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Lawsuits Filed In Texas Allege Price Gouging During Recent Blackouts

1:32pm July 14, 2021

by Mose Buchele

The blackouts that hit Texas earlier this year caused billions of dollars in debt for some utilities when natural gas prices skyrocketed. That's led to lawsuits over alleged price gouging.

Cuban Americans demonstrate outside the White House on Monday in support of protests taking place in Cuba.

How Cuba Protests Reveal Biden's Political Challenges In South Florida

12:14pm July 14, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

Widespread protests across Cuba have revealed political challenges President Biden faces as he seeks to support the demonstrations without hurting their cause — or his own political interest.

Iranian Agents Are Facing Charges For Their Role In A Plot To Kidnap A U.S. Journalist

8:53am July 14, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Federal prosecutors charged five foreign agents working for the Iranian government for their roles in a plot to kidnap U.S. citizen and journalist Masih Alinejad.

The Bootleg Fire smoke plume grows over a single tree on Monday, July, 12, 2021 near Bly, Ore. An army of firefighters is working in hot, dry and windy weather to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes across drought-stricken Western s

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Wildfires In The West Are Putting Parched Tribal Lands In Growing Danger

8:30am July 14, 2021

by The Associated Press

Blazes in Oregon and Washington were among some 60 large, active wildfires that have destroyed homes and burned through close to a million acres.

#FreeBritney activists protest outside a conservatorship hearing for pop singer Britney Spears on June 23 in Los Angeles.

Britney Spears' Conservatorship Is Back In Court: Who's Who, And What They Want

8:30am July 14, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Wednesday, the parties involved in the pop icon's conservatorship head back to court for the first time since Britney Spears spoke to the judge last month. Here's who the main players are.

In Protest Of GOP's Voting Restrictions, Texas Democrats Leave The State

6:14am July 14, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican State Rep. Travis Clardy of Texas about the prospects for a GOP-backed elections bill after Democratic lawmakers left the state to try to stop its passage.

U.S. COVID-19 Hot Spots Dominate Where Vaccination Rates Are Low

6:14am July 14, 2021

Weeks after warnings about high COVID-19 infection rates in Missouri and in Southeastern states, vaccination rates remain low and health care systems are stressed.

Hope, Tobias, Charity, Lizzie, Peace and Mary bring comfort to Surfside first responders and their families.

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These Golden Retrievers Went To Surfside To Bring Comfort To First Responders

5:00am July 14, 2021

by Dalia Faheid

Nine golden retrievers from the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry arrived at the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse to help families and first responders process their grief.

Fish are seen washed ashore at the Sanibel Causeway after dying in a red tide in 2018 in Sanibel, Florida.

At Least 600 Tons Of Dead Fish Have Washed Up Along Tampa Bay's Shore

9:12pm July 13, 2021

by Josie Fischels

The hordes of fish were killed by a red tide, a large "bloom" of toxic algae that appears on Florida's Gulf Coast about once a year. Experts say the bloom shouldn't be happening right now.

A technician fills a syringe from a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year.

She Says She Was Fired For Saying That Teens Don't Need Parental Consent For Vaccines

8:10pm July 13, 2021

In addition to firing her, Dr. Michelle Fiscus says Tennessee is stopping all of its vaccination outreach efforts for teens and children – not only for COVID-19 but also for other illnesses.