SEVERE STORMS SWEEP THROUGH PARTS OF THE U.S., LEAVING AT LEAST 2 DEAD AND MORE THAN A MILLION IN THE DARK

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A DEADLY STORM SYSTEM ALONG MUCH OF THE EAST COAST CAUSED WASHINGTON D.C. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS TO CLOSE —

AS TORNADOES, DAMAGING WINDS, AND HAIL ALL THREATENED THE AREA.

THE STORMS STRETCHED ACROSS 10 STATES.

IN SOUTH CAROLINA — A 15 YEAR OLD WAS KILLED AFTER A TREE FELL ON HIM.

AND IN ALABAMA — A 28 YEAR OLD MAN WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND DIED.

MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND FLIGHTS WERE EITHER DELAYED OR CANCELLED ON MONDAY DUE TO THE DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE LOST POWER.

THIS SUMMER —

SEVERE STORMS AND HEAT HAVE BECOME A COMMON THEME.

HAPPENING THIS WEEK —

A HEARING WILL BE HELD TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PUT A “PROTECTIVE ORDER” IN PLACE IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S 2020 ELECTION CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

THE ORDER WOULD LIMIT TRUMP’S ACCESS TO DISCOVERY MATERIALS AND IT WOULD LIMIT WHAT TRUMP AND HIS LAWYERS CAN **PUBLICLY SAY WHEN IT COMES TO EVIDENCE IN THE JANUARY SIXTH TRIAL.

TRUMP ARGUES THAT THE PROSECUTORS’ “PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER” IS TOO BROAD AND WOULD RESTRICT HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ALREADY FACING 78 CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS —

FROM THIS CASE MENTIONED, THE CASE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, AND THE ALLEGED HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS OUT OF NEW YORK.

THE STATE OF GEORGIA IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INDICT THE PRESIDENT THIS MONTH AS CHARGES STACK UP AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN FRONT RUNNER IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.

A GROUP OF HACKERS FROM NORTH KOREA BREACHED THE COMPUTER NETWORKS OF A RUSSIAN MISSILE DEVELOPER LAST YEAR – GOING UNDETECTED FOR AT LEAST FIVE MONTHS, SECURITY RESEARCHERS SAY.

THE HACKERS INSTALLED DIGITAL BACKDOORS INTO THE COMPANY’S SYSTEM – BREAKING INTO ITS IT SYSTEM – BEING ABLE TO READ EMAILS AND JUMP BETWEEN NETWORKS. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT CLEAR IF ANY DATA WAS TAKEN DURING THE BREACH.

SECURITY ANALYSTS DISCOVERED THE HACK AFTER A MEMBER OF THE MISSILE DEVELOPER ACCIDENTLY LEAKED THE COMPANY’S INTERNAL COMMUNICATION TO AN ONLINE PORTAL WHILE INVESTIGATING THE NORTH KOREA ATTACK.

NEWS OF THE CYBERATTACK COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER A VISIT BY THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO NORTH KOREA FOR THE 70^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR.

A FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NEARLY FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR “AIDING AND ABETTING MANSLAUGHTER” IN THE 2020 KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD.

AT THE SENTENCING HEARING —

TOU THAO DEFENDED HIS ACTIONS – SAYING HE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

THE JUDGE THEN IMPOSED A HARSHER SENTENCE THAN WHAT PROSECUTORS REQUESTED.

SAYING HE HAD HOPED THE FORMER OFFICER WOULD HAVE SHOWN MORE REMORSE.

TODAY PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL ANNOUNCE A NEW NATIONAL MONUMENT NEAR THE GRAND CANYON TO PROTECT THE NEARLY ONE MILLION ACRES OF LAND FROM URANIUM MINING.

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY THE MOVE IS TO PRESERVE HISTORICAL RESOURCES IN AN AREA THAT’S SACRED TO NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.

MEMBERS OF SOME ARIZONA TRIBES LIVING IN THE AREA SAY THEY DON’T WANT THE URANIUM TAKEN FROM THE GROUND BECAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING AROUND THEM FROM THE PEOPLE TO THE ANIMALS TO THE TREES.

MINING COMPANIES HAVE BEEN AGAINST THE MONUMENT PROPOSAL, CITING THE NEED FOR URANIUM AS A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY.

THIS WILL BE BIDEN’S FIFTH NATIONAL MONUMENT DESIGNATION OF HIS PRESIDENCY.

FINALLY THIS MORNING, A NEW CHAPTER IS BEING WRITTEN IN THE STORIED HISTORY OF SIMON & SCHUSTER AND IT’S A REAL PAGE TURNER.

THE PUBLISHER WAS SOLD ON MONDAY FOR $1.62 MILLION DOLLARS TO PRIVATE-EQUITY FIRM K-K-R.

ORIGINALLY, ITS PARENT COMPANY PARAMOUNT HAD PLANNED TO SELL SIMON & SHUSTER TO RIVAL PUBLISHER PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE.

BUT THAT DEAL WAS BLOCKED OVER GOVERNMENT ANTITRUST CONCERNS.

SIMON & SHUSTER WAS FOUNDED IN 19-24 AND INCLUDES AUTHORS LIKE STEPHEN KING, COLLEEN HOOVER AND BOB WOODWARD. K-K-R SAID THE PUBLISHING HOUSE WOULD RETAIN ITS EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE.

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