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07/16/2026

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fla-man-goes-bananas-shoots-2-at-t-trucks-in-driveway/

Jorge Jove, 64, told police he "went bananas and wanted to stop (the workers) from leaving"

07/15/2026

The “perfect” platonic bond used to be between two men, Tiffany Watt Smith wrote in 2025. What happened? https://theatln.tc/D5zPLczB

🎨: Allison Zaucha / The Atlantic

07/15/2026

BREAKING🚨🏳️‍🌈 Mexico’s first openly gay mayor was just shot in the head inside an ice cream shop in Guadalajara. He wasn't identified for two days.

It happened the night of July 7. Benjamin Medrano was getting ice cream when a gunman wearing a motorcycle helmet walked in, shot him in the head at close range, and fled on a motorcycle.

Neighbors reported hearing several shots. By the time emergency crews arrived, he was already dead at the scene, as El Universal's Irma Mejía first reported.

He was 59. The prosecutor's office in Zacatecas later confirmed he died from a gunshot wound to the skull. Because he wasn't carrying identification, his body went unidentified until early Friday, when a relative confirmed who he was.

Medrano's life was a first for the country. Born in Nochistlán into a poor family with eleven siblings, he toured Mexico and the United States as a child musician, later recorded albums of ranchera and ballads, and ran a gay nightclub in Fresnillo.

In 2013 he was elected mayor of Fresnillo becoming the first openly gay citizen in Mexico's history elected municipal president.

He was against gay marriage and regarding his sexuality he said “It's not like I'm going to paint city hall pink."

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07/13/2026

From Vanity to Insanity! Today House Natural Resources Democrats released an explosive report documenting how the White House cheated Americans on the the celebration of our 250th birthday and the millions of dollars in graft and missing taxpayer dollars.

Read More Here:
https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/freedom250_oversight_report2.pdf

07/12/2026

07/12/2026

In February 2013, Kelsie Schelling, a 21-year-old woman who was eight weeks pregnant, drove from Denver to Pueblo, Colorado to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Donthe Lucas. She was never seen again.

For years, the case went cold. Police suspected Lucas from the start, but without a body and with a changing, inconsistent alibi, they could not make an arrest. Schelling's mother spent years fighting to keep the case alive, organizing searches and maintaining a page, but the investigation stalled.

Then Lauren Suhr, a young single mother who had never met Kelsie Schelling or her family, read about the case and decided she couldn't let it go.

On her own initiative, with no law enforcement backing, Suhr messaged Lucas on Facebook, telling him she was new to the Pueblo area and looking to meet people. Over the following weeks, they grew close. What started as an intelligence-gathering mission turned into something more complicated. Lucas began to genuinely fall for her, and a real romantic relationship developed.

"In the back of my mind, I always kept that he is potentially a murderer," Suhr later told ABC's 20/20.

Over the course of their relationship, Lucas made admissions that would prove crucial. He confided to Suhr that he had lied to police, that it was him on Walmart surveillance footage moving Kelsie's car to a hospital parking lot and returning the next day to pick it up.

At one point, he got on his knees and proposed. Suhr accepted and wore the ring, while quietly relaying everything to investigators.

Lucas was arrested in 2017, tried, and convicted of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison.

07/08/2026

Lower West Side company Color Me Coffee was chosen as the sole coffee supplier for the newly opened Obama Presidential Center.

07/08/2026

Ed Bradley is getting a long-overdue Hall of Fame moment.

The late broadcast journalist and longtime *60 Minutes* correspondent will be posthumously inducted into the Television Academy’s 2026 Hall of Fame class, placing his name alongside some of television’s most respected figures.

Bradley’s career helped change what national journalism looked like. As one of the first Black journalists to gain wide recognition on national television, he brought calm, confidence, and depth to stories that reached millions of viewers.

At CBS News, he covered politics, war, culture, music, and everyday people with the same steady presence. On *60 Minutes*, his interviews became known for their ease, honesty, and sharp timing — serious when needed, human when it mattered.

Across nearly four decades at CBS, Bradley earned 20 Emmys and became one of the most trusted voices in American news.

Posthumous honors can never replace the person, but they can remind people why the work still matters. Ed Bradley opened doors, raised the bar, and left a mark on television journalism that still holds strong.