Hurricane Debby made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida on Aug. 5. The storm killed at least five people and caused widespread flooding. Meanwhile, California’s Park Fire continues to spread, but higher temperatures are slowing firefighting efforts.
Vice President Kamala Harris will announce her presidential running mate today after winning the Democratic nomination on Aug. 5. The Democratic National Committee says Harris won 99 percent of the delegates’ votes. Her week-long campaign tour of battleground States begins in Pennsylvania on Aug. 6. She will speak Tuesday evening at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate and leader are now under investigation. That’s after they urged the country’s armed forces to abandon leader Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela’s top prosecutor says the probe was launched because the two opposition figures asked the military and police to “stand on the side of the people.” The country’s electoral body has yet to provide tallies as proof of Maduro’s win.
Topics in this episode include:
1. Hurricane Debby Kills At Least 5 in Florida
2. Hurricane Debby Turns Deadly
3. VP Harris to Announce Running Mate Tuesday
4. Harris’s Top Potential Picks for 2024 Running Mate
5. Boeing, Spirit Execs to Testify at Federal Safety Hearing
6. Google Loses Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search Dominance
7. Austin Says Iran-Aligned Terrorists Attacked US Forces in Iraq
8. UN Probe: 9 UNRWA Workers Possibly Involved in Oct. 7
9. Venezuela Investigating Opposition Party Leaders
10. State Dept.: US Welcomes Interim Government in Bangladesh
11. US Unprepared for Global War: Report
12. Stocks Plunge Globally Amid Cooler US Job Market Data
13. Japanese Shares Recover After Global Markets Plummet
14. Is Recession Likely, as Indicator Suggests?
15. Bitcoin Drops by Billions
16. Executive Producer of ‘Sound of Freedom’ on Child Trafficking
17. Google Loses Search Monopoly Lawsuit
18. Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI CEO
19. New Homes Are Getting Smaller
20. Phelps Weighs In on China Doping Allegations
21. Bangladesh Dissolves Parliament, Paves Way for Interim Government
22. Cracking Down on Payment App Scams
23. Air Show Soars Over Lake Washington
24. Tips on Building, Maintaining Healthy Relationships
25. Paw Patrol: Meet Italy’s 4-Legged Life Savers
26. Inside China’s ‘Olympic Medalist Factories’
27. HK Political Prisoners Struggle to Rebuild Lives
