The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday to reinstate the use of unstaffed drop boxes ahead of the 2024 election. The 4–3 decision reverses Wisconsin’s prohibition of unmanned drop boxes that took effect in 2022.
An unusually long heat wave is intensifying along the West Coast, with no relief expected until the middle of next week. California, Oregon, Washington state, Nevada, and Arizona are bracing for sweltering temperatures well into the 100s and 110s.
Keir Starmer has been sworn in as UK Prime Minister after the Labour Party won a landslide victory in the general election. Outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to resign as Conservative Party leader.
Topics in this episode include:
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Allows Ballot Drop Boxes
- California Gov. Newsom Strongly Defends Biden
- Fireworks Dazzle Americans Celebrating Independence Day
- Truck Ploughs Into NYC July 4 Crowd: 3 Dead, 8 Injured
- Key Lime Pie Eating Contest Draws Crowds in Key West
- Several People Recovering From Texas Shark Attacks
- Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Arrested in NYC, Philadelphia
- 100 New US Citizens Sworn In at Mount Vernon
- Western States Brace for Intensifying Heat Wave
- Damage From Hurricane Beryl Surveyed in Caribbean
- California High Schoolers to Learn Fentanyl Dangers
- Boeing Deadline on DOJ Plea Deal Approaching
- Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Reach New Deal
- Jeff Bezos to Sell 25 Million Amazon Shares
- Mysterious Green Liquid Covers Airport Floors
- Dog Turns On Stove, Sets House on Fire
- NASA Telescope Captures Fireworks Around Forming Star
- Labour Landslide in UK Election
- UK’s Sunak and Starmer Address Public as Government Changes
- Downing Street Cat Unfazed by UK’s Political Shift
- German Chancellor Congratulates UK’s Starmer on Victory
- Orban in Russia, Meets With Putin About Ukraine Peace
- EU Leaders Condemn Orban’s Russia Trip, Putin Meeting
- France Polls: National Rally Party to Fall Short of Victory
- Italy: Etna and Stromboli Volcanoes Erupt, Airport Closed
- Iran Holds Runoff Presidential Election
- Biden, Netanyahu Discuss Possible Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
- Israel Conducts Operation in West Bank’s Jenin
- US Investigates Chinese Olympic Swimmers’ Doping Case
- Flooding Continues to Plague Southern China
- Tornado Hits Shandong Province in China
- Dissident Suppressed by Chinese Police in France
- Taiwan Reports More Chinese Military Activity
- Man Who Stabbed South Korean Presidential Candidate Sentenced
- Messi’s Argentina Beat Ecuador on Penalties to Advance Into Semifinals
- Wimbledon Update: Gauff, Alcaraz in 3rd Round Play
- Send-Off Ceremony for Japanese Olympic Team
- Horse Therapy Helps Patients Regain Motor Skills in Italy
- Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Ancient Marble Statue