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Search and rescue operations can continue across the capital of Venezuela after a powerful
“back-to-back earthquake struck the country's northern coast last night.”
Emergency teams in Caracas work throughout the night digging through the rubble of collapse building, searching for survivors. Journalist Marie Graterall describes the moments shortly after the first quakes struck the city. "I wasn't home when the earthquake happened.
It was kind of fast, but it was super strong. So you could actually see the scratches on the walls, you saw and felt how everything was shaking." The death toll has climbed to at least 164 more than 900 other suffered injuries. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is deploying rescue teams and assistance
at the direction of President Trump. A federal judge overseeing the Kennedy Center lawsuit says administrators must provide an update on their future plans for the venue.
“The judge also wants to know why there's a tarp covering the sign at the front entrance”
after President Trump's name was removed under court order. And PR's Anastasia Salukis reports. Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center administrators must explain their operations and programming plans no later than July 31st. The Center's current president CEO Matt Floka has told the court that he plans to present
the Center's board with several options for both performances and renovations when they meet next month. Judge Cooper also said that the Kennedy Center must explain the purpose and status of the tarp and scaffolding that have been placed over the front of the arts complex, where until recently President Trump's name had been added above President John F. Kennedy's.
Anastasia Salukis and PR News Crews are continuing to battle large wildfires and nearly a dozen states mostly in the Western US. And PR's Kirk Sigler reports, fires in Utah, have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
One would fire in southern Utah's threatening homes and a mom and pop ski area. It went from just a few acres to 10,000 acres in a day, which is not a surprise to fire managers who have been warning that the West has extraordinarily hot and dry. Utah's governor Spencer Cox has been pleading with the public to stay vigilant and be careful, upwards of three quarters of most wildfires these days are caused by humans, be it a spark
from a semi-truck on dry grass by a highway or an illegal campfire. Whether it's forecasted to stay hot with now an increasing chance for thunderstorms, these could do more bad than good. The rain is badly needed, but the winds and lightning could spark more fires. Kirk Sigler and PR News
This is MPR. The US men's national soccer team plays again in the FIFA World Cup today against
“Turkey, and they could have a key player returning to the lineup after an injury.”
And PR's Becky Sullivan reports from Los Angeles. Christian Plyssic took a kick to his calf in a practice before the first US game against Paraguay. Then in the game, a Paraguay and defender hit the same spot again. Plyssic had to leave the match and miss the second game against Australia.
The US won both games anyway, and clenched the top spot in the group, and with it, a favorable position in the knockout round. In other words, this match against Turkey doesn't really matter. Still, Plyssic says he's relieved to be available. "I'm feeling good, positive going into it, and hopefully I'll be able to play a part."
The US lineup will look different against Turkey, the four players who've gotten a yellow card are likely to sit out, since picking up another yellow, would result in a suspension in the must-win round of 32 game next Wednesday. Becky Sullivan and PR News lost Angeles.
"Congressional Democrats are calling for an investigation into the troubled 16 million-dollar
renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. While Makers demanded answers on Wednesday after the White House repeatedly blamed, without evidence, vandals for appealing paint and other damage." President Trump says six people have been arrested, but has provided no details. Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal called the "No Bit Contracts Behind
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