any given time. FOX 9 They describe semi-established living conditions that include gardens, chickens, many pets and a strong sense of community. FOX 9 Long-time volunteers Marie Fitch, Kelly Rashaw and Fred Rashaw say addiction and mental health drive most problems at the site and warn that simply pushing people out will create bigger problems. FOX 9 Assistant Mayor Cedrick Baker and Mayor Kaohly Her reiterated that the closures are necessary to protect both encampment residents and the broader community.

Facebook permanently disabled the account of AMPERS president and CEO Joel Glaser after it flagged two news posts as child sexual exploitation, a move tied to a June 25, 2026 suspension notice in Minnesota.

Glaser says the flagged posts included a missing child alert and a Holocaust survivor story. FOX 9 After he appealed by submitting facial scans, Facebook denied the appeal in about a minute and permanently disabled his account, and also removed pages he administered including the MN90 Minnesota History in 90 Seconds page.

Gary Edward Glowacz, 70, was arrested Wednesday in Jacksonville after he contacted the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office claiming he had information about the 1987 killing of Melissa Ellison.

After interviewing him, detectives obtained a warrant and arrested Glowacz on charges of murder and burglary with battery, and he was booked into the Duval County Jail. Fox News Sheriff T.K. Waters publicly announced the arrest Thursday and said the case had remained unsolved for nearly 40 years. Fox News Waters said Glowacz had a history of burglary.

Osseo residents blasted a proposed $4 million, 20-year tax abatement to help fund a city-owned cannabis dispensary and brewery at a Thursday night town hall, and the council chose to revisit the plan rather than approve it.

The dispensary would go into the former Osseo Press and News building, which the city owns, and be operated by Voyageur Cannabis Services alongside Heavy Rotation Brewing under a negotiated lease. FOX 9 City officials told residents cannabis revenues would be used to service the bond debt, but several people warned taxpayers could be left on the hook if the venture fails. FOX 9 One woman told the council her property taxes rose from $2,200 in 2011 to $6,300 a year and called the proposal "disgusting." FOX 9

U.S. Coast Guard investigators are probing a new theory that Lynette Hooker may have returned to her sailboat Soulmate before she vanished near Hopetown off Elbow Cay in the Bahamas.

Investigators told Hooker's family they are exploring whether she made it back to the Soulmate and whether a physical altercation occurred aboard the vessel. CBS News Authorities seized the Soulmate in May about 40 nautical miles off Florida and recovered the dinghy in June in the Bahamas, with evidence sent for analysis at an FBI facility in Quantico, Virginia.

Education Department officials told disability advocates in a private briefing call on Thursday, July 9, that special education staff will move to the Department of Health and Human Services, prompting alarm among disability groups.

Acting assistant secretary Kelly Rogers said the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services staff would transfer to HHS while she continued to oversee them with HHS support. NPR Advocates from the Council for Exceptional Children and the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates said the briefing left them with more questions and no clear plan or timeline. NPR Education Department press secretary Savannah Newhouse emailed NPR that advocates "have nothing to fear" and that the partnership places responsibilities in a better positioned agency.

The Justice Department announced it will resolve its probe of Alibaba and its U.S. payment processor with non-prosecution agreements and misdemeanor charges instead of pursuing felony prosecutions.

Under the agreements, Alibaba will pay a $125 million criminal penalty and forfeit $200 million, while AUS Merchant Services will pay an $85 million penalty and forfeit $190 million — about $600 million in total.

On Thursday, July 9, 2026, an MTA bus crashed into about 12 cars and a commercial building on Reisterstown Road in Pikesville, injuring 33 people, two critically.

Baltimore County Fire officials called it a mass-casualty incident that drew roughly 100 first responders from multiple counties and a Shock Trauma team. WBAL BGE crews worked to repair a damaged power pole as tow trucks removed the bus and the wrecked cars from the scene.

Allies of Viktor Orbán rallied outside the Sándor Palace in Budapest on Thursday, July 9, 2026, to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove President Tamás Sulyok.

Several thousand people gathered to back Sulyok and to denounce the new prime minister, Péter Magyar's, plan to oust him. PBS News The amendment up for a parliamentary vote next week would end Sulyok's term, add parliamentary term limits, reform the judiciary and create an anti-corruption authority.

Seventeen migrants deported from the U.S. are being held in a Malabo hotel where lawyers say two suspected Ebola patients were placed, including a woman on Sunday, July 5, 2026.

Lawyers say the detainees — four women and 13 men — all have U.S. court orders that should have protected them from removal. PBS News They have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, the lawyers said.

On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, the U.S. Secret Service advised President Donald Trump to depart the NATO summit in Ankara on an older presidential jet rather than the new Qatari-donated 747-8, citing wartime security concerns.

Trump flew into Ankara on the retrofitted Qatari 747-8 but left on an older Air Force One and reboarded the Qatari plane after landing in the United Kingdom that day. CBS News Sources told CBS the $400 million Qatari jet was hurried into service and lacks some defensive and secure-communications features, including laser countermeasures. CBS News The Air Force and the White House say the gifted plane is safe and has high-level security protocols, but they acknowledged trade-offs on less commonly used mission sets.

New federal data show Affordable Care Act enrollment fell by nearly 3 million people over the past year after enhanced pandemic-era premium subsidies expired.

The loss is slightly larger than earlier federal estimates of about 2.6 million and came as premiums jumped at the start of 2026 when Congress allowed the temporary subsidies to lapse. CBS News A KFF review of insurer filings found a median proposed 14% premium increase for 2027 and said the median hike for 2026 was 20%, meaning two straight years of double-digit increases if regulators approve the filings.

Jillaine Mertens pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of wire fraud after admitting she stole $426,382 from Minnesota's Great Start Compensation Support Payment Program.

Under a plea agreement, Mertens faces a federal guideline range of 21-27 months in prison, forfeiture of the stolen funds and supervised release pending sentencing. FOX 9 Prosecutors say she submitted false and inflated payroll claims tied to three day cares, including Tree of Life in Ramsey and Creative Stars Academy centers in Rochester and Kasson. FOX 9 Investigators found she listed at least 23 people she did not employ and inflated hours for real employees to boost reimbursements between November 2024 and May 2025.

Minneapolis chief communications officer Adam Fetcher left his post on Monday, July 1, 2026, and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office says it has received a case that could lead to criminal charges.

The county attorney's office confirmed receipt of the case and said criminal charges are possible. FOX 9 Minneapolis police submitted the matter to the county attorney around July 7, according to the filings.

CVS agreed to pay Minnesota more than $850,000 as part of a national $36.5 million settlement over alleged Medicaid insulin billing fraud.

Minnesota's share includes more than $400,000 in direct restitution to its Medical Assistance program. FOX 9 Investigators say CVS sought reimbursement for ineligible refills, dispensed more insulin pens than insurance limits allowed, and under-reported days of supply instead of seeking proper overrides.

Plymouth police surrounded car reviewer Feder's Range Rover outside a Kohl's in Plymouth on June 28, 2026 after automated license-plate alerts falsely flagged the vehicle as stolen.

Police say the automated system misread Feder's plate "3410 DTM" and matched it to a California stolen-plate entry that had been logged on June 24 with incomplete numbers as "34 DTM." FOX 9 The misread generated alerts on June 26 and again on June 28 that prompted four Plymouth squads to converge with lights and sirens. FOX 9 Officers kept their hands near their holsters, had Feder step out and confirm he was unarmed, and then released him after paperwork showed the vehicle was not stolen.

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid dismissed a lawsuit challenging Sen. Tommy Tuberville's eligibility to run for Alabama governor on Thursday, July 9, 2026. PBS News Reid said Alabama courts lack authority to adjudicate a party nominee's eligibility before the general election and found no controlling precedent.

The plaintiffs said they plan to appeal the dismissal to a higher court. PBS News The challenge centers on whether Tuberville satisfies Alabama's constitutional seven-year residency requirement for governor.

At least 39 people have died after a reservoir partially collapsed in Hengzhou, Guangxi, amid flooding caused by Tropical Storm Maysak, officials said by Thursday, July 9, 2026.

Officials said 26 of the deaths occurred in Hengzhou, nine people remain missing, and about 130,000 people have been evacuated across the region. CBS News More than 10,000 students and teachers were rescued from a cluster of flooded schools in Guigang, and military and rescue crews deployed some 5,700 boats and drones in response.

On Thursday, July 9, 2026, Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche pressing the Justice Department to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The lawmakers said the department reviewed roughly 6 million pages but released about 3.5 million, many of them heavily redacted and lacking itemized explanations. MS NOW They cited U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan's June order to produce unredacted versions of more than a dozen documents or to provide document-by-document rationales by July 2. MS NOW The department did not meet that court deadline, the lawmakers wrote.

Gardaí said on Thursday, July 9, 2026, that a man they want to speak to in connection with the suspected murder of Jamey Carney has fled Ireland.

Investigators believe the man took a bus from Killarney between about 11 p.m. Monday, July 6, and 5 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, then flew from Dublin Airport to the Middle East, where he is originally from. RTE Police have contacted international law enforcement agencies including Interpol and Europol and are working with the Garda National Immigration Bureau to build a profile of the man and his movements into and within Ireland. RTE Investigators are reviewing CCTV and dashcam footage from 11 p.m. July 6 to 5 a.m. July 7 and have contacted airline and transport authorities as part of tracing the suspect's route.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on Thursday, July 9, 2026, that Germany struck a deal to buy U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles and to base them in Germany.

Merz said the agreement was reached this week on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara and is underpinned by a letter of intent signed Tuesday, July 7. PBS News He said Washington has committed to approve in August Germany's purchase of an undisclosed number of Tomahawks and corresponding ground-based Typhoon launchers. PBS News The Tomahawk missiles have a range of about 1,600 kilometers and are designed to strike targets deep inside enemy territory at low altitude. PBS News Merz said deployment of U.S. personnel to operate the systems is not part of the letter of intent.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fined Xcel Energy $13,687 and McGough Construction $12,168 for stormwater violations at Xcel's St. Paul Service Center, the agency announced Thursday.

A whitish-gray discharge was reported Nov. 6, 2025, and about 4,000 gallons of polluted water entered a storm sewer draining to a nearby wetland on Nov. 20, 2025. FOX 9 Inspectors also found another release on Oct. 28, 2026.

Minnesota jumped to No. 5 in CNBC's 2026 Top States for Business ranking, a five-spot rise that state leaders say strengthens the case for jobs and investment.

The state rose from No. 10 in 2025 to No. 5 under CNBC's new methodology, which made Infrastructure the heaviest-weighted category at nearly 19% of a state's score. Business Journal Minnesota ranked No. 4 for quality of life, No. 7 for infrastructure, No. 8 for economy and No. 31 for cost of doing business.

The IRS says millions of taxpayers have until July 10, 2026 to file claims that could recover COVID-era penalties, interest and missed refunds.

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins has advised taxpayers to file protective claims to preserve their rights while litigation continues. CBS News She said filers should use Form 843 for penalty or interest refunds labeled "Protective Refund Claim Pursuant to Kwong Case" or file amended returns on Form 1040-X for changes to income, deductions, credits, or filing status.

Sen. Adam Schiff on July 8, 2026 launched an inquiry into the Justice Department's decision to close a long-running criminal probe of Abbott's Sturgis, Michigan, infant formula plant.

Schiff's July 8 letter asks Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for documents and a timeline about why senior DOJ leaders overruled line prosecutors who favored felony charges. CBS News Career prosecutors and Criminal Division official Tysen Duva supported pursuing felony charges, but senior DOJ leadership ordered the case closed and pursued a civil False Claims Act settlement with a significant monetary penalty.

UEFA and the Belgian football federation formally challenged FIFA's decision to defer Folarin Balogun's automatic one-match ban so he could play in the United States-Belgium round-of-16 in Seattle on Monday, July 6, 2026.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said the case is before FIFA's independent judicial bodies and would be decided "in due course" by the competent bodies. PBS News Belgium said it planned to appeal immediately and warned a later ruling that a U.S. player was ineligible could lead to a 3-0 forfeit against the United States.

Seven Senate Democrats led by Jon Ossoff sent Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a letter on Monday, July 6, 2026, opening an inquiry into his handling of Pentagon promotions.

The letter demands data on the race and gender of officers who were denied promotion, the criteria used to deny senior officers, and any analysis of the long-term impact on the military's fighting force. MS NOW Democrats said they are probing reports that Hegseth blocked the promotions of eight Navy captains for political reasons. MS NOW They linked that probe to a broader pattern of senior departures, including Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar's early retirement announced this week.

On Thursday, July 9, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back parts of Biden-era emissions rules for heavy-duty trucks.

The draft would relax warranty and useful-life requirements and eliminate mandatory engine power reductions when emissions controls fail, changes the agency says will ease costs for manufacturers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cut how often it inspects detention facilities, leaving at least 15 large sites unreviewed for more than a year, CBS News reported.

CBS reported that as of late June 2026, 15 ICE detention facilities holding 500 or more detainees had not been inspected in over 12 months. CBS News The outlet said the lapse followed an ICE policy change that reduced inspection frequency across many sites and affected oversight at large, dedicated facilities.

An amended class action filed July 7, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California added two Jane Doe plaintiffs and named SpaceXAI and Stability AI as defendants over alleged deepfake child sex abuse.

The complaint says perpetrators used the companies' AI models to alter underage photos into explicit child sexual-abuse images and videos. NPR It says a stepfather used Grok to generate about 7,000 explicit images and videos from a single childhood photograph and traded them online. NPR Plaintiffs also accuse SpaceXAI of failing to include full information in legally required reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Fahima Egeh Mahamud, the former CEO of Future Leaders Early Learning Center in Minneapolis, pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud and conspiracy for stealing more than $5.4 million.

Prosecutors say she stole more than $4.6 million from Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program and about $850,000 from the federal Feeding Our Future child nutrition program. FOX 9 Mahamud admitted submitting false paperwork for child care assistance and falsely claiming her center served thousands of meals through Feeding Our Future. FOX 9 She is free on a conditional bond while a pre-sentence report is prepared, and a sentencing date has not been set.

On Thursday, July 9, 2026, the Budapest Metropolitan Court convicted Irish citizen L.T.M. and sentenced him to 14 years in prison without parole for murdering American tourist Mackenzie "Kenzie" Michalski.

Court files and police-linked findings say nightclub security footage showed Michalski with the suspect in several central Budapest clubs on the night she disappeared, and authorities say he was detained on November 7, 2024 and confessed. CBS News Prosecutors say he beat and strangled Michalski during an "intimate encounter" at his rented apartment, then cleaned the scene, hid her body in a wardrobe, bought a suitcase and transported her remains to a wooded area near Szigliget by Lake Balaton. CBS News Court records say he did not try to resuscitate her or call for help and that he searched online about disposing of a body and missing-person police procedures before his arrest.

An Israeli missile struck a car in Gaza City on the evening of Tuesday, July 7, killing aid worker Mohamed Al-Wahidi and three others, Palestinian health officials said.

Mohamed Al-Wahidi was the public relations director for the Egyptian Relief Committee. CBS News He had organized public World Cup screenings across Gaza, including a planned Egypt-Argentina viewing that went ahead after the strike. CBS News Also killed were brothers Hamza, 10, and Fari al-Deri, 8, and the driver Ahmed Daghmush, 33, hospital officials said. CBS News The Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas military-wing member in the vehicle and is reviewing the strike after reports of civilian casualties.

Fairfax fugitive officers arrested 46-year-old Salvadoran national Juan Arevalo Mendez on June 30, 2026 in Prince William County on rape and abduction warrants tied to an alleged September 2025 sexual assault in Fairfax County. Fox News The Department of Homeland Security says ICE lodged an immigration detainer the same day and asked Fairfax County not to release him but to transfer him to ICE custody.

Fairfax police say officers first responded on September 19, 2025 after a woman reported she had been sexually assaulted about two weeks earlier in the 3800 block of South George Mason Drive in Bailey's Crossroads. Fox News Detectives later obtained rape and abduction warrants tied to that report. Fox News Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis called Arevalo Mendez a "criminal illegal alien" and publicly urged Governor Abigail Spanberger and Fairfax "sanctuary politicians" to ensure he is transferred to ICE custody.

On July 9, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in Brooklyn federal court ordered Gautam Adani to answer whether he knew of any quid pro quo tied to the DOJ's dismissal.

Garaufis gave Adani until July 15 to respond, pressing whether any promise of U.S. investment influenced the Justice Department's decision.

Temperatures in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley are forecast to reach 117°F on Thursday, July 9, 2026, as a western heat wave intensifies danger for residents and visitors.

Phoenix recorded 113°F on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and is forecast to reach 115°F on Thursday, with highs likely staying above 110°F into next week. CBS News The Phoenix Fire Department says it has handled about 400 heat-related calls and recorded 18 heat-related deaths since May 1, compared with five at this point last year. CBS News The National Weather Service has issued excessive-heat warnings and advisories for millions across the Southwest and Southeast and extreme heat watches for parts of Colorado, Montana and the Dakotas. CBS News Heat indices in parts of the Carolinas and Georgia are forecast to reach 113-116°F, and dry thunderstorms are boosting wildfire danger in the West.

Juan Carlos Felix was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl out of Minneapolis.

Alphanews described him as a Sinaloa Cartel affiliate and said the network distributed meth and fentanyl across multiple states.

Former Bucknell strength and conditioning coach Mark Kulbis was charged Monday, July 6, 2026, with felony aggravated hazing and misdemeanor counts including involuntary manslaughter in the 2024 death of freshman lineman Calvin "C.J." Dickey Jr.

Prosecutors say Kulbis ordered freshmen to perform about 100 "up-downs" plus full-body plank drills during a July 10, 2024, first-day workout and that he was the only coach present. NPR They allege Kulbis knew Dickey had a sickle-cell trait, had received NCAA and school anti-hazing training, and did not call for help until after Dickey collapsed despite visible struggle. CBS News An autopsy concluded Dickey's death was caused by extreme exercise combined with his sickle-cell trait, body weight and exertional rhabdomyolysis, prosecutors said. NPR Bail for Kulbis was set at $10,000. NPR His attorney says he is not responsible for Dickey's death.

Sen. Mark Warner sent a letter on Thursday, July 9, 2026, to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel challenging the FBI's deployment of roughly 260 analysts to the Fulton County 2020 election investigation. MS NOW Warner called the deployment a "misuse of taxpayer dollars," requested a staff briefing and demanded detailed answers about the probe's scope and whether the FBI believes a criminal offense has been committed.

The analyst surge follows an unclassified FBI memo dated July 1 that labels the Fulton County matter an "FBI Atlanta priority investigation" and orders field offices to provide surge support. MS NOW The memo seeks a total of 260 investigative analysts nationwide, asking large offices for eight analysts and smaller offices for three to five. CBS News It requires each analyst to complete about 708 records checks by July 17 and authorizes overtime. CBS News The work is narrowly focused on finding "derogatory information" about people connected to the 2020 Fulton County election, including social media, associations, business activity and travel histories. New York Times The FBI has declined to comment publicly on Warner's letter or the surge.

An Argentine court in Santa Cruz convicted former submarine commander Claudio Villamide over the 2017 ARA San Juan implosion on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

He was sentenced to a three-year suspended term and barred from holding public office for six years.

Kia is recalling about 463,000 Telluride SUVs in the U.S. over a defect that can overheat front seat motors and cause fires, and it urged owners to park affected vehicles outdoors.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the front power seat motor can overheat when a slide adjustment knob sticks or after an improper repair, posing a fire risk while driving or parked. CBS News Dealers will install a free electronic fuse assembly to fix the problem, and Kia plans to mail owner notification letters on August 13, 2026.

On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, former President Donald Trump said the United States does not want to do any trade business with Spain and threatened to "cut off all trade." Axios

Spain's main stock index fell 2.7% that day and its bond spread over Germany hit the month's high, reflecting higher perceived risk. Axios Analysts warned that even a partial disruption of U.S.-Spain trade could raise U.S. prices for goods such as pharmaceuticals and olive oil.

On Monday, July 6, 2026, Canada named ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems its preferred supplier for up to 12 new submarines, calling the decision the country's largest military procurement.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said four of the diesel-electric boats are expected to be in service by 2034. PBS Ottawa also said it will raise defense spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035, with about 4 percent budgeted by 2030 after meeting NATO's 2 percent target this year.

A man lost a hand in a suspected explosive blast Sunday, July 5, 2026, at the Point St. George beach parking lot in Crescent City, Del Norte County, California.

His family said he picked up debris on the sand when the device detonated. CBS News He also suffered vision and hearing injuries and was moved from Sutter Coast Hospital to UC Davis Medical Center for further care. CBS News The Del Norte County Sheriff's Office is investigating, has searched the area for additional devices and warned people not to handle suspicious items.

Eagan Capital sued the city over its one-year moratorium on new data centers, arguing Eagan cannot regulate electricity use; a hearing is set for Aug. 12.

The city adopted the one-year moratorium in February to study potential local impacts. FOX 9 Eagan Capital, which owns a data center in the city, says the suit seeks $50,000 in damages.

A Minneapolis firefighter was hospitalized after a fire around 7:30 p.m. at a vacant, boarded-up multiunit home in the 2600 block of 4th Street North in north Minneapolis, officials said.

A second firefighter was treated on scene for a minor burn, and no civilians were found inside. FOX 9 One firefighter was taken to a hospital for heat exhaustion, and officials said the blaze was contained in about 45 minutes. FOX 9 Crews forced entry, requested additional assistance and conducted primary and secondary searches after finding evidence people had been living in the boarded-up building.

A protest was held Thursday in south Minneapolis near the memorial for Alex Pretti, with organizers demanding Minnesota adopt sanctuary policies and calling for ICE to leave the state.

Organizers PACAT and MIRAC listed demands including bans on immigration enforcement near schools, hospitals and places of worship, visible ID for officers and limits on using state property for immigration operations. FOX 9 Protesters renewed calls for charges in the federal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good and were urged to patronize immigrant-owned restaurants on Nicollet Avenue's Eat Street.

A man was critically wounded in a shooting inside a north Minneapolis home just before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, on the 1200 block of 36th Avenue North.

Officers found the man in the living room with at least one potentially life-threatening gunshot wound, and he was transported to a hospital. FOX 9 Police are investigating the circumstances, including whether the shooting was accidental, and no arrests or suspect details have been released.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported on July 8 that June 2026 was Western Europe's hottest June on record and the second-hottest June globally.

Western Europe averaged nearly 5.5°F above the 1991-2020 average, while continental Europe was about 3.2°F above that baseline. CBS News Wildfires in southern France had burned more than 11,000 acres and forced about 10,000 people to evacuate. CBS News The World Health Organization says Europe has seen more than 1,300 heat-related deaths since June 21. CBS News About 1,000 of those excess deaths were reported in France.

Randy Lane McAllister, 62, of Columbus, was charged Tuesday in Warren County, Ohio, in the 1985 killing of John Christopher Warren, authorities said.

Assistant prosecutor Brian Goodyear told a Warren County judge that Warren was beaten to death and strangled with a ligature. Fox News Goodyear also said McAllister had been "on the run for 40 years." Fox News Prosecutors say renewed forensic testing of evidence from Ohio, Georgia and Florida produced leads to McAllister and a now-deceased suspect. New York Times Officials have not publicly said whether DNA or forensic genetic genealogy was used to make the connection.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew four privately owned Northrop F-5 Tiger II jets over the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, July 4, as part of the America 250 air show.

The Federal Aviation Administration formally denied Isaacman's petition on June 30, calling the Cold War-era F-5 "very high-risk" for densely populated areas. CBS News After that denial, NASA transferred the four jets to public-use status and assumed operational responsibility, which shifted oversight from the FAA to the agency. CBS News Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche rode in the cockpit with Isaacman during the flyover, which the White House later praised as part of the America 250 celebration. CBS News A senior adviser filed the FAA petition for his firm, JDI Holdings, and said the request was "sponsored by the White House and NASA." CBS News A source said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was unaware of the initial request and did not participate in the FAA review.

NASA reclassified four private Northrop F-5 jets as government aircraft so they could join the July 4 flyover over Washington, D.C.; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman piloted one with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche aboard.

On June 30, the Federal Aviation Administration denied a petition to include the privately owned F-5s, calling them "very high-risk" for flights over dense areas. CBS News NASA avoided that denial by reclassifying the jets as public-use government aircraft, which shifted safety responsibility from the FAA to NASA. CBS News The FAA said its standard safety review applied only while the aircraft were private; once transferred to NASA, operational responsibility lay with the agency, not the FAA.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed at Hartkopf Park in Brooklyn Park about 10:45 p.m. Central on Sunday, July 5, police said.

Detectives quickly identified a suspect and arrested a 17-year-old boy on probable-cause second-degree murder, police said. FOX 9 Police say they recovered the weapon believed to have been used in the shooting. FOX 9 The 17-year-old was booked into the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center, and officials have not released the names of either teen.

Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park began offering Workforce Pell Grant-eligible short-term programs on July 1, 2026, making it one of only two Minnesota colleges to do so.

Hennepin Tech's initial offerings include nursing assistant and emergency medical technician courses, while Lake Superior College is offering EMT and phlebotomy programs. Federal rules limit eligible programs to 8-15 weeks and 150-599 instructional hours and require 70% completion and 70% job-placement rates. They also require documented earnings gains at least equal to tuition and fees. Students who qualify could start receiving Workforce Pell funds later in 2026, and federal spending is projected at $1.5 to $2 billion over 10 years.

On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman fined former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan $5,000 in Milwaukee federal court and ordered no prison time for felony obstruction.

Adelman explicitly departed from federal sentencing guidelines that recommended 15 to 21 months and called Dugan's actions "a few minutes of conduct" and "a marked deviation from an otherwise law-abiding life." CBS News Prosecutors told the court she violated her oath and put law enforcement and the public at risk. CBS News Defense lawyers said Dugan has been "punished enough" by losing her job, facing threats and withdrawing from public life, and they plan to appeal her conviction. CBS News Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Frohling told the court, "judges can't choose to disregard the law." CBS News

The Justice Department sent letters to top election officials in all 50 states threatening criminal prosecution if noncitizens cast ballots that are counted, the department said.

The letters, signed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, were delivered Tuesday, July 7, 2026. MS NOW They give states five days to explain how they will ensure only citizens vote at state and local levels and how the Justice Department can assist. MS NOW PBS reported the letter explicitly threatens to arrest more than a dozen state election officials if a single noncitizen vote is cast and counted in their states. PBS News A Justice Department spokesperson said the department seeks "voluntary compliance in a timely manner" with federal obligations to ensure only citizens vote in federal elections. MS NOW Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes rejected the Justice Department's claims, saying Arizona will follow state law, not "political rhetoric or intimidation." MS NOW Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson confirmed receipt and called the letters "truly bizarre behavior" by a federal agency that should protect civil rights.

New York City health officials say 23 people had been confirmed with Legionnaires' disease as of July 6 in an Upper East Side cluster and are investigating contaminated cooling towers as the likely source.

Officials reported 17 hospitalizations and no deaths in the cluster, and the Health Department is testing all cooling towers in ZIP codes 10028, 10128 and 10075. PBS Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin urged people 50 and older, smokers and those with chronic lung disease who visited the area since late June to monitor for symptoms. Fox News He urged them to seek prompt medical care if they develop flu-like symptoms.

About 75,000 Minnesotans have been approved for payments from the statewide paid family and medical leave program during its first six months of operation.

The program has disbursed nearly $600 million in benefits, showing it is actively paying residents rather than only taking applications. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal State paid-leave officials told the Minnesota Reformer the early volume of claims reflects pent-up demand and that they expect application levels to taper off. Minnesota Reformer Officials outlined plans to adjust staffing, processing and financial projections in response to the early surge and the anticipated slowdown.

An Inver Grove Heights police officer accidentally fired a single shot during a vehicle pursuit around 3:40 a.m. Wednesday near South Street and 6th Avenue South, striking the tire of the suspect's car.

Police said the officer "accidently fired" the shot and that no one was inside or nearby when the bullet struck the tire.

On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel denied the Kennedy Center board's request to restore Donald Trump's name to the building while the board appeals a lower-court ruling.

The panel said the board "failed to show how they will be irreparably injured" if Trump's name remains off the center during the appellate process. PBS Judges also rejected the board's claim that removing the name "threatens to impede" fundraising, saying the argument lacked specific facts or evidence. PBS Rep. Joyce Beatty, who brought the underlying lawsuit, hailed the decision and said, "His name no longer desecrates this sacred memorial, which belongs to the American people," urging the administration to "take the tarps down." PBS Tarps continue to cover the section of the Kennedy Center facade where the name was removed under the district court's order.

Workers at the Starbucks at 50th Street and France Avenue in Edina voted 9-6 to unionize with Starbucks Workers United.

The tally makes the store the 17th Starbucks in Minnesota to join the labor group and part of more than 700 U.S. locations with over 12,000 unionized baristas. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Starbucks Workers United alleges more than 400 labor-law violations by the company, including retaliatory firings and unlawful policy enforcement. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Starbucks disputed those claims, saying average pay and benefits at the company exceed $30 per hour and announcing plans for performance-based bonuses up to $1,200, weekly pay, and expanded tipping options for non-union stores.

The Minneapolis Public Health, Safety & Equity Committee held a hearing Wednesday on a proposed "drones as first responders" pilot that would let police-launchable drones fly to 911 calls to send live aerial video before officers arrive.

Committee members weighed a proposed contract with Skydio, Inc. and discussion of a short-term trial that city staff say would focus on Northside 911 responses. FOX 9 Supporters said the drones could quickly assess calls and allow crews to cancel unfounded responses, reducing in-person patrols when not needed.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, sent a formal letter asking Sen. Mitch McConnell to publicly update Kentuckians on his health and his ability to serve while the senator remains hospitalized.

Beshear wrote that constituents "deserve clarity" and urged transparency as McConnell, 84, has been hospitalized since an emergency response to his Washington, D.C., home on June 14.

A state audit found Minnesota counties missed deadlines and made errors while processing voter registration applications, though most registrations were processed within legal time frames, the report shows.

It found 96% of 2024 voter registration applications were processed within required legal time frames, excluding applications received within 20 days of an election. Identity verification was correct in 99.9% of cases; voter status assignments were accurate in 98% of manually reviewed cases, and 99% of residency checks used the correct process. More than one-third of manually reviewed residency cases had documentation gaps, and only 84% of voters who had their rights restored received required notices within 10 days.

Three children were found dead inside a sunken boat after a 25-foot pleasure craft capsized during a sudden storm on Friday, July 3, 2026, on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin.

Seven people were rescued from the water, while the three children — ages 10, 7 and 6 — were later located inside the vessel about 32 feet below the surface. CBS News Investigators said the children were wearing life jackets, preliminary exams showed no external injuries, and drowning is the preliminary cause of death as the probe continues.

Mustafa Jama, 48, is set to be sentenced Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.

Jama pleaded guilty in February 2025 to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. FOX 9 Federal prosecutors are seeking a 16-month prison term, while his lawyers ask for a noncustodial sentence and note he has forfeited nearly $240,000 and real estate in Lakeville and Ohio. FOX 9 Prosecutors say Brava Restaurant in Rochester received about $4.3 million through the child nutrition program using fraudulent meal claims. FOX 9 They also allege Jama helped route funds through shell companies and used the money to buy homes in Lakeville and Columbus, Ohio, and property on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.

The International Olympic Committee temporarily lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee and removed restrictions on Russian nationals competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, IOC President Kirsty Coventry said on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

Coventry said the decision is meant to let athletes compete and "not be held responsible for their governments' actions," while stressing the IOC does not condone violence or war. MS NOW The IOC said it has not yet decided whether Russia will be allowed to compete under its flag, and it said events will not be hosted in Russia nor will Russian state officials be invited. MS NOW The committee described the move as "provisional" and did not spell out specific penalties for possible future noncompliance.

On Monday, July 6, 2026, Toyota said it will spend $3.6 billion to expand its San Antonio plant and shift most Tacoma pickup production from Tijuana, Mexico, to Texas.

The expansion will add a second assembly line, more than 2,000 jobs and roughly 150,000 units of annual capacity at the San Antonio site. CBS News Toyota plans to move most Tacoma production to San Antonio over roughly four years while leaving some Tacoma output in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Wreckage from K2 Airways Flight 1732, a Boeing 737-400 freighter that vanished Tuesday night, was found Wednesday about 53 miles south of Ormara, and five crew members remain missing.

Pakistan's navy and air force have deployed ships and aircraft to the Arabian Sea, including the frigate PNS Zulfiqar and an ATR patrol plane, to search for the missing crew.

The Food and Drug Administration said it is expanding its investigation into Nara Organics infant formula after a fourth infant was hospitalized with botulism.

Federal investigators have framed the illnesses as a multistate outbreak linked to the recalled powdered formula, rather than isolated incidents. CBS News CBS's latest coverage says Dr. Céline Gounder provided clinical and public-health guidance to parents as the agency widens its probe.

New York City officials said the Midtown high-rise at 235 East 42nd Street was stabilized after buckled columns forced evacuations on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

More than 100 FDNY fire and EMS personnel responded shortly before 8 a.m. after bricks were reported falling from the 37-story building under construction. CBS News Inspectors found two buckled columns on the 21st floor and sagging floors between the 21st and 26th floors, prompting a collapse zone and the evacuation of several neighboring buildings and a school. CBS News Officials said all workers at the site were accounted for and no injuries were reported. CBS News By Tuesday evening monitoring showed no additional movement in the damaged columns, and contractors began shoring up the compromised area once the Department of Buildings cleared reentry.

Utah regulators revoked the license of Provo Canyon School's Springville campus on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, effectively shutting down the boarding facility where Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teen.

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services ordered the Springville site to end services and stop new enrollments by August 6, 2026, after finding repeated rule violations. CBS framed the regulatory action through Hilton's long-standing public allegations and highlighted her advocacy in a video segment.

Nigel Farage resigned as MP for Clacton on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, and said he would immediately restand in the resulting by-election, prompting major parties to boycott the contest.

Farage said Reform UK would offer to pay the cost of the Clacton by-election because it was triggered by his voluntary resignation. FT Within hours the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and the far-right Restore Britain said they would not field candidates and described the vote as a "media circus" or "vanity project." Guardian

An 18-month-old boy who was pronounced dead after a drowning in Gilbert, Arizona, on Feb. 8 was later found breathing about five hours in Mercy Gilbert Medical Center's cold room and flown to a hospital.

A medical examiner's team discovered the child alive in the hospital morgue and he was airlifted to another facility, ultimately survived and has since been released, hospital officials said.

On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, a Paris appeals court cleared Marine Le Pen to run in France's 2027 presidential election by reducing her ban on holding public office.

The court cut her ban to 45 months, backdated to March 2025, reduced her prison term to three years with two suspended and ordered one year of house arrest with an ankle electronic monitor.

China's National Vulnerability Database issued a public warning on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, saying Anthropic's Claude Code contains a "security backdoor" that can transmit sensitive data to Anthropic servers without user consent.

The NVDB urged users and institutions to immediately inspect systems using Claude Code and to uninstall or upgrade to a version where the alleged backdoor has been removed. CBS News Alibaba has instructed employees that use of Claude Code will be banned starting July 10, 2026, citing security concerns tied to the tool. CBS News Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar had earlier acknowledged a March experiment that tracked certain signals to combat unauthorized resellers and said it would be fully rolled back in an upcoming release.

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, leader of Beijing's Zion Church, was released from Chinese custody and arrived in the United States to reunite with his family on Monday, July 6, 2026.

He had spent 266 days in Chinese prison following his October 2025 arrest. CBS News President Trump raised Jin's case directly with Xi Jinping during a May 2026 state visit to Beijing. New York Times The New York Times described that exchange as part of a broader, transactional discussion between the two leaders. New York Times Jin's family publicly thanked Trump and credited Xi's intervention for the pastor's swift release.

As of Wednesday, July 8, 2026, California is withholding the multimillion-dollar diaper contract with Baby2Baby that Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in May.

CBS California Investigates requested the Baby2Baby contract on May 12, and the Newsom administration took 24 days to decide it would release the records. CBS News The administration then said it would need another 42 days to produce the documents. CBS News State law currently gives agencies 10 calendar days, plus an optional 14-day extension, to decide if records are disclosable and to estimate a production date.

The U.S. Navy identified the missing aircrew member from the MH-60S Sea Hawk emergency water landing as Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao directed that Edwards be posthumously promoted to the rank of captain. CBS News The helicopter made an emergency water landing in the northern Arabian Sea on July 1, and three of the four crew were rescued and returned to the USS George H.W. Bush.

Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux rejected pressure from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and defended refusing an ICE detainer at a press conference in Dartmouth on Tuesday. Boston Globe Heroux said the 2017 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Lunn decision prohibits local officials from holding people solely on civil immigration grounds once they are otherwise entitled to release. Boston Globe He called ICE's social media tactics "bullying." Boston Globe He said his office is not obligated to honor ICE detainers under state law, that bail is set by judges, and that he would "welcome ICE suing us." Boston Globe

ICE Boston had posted a mugshot last week accusing the Bristol County House of Correction of releasing Honduran national Jose Raul Martinez Alvarado without honoring an ICE detainer. Boston Globe Martinez Alvarado was arrested in New Bedford in June and charged with four felonies and two misdemeanors tied to unlicensed firearm possession and resisting arrest; he posted bail after his June 8 arraignment. Boston Globe ICE later arrested Martinez Alvarado during operations in New Bedford and is detaining him at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility.

A judge dismissed attempted-murder charges against Dharmesh Patel after he completed a two-year mental-health diversion program, court filings show Monday, July 6, 2026.

Patel had been accused of driving his wife and two young children off a roughly 300-foot cliff at Devil's Slide on Highway 1 in 2023; all survived the crash. Fox News At the end of the diversion, treating doctors and court experts filed assessments saying Patel's current mental state and his assessed low risk of future violence supported dismissal. New York Times Prosecutors had objected to ending the case, but California's mental-health diversion law requires a judge to dismiss charges after successful completion of an approved program.

Minneapolis closed multiple city beaches on July 7, 2026, after tests detected elevated E. coli levels, city officials said.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board posted no-swimming advisories at its swimming beaches. FOX 9 The board said each site will reopen only after follow-up testing shows E. coli levels meet state health standards.

The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund and Public Citizen Litigation Group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for D.C., alleging U.S. immigration agencies shared Iranian asylum seekers' confidential information with Iran.

The complaint names the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin as defendants. MS NOW Plaintiffs ask a court order to stop information-sharing about Iranian asylum seekers and to appoint an independent monitor to prevent future disclosures. PBS The Department of Homeland Security called the allegations that ICE shared asylum application records with the Iranian government "FALSE" while saying ICE facilitates consular access and seeks travel documents consistent with law. PBS Ali Rahnama, interim executive director of the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund, said, "Congress made these confidentiality protections mandatory precisely because lives depend on them." MS NOW

Ford on July 7, 2026 announced recalls of more than 177,000 U.S. vehicles to fix faulty windshield wipers, drivetrain pinion shafts and pedestrian warning-sound failures.

The campaigns include a Mustang recall over wiper and washer failures in cold weather that can leave wipers stuck on high speed and washers inoperable, listed as NHTSA recall 26V418000. CBS News A separate recall for Mustang Mach-E vehicles covers fractured pinion shafts that can cause loss of drive power or allow the vehicle to roll away, NHTSA recall 26V417000. CBS News Ford also recalled certain Lincoln Nautilus and Explorer hybrids for failed pedestrian warning sounds, under NHTSA recall 26V415000.

Four relatives were charged after deputies executing a search warrant found 16 children living in squalor at the Siders family home in Hamden, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.

Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer charged Gary Siders Jr., Gary Siders Sr., Christina Siders and Elizabeth Siders with second-degree felony child endangering involving serious physical harm. PBS News A judge entered not guilty pleas for the four on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, and set bond at $300,000 each.

Former Florida governor candidate Andrew Gillum was arrested in Daphne, Alabama, on Thursday, July 2, 2026, on drug charges and faces counts that could bring up to one year in jail and a $6,000 fine.

Police said officers discovered a glass pipe, several rolled marijuana cigarettes and three packages that field-tested positive for methamphetamine in Gillum's vehicle. Fox News He was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana, booked into local custody and released later that same day.

Boaters found part of a human arm in Lake Mattoon on June 28, prompting a homicide probe that led to charges against James Adams and Robin Turner.

Illinois State Police identified the victim as 38-year-old Dalewayne Turner and said investigators later recovered the man's head, neck and torso in a household freezer.

Cuba's national grid suffered a total disconnection on Monday, July 6, 2026, plunging roughly 9.6 million people into darkness and prompting urgent international concern.

Union Electrica said electricity was restored to more than 30% of Havana by early Tuesday, including 43 medical centers and nine water facilities. CBS News Cuban officials said this was the third nationwide blackout in 2026 and the eighth since late 2024, with some Havana districts getting power only three to four hours a day and rural areas facing cuts exceeding 70 hours. CBS News The outages have disrupted food, water, medicine and surgeries, and the U.N. warned of a potential humanitarian emergency as transport on the island has come to a near standstill.

More than 1,200 former Department of Justice employees released a letter on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, urging the Senate to reject Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general.

The letter was organized by The Justice Connection and addressed to Senate Judiciary leaders Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin. MS NOW Signers pointed to Blanche's roles in the Epstein files rollout, Jan. 6 accountability decisions and prosecutions of Trump critics, saying he has instilled a culture of fear among DOJ career staff.

The Aspen Acres Fire near Pueblo has grown to more than 93,600 acres and destroyed roughly 260 homes, forcing widespread evacuations and stretching firefighting resources, officials said Monday.

Officials said the blaze was about 13% contained as of Sunday. NPR Incident commanders had earlier called Aspen Acres the nation's top firefighting priority when containment was at 0%. CBS News Mandatory evacuations and pre-evacuation notices covered Colorado City, Beulah, Rye, San Isabel and parts of Custer, Pueblo, Fremont and Huerfano counties. PBS News About 50 Colorado National Guard soldiers were deployed to staff checkpoints, and crews have been scooping water from Pueblo Reservoir for aerial firefighting.

In Ankara on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, President Trump renewed his demand that Greenland be controlled by the United States as NATO unveiled major arms purchases.

Trump said Greenland "should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark." PBS News He said the United States will lift CAATSA sanctions on Turkey tied to its 2019 S-400 purchase and said F-35 sales to Ankara are "certainly" under consideration. PBS News U.S. law still blocks F-35 deliveries while Turkey retains the S-400s, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Trump that such sales would endanger Israel.

Andrea Shaw was indicted by a Payette County grand jury on June 29, 2026, on two counts of first-degree murder accusing her of suffocating her 18-month-old twin sons in Payette, Idaho.

Boise police arrested Shaw on June 30, 2026, and she was arraigned by video in Payette County District Court on July 2, 2026. CBS News She is being held on $2 million bond. CBS News Her attorney, Joe Filicetti, said Shaw "denies anything and everything" and that the state "cannot prove" the charges, adding the defense will "defend her with wholeheartedness." CBS News

A Twin Cities mother has been formally charged with murder in the deaths of her infant twins after she allegedly told others they died from vaccinations, prosecutors said.

The case was filed in a metro-area district court, and authorities say the charges were brought within the past two weeks. FOX 9 A first court appearance is expected soon.

Russian missile and drone barrages struck Kyiv overnight into Thursday, July 2, killing at least 30 people and damaging more than 30 sites across the capital, officials said.

The roughly 11-hour assault used about 74 missiles and 496 drones, Ukrainian and Western accounts reported. Fox News About 20 residential buildings were hit and part of a nine-story block in Darnytskyi collapsed, leaving people trapped under rubble. CBS News Ukraine's emergency service deployed nearly 500 personnel and about 100 specialized vehicles, including a helicopter, to fight fires and rescue survivors. CBS News Russia's Defense Ministry called the barrage a "massive retaliatory strike" against military and energy facilities. The Guardian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cut short a diplomatic trip and renewed urgent appeals for more Patriot air-defense systems and interceptor missiles.

On Monday, July 6, 2026, New York resident David Streever sued the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in federal court in Washington, D.C., saying agents tracked him after a January email and violated his First Amendment rights.

The lawsuit reproduces the full three-paragraph email Streever sent to then-acting ICE director Todd Lyons, which includes lines such as "You will never know peace" and a comparison to Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich. PBS Federal officers tried to confront Streever at a New York City hotel when he returned from Finland, but hotel staff turned them away.

On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, Senate Democrats pressed 11 Trump-affiliated companies to say whether they consider themselves covered by President Trump's IRS settlement and whether they will invoke it to block audits or prosecutions.

Democrats including Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and Chuck Schumer led the coordinated inquiry, asking the firms to disclose if they intend to use the settlement as a legal shield. CBS News The settlement has been described in coverage as permanently blocking the IRS from pursuing claims tied to tax returns filed before the agreement.

On Monday, July 6, 2026, former Jackson mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pleaded guilty to one count of federal conspiracy in an FBI real estate bribery sting and faces up to five years in prison.

Prosecutors say Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens accepted at least $115,000 from undercover FBI agents posing as developers. Fox News Owens then funneled over $80,000 to Lumumba, ex-council vice president Angelique Lee and Sherik Marve Smith. Fox News Prosecutors allege Lumumba accepted $50,000 in campaign contributions in exchange for supporting the downtown development.

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles unsealed an indictment Tuesday, July 7, charging Lawrence Bishnoi, Satinderjit Singh Brar and seven associates with racketeering, extortion and drug distribution offenses.

The filing alleges Bishnoi and Brar ordered the June 18, 2023 killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, identified in the indictment as "H.S.N." CBS News Prosecutors say Bishnoi has run a global organized crime group from an Indian jail since at least 2015 using contraband phones and internet calling tools. CBS News Two additional indictments unsealed Tuesday target alleged members of the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organized Crime Group and the Dhanda Drug Trafficking Organization.

The U.S. Postal Service will raise the price of a Forever stamp to 82 cents on Sunday, July 12, 2026, up from 78 cents nationwide, increasing mailing costs for consumers and businesses.

Domestic postcard rates will rise to 65 cents from 61 cents, and international postcards and letters will go to $1.75 from $1.70. CBS News The Postal Regulatory Commission approved the rate change after USPS filed notice in April, clearing the way for the July 12 increase.

Rahm Emanuel plans to deliver a speech at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, urging U.S. sanctions on Israelis and changes to American military aid to Israel.

CBS News said Emanuel was expected to call for "significant changes" in Israeli policy in the address. CBS News Emanuel will say U.S.-Israel ties are "at a crossroads" that "cannot stand or survive as it has been." PBS News In a July 7 interview ahead of the speech, he called Israel's military response since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack "reckless and careless in the treatment of Palestinian life." PBS News He will propose U.S. sanctions on Israelis who attack Palestinian civilians and on companies and banks that support settlements. PBS News He will also urge ending special U.S. subsidies so Israel buys American arms on the same terms as other allies.

Anastasiia Berezovska, the woman named in an Interpol Red Notice over Monaco's June 29 apartment bombing, was found shot dead in Kyiv on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, Ukrainian authorities said.

Ukraine's Security Service said it has detained a serving military intelligence employee and a former law enforcement officer who admitted to killing Berezovska. PBS News Investigators said spent pistol casings were recovered and that bank and cryptocurrency transfers tied the two men to accounts used by Berezovska.

On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 5-2 to bar release of guardianship records that a conservative group sought to cross-check against voter rolls.

Justice Janet Protasiewicz wrote the majority opinion, saying state law makes the sought guardianship records nonpublic and that the Wisconsin Voter Alliance "has no right to the records." PBS Conservative justices Annette Ziegler and Rebecca Bradley dissented, saying the majority adopted an overbroad definition of what records relate to incompetency findings.

Mexico announced Tuesday that it is investigating whether U.S. agencies violated Mexican sovereignty in the 2024 capture of Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada.

Zambada was arrested in the United States in July 2024 alongside Joaquín Guzmán López, who later admitted in a December 2024 guilty plea that he lured, drugged and flew Zambada across the border. CBS News Mexico says a July 2024 U.S. Embassy statement denied any U.S. role, and officials now say that contradiction means "someone"—possibly Ambassador Ken Salazar—lied.

A man in his 20s died after a firework exploded in his hand at the abandoned Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant site in Shoreview, Minnesota, around the July 4 holiday period.

Ramsey County authorities are investigating the circumstances of the blast. FOX 9 Officials have not released additional details about the victim.

Two bombs exploded outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, wounding at least 18 people while French President Emmanuel Macron was in the city.

Syrian authorities said one device was placed in a garbage bin and another in a parked car near the hotel. PBS Syria's Interior Ministry said both devices detonated outside the security perimeter after they were discovered and while forces prepared to dispose of them. Fox News State media and the Interior Ministry said the wounded included four police officers. PBS The Élysée Palace said Macron had already left the hotel, was meeting President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the presidential palace, and would continue his visit.

Former college basketball guard Kerr Kriisa was indicted last month on five counts of wire fraud, and the case was unsealed Monday, July 6, 2026.

Federal agents arrested Kriisa in Kentucky on Saturday, July 4, 2026, and he is expected to appear in federal court in West Virginia this week.

The Trump administration removed federal "guardrails" on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, Anthropic said in a report broadcast Wednesday, July 1, 2026.

CBS described Fable 5 and Mythos 5 as among Anthropic's most advanced systems and called them "robust" or powerful. CBS News The network framed the action as removing limitations from those models, not merely completing a review or permitting a restoration of prior settings.

A Chinese ballistic-missile submarine launched a test missile with a dummy warhead into the South Pacific at 12:01 p.m. local time on Monday, July 6, 2026.

New Zealand says it was informed only hours before the test. NPR Wellington also says the missile splashed down inside the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone created by the 1986 Treaty of Rarotonga, which China ratified in 1987. PBS Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong called the launch destabilizing and said Australia conveyed that view directly to Beijing. PBS Japan's chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara and the defense ministry urged China to rethink testing that could fly over Japan or raise new security risks. PBS China's foreign ministry dismissed criticism and urged other countries not to overinterpret the exercise.

A man drowned while kayaking at Lake Ann Park in Chanhassen Saturday night; he was not wearing a life jacket.

Authorities recovered the man's body after he went under, and emergency crews responded to the popular Carver County park. FOX 9 The City of Chanhassen expressed deep sadness and thanked the Carver County Dive Team, the sheriff's office and the fire department for their response.

Nurses at Allina Health staged a one-day strike at Twin Cities hospitals and clinics, pressing stalled contract talks and prompting the system to activate contingency staffing plans.

The walkout targeted bargaining over wages, staffing ratios and safety and working-conditions, union leaders said. FOX 9 Allina said its contract offer is competitive, while the union said the proposal fails to address burnout and retention.

An adult man was fatally shot on Wilson Street in Minneapolis and was pronounced dead after officers responded, police said.

Minneapolis police say a homicide investigation is underway and no arrests or the victim's identity have been released.

A teen was pulled from the water at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis and taken to a hospital in critical condition. FOX 9 Social posts and local outlets said the swimmer was a 16-year-old boy and that the incident happened on July 4.

Emergency crews pulled the teen from the water and performed life-saving measures before transporting him to the hospital. FOX 9 Witnesses posted that crews carried out a swift-water rescue and CPR near the base of the falls as holiday visitors looked on.