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* **Toronto Shooter Had Tumultuous Mental History:**
The parents of slain shooter Faisal Hussain went public on his history of mental illness, but officials have not yet identified his motives. The 29-year-old shot and killed two and wounded at least a dozen on Sunday. Read the details [here](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/americas/toronto-shooting-investigation/index.html).
* **Umbrellas Up, Northeasterners!:**
A flash-flood warning is in effect after heavy rainfall has flooded several Pennsylvanian towns. In Scranton, certain parts of Hershey park are submerged in water. See the map [here](https://twitter.com/NWS/status/1021536276095426560).
* **Twitter War Forges Ahead:**
Following President Trump’s all-caps [Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021234525626609666) threat to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif fired back on Monday, warning the U.S. to, “BE CAUTIOUS!” Read the full subtweet from Zarif [here](https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1021471196242735104).
* **North Korea Tunes it Down:**
Just over a month after Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore to discuss denuclearization, the country is dismantling several ballistic missile launch sites. Stay with the story [here](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/24/north-korea-satellite-images-show-dismantling-of-missile-test-facilities-report).
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Democratic lawmakers worry that damage has been done to safety net programs and it'll be difficult to unravel that in the years ahead as Republicans demand further cuts.
The Department of Justice has informed former Vice President Mike Pence 's legal team that it will not pursue criminal charges related to the discovery of classified documents at his Indiana home.
Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden's desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline.
He wasn't hurt and later joked that he "got sandbagged."
Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes.
Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that federal agencies are taking new steps to stop racial discrimination in appraising home values by proposing a rule intended to ensure that the automated formulas used to price housing are fair.
Centrist Democrats and Republicans pushed it to approval over blowback from conservatives and some progressives. The Senate is expected to act quickly by the end of the week.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in nearly all cases except life-threatening situations.
A New York City police officer is speaking out against the use of “courtesy cards” by friends and relatives of his colleagues on the force, accusing department leaders of maintaining a sprawling system of impunity that lets people with a connection to law enforcement avoid traffic tickets.
A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than two years in prison.
