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| Texas officials found a catastrophic scene where dozens of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. were either dead or severely weakened in an abandoned tractor-trailer. The Jan. 6 committee will hold a surprise hearing today. Two deadly Amtrak collisions occurred just a day apart. Voters will cast ballots in key primary elections in Colorado and Illinois, among other states. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Scroll down for a fact check of the new ''Elvis'' film. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert, and here's Tuesday's news. |
| 🌅 Up first: Professional tennis player Jodie Burrage showed the Wimbledon crowd she could respond to adversity quickly. The British player noticed a ballboy who was feeling faint on the sidelines during her match on Monday, then rushed over to make sure he was OK. She first gave him a sports drink, then some nutritional gel before a spectator handed over a bag of candy. Read more |
 | | Jodie Burrage gives a ball boy some refreshments after during her first-round match against Lesia Tsurenko at Wimbledon. | | Steve Paston, PA via AP | |
More news to know now |
| 🌩 Weather forecasters are tracking three separate potential tropical systems in the Atlantic basin that could bring soaking rain to portions of Texas and Louisiana this week. |
| 🚭 Juul can keep selling its vaping devices and pods as a federal court weighs an FDA ban on its products. |
| 🏈 The NFL recommended an indefinite suspension of no less than a year for Browns QB Deshaun Watson amid sexual assault allegations. |
| 🟡 ''One of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history'': A Russian missile strike Monday killed or injured scores of people in a crowded shopping mall in the central Ukraine city of Kremenchuk. |
| 🐶 Mr. Happy Face won the World's Ugliest Dog Contest in Petaluma, California. |
 | | Mr. Happy Face rests before the start of the World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, California on June 24, 2022. - Mr. Happy Face, a 17-year-old Chinese Crested, saved from a hoarder's house, won the competition taking home the $1500 prize. | | Josh Edelson, AFP | |
46 dead, 16 hospitalized after abandoned trailer found in Texas, officials say |
| Anyone alive was too weak to help themselves out of a tractor-trailer Monday that was found abandoned in a remote area of San Antonio amid soaring temperatures in Texas, officials said. Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals, including 12 adults and four children. None of those who died were children, officials said. The investigation has been turned over to federal authorities. San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the deaths were "nothing short of a horrific human tragedy." Read more |
| ➡ ''They run out of water and they die'': More migrants risk entering U.S. during dangerous summer months. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, hear the latest from Texas, where 46 people were found dead inside an abandoned trailer. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
 | | Police work the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in a remote area in southwestern San Antonio. | | Eric Gay, AP Images | |
A surprise Jan. 6 committee hearing |
| The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will hold an unexpected hearing today. In a Monday announcement, the committee said it would present "recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony," but offered few details about the nature of the evidence or who will testify. Hearings for the month of June were originally supposed to conclude last week, when the panel focused on former President Donald Trump's attempts to pressure the Department of Justice to investigate unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. Tuesday's hearing is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET. Read more |
| ⭕ ''Chaos of emotion'': Historic week in D.C. met with joy and tears after gun deal, Roe, Jan. 6 hearings. |
 | | Jan. 6 panel hears state election officials describe pressure, targeting from Trump and allies | | AP | |
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| 🟣 Read: Five crucial sections in the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. |
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Two deadly Amtrak collisions, one day apart |
| At least three people were killed and dozens more injured after several cars of Amtrak's Southwest Chief train came off the tracks after colliding with a dump truck Monday in Mendon, Missouri. The train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago with 243 passengers aboard when crash occurred at am "uncontrolled intersection" on a gravel road without lights or electronic controls, officials said. The deadly incident came hours after three people were killed Sunday when an Amtrak commuter train smashed into a car in Northern California. Read more |
| 🚆 At least 3 dead after Amtrak train collides with car in Northern California, officials say. |
 | | An Amtrak passenger train lies on its side after derailing near Mendon, Missouri. The Southwest Chief, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, was carrying about 243 passengers when it collided with a dump truck near Mendon, Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said. | | AP Images, Courtesy of Dax McDonald | |
Key primary elections in Colorado, Illinois, other states |
| Democrats and Republicans are voting in the states of New York, Colorado, Illinois, Oklahoma and Utah today, with many of the races featuring incumbents who are favored to win both the primary and fall general elections. There are local differences in every race: The Republican primary for secretary of state in Colorado features a county clerk under indictment over unsuccessful efforts to find voter fraud in Donald Trump's loss of the 2020 presidential election. Read more |
 | | Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, center, reads the results from the first round of ballots for the 2020 presidential primary elections at the Mesa County election office in Grand Junction, Colorado, on March 3, 2020. | | McKenzie Lange/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP | |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 🌈 ''We're here to make a statement'': Pride parades march on with new urgency across U.S. |
| 🌎 The Group of Seven nations are moving closer to capping the price that countries can pay for Russian oil, a senior U.S. official said. |
| 🟡 A Russian court set the start date of the criminal trial of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for July 1. |
 | | Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on June 27, 2022. | | Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP via Getty Images | |
| 💵 Millions of Californians will receive ''inflation relief'' with gas tax rebate checks. |
| 🌈 Read how LGBTQ and female woodworkers are carving out space in a field built for straight men. |
| 🆒 From our product experts at Reviewed, here are 6 smart home products to keep cool while paying less this summer. |
| 🎸 Fact checking the new ''Elvis'' movie: Did he really fire Colonel Tom Parker onstage in Las Vegas? |
 | | Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) meets and falls for future wife Priscilla (Olivia DeJonge) while serving in the Army in "Elvis." | | WARNER BROS. PICTURES | |
Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in sex abuse case |
| British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced Tuesday morning for aiding the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls. Prosecutors said she should serve between 30 years and 55 years in prison, reflecting the federal sentencing guidelines. Maxwell, 60, was convicted in December of sex trafficking and other crimes after a month-long trial that featured testimony from four women who said they were abused in their teens. In their recommendations to the judge who will preside over the sentencing hearing, prosecutors called her crimes "monstrous." Read more |
 | | Ghislaine Maxwell faces federal sex-trafficking charges involving accusations she groomed underage victims to have unwanted sex with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. | | Rick Bajornas, AP, Rick Bajornas, AP | |
📷 Photo of the day: Stars react to overturn of Roe v. Wade 📷 |
 | | Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen perform on the Other stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2022 in Glastonbury, England. | | Joseph Okpako, WireImage | |
| Billie Eilish, Michelle Obama, Rita Moreno, Jodie Sweetin, Lizzo and more celebrities have used their platforms to discuss the impact of a watershed June 24 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and erased decades of reproductive rights. Read more |
| Click here to see more photos of stars' reactions to the end of Roe v. Wade. |
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| 🟣 ''This is not over'': Vice President Kamala Harris warned the Supreme Court could target gay marriage, contraception next. |
| 🟣 A Louisiana court blocked the enforcement of the state's trigger law outlawing abortion. |
| 🟣 These maps show how access to abortion will change. |
| 🟣 Global reactions: French lawmakers are working to protect abortion rights in the country's constitution with new bill proposal. |
 | | Pro-choice protest in front of the US embassy in Buenos Aires, on June 27, 2022, two days after the US Supreme Court scrapped half-century constitutional protections for abortions. | | JUAN MABROMATA, AFP via Getty Images | |
| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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