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Attorney for Nolan Wells’ family says experts to review a boat distress call from day he disappeared

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Jul 30, 2026 6:16 pm - An attorney for the family of Nolan Wells said Thursday that they have hired audio engineers to review a distress call made from a boat on the day of his disappearance, which has prompted online speculation and claims of defamation amid the ongoing investigation into the 18-year-old’s death.
Probe cites history of overweight flights, inadequate oversight in crash that killed 10 off Alaska

By BECKY BOHRER
Jul 30, 2026 5:40 pm - The operator of a commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska last year, killing all 10 people on board, had a history of overweight flights, according to federal investigators.
Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jul 30, 2026 5:19 pm - Climate change's fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week's devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked Southern Europe's burning the past eight years, two new studies conclude.
As France tames wildfire and lets 84,000 evacuees go home, blazes flare across Europe

By MARK CARLSON, ALEX TURNBULL and JOHN LEICESTER
Jul 30, 2026 5:00 pm - France gave the go-ahead Thursday for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to return home, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning the corner in a grueling battle against flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris.
Colin Gray, who gave his son the gun used in Georgia school shooting, is sentenced to 15 years

By KATE BRUMBACK
Jul 30, 2026 4:55 pm - A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison.
Trump says he may pull Blanche’s attorney general nomination until dissenting senators leave office

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jul 30, 2026 10:59 am - President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for the full-time post to avoid making concessions to a few Senate Republicans who want him to scale back protections for his family business and potential payouts for his allies that the president negotiated with his own Department of Justice.
Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500

By PROSPER HERI NGORORA and MARK BANCHEREAU
Jul 30, 2026 7:41 am - The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo, official data released on Thursday showed, marking a 50% increase in around a week that shows the emergency continuing to outpace response efforts.
Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 25

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Jul 30, 2026 7:38 am - Rural communities in southwestern Japan were struggling to get their lives back to normal Thursday, two days after a powerful earthquake set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes, killing at least 25 people.
Russian strikes across Ukraine kill 9 and NATO scrambles jets after a missile falls in Poland

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Jul 30, 2026 7:30 am - A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight killed at least eight civilians, including children, and injured more than 50 others, officials said Thursday, and NATO scrambled its warplanes after one of the missiles crossed the country's western border into Poland.
Urban League report says Trump administration is harming Black Americans’ chances at American Dream

By MATT BROWN
Jul 30, 2026 7:26 am - The American Dream may not be dead for many Black Americans, but it is further away than at any point since the Civil Rights Movement, warns a report by the National Urban League.

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