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The Navy and allied forces sent the 820-foot USS Tarawa to the ocean floor with modern anti-ship weapons in a tightly controlled RIMPAC drill. Story Highlights The Navy confirmed USS Tarawa was sunk during RIMPAC on July 19, 2024. Allied ships and aircraft fired modern anti-ship weapons in a live-fire exercise. The sinking took place over deep water about 50 nautical miles off Kauai. The event showed a push toward long-range, precise, air-delivered strikes. What RIMPAC...

Five people are dead after a Boeing 767 cargo jet overran a Miami runway, struck vehicles, and caught fire, forcing a massive emergency response and shutting down airport operations. Story Snapshot Officials said five were killed and five hurt after the runway overrun and fire. Federal Aviation Administration reported a Boeing 767-300 arrived from San Juan and overran the runway. About 200 firefighters and 60 units fought flames and performed rescues, officials said. National Transportation...

A wealthy New Jersey school district is being sued for policies that let students change names and gender in school records without telling parents, spotlighting a growing fight over who controls key information about children in public schools. Story Snapshot Parents and an advocacy group filed suit alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations tied to secrecy policies. District Policy 5756 directs staff to keep a student’s transgender status confidential and to use chosen names and...

The Justice Department says states that take federal welfare money must report known unlawful immigrants to homeland security or risk losing funds. Story Snapshot Justice Department issued a new legal opinion expanding state reporting duties tied to welfare funds. The opinion reverses a 1997 view that limited reporting to just program agencies. Coverage says the rule reaches any state office when the state accepts key welfare funding. The shift could clash with state and city...

Jurors now weigh a 30-year-old murder after hearing Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s own recorded words placed at the heart of the state’s case. Story Snapshot Prosecutors leaned on Davis’s recorded statements describing the night Tupac Shakur was shot. The defense said those statements were false, made for money, and should not be trusted. Closing arguments followed two weeks of testimony and finalized jury instructions. A former detective said there was probable cause to arrest Davis...

Dozens of people were flown out of the Grand Canyon after sudden flash floods trapped hikers near Phantom Ranch. Story Snapshot Flash flooding hit Bright Angel Canyon around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, prompting helicopter evacuations. Officials initially planned to airlift about 50 people; later counts reached at least 62 evacuees. No injuries were first reported, but later outlets reported one death and people unaccounted for. Phantom Ranch and the North Kaibab Trail were closed until further...