Will Hurd, a former Texas Congressman and retired CIA officer, has announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. He is the twelfth Republican to enter the race and is hoping to appeal to swing voters by presenting himself as a "common-sense Republican". Hurd has said that he would not pardon former President Donald Trump if elected, a question other GOP candidates have largely avoided.
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On Wednesday night, a powerful hail storm hit the Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Colorado, leaving nearly 100 people injured. Seven were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, including cuts and broken bones, while the rest were treated and released on the scene. The storm caused the concert, which was being held by former One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson, to be cancelled. Concertgoers are advised to take caution and be aware of their surroundings in the event of a storm.
At least three people have died and ten are injured after a tornado struck the small town of Matador, Texas on Wednesday evening. Reports from storm chasers and meteorologists on social media show the extent of the destruction, with considerable damage to homes, utility lines, trees and infrastructure. The Motley County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the fatalities and first responders are surveying the damage and assessing the situation.
Bhagavan "Doc" Antle, a wild animal trainer featured in Netflix's "Tiger King", was convicted of two felony counts of wildlife trafficking and conspiring to wildlife traffic in Virginia. The charges stem from an investigation which revealed Antle had illegally purchased and transported endangered lion cubs from Virginia to South Carolina. Antle faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $2,500 fine for each of the two felony counts when he is sentenced on October 2, 2020.
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Four college students from Idaho were tragically killed in an off-campus home last November, and prosecutors have now linked the accused murderer, Bryan Kohberger, to the crime scene through a DNA sample taken from a knife sheath found at the scene. Kohberger, a doctoral student at Washington State University, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and is facing the death penalty if convicted. His trial is set to begin in October.
The House of Representatives voted to formally censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday in a 213-209 party-line vote. The resolution was authored by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and was the first time in history that a sitting member of Congress has been censured by the House. Speaker Kevin McCarthy read a verbal rebuke to Schiff on the House floor, to which a large group of House Democrats shouted “shame, shame!” in response.
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, is set to appear in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware on July 26th to enter a plea to two misdemeanor tax charges and a felony gun possession charge. Sources familiar with the agreement have said the plea agreement includes a provision for probation and acknowledgement of drug use as a contributing factor. The hearing will be presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, a Trump appointee, and the outcome of the hearing will have a significant impact on Biden's future.