| No Images? Click here  Thursday, August 8TRUMP CRASHES GRIEVING CITIES President Donald Trump promised to unite the grieving, angry communities of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio ― both struck by tragic mass shootings just days ago ― during his visits. Instead, he posed for photo-ops in hospitals, attacked Democratic officials who have criticized him, and boasted about his rally crowd sizes. [HuffPost]ICE FILLS 3 BUSES WITH DETAINED IMMIGRANTS U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday, filling three buses — two for men and one for women. About 70 family, friends and residents waved goodbye and shouted, “Let them go! Let them go!” [AP]COMMUTATION FOR ‘CELEBRITY APPRENTICE’ BUDDY? Trump has said he is seriously considering commuting the prison sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich was convicted on charges including wire fraud, extortion and soliciting bribes while governor. [Reuters]SOUTH CALI STABBINGS LEAVE AT LEAST 4 DEAD A man who was “full of anger” stabbed, slashed and robbed his way across two Southern California cities in a bloody rampage that killed four people and wounded two others who were apparently targeted at random, authorities said. [AP]PUERTO RICO SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS PIERLUISI Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the swearing in of Pedro Pierluisi as the island’s governor less than a week ago, clearing the way for Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez to take up the post after weeks of turmoil. [AP]4 WHITE NATIONALISTS OUT OF U.S. MILITARY Months after a series of reports exposed a dozen known or suspected members of white nationalist groups in the U.S. military, officials have confirmed that four of those servicemen have separated from the armed forces, while another four have been allowed to remain in the Army. [HuffPost]  CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLY According to a new report from the United Nations, unsustainable land use and greenhouse gas emissions are delivering a one-two punch to natural ecosystems. Without sweeping transformations to food production and land management, the world stands no chance of staving off catastrophic planetary warming. [HuffPost]KENNY STILLS CALLS OUT DOLPHINS OWNER FOR TRUMP FUNDRAISER Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills has publicly criticized Stephen M. Ross, the team’s chairman of the board and managing general partner, for his decision to host a fundraiser for President Trump’s reelection campaign. [HuffPost]DAYTON MAYOR CALLS TRUMP A ‘BULLY AND A COWARD’ Days after a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, the city’s Democratic mayor, Nan Whaley, called President Trump a “bully and a coward” after he came after her and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) for supposedly “misrepresenting” his visit to shooting victims in a hospital. [HuffPost]CANADIAN POLICE FIND TWO BODIES Police say they believe the two fugitives, 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryan Schmegelsky, suspected of killing a North Carolina woman and her Australian boyfriend as well as another man have been found dead in Manitoba. [AP]MURDERED SCHOLAR’S BODY MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND Brendt Christensen, the 29-year-old who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang’s murder, informed his attorneys that he put her body in garbage bags, then put them in the dumpster. [The Daily Beast]WILL MODI ADOPT CHINA MODEL IN KASHMIR? Delhi has scrapped Kashmir’s special status, setting the stage for greater Hindu migration to the Muslim-majority area. Residents may look nervously at Xinjiang, where thousands of kilometers of rail have connected the remote area to China’s wealthy center, increasing government control. [CNN]. 
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