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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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A local resident uses a wheelbarrow Thursday to transport the young children of a woman who fled drought-stricken areas as she arrives at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises and Somalia is perhaps the most vulnerable as thousands die of hunger amid the driest drought in decades.

Ukraine's shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid

The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises and Somalia is perhaps the most vulnerable as thousands die of hunger amid the driest drought in decades.
Mynor Cardona shows a photo on his cellphone of her daughter, Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás, at the hospital while receiving a visit, in Guatemala City, Monday, July 4, 2022. Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás is one of the survivors of the more than 50 migrants who were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

A survivor of the migrant trailer: 'They couldn't breathe'

Simple advice from a friend to stay near the door may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the deadly fate that befell 53 other migrants when they were abandoned trapped in a sweltering semi-trailer last week in Texas
A judge is considering what guidelines to place on questions that can be asked of Georgia state lawmakers called before a special grand jury in an investigation, opened by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, shown here in 2021, into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in the state.

Giuliani, Graham testimony sought in Trump election probe

The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is trying to compel U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and other members of Trump's campaign legal team to testify before a special grand jury.
Chief Nurse Executive Danielle Maness stands in an empty examination room that was used to perform abortions at the Women's Health Center of West Virginia in Charleston, W.Va. on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade, the clinic had to suspend abortion services because of an 1800s-era abortion ban in West Virginia state code. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

After abortion ruling, clinic staff grapple with trauma

Nationwide, workers at clinics that shuttered abortion services are feeling fear and stress as they chart a path forward following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Brian Dahle poses in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 9, 2022. Dahle finished second in California's primary on June 7, and knows it will be hard to defeat incumbent Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. He plans to focus on what he says are the problems people care about the most, including high gas prices and rising crime. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Newsom's opponent: I'm reasonable, not a 'crazy Republican'
Republican Brian Dahle faces an uphill battle to defeat California Gov. Gavin Newsom in November
A police officer reacts as he walks in downtown Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago, Monday, July 4, 2022, where a mass shooting took place at a Highland Park Fourth of July parade. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A list of recent high-profile shootings in the US
A shooting at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago is the latest incidence involving gun violence to stun the United States
Firefighters battle the Electra Fire in the Rich Gulch community of Calaveras County, Calif., on Monday, July 4, 2022. According to Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman, approximately 100 people sheltered at a Pacific Gas & Electric facility before being evacuated in the evening. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California forest fire temporarily strands July 4th revelers
Fourth of July revelers stranded by a wildfire in a mountainous California region that's a top tourist destination have safely evacuated, but the fire is still chewing through forests
FILE - Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries looks on, prior to attending a live TV show in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday Jan. 31, 2008. Prosecutors say that two suspects in the slaying a year ago of Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries have been arrested overseas, a day after the suspected 'director' of the shocking killing was detained. The national prosecutor's office said Tuesday, July 5, 2022 that a 27-year-old man was arrested on the former Dutch Caribbean colony of Curaçao and a 26-year-old man was detained in Spain. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Prosecutors: 2 more suspects arrested in De Vries slaying
Prosecutors say that two suspects in the slaying a year ago of Dutch crime reporter Peter R
FILE - In this courtroom sketch, R. Kelly briefly addresses Judge Ann Donnelly during his sentencing in federal court, June 29, 2022, in New York. R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case, prosecutors said in court papers filed on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams, File)
In reversal, prosecutors say R. Kelly off suicide watch
Prosecutors say R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case
Contract reached to fund ferry linking Kentucky, Illinois
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says a new contract has been reached to continue service by the Cave-in-Rock Ferry
FILE - A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 6, 2020. The Justice Department has settled a long-running lawsuit filed by a group of men rounded up in the weeks after the September 2001 attack who say they were abused in a federal lockup in New York City. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Feds settle suit alleging abuse by men detained after 9/11
The Justice Department has settled a long-running lawsuit filed by a group of men rounded up in the weeks after the September 2001 attack who say they were abused in a federal lockup in New York City
Today in History: July 5, Doby is AL's first Black player
Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 5, the 186th day of 2022. There are 179 days left in the year.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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