| No Images? Click here  Friday, July 26DISGRACE: GOP STALLS ON ELECTION MEDDLING Robert Mueller warned that Russian interference is continuing “as we sit here.” A new report concluded all 50 states were targeted in 2016, and ahead of the 2018 election “top election vulnerabilities remained.” But there’s no help from Congress, as Senate Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a House-backed bill that would have beefed up state election systems. [AP]BORDER HORROR: MOM BEGS FOR ENTRY WITH SON The plight of a mother and son who had traveled some 1,500 miles from Guatemala to the border city of Ciudad Juarez, only to be stopped mere feet from the United States by a Mexican National Guard soldier, was captured by photographer Jose Luis Gonzalez. [Reuters]BORDER CONTROL CHIEF WAS IN RACIST FACEBOOK GROUP The head of the U.S. Border Patrol said she joined a Facebook group whose members mocked migrants and lawmakers so she could read what her personnel thought about her. She said she knew little about the group. [AP]SUSPECT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA KILLING SPREE CAPTURED A day after authorities captured Gerry Dean Zaragoza, who they say fatally shot his father, brother and two other people during a 12-hour rampage across Los Angeles’ sprawling San Fernando Valley, they were still struggling to answer a key question: What set him off? [AP]E-CIGARETTES ACCUSED OF DIRECTLY TARGETING SUMMER CAMPS A House subcommittee accused Juul Labs, the popular e-cigarette company, of waging a “sophisticated” effort to target teenagers and children at schools and summer camps in its bid to become the largest seller of vaping devices in the country. [HuffPost]KIDNAPPED WOMAN RESCUED THANKS TO PIZZA DELIVERY A woman who was allegedly abused and kidnapped by her husband was rescued by Texas police after she surreptitiously passed a note seeking help to a Domino’s Pizza employee. [HuffPost].   PARIS HITS SWELTERING NEW HEAT RECORD Temperature records are being set across Europe, including Paris, where Thursday’s high hit 108, as the continent swelters through its second heat wave this summer. This could become the new normal, but temperate Europe — where air conditioning is rare — isn’t equipped. [AP]SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WISHES FOR TLAIB’S DEATH New Jersey school board member Daniel Leonard faces calls to resign over offensive Facebook comments in which he refers to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as a “terrorist,” and says his “life would be complete” if Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) were dead. Both congresswomen are Muslim. [HuffPost]5 FRESHMEN DEMS SIDE WITH TRUMP ON KEY YEMEN VOTE When the House of Representatives voted earlier this month to ban U.S. assistance for Saudi Arabia’s military intervention in Yemen, the Democratic caucus was united ― except for five new members, who surprised their colleagues by joining most Republicans to oppose the measure. [HuffPost]MARINES ARRESTED ON HUMAN SMUGGLING, DRUG CHARGES Sixteen U.S. Marines have been arrested on human smuggling and drug-related offenses at a base in Southern California, military officials said. The Marines were taken into custody at Camp Pendleton during battalion formation. [HuffPost]GIULIANI AND WIFE FIGHT OVER HIS FREE TRUMP WORK Rudy Giuliani is providing gratis legal work for President Donald Trump to shortchange estranged wife Judith Nathan Giuliani, her lawyer said. The claim was made during a proceeding in their increasingly acrimonious divorce. [The Daily Beast]HOW VULNERABLE ARE THE CABLES THAT POWER THE INTERNET? There are around 380 underwater cables in operation around the world. These drive the modern Internet, with many in recent years being funded by internet giants such as Facebook and Google. They carry almost all our communications, yet we are barely aware that they exist. [CNN]
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