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Fans of Aretha Franklin pay their respects. Some at her Hollywood Walk of Fame star. A Dallas police officer reportedly was injured and taken to a hospital in a squad car this morning. Officers were dispatched to an armed encounter call on Jim Miller at about 5:30 am. A plain-clothes …

• The mom who lost her son to gun violence has won the Democratic nomination in Georgia. Lucy McBath’s teenage son was shot and killed in 2012 by a stranger at a gas station. She won Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District Tuesday. McBath now faces Republican Rep. Karen Handel in the …

• A 20-year-old man from Texarkana, Meechaiel Criner, is on trial in the slaying of a University of Texas freshman on campus in 2016. He has taken the stand and denied killing Haruka Weiser of Portland, OR. • Imagine a Dallas version of the London Eye, a brilliant observation wheel …

• A manhunt for a possible serial killer in Houston has ended. Gilberto Rodriguez, 46, was captured this morning by Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies. He is the suspect in at least three recent homicides. Two were called ‘mattress store murders.’ • Two women told the NY Times their stories of …

• More boys are being rescued from the Thai cave network. A total of eight boys was recovered from the cave network and taken to the hospital Monday evening their time. Two more were being prepared for evacuation to the hospital. The 12 boys and their soccer coach, who have …

• “Trump Baby” balloon gets the mayor’s OK to fly over London during the president’s visit. • Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship. The Army abruptly is discharging them. • A white woman called police on a black …

• Officers arrested a woman after she scaled parts of the Statue of Liberty in a dramatic Fourth of July protest. She is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who has been active in the resistance movement against Trump administration immigration policies. • Wall Street opened higher …

• President Trump ordered American flags in the U.S. and around the world to half-staff until sunset tonight. It is a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the act of violence at the Capital Gazette newsroom. • Police in England arrested a health care worker as the suspect …

• Presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged to root out corruption and dampen drug violence while boosting the economy and lifting up the poor. That won him the election in Mexico Sunday. • Seattle becomes the first major U.S. city to ban straws. Seattle wanted to ban plastic drinking …

Activists want to fly a giant “Trump Baby” balloon over London to protest President Trump’s UK visit. The BoeingHorizonX invests in on-demand UAV delivery startup. It enables safe, next-generation cargo air mobility. It will continue to be hot and dry across all of North and Northeast Texas with highs in …

        • President Trump has pressed Congress to act after a judge ordered the kids reunited with their families that the government separated. • Soon, the FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will testify on Capitol Hill. They face questions about the Justice …

  Whether stand-up mixers clutter the countertop or a family member keeps leaving cabinet doors open, 81% of homeowners report they can’t relax if their kitchen is a mess. To cope, homeowners admitted in the survey that they go to such lengths as “storing pots and pans in [a] kids’ …

• Democrats are now learning the name of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The 28-year-old just defeated the influential ten-term Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in a stunning upset. The district is part of the Bronx and Queens NY. Most thought Crowley would be the next House speaker if the Democrats took the House. …

• There is a growing backlash against a San Francisco woman. The woman allegedly called police on an eight-year-old black girl selling water. Jordan Rodgers was confronted by Alison Ettel, who is white, for not having a permit to sell bottled water on the sidewalk. • Divers find the missing …

• What’s happening at Texas’ border? Under the federal government’s policy of “zero tolerance,” about 2,000 children have been separated from their parents. Now there is another legal hurdle. The DOJ has acknowledged they can’t detain children for more than 20 days, with or without their parents. Now, the Trump …

• According to ABC News, investigators found nearly 250 violations at the converted Walmart housing for undocumented children separated from their parents. • Michael Avenatti is representing 50 mothers who the government separated from their children, and counting. • Be aware that the asphalt is hot when walking your pet. …

• Protesters shouted at Department of Home Security Secretary Kristjen Neilsen in Washington D.C. last night while she was eating at a restaurant. Appropriately the establishment was a Mexican restaurant. President Trump and officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico …

China says it will retaliate on any U.S. tariffs. IHOP’s says the name change is an acquired taste. IHOP became IHOb this week. Many expressed strong feelings on the name change. A fungus that is deadly to bats is spreading rapidly. Scientists from all over the country are in Tacoma, …

• The world reacts to President Trump and Kim Jong Un’s summit in Singapore. South Korean President Moon was more upbeat, stating. “We will write a new chapter of peace and cooperation.” • Today Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will become the longest-serving Senate Republican leader. He is besting Kansas,’ …

NASA launches a new crew to the International Space Station. Today in 1944, Allied troops landed along a stretch of fortified coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion. By day’s end, the Allies gained a …