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BC-TROPICAL WEATHER
Tropical Storm Edouard forms over far North Atlantic Ocean
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Edouard has formed over the far North Atlantic, but the storm poses no immediate threat to land. Edouard has top sustained winds of 40 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says it was located late Sunday night about 685 miles south-southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada. The tropical storm is moving to the northeast at 35 mph and is expected to become a post-tropical storm on Monday. No coastal storm watches or warnings are in effect, and little significant change in strength was forecast for Edouard for the brief period it is expected to remain a tropical storm.
BC-US-CHICAGO-VIOLENCE
7-year-old among 13 killed in weekend shootings in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 7-year-old girl at a family party and a 14-year-old boy were among 13 people shot and killed in the city over the Fourth of July weekend. Police spokesman Tom Ahern says four males opened fire on a large gathering in the street in Englewood just before midnight Saturday, killing the teenage boy and three other males. Police say the 7-year-old girl was fatally shot in the head while standing on the sidewalk at her grandmother’s house in the Austin neighborhood during a Fourth of July party around 7 p.m. At least 59 people were shot and wounded over the weekend.
AP-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST
The Latest: Australia’s most populous state to close border
The leader of Australia’s most populous state says her government’s decision to close its border with hard-hit Victoria state marks a new phase in the country’s coronavirus pandemic. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has long been a critic of states that close their borders to her state when its capital Sydney had Australia’s largest numbers of COVID-19 cases. But she had changed her stance on keeping Australia’s internal borders open because the situation in the Victorian capital of Melbourne was unprecedented. The overwhelming majority of news cases detected in Melbourne are from community transmission. Everywhere else in Australia, the vast majority of cases were infected overseas.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN-ASSOCIATE
Prosecutors seek Friday court appearance for Epstein pal
New York (AP) — Prosecutors have told a judge they'd like to schedule a Friday court appearance for Jeffrey Epstein's associate on charges she helped him recruit women to sexually abuse. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday. She has been detained without bail after agreeing to be moved to New York. In a letter to a judge Sunday, prosecutors sought a Friday bail hearing. Prosecutors say they expect the U.S. Marshals Service to transport Maxwell to New York early this week. Maxwell has been charged with conspiring to entice girls as young as 14 to engage in illegal sex acts with Epstein from 1994 through 1997. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail last August while he awaited trial.
MISSING SOLDIER-TEXAS
Lawyer: Remains of missing Texas soldier identified
DALLAS (AP) — A family lawyer says Army investigators have identified the body of a soldier who vanished more than two months ago from a base in Texas. Attorney Natalie Khawam says remains found Tuesday buried near Fort Hood belong to Spc. Vanessa Guillén. Guillén had been missing since April. Investigators say she was killed and dismembered by a fellow soldier who took his own life last week. Human remains were found Tuesday near the Leon River in Bell County, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Fort Hood, in the search for Guillen.
OBIT-NICK CORDERO
Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as “Waitress,” “A Bronx Tale” and “Bullets Over Broadway,” has died in Los Angeles. He suffered severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. He was 41. Cordero died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. Cordero entered the emergency room on March 30 and had a succession of health setbacks, including mini-strokes, blood clots, septic infections, a tracheostomy and a temporary pacemaker implanted. He had been on a ventilator and had his right leg amputated.
NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING-SOUTH CAROLINA
Sheriff: 2 dead, 8 hurt in South Carolina nightclub shooting
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff's official says a shooting at a South Carolina nightclub left two people dead and eight wounded. No one was immediately taken into custody following the early Sunday shooting at Lavish Lounge, but a Greenville County sheriff's spokesperson said they were looking for two suspects. Authorities had originally said 12 people were hurt, but later told the AP that two victims were likely counted twice initially. Of the eight wounded, some had non-life-threatening injuries and others were in critical condition. A Facebook post from the club said Foogiano was scheduled to perform Saturday night. A representative tells the AP the trap rapper is safe.
AP-US-SEVERE-WEATHER-TREE-ON-GARAGE
Official: Tree falls on garage in storm, 19 to hospitals
PASADENA, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a large tree toppled on a detached garage in Pasadena, Maryland, where people at a child’s birthday party sought shelter from a storm, sending 19 people to hospitals. Anne Arundel County Fire spokesman Russ Davies said one person was critically injured and five others were in serious condition though none of their conditions was life-threatening. He said at least 17 adults and two children were in the garage and 13 of them had minor injuries. Davis told media outlets the people were gathered for the party when a brief storm blew threw, sending those present ducking for cover in the detached garage behind a home before the tree fell.
BC-US-VIRUS OUTBREAK-KANSAS-HOLOCAUST-CARTOON
Newspaper owner: Sorry for equating mask rule to Holocaust
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas county Republican Party chairman who owns a weekly newspaper has apologized for a cartoon posted on the paper’s Facebook page that equated the Democratic governor’s coronavirus-inspired order for people to wear masks in public with the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Anderson County Review owner Dane Hicks said in a statement Sunday on Facebook that he was removing the cartoon after “heartfelt and educational conversations" with Jewish leaders. The newspaper posted the cartoon Friday, and it drew dozens of critical responses and international attention. A blog post by Hicks on Saturday defending it also drew critical responses.
BALD EAGLE RESCUE
Bald eagle trapped in Alaska tree rescued on 4th of July
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A wildlife official says a bird symbolizing America’s freedom had to be liberated on Independence Day after becoming stuck in a tree in Alaska. The Juneau Empire reported an adult, female bald eagle was hurt but conscious after being untangled from a spruce tree in Juneau. Kathy Benner of the Juneau Raptor Center says the bird was stuck in the tree in Ernest Gruening State Historical Park after a wire tethered its wing to a tree branch. The bird was taken to the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka, which was expected to determine whether the eagle suffered a broken bone.
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