McConnell trims August recess to push health care talks
Senate leader McConnell cuts August recess in half to push health care negotiations and other items. He targets finishing action on the health care bill and processing nominees, while urging a debt limit rise and debating taxes on investment and wage income amid GOP divisions.
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Beachgoers Form Human Chain to Save Family in Riptide
In Panama City Beach a dozen volunteers, led by Jessica and Derek Simmons, formed a human chain to rescue six family members and four other swimmers swept away by a powerful riptide. After nearly an hour in the water, all ten were brought safely ashore as sunset neared.
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Congress grinds toward three voting days a week
Republicans worry about productivity but a Roll Call review shows the House voted on 75 days and the Senate on 77 days in the first half of the year. The chambers averaged about three votes per week, with eight House and 28 Senate non voting days due to external events and leadership decisions.
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Plane crash in Mississippi kills 16 Marines and a sailor
Investigators inspect the charred KC-130 wreckage in Leflore Sunflower county in western Mississippi after a Monday crash en route from Cherry Point NC. Fifteen Marines and one Navy crew member died. two Marine sources confirm casualties including special operations troops. Bomb disposal teams were deployed as a precaution.
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IS group cites Baghdadi death. Vatican widens sainthood path
A Syria war monitor claims Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has died with militants in eastern Syria providing the information. U S Central Command could not confirm the report. In Rome Pope Francis adds a new sainthood category for those who die saving others, expanding the traditional three paths.
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Online harassment cited by 41 percent in Pew survey
New York report shows 41 percent of 4248 respondents have faced online harassment such as name calling or embarrassment. The figure rises from 35 percent in 2014. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are most common venues.
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Juno sends images from Jupiter flyby above Great Red Spot
NASA’s Juno spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter began transmitting images Tuesday after a close flyby of the Great Red Spot. It passed about 5,600 miles above the storm as scientists await data delivery to JPL Pasadena and further analysis.
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