News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s team has contacted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, whom former President Donald Trump pressured to overturn the 2020 election, a Kemp official told CNN https://t.co/Wc9Beryvat
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 22, 2023
Russian attacks on 11 regions across Ukraine kill at least eight civilians and wounded others, authorities say. https://t.co/1bP7ihLEa0
— ABC News (@ABC) July 22, 2023
Ron DeSantis was once a Covid vaccine advocate. But the Florida governor lost his enthusiasm for the shot before the Delta wave sent hospitalizations and deaths soaring. It’s a grim chapter he now leaves out of his rosy retelling of his pandemic response. https://t.co/lbmXK60wXu pic.twitter.com/g6G1HuUk0o
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 22, 2023
The heavily armed man who ambushed Fargo police officers investigating a fender bender last week likely had a bigger and bloodier attack in mind, with at least two fairs taking place at the time in and around North Dakota's largest city, authorities said. https://t.co/qBzqF0eWCs
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 22, 2023
A University of Miami professor has invented a nonlethal device that could temporarily blind an active shooter. https://t.co/5Jp83rEacF
— Axios (@axios) July 22, 2023
Homicides are declining in a cross-section of U.S. cities, though their numbers remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, a new report shows. https://t.co/oHLlG3bCV0
— ABC News (@ABC) July 22, 2023
More and more states are quietly allowing underage workers to serve alcoholic beverages in bars and restaurants, a new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows. https://t.co/iOHjjIG1DS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 22, 2023
More than a dozen high-profile Republicans are looking to early-voting New Hampshire to help stop Donald Trump’s march toward the presidential nomination. But so far, none has cracked the veneer of inevitability that seems to have followed him. https://t.co/lWoChAqAG2
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) July 22, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called Vice President Kamala Harris' criticism of controversial Black history standards — recently adopted by the state Board of Education — "absolutely ridiculous" during a campaign stop in Utah.https://t.co/4lVatq4YrK
— Axios (@axios) July 22, 2023
A young girl's body found in a river in Philadelphia on Friday is strongly believed to be that of 2-year-old Matilda Sheils, who was swept away along with her brother in floodwaters a week ago, officials say. https://t.co/4SWBS4gn7i
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 22, 2023
The tornado that ripped through a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday "almost completely destroyed" the plant’s warehouse, which stored finished medications awaiting release to hospitals across the U.S., CEO Albert Bourla says. https://t.co/zXn5Wobcct
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 22, 2023
A 26-year-old man is charged with sex crimes after enrolling in a public school district in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he pretended to be 17, police say https://t.co/9quparIajK
— CNN (@CNN) July 22, 2023
