News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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JUST IN: Lab testing for the substance found at the White House on Sunday came back positive for cocaine, a source tells CNN https://t.co/GpGxLnHjvr
— CNN (@CNN) July 5, 2023
White House cocaine culprit unlikely to be found: Law enforcement official https://t.co/C0wDkzcSxE
— POLITICO (@politico) July 5, 2023
NUCLEAR FEARS: @ABC News' @Reevellp is in Zaporizhzhia watching drills Ukraine is holding to practice how to respond if Russia triggered a disaster at the nuclear power plant in the region. https://t.co/VrS1IkuuNe pic.twitter.com/NA1tzMg3My
— ABC News (@ABC) July 5, 2023
U.S. Navy says it intervened to prevent the Iranian Navy from seizing two different commercial oil tankers as they were traveling in international waters, @ckubeNBC reports. pic.twitter.com/DVRyoheMIL
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 5, 2023
A Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near the home of former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., with weapons and ammunition in his van had threatened to blow up the vehicle at a government facility the day before, federal prosecutors alleged. https://t.co/FlhdQw0cAL
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 5, 2023
Suspended Texas A.G. Ken Paxton is not planning to testify at his Senate trial, his lawyer says. https://t.co/HvSKBQjO9W
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 5, 2023
Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, is relinquishing his law license. https://t.co/Uhg1IWzBPf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 5, 2023
A proposed measure to enshrine abortion in the Ohio state constitution is all but certain to appear on the November ballot after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates submitted the required number of signatures. https://t.co/RXtc9NtKE9
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 5, 2023
Families of those killed in the Parkland school shooting can tour the site where their loved ones died starting today https://t.co/PGM4h04jtV
— CNN (@CNN) July 5, 2023
Florida legalized the wide use of fentanyl test strips last week — a rare bipartisan victory that's relatively progressive, considering the strips are still deemed illegal drug paraphernalia in half of U.S. states. https://t.co/VgCe7e2Puh
— Axios (@axios) July 5, 2023
Police on Long Island responded to two reports of apparent shark bites on the Fourth of July, a day after two similar incidents were reported, authorities say. https://t.co/bpSkrEkKD1
— ABC News (@ABC) July 5, 2023
The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. https://t.co/rnTT3zNQSC
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 5, 2023
