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Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis is taking aim at China with a 10-point economic plan he’s calling a “Declaration of Economic Independence.” The plan also targets taxes, regulations and the “elites” he blames for the nation’s decline. (July…

The California quarantine for the invasive Tau fruit fly species is the first measure of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, officials said.

Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother convicted of killing her two young kids and her husband’s former wife, was sentenced to life in prison, no parole.

Mar-a-Lago estate’s property manager makes his first court appearance on charges in the classified documents case against former president Donald Trump. Without out a Florida attorney to represent him, Carlos De Oliveira did not enter a plea. (July 31)…

A 6-year-old girl killed by her family’s boat is the latest death of a child in a boating-related incident this summer across the United States.

An 8-year-old child survived a cougar attack at Lake Angeles in Washington’s Olympic National Park. The child suffered minor injuries.

DeSantis tries a campaign reset that includes a more personable style, why privacy experts are worried about increased AI surveillance: 5 Things podcast

Russian strikes in southern and central Ukraine killed at least two people and injured at least more, including the hometown of Ukraine’s president. (July 31)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a sign of improving ties. (JUL 31)

At least 5 people have been killed and 7 wounded during clashes in Ein el-Hilweh, Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon. (July 30)