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Former President Donald Trump will once again need to enter an official plea in court after special counsel prosecutors reworked the indictment against him in the federal election interference case. The Republican presidential nominee previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, which stem from his attempts to overturn the 2020 election after he lost to President Joe Biden — resulting in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol. Although Trump was charged with the same offenses as the original case, prosecutors have strategically narrowed the allegations and altered the language to try to comply with the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on presidential immunity. This is one of several cases Trump is facing while running again for president, though there will be no trial before Election Day.
AT&T says it has resolved a software issue that caused an outage for some wireless customers on Tuesday. The issue temporarily “disrupted the ability of a limited number of our customers to connect to our wireless network,” an AT&T spokesperson said. Details about the number of impacted customers and the length of the outage weren’t immediately released, but the digital-service tracking website Down Detector showed a surge in reported AT&T outages starting around 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday and peaking around 7 p.m ET. At the time, several government entities issued warnings that the outage might be preventing AT&T wireless customers from calling 911 in their area.
Israel’s military said Tuesday it had rescued a 52-year-old hostage held by Hamas since October 7 in a “complex operation” in southern Gaza. Farhan Al-Qadi, a Bedouin Israeli citizen from Rahat is “in a stable medical condition,” an Israeli military spokesman told CNN. He is the first Israeli hostage to have been reclaimed alive from inside Hamas’ sprawling tunnel network underneath Gaza. Al-Qadi’s family hailed his rescue as “unbelievable,” adding that they had not expected him to come back alive. There are now 104 hostages being held from the October 7 attack, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Of those, dozens are presumed dead. This comes as negotiators are still working on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal, and have met with increasing intensity in recent weeks.
SpaceX has once again delayed the launch of its daring excursion into Earth’s radiation belts. The mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, was set to take off as soon as 3:38 a.m. ET today — but the company opted to delay takeoff because of unfavorable weather conditions for the crew’s return to Earth. The mission aims to carry a four-person crew of civilians to record-setting heights for a regular orbit around Earth — and to conduct the first commercial spacewalk. This latest delay comes after a planned Tuesday morning launch attempt from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida was scrubbed because of issues with ground equipment at the launchpad. The crew of civilians has been in quarantine awaiting their launch. A new date has not yet been set.
Republican officials in 24 states asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt a Biden administration effort to reduce emissions of the planet-warming gas methane. Led by Oklahoma, the states are asking the high court to pause an EPA rule that went into effect earlier this year and that the agency estimates will slash methane emissions from oil and gas operations by nearly 80% through 2038. The latest filing is part of a broader campaign by the groups battling Biden administration environmental regulations, a push that has resonated with the court’s conservative majority in recent years. The Supreme Court is likely to take several weeks, at least, to consider the request.
Pizza Hut is offering a pizza box that folds into a tableThe pizza chain unveiled a specialty pizza box that turns into a miniature table. The company hopes the box can benefit customers who may be in knead of furniture.
Kelce brothers sign $100 million podcast dealBrothers and NFL stars Jason and Travis Kelce signed a lucrative deal with Amazon’s podcast studio Wondery. The announcement is just the latest in a line of blockbuster podcasting deals.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces backlash over dead whale incidentAn environmental group is calling for RFK Jr. to be investigated over a bizarre incident described by his daughter in which he beheaded a whale carcass.
4-year-old accidentally shatters Bronze Age jar at museumA 4-year-old boy shattered a Bronze Age artifact that was on display, without protective glass, at an archeological museum in Haifa, Israel.
Alice Tapper opens up in new book about her painful medical condition“Use Your Voice” is the title of a new children’s book written by author Alice Paul Tapper, daughter of CNN’s Jake Tapper. The book was inspired by a near-fatal health emergency Alice endured in 2021.
Leonard Riggio, the man who built Barnes & Noble into a powerful bookseller, died Tuesday “following a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease,” according to a statement issued by his family. He was 83. Riggio’s reign began in 1971 when he used a $1.2 million loan to purchase Barnes & Noble’s name and the flagship store on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. He acquired hundreds of new stores over the next 20 years before stepping down as chairman in 2019.
8,000That’s how many cases of Oropouche virus — or “sloth fever” — have been reported this year as of August 1. Most have been in South America, but infections are also spreading in countries where it hasn’t been seen before, prompting health officials to sound the alarm.
“I just want to go to bed.”
— British tennis player Dan Evans, after he held off Russia’s Karen Khachanov in the longest match in US Open history. The five-set epic on Tuesday lasted for five hours and 35 minutes.
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Great white shark bites fishermen’s boatTwo fishermen off the coast of Australia captured the dramatic moment when a great white shark circled their boat and took a bite out of it.
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