U.S. military personnel are supporting search, rescue and aid operations in Venezuela after twin earthquakes killed more than 2,000 people. Aid workers warn overcrowded shelters, poor sanitation and limited clean water could fuel a health crisis.
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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s Denver-based Democratic primary. The upset extends a run of progressive victories over entrenched Democratic incumbents.
A heat dome is forecast to bring dangerous temperatures to much of the Midwest, East and Mid-Atlantic over the July Fourth weekend. More than 100 million people are under extreme heat warnings, with heat indices in some areas expected to reach 105 to 115 degrees.
NASA is preparing a $30 million robotic mission to raise the aging Swift Observatory into a safer orbit before it drops toward re-entry. The telescope, launched in 2004, has studied more than 1,400 gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy cosmic events.
Families are searching for Venezuelans deported from the U.S. hours before two major earthquakes struck and collapsed the La Guaira hotel where some were being processed. Relatives report deaths and missing people among the 146 deportees on the flight.
A 4.6-magnitude aftershock struck Venezuela as rescue teams continued searching for survivors of last week’s twin earthquakes. More than 1,400 people have died, tens of thousands remain missing and international crews are assisting in La Guaira and other hard-hit areas.
Rescuers in Venezuela pulled a mother, her baby and two 11-year-old boys from earthquake rubble as the confirmed death toll reached at least 1,430. Tens of thousands remain missing while international teams race to find survivors.