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The Daily Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Tue Jul 29 2025

Nicole Fallert | Newsletter Writer

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Good morning!🙋🏼‍♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert. I'm sat for the JaNa and Kenny drama.

Quick look at Tuesday's news:

•	A man entered a Manhattan building with an M4 rifle and opened fire.
•	Ebooks are at risk as Congress considers future of library funding.
•	Misunderstood, wandering arachnids are often just in search of love.

Gunman kills four, injures five in attack in Manhattan

A gunman charged into a prominent Midtown Manhattan building during rush hour and fatally shot at least four people, including a New York city police officer, before killing himself, authorities said July 28. The incident occurred at 345 Park Ave., officials confirmed. The high-rise skyscraper houses major tenants, including KPMG and National Football League. The alleged gunman was identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura, of Nevada. Police said the motive for the shooting, and why the building was targeted, remains under investigation.

Police surround a building as they respond to a shooting incident in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York on July 28, 2025.

JOHN LAMPARSKI, AFP via Getty Images

Americans face extreme heat today as a derecho looms

Millions of Americans in the path of a heat wave should plan to take extra measures to stay cool through at least July 30.

Keep things chill: Stay in air-conditioned spaces, pile up the popsicles and pull out the recipe for your favorite cold summer salad.

•	Why so hot? Blame a high pressure "dome" over the eastern part of the U.S. that is trapping the heat. The heat index measures how hot it actually feels when factoring for humidity.
•	Hazards abound. But the weather service also published a hazardous weather outlook, saying storms could cause flooding and drive wind gusts of up to 60 mph.
•	What is a derecho? Thunderstorms over parts of South Dakota are expected to develop into a derecho forecast to move east-southeastward into parts of southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Sometimes referred to as an inland hurricane, derechos are among weather's most destructive phenomena.

More news to know now

•	Three are dead and multiple were injured in a shooting at a Reno resort.
•	Immigrants are told "carry your papers" — what does that mean?
•	Trump rejected Netanyahu's claim of no starvation in Gaza.
•	Earnings reports, a Fed meeting and new data make this a busy economic week.

What's the weather today? Check your local forecast here.

Trump's cuts to Planned Parenthood blocked

A federal judge blocked enforcement of a provision in President Donald Trump's recently enacted tax and spending bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and its members of Medicaid funding, saying it is likely unconstitutional. That provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by the Republican-led Congress, denied certain tax-exempt organizations and their affiliates from receiving Medicaid funds if they continue to provide abortions. In response, Planned Parenthood said "we will keep fighting this cruel law so that everyone can get birth control, STI testing and treatment, cancer screenings and other critical health care, no matter their insurance."

•	This chronic pain condition almost only affects women. Most never get treated.

Why your ebooks are on the line

Millions of Americans could lose ebook access from their local library under the budget bill the House is currently considering. At President Trump's request, the measure eliminates federal funding for libraries and museums, which is often used to fund ebooks, among other services. The impact of losing the money will be different in each state. Some will have to fire staff and end tutoring and summer reading programs. Others will cut access to electronic databases, end intra-library loans or reduce access to books for the deaf and blind. Many will have to stop providing internet service for rural libraries or ebook access statewide. And it isn't clear whether states will be able to fill the gap left if federal funding ends.

Today's talkers

•	"AI models in Vogue?"
•	Jamie Lee Curtis slammed plastic surgery as the "genocide of women."
•	Here's why Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad campaign sparked backlash.
•	Deion Sanders gave an update after fighting bladder cancer.
•	Who has the best college football stadium?

Watch out for 'hordes' of tarantulas

If you're hiking or camping in the arid Southwest and West in the next few months, get ready for what could be the experience – or fright – of a lifetime. Across the United States, in California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas, tens of thousands of tarantulas will being crawling out of their burrows in search of females – making for a fascinating, if a little creepy – display of the wonders of nature. Why? It's tarantula mating season.

Photo of the day: Remembering Ryne Sandberg

Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, who was a fixture at the position for the Chicago Cubs for all but one of his 16 major-league seasons, has died at the age of 65, the team announced July 28. A 10-time All-Star and nine-time Gold Glove award winner, Sandberg blazed a trail in the 1980s for a wave of power-hitting middle infielders who would come along later.

Second baseman Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs stands on the field during a 1992 preseason game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Otto Greule Jr, Getty Images

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