Kenya police fire on advancing crowd of protesters in Nairobi reuters.com/world/africa/p…

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation program has drawn huge crowds near Israeli troops, who opened fire multiple times, according to humanitarian experts, witnesses and visual evidence. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

The agency says it will have reduced the number of staff by the end of fiscal 2025 by approximately 30,000 through hiring freezes, retirements and attrition. Further cuts to the agency would have brought deep political risks for President Donald Trump. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Alcohol can present health problems for even light or occasional drinkers. nytimes.com/2025/07/03/wel… via @NYTimes

Alcohol affects “virtually every organ system in the body,” including the muscles and blood vessels, digestive system. “It particularly impacts older adults, because there’s already some decline or impact in those areas.” nytimes.com/2025/07/03/wel… via @NYTimes

The unknown individual contacted at least five government officials, including three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress, according to a State Department cable. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote soon on Bove, a former Trump lawyer and senior Justice Department official. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

The controversial project would process up to 1,500 tons of solid waste per day in the New Bedford Industrial Park. newbedfordlight.org/state-approves…

The Director’s Initiative Group has expressed an interest in gaining access to emails and chat logs of the largest U.S. intelligence agencies to root out “weaponization,” according to multiple people familiar with the effort. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

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White House officials concede there’s unrest in the MAGA ranks but say it doesn’t seriously threaten Trump’s support. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

And the Light remembers Everett Hoagland, New Bedford’s first poet laureate, who passed away July 5. newbedfordlight.org/remembering-ev…

Experts worry that if vaccination rates do not improve, deadly outbreaks will become the new normal. nytimes.com/2025/07/09/wel…

They made me realize a focus on macroeconomics, while valid, misses the human brutality that I now see as the most problematic aspect of the legislation. I don’t remember on any past Fourth of July being so ashamed of an action my country had just taken. nytimes.com/2025/07/08/opi…

After the former F.B.I. director put a picture on Instagram of seashells arranged to say “86 47,” law enforcement tailed his car and tracked his cellphone, steps usually reserved for serious threats. nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/…

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Threatens Brazil With Tariffs of 50 Percent as He Assails Prosecution of Bolsonaro nytimes.com/live/2025/07/0… via @NYTimes

Trump praises English of the leader of Liberia – where English is the official language theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

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