News And Current Events

Sarah Huggins Logan, a teacher at North River Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was arrested on Friday and charged with one count of a school employee engaging in a sex act.

https://julieroys.com/alabama-christian-school-teacher-arrested-for-alleged-sexual-misconduct-with-student/

https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/us-news/teen-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-shooting-near-stonewall/

In a joint statement, the countries demand that Israel end its war on Gaza. Here’s who signed and what they said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/22/28-countries-called-for-an-end-to-israels-war-on-gaza-what-did-they-say?traffic_source=rss

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/despite-risks-texas-republicans-launch-trump-backed-effort-redraw-congressional-2025-07-22/

A sharp rise in infections stemming from a parasitic worm that invades the human brain has health officials in the Hawaiian island of Maui worried.

Six cases of rat lungworm disease have so far been confirmed in Maui in the last three months, with more episodes currently being investigated. Given the island had only experienced two documented cases of rat lungworm in the decade before this outbreak, the sudden increase is causing concern.

Rat lungworm disease is caused by the parasitic roundworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, with the adult form of the parasite found only in rats.

The infection is spread when rats carrying the parasite excrete the larvae of the roundworm in their faeces. From there, it can be picked up by other animals, such as snails, slugs, freshwater shrimp, crabs, and frogs.

If people handle or consume any of these infected animals – or come into contact with them on contaminated food sources, such as raw fruit and vegetables – they too can become infected.

For many, there are no symptoms, and most people recover from the infection on their own. But in some cases, the worm moves into the brain and nervous system, resulting in a parasitic form of meningitis that can cause intense headaches, tremors, numbness, and fever symptoms – and which can ultimately turn out to be fatal.

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The Hawaiian Islands on the whole usually average about 10 cases of rat lungworm per year, according to state epidemiologist Sarah Park, who says the symptoms are as random as they are terrifying.

"If you could imagine, it's like having a slow-moving bullet go through your brain and there's no rhyme or reason why it's going to hang out in this part of the brain or that part of the brain," she told Associated Press.

As for what's caused such a spike in Maui recently, nobody's entirely sure, but there are concerns the parasite is being spread by a rise in numbers of an invasive semi-slug in the region, with as much as 80 percent of the species carrying the roundworm.

UK officials fear their insistence on backdoor endangers tech deals with US.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/uk-backing-down-on-apple-encryption-backdoor-after-pressure-from-us/

Injured number almost 200 after training jet had technical problem once airborne, with pilot among the dead

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/21/military-plane-crashes-people-killed-bangladesh-school-campus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says bases in Indiana and New Jersey can house detained immigrants without affecting military readiness — a step toward potentially detaining thousands of people on bases on U.S. soil.

Hegseth notified members of Congress from both states this week of the proposal to temporarily house detained immigrants at Camp Atterbury in Indiana, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey.

President Donald Trump has moved to aggressively detain and deport people in the country illegally, a push that has swept up large numbers of immigrants, including many with no prior criminal records, and forced federal authorities to find places to house them.

Hegseth said the presence of the detainees would not negatively affect the bases’ operations or training. Officials have not said when detainees could begin arriving at the facilities or if other military bases are under consideration.

The cause of the explosion is not known.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/3-killed-horrific-incident-law-enforcement-training-facility/story?id=123864988

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will end in May 2026, Colbert and CBS announced on Thursday. The company said it will retire "The Late Show" franchise, and called it "purely a financial decision."

"'THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT' will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season," the company said in a statement. "We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire 'THE LATE SHOW' franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television."

"This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount," the network added. Paramount is the parent company of CBS News.

A county clerk in New York on Monday again refused to file a more than $100,000 civil judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman.

New York is among eight states with shield laws that protect providers from other states’ reach. Abortion opponents claim the laws violate a constitutional requirement that states respect the laws and legal judgments of other states.

Republican Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton wants a New York court to enforce a civil decision from Texas against Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who practices north of New York City in Ulster County, for allegedly prescribing abortion medication via telemedicine.

Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck in March refused an initial request to file the judgment, citing the New York law that shields abortion providers who serve patients in states with abortion bans. A second demand was made last week by the Texas attorney general’s office, which said Bruck had a “statutory duty” to make the filing under New York civil practice law.

The large-scale, long-range attacks targeted energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/russia-ukraine-war-trump-backtracks-attack-moscow-zelenskyy-putin-rcna219031

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8zy78787o

The anxiety is fueled by the widespread perception that this is a president who makes decisions on a whim and is prone to changing them.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/trump-putin-russia-tariff-threat-ukraine-war-patriot-missiles-rcna218828

Pro-illegal migrant activist groups are expanding their campaign against President Donald Trump’s deportation policies, and their efforts are helping to generate more violence and criminal actions.

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/15/migrant-activist-organizations-tracking-ice-activity-upping-violence/

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/drone-attacks-northern-iraq-oil-field-airport-rise-amid-iran-tensions

The preliminary report has not made any significant findings

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/air-india-crash-pilot-medical-records-latest

https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2025/07/14/uno-social-clubs-las-vegas-gambling/85193829007/

The US President has also threatened Moscow with economic sanctions

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/donald-trump-bomb-vladimir-putin-moscow-volodymyr-zelensky-russia-ukraine-war

Tel Aviv — After five days of negotiations in Qatar and two meetings in Washington between Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump, there was still no ceasefire agreement for Gaza on Thursday, as Netanyahu prepared to leave Washington to fly back home.

At the start of the week, the Trump administration sounded optimistic that a deal could be done as soon as the weekend. On Wednesday evening, however, a senior Israeli official said it could still take 20 more days to reach an agreement.

Gaza, meanwhile, remains a warzone, as the Israeli military continues to pursue its offensive against the U.S.- and Israeli-designated terrorist group Hamas.

Israel has not allowed international journalists into Gaza since the war started, but over the past 24 hours, huge plumes of smoke from explosions have been visible from the Israel-Gaza border.

Strikes pounded targets across the Palestinian territory on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Hospital workers said at least 55 Palestinians were killed.

The former governor will also face the city's current mayor, Eric Adams, who's running as an independent.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/andrew-cuomo-announces-third-party-run-nyc-mayor-setting-rematch-zohra-rcna218729

Residents were heard screaming for help as 50 firefighters battled the overnight inferno at Gabriel House

https://www.foxnews.com/us/deadly-overnight-blaze-claims-9-lives-massachusetts-assisted-living-home-rescue-efforts-continue

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is considering “taking away” the U.S. citizenship of a longtime rival, actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a decades-old Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits such an action by the government.

“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday. He added that O’Donnell, who moved to Ireland in January, should stay in Ireland “if they want her.”

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But O’Donnell’s situation is notably different from Musk, who was born in South Africa. O’Donnell was born in the United States and has a constitutional right to U.S. citizenship. The U.S. State Department notes on its website that U.S. citizens by birth or naturalization may relinquish U.S. nationality by taking certain steps – but only if the act is performed voluntary and with the intention of relinquishing U.S. citizenship.

Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, noted the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the Fourteen Amendment of the Constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship.

“The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born U.S. citizen,” Frost said in an email Saturday. “In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”