Kamala Harris is picking up new endorsements − from Republicans. The world is getting hotter, and the heat is getting deadlier. And after a swipe from Hurricane Hone, Hawaii faces a second storm. |
👋Hey, Monday! Laura Davis here. Hope you had a good weekend! Now, let's get caught up with the news, shall we? |
Bush, McCain, Romney alums endorse Harris |
More than 200 Republicans who worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain or Sen. Mitt Romney endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter Monday obtained exclusively by USA TODAY. The letter from alums of the three Republican presidential nominees before former President Donald Trump comes on the heels of a Democratic National Convention last week in Chicago that showcased Trump's Republican detractors. At least five former aides to former President George H.W. Bush also signed the letter, which has 238 signatures in all. ✍️ Here's everything we know. | Democratic Presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her acceptance speech during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center. Jasper Colt, USA TODAY |
As the planet gets warmer, heat-related deaths are increasing in the U.S., according to a new study that looked at federally reported data since 1999. More Americans died from heat in 2023 than any year in over two decades of records, according to the findings published Monday. Last year was also the globe's hottest year on record, the latest alarming milestone in a warming trend fueled by climate change. 🔎 More findings from the study. |
#️⃣ By the numbers: The American Medical Association journal study found that 2,325 people died from heat in 2023. Researchers say that number is likely an undercount. | Jameelah Shamsid-Deen looks around the courtyard at the Masjid Jauharatul-Islam mosque in Phoenix on July 23, where temperatures reached 113 degrees. Joe Rondone/The Republic |
Hawaii stares down 2 hurricanes |
Emergency crews worked to restore power and survey damage Monday after Hurricane Hone lashed the Big Island of Hawaii even as forecasters tracked Hurricane Gilma in the eastern Pacific. Before weakening into a tropical storm late Sunday, Hone moved south of the Big Island as a Category 1 hurricane, dumping over a foot of rain across portions of the island and up to 18 inches in some areas. |
All eyes on Gilma: A Category 2 storm more than 1,200 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii, Hurricane Gilma is forecast to bring thunderstorms and gusty winds to the state as early as Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, AccuWeather said. 👉 See the latest on the storm. |
Colleges are back; will protests follow? |
As the fall term begins at many colleges, administrators are preparing for another possible surge in campus activism. The last school year ended acrimoniously as anti-war protests persisted on many school grounds, some leading to police crackdowns, canceled graduation ceremonies and academic sanctions against participants. And as young activists prepare to ramp up the momentum again, harsher rules may await them. 👉 We break it down. |
👉 Israel-Hamas war: The 500th U.S. airlift of military aid reaches Israel; truce talks hit an impasse. See more live updates. | A protestor confronts a campus police officer during a demonstration at the University of Southern California on April 24. Robert Hanashiro / USA TODAY | | | | Mandatory evacuations are underway in the southeastern Alaska city after a landslide leveled buildings leaving at least one person dead and 3 hurt. | | | | Chenoa Nickerson of Gilbert, Arizona, was last seen alive Thursday near Havasu Canyon before flash floods swept her away. Her body was found Sunday. | | | | The Cowboys traded for Trey Lance hoping he could be a high-value developmental backup behind Dak Prescott, but the QB remains a mystery. | | | | Caden Tellier, QB for Morgan Academy, died Saturday after suffering a brain injury in the Selma, Alabama, private school's football home opener. | | | | Pavel Durov, a Russian-born tech mogul who co-founded the popular messaging platform Telegram, was arrested this weekend in France. | | | | The bodies of British tech entrepreneur and six other people were recovered last week after the ship sank off the coast of Sicily in a storm. | | | | Donald Trump, JD Vance and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walk into the Republican Party and take over. That's it. That's the joke. | | | | According to reports, the grandmother was babysitting the 9-month-old when the incident occured. | | | | Authorities in Iceland have called off a search for two missing tourists after it was discovered that nobody is missing after all. | | | | Three weeks after Ukraine's bold assault on Russia's Kursk region, experts are still trying to determine the long-term impact on the war. | | | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | | |
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