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| President Biden and Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid will hold a joint news conference and may be pressed on divisions between the two countries. |
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| Here we go with Thursday's news. |
| 🌅 Up first: A Florida man who aspires to be a commercial pilot showed his skills in an emergency when he landed a single-engine aircraft on a four-lane North Carolina road, missing cars and power lines as he touched down. Read more |
 | | A new pilot who aspires to be a commercial airlines pilot showed his skills when he landed a single-engine plane on a North Carolina highway, narrowly missing cars and power lines. | | AP | |
More news to know now: |
| ⚠ Dozens of people are unaccounted for after flooding in southwest Virginia, officials say. |
| 💉 A fourth COVID vaccine option for adults was cleared by the FDA yesterday. |
| 🛑 A California tech CEO was charged in a 1992 cold case murder after his DNA was discovered. |
| ⛳ The world's best players are at the Home of Golf this week for the 150th Open Championship (or British Open, depending which side of the pond you reside). |
| 🌐 A United Nations group is to conduct an independent probe of the shooting by police of Jayland Walker. |
 | | Mourners at the funeral for Walker at the Civic Theatre on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in Akron, Ohio. The shooting death of Walker by Akron police has caused an outcry locally and nationally for police reform and liability. | | Michael Cavotta, Michael Cavotta | |
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| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, patient safety reporter Karen Weintraub talks about how pig hearts can help people in need of organ transplants. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Biden in Israel paints a picture of agreement |
| President Joe Biden's closed-door meetings with Israeli leaders on Thursday may delve into divisions over Iran and an independent Palestinian state, among other flashpoints. But to the public, the visit is likely to present an optimistic image. Here's a deep dive into what's in store for Biden's Middle East trip today. |
| Biden's time in Israel: Appearances can be deceiving |
| • | 🌎 The schedule: Biden and Israel's caretaker prime minister, Yair Lapid, will hold a joint news conference and may be pressed on divisions between the two countries. The nations are poised to issue a joint statement outlining areas of consensus and plan to launch a partnership on emerging technologies. | | • | ⚡ But there's tension behind the scenes. Biden's relationship with Israel has been strained by his attempts to restart a 2015 deal with Iran that was meant to curb its nuclear activities, but which Israel viewed as not tough enough. | | • | ➡ Two-state solution: Biden said he will discuss his support for the creation of an independent Palestinian nation alongside Israel, prompting both sides to "move closer towards a vision that works for both." | | • | 📰 Despite their differences, analysts say Israeli people like Biden personally. | |
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 | | US President Joe Biden standing to the left of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reacts, as Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks with Holocaust survivor Rena Quint, at the Hall of Remembrance of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, on July 13, 2022. | | AFP Contributor#AFP, POOL/AFP via Getty Images | |
Brittney Griner's trial in a Russian court set to continue |
| American basketball star Brittney Griner, 31, is due back in a Russian court Thursday to resume a trial that was jolted last week when she abruptly pleaded guilty to drug possession charges. With the U.S. government under pressure at home to do more to secure her freedom, the guilty plea could be an effort to expedite the court proceedings so any negotiations could move forward. The plea may also have been part of a strategy to get a more lenient sentence, an expert on the Russian legal system told USA TODAY Sports. A senior Russian diplomat has said no action could be taken by Moscow until the trial was over. Read more |
| 🟥 An American-Israeli woman jailed in Russia over cannabis spoke out in support of Brittney Griner. |
| 🟥 What is life in Russian prison like for Brittney Griner? Writing letters, reading Dostoevsky. |
| 🟥 LeBron James clarified his comments on Brittney Griner's detainment in Russia. |
 | | WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom outside Moscow on July 7, 2022. | | Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP | |
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Arrest made in 10-year-old girl's rape that sparked abortion flashpoint |
| Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested Tuesday after police said he confessed to raping a child on at least two occasions. The case garnered international attention after the 10-year-old girl Fuentes impregnated chose to travel to Indiana to seek an abortion, sparking national furor over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Nearly all abortions after the detection of fetal cardiac activity became illegal in Ohio last month after the high court's ruling. The story of a young girl traveling across state lines to receive an abortion – first reported by the Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network – quickly went viral. Read more |
| 🟣 Perspective: A 10-year-old rape victim had to travel out of state for an abortion. Why is this is our country? |
| 🟣 Abortion bans could increase the risk of domestic violence for pregnant people, experts say. |
| 🟣 Pharmacies cannot deny legally prescribed abortion medication, the Biden administration said. |
 | | Protesters rally at the Ohio Statehouse in support of abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade on Friday, June 24, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. | | Barbara J. Perenic, AP | |
More bodies of victims from migrant smuggling tragedy to return to Mexico |
| A flight will go to San Antonio on Thursday to bring back eight more bodies of the 53 people who were found dead in a truck in Texas last month. They are among those who died of heat and dehydration inside a locked truck trailer abandoned by smugglers on the outskirts of San Antonio on June 27. Temperatures that day approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Those who died in the truck included people from the states of Guanajuato, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zacatecas, Queretaro, Morelos and Mexico City. Migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador also were among those who died in the deadliest known smuggling attempt in the United States. Read more |
 | | Relatives surround the coffins with the remains of Jair Valencia, Misael Olivares, and Yovani Valencia at their family house in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The three were among a group of migrants who died of heat and dehydration in a locked trailer-truck abandoned by smugglers on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, on June 27. | | Felix Marquez, AP | |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 👁 Josh Hawley was called transphobic by law professor for his pregnancy views in a Senate hearing. |
| 🗽 A statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune replaced a Confederate general's sculpture at the U.S. Capitol. |
| 😮 Khloé Kardashian will welcome a second child via surrogacy with NBA player Tristan Thompson after the couple has weathered multiple scandals. |
| 💉 Monkeypox vaccines are running out at public health clinics as lines form and systems crash. |
 | | People stand in long lines to receive the monkeypox vaccine at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. | | Jessica Christian, AP | |
Nations discuss coordinating Ukraine war crimes probes |
| The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called Thursday for an international "overarching strategy" to coordinate efforts to bring perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine to justice. Officials from some 40 nations in the European Union and around the world gathered at a Ukraine Accountability Conference in the Netherlands. In a statement Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Moscow to halt forced deportations in areas of Ukraine controlled by Russia, saying an estimated 900,000 to 1.6 million Ukrainians have been "interrogated, detained, and forcibly deported" to Russia. Read more |
| 🟡 Wednesday recap: Russia-Ukraine meeting on grain crisis that has led to food shortages called ''a critical step forward''. |
| 🟡 Staggering numbers: U.N. report found 71 million people were pushed into poverty after the war in Ukraine started. |
 | | Nadiya Trubchaninova, 70, cries while holding the coffin of her son Vadym, 48, who was killed by Russian soldiers last March 30 in Bucha, during his funeral in the cemetery of Mykulychi, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 16, 2022. Ministers from dozens of nations are meeting on Thursday, July 14, 2022 in the Netherlands to discuss with the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor how best to coordinate efforts to bring to justice perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine. | | Rodrigo Abd, AP | |
📷 Photo of the day: The buck supermoon 📷 |
 | | The full moon rises in the evening behind the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. At the same time, the moon is close to the earth, which is why it is called a supermoon. | | Robert Michael, AP | |
| Whether you call it a "thunder" moon or a "buck" moon, a gorgeous, bright supermoon rose Wednesday evening in the southeastern sky. It will be the biggest supermoon of the year. The moon's nickname comes from a number of places, including Native American, Colonial American and European sources, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. Read more |
| Don't worry if you missed it: click here to see photos of the buck supermoon. |
| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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