| No Images? Click here  Monday, July 29MASS SHOOTING AT CALIF. FOOD FESTIVAL A gunman killed at least three people and injured at least 15 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, on Sunday. The gunman was shot and killed by authorities “less than a minute” after he opened fire. A second individual may have been involved, but appears to have escaped. [HuffPost]TRUMP’S NEW INTEL PICK IS AN ARDENT ALLY Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving his role in the White House on Aug. 15 amid reports that his relationship with President Donald Trump has grown strained. Trump tweeted Sunday that he plans to Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) for the job. Ratcliffe is staunch Trump defender who harshly questioned Robert Mueller during his congressional appearance. [HuffPost]EFFORTS TO STALL SURPRISE BILLING STALLS IN CALIF. A California battle over protecting patients from surprise medical bills when they receive care from a doctor or hospital that isn’t part of their insurance network shows why advocates of ambitious reform schemes like “Medicare for All” face such a daunting political task. [HuffPost]TRUMP SLAMMED BALTIMORE YEARS AGO, BLAMING OBAMA Trump pummeled Baltimore years ago in a series of tweets — but back then he held Barack Obama responsible for the city’s crime, pointing out that he was an “African American president” and sarcastically referring to him as “great.” [HuffPost]AFGHAN PRESIDENT’S RUNNING MATE TARGETED IN DEADLY ATTACK The death toll from an attack against the Kabul office of the Afghan president’s running mate climbed to at least 20 people. Around 50 others were wounded in Sunday’s attack against the Green Trend party headquarters. [AP]BROOKLYN SHOOTING LEAVES 1 DEAD, 11 INJURED No arrests have yet been made and no suspects have been identified in a shooting at an outdoor Brooklyn community event that killed one person and left 11 others injured, according to New York police. [HuffPost]  EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY SHOWS WE’RE HAEMORRHAGING RESOURCES Today marks Earth Overshoot Day, the point each year when humanity starts to consume the world’s natural resources faster than they can be replenished. We are using up nature 1.75 times faster than they can be replenished. [HuffPost]HUNGER-STRIKING IMMIGRANTS FORCED TO HYDRATE Three Indian nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. have been forced to receive IV drips at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas as they approach their third week of a hunger strike, according to their attorney. [AP]BEIJING TO SPEAK OUT AFTER WEEKS OF HONG KONG PROTESTS China's top Hong Kong policy office today will address the escalating protests in the semi-autonomous city over the past eight weekends. The unrest reached fever pitch Sunday, when riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. [CNN]TRUMP: ANTIFA MIGHT BE BRANDED TERROR GROUP Trump warned over the weekend that “consideration is being given” to declaring antifascist protesters — Antifa — a “terror” organization. Antifa followers haven’t been linked to a single killing, while the death toll attributed to far-right extremists is surging. [HuffPost]LIBYA’S MIGRANT ‘HOLDING AREAS’ HAVE BECOME DEATH CAMPS The smell of decomposing human flesh is what Amal, a young Eritrean man, remembers most about the days after the Tajoura migrant detention center was struck by a missile earlier this month in the midst of Libya’s worsening civil war. [HuffPost]UK ‘WILL LEGALIZE CANNABIS,’ SAY MPS A group of cross-party MPs who've been on a fact-finding trip to Canada predict the U.K. will fully legalize cannabis use within five to 10 years. Canada became the first G-7 country to allow recreational use of the drug in 2018. [BBC]
. Between You & Me In the latest episode of "Between You & Me", host Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani chats with comedian Steve Way, star of the hit Hulu show “Ramy”
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