Hamas chief killed in Iran. And, U.S. girls’s gymnastics is again on high

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Hamas’s high political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, is useless after a focused raid in Iran at this time, in keeping with the Palestinian militant group. Hamas accused Israel of the killing whereas Israeli officers had “no comment” when requested in regards to the Tehran assault. Haniyeh was there for the inauguration ceremony of latest Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

• 🎧 NPR’s Jane Arraf tells Up First that the place, timing and the person himself are vital components within the assault. Haniyeh has been a key negotiator within the U.S. and Qatar-mediated cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel.
• 🎧 With the assassination of Haniyeh, three of the highest 4 Hamas leaders have both been killed or presumed killed, NPR’s Daniel Estrin says. This leaves solely Yahya Sinwar, the chief who orchestrated the Oct. 7 assault, alive. A political analyst from Gaza tells Estrin that Haniyeh was one of many extra average Hamas leaders. His killing may delay cease-fire talks “for some time,” Estrin says. He provides that any official acknowledgment of the assault from Israel may additional escalate tensions and draw a forceful response from Iran.
• ➡️ Haniyeh’s loss of life comes lower than 12 hours after Israel stated it killed Fouad Shukr, a commander of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group. Hezbollah says Shukr was within the constructing the place the assault occurred, however they haven’t recognized his physique.

Vice President Kamala Harris fired up a big, energetic crowd at a marketing campaign rally in Atlanta yesterday — in a state that beforehand appeared misplaced to Democrats. With lower than 100 days till the election, Harris and former President Donald Trump are shifting their consideration to the Solar Belt. They’ve their eyes on Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In 2020, Biden narrowly gained all of these states besides North Carolina. After his disastrous debate efficiency, polls had Biden shedding these states for the upcoming election. Following his determination to drop out, early surveys present Harris successful again youthful, nonwhite voters who had soured on Biden.

• 🎧 “It’s like a switch was flipped for the base,” NPR’s Stephen Fowler says. This doesn’t simply embody the rallies, however the document fundraising and volunteer signal ups. Trump and his vice presidential choose JD Vance might be in Georgia Saturday in the identical precise Atlanta location as Harris’ rally final evening, probably with the identical capability crowds and vitality. Either side are making an attempt to model themselves as the suitable choice within the swing states with large multimillion-dollar advert campaigns. Harris’ marketing campaign says they’ll barnstorm a number of battleground states subsequent week. She’s anticipated to pick out her operating mate inside days.

The U.S. girls’s gymnastics staff is again on high. They reclaimed gold yesterday within the staff all-around last. The staff took house a silver on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after Simone Biles withdrew from the occasion because of the “twisties.” This time, Biles and her staff took to the ground and completed the evening with an enormous 5.8-point margin over the closest competitor, Italy. Biles was the main scorer of the evening and competed in all 4 occasions — vault, uneven bars, stability beam and ground — alongside teammates Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Jade Carey. The fifth member of their staff, Hezly Rivera, didn’t carry out within the last.

Life recommendation

The warmth has been on excessive this summer season and does not present indicators of stopping. Warmth waves proceed to worsen in components of the world with breaking temperature data all season. Beating the warmth has been on many individuals’s minds, together with ours, which is why we requested on your ideas and tips to keep cool with out air con.

• 🧊 Mom Nature is your good friend. Search out our bodies of water, lakes, seashores and rivers.
• 🧊 Your freezer may need the solutions. Freeze moist towels and take them to mattress or fall asleep with an ice pack beneath your pillow on heat nights.
• 🧊 Take a dice and fan it. The 1st step: Get a pan, tray or dish and put chilly water or an ice block in it. Step two: Put it in entrance of a fan and blow the cool air in your course.
• 🧊 Create shade. Add blackout curtains to the facet of your own home that will get direct daylight.
• 🧊 Put on a moist scarf or neck wrap round your neck to remain cool.
• 🧊 Put a bottle of frozen water in your lap, put your ft in a big pan of chilly water or soak in a bath of chilly water.
• 🧊 “Hair is a gigantic evaporative wick.” Go away your hair moist after getting out of the bathtub.

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Megan Thee Stallion performs on the principle stage through the Broccoli Metropolis Competition on the Audi Subject in Washington, D.C.

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Broccoli Metropolis Competition returned to D.C. over the weekend, packing Audi Subject with hundreds of music lovers. The stands and subject, which usually host Main League Soccer matches, have been stuffed with followers collaborating within the two days of festivities. The star-studded lineup included appearances by Megan Thee Stallion, Victoria Monét, Issa Rae, Sexyy Pink, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Jordan Ward and Gunna.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Thomas Guzowski, 40, greets his senior canine as they climb onto the mattress on July 18, in Redlands, California.

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1. Even when inflation makes cash tight, 97% of pet house owners will nonetheless splurge on their animals as a result of they contemplate pets to be a part of their household, in keeping with the Pew Analysis Middle.
2. The FDA added extra cinnamon manufacturers to its main well being alert resulting from lead contamination.
3. Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over the violation of state privateness legal guidelines. The state’s attorneys accused the corporate of acquiring and utilizing customers’ biometric information with out permission. (through KERA)

This article was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.