North Carolina Republicans selected state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom to replace Rep. Chuck Edwards on the ballot after he ended his re-election bid following a House ethics investigation. Balkcom will face Democrat Jamie Ager in a western North Carolina district both parties are expected to contest.
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Manuel Hernandez was charged in federal court after a speedboat capsized near the Statue of Liberty, killing Sara Sanchez and her 5-month-old daughter. Prosecutors allege the vessel was overcrowded, unregistered and lacked required safety equipment and credentials.
NOAA said July was the hottest month ever recorded in the contiguous United States, with an average temperature of 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit. The month brought widespread heat alerts, record warm nights, drought, wildfires and flooding despite below-average national precipitation.
Todd Blanche was sworn in as U.S. attorney general after the Senate confirmed him 50-49. Trump’s former defense lawyer had served as acting attorney general since April following Pam Bondi’s ouster.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis is standing trial in Las Vegas nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting. Prosecutors say Davis orchestrated the attack and supplied the gun; his defense says his memoir and past statements were fictionalized or unreliable.
A spokesperson for Mark Zuckerberg said his yacht’s crew did not initially hear a Coast Guard assistance call for a skiff that ran out of fuel off Alaska. A nearby cruise ship, the Wilderness Legacy, towed the skiff to Farragut Bay and refueled it.
Abdul El-Sayed said he hopes Barack Obama will campaign for him after his narrow Michigan Democratic Senate primary win. Democrats are rallying behind El-Sayed as Republicans, including Donald Trump, intensify attacks ahead of a competitive race against Mike Rogers.
A 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old baby died after a boat overturned near Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Manuel Hernandez, 46, was arrested on 13 counts of reckless endangerment as authorities investigate whether the trip was an illegal charter operation.