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Texas floods kill at least two, hundreds rescued near Camp Mystic region

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A voluntary evacuation was in place for the city of Sonora, Texas.

The heavy rain had ended in both Sonora and Ozona by late Friday afternoon.

A 74-year-old man died while driving near Uvalde, according to police.

A Department of Public Safety crew spotted the 74-year-old man's vehicle in floodwater about four miles north of Uvalde around 10:30 a.m. local time.

All children's summer camps in Kerr County confirmed their campers were safe, according to the county sheriff's office.

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“But the priority was to get out. And we’re glad we did, because the people that got back immediately after that, maybe 20 minutes later, the water had risen maybe another 10 feet.”
Amy Thogmartin Said DATE NOT STATED Reported JUL 17 verbatim · 1 source

Thogmartin described how floodwaters rose rapidly about 20 minutes after her family fled their riverside hotel in Comfort.

5 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

7.3 earthquake strikes Mexico-Guatemala border region

15 verified facts from 3 sources.

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The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said hazardous tsunami waves were possible along coasts within 186 miles of the epicenter.

Mexico's Navy secretary Raymundo Morales said water levels were not expected to rise more than half a meter.

The USGS revised its earlier assessment of a 7.4 magnitude quake at a 6.2 mile depth to a 7.3 magnitude at a 9.4 mile depth.

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“We were upstairs on the second floor when it started shaking; we thought it would pass, but then it got stronger, so we all went downstairs and evacuated in an orderly manner to the front courtyard,”
Alejandra Mendoza Said JUL 17 Reported JUL 17 verbatim · 1 source

Residents of Tapachula evacuated buildings as the earthquake gradually intensified.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 17

New wp2shell WordPress core flaw allows unauthenticated code execution

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The code-execution path works only when the site is not running a persistent object cache, per Cloudflare.

Searchlight's post estimates that over 500 million websites run WordPress.

When chained together, the two bugs allow an anonymous request to achieve code execution.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

Darline Graham in serious discussions about running for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat

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On Thursday, Darline Graham indicated in a White House meeting that she is weighing a Senate bid.

Tim Scott chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Darline Graham is engaged in serious discussions about running for a full Senate term.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

Bryson DeChambeau penalty adds controversy to British Open second round

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Herbert became the sixth person to shoot 62 in a major.

Burns became the seventh person to shoot 62 in a major, 22 minutes after Herbert.

Sam Burns was runner-up by one shot in the U.S. Open.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

ICE officer involved in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior

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David Brouillette was initially rejected by military recruiters because of his mental health diagnoses but was eventually able to enlist after going off his medications for a year and reapplying.

David Brouillette's ex-wife Ashley Brouillette said she divorced him in 2009 because he had become physically violent with her, which began after she got pregnant with their daughter.

An ICE officer named David Brouillette shot and killed a Colombian national, Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, on Monday near his home in Biddeford, Maine.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

Trump DHS uses unverified figures to attack election officials on non-citizen voting

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The SAVE citizenship data system used by DHS to review voter rolls has a reputation for presenting an inflated picture of registered non-citizens.

More than a dozen courts have sided with states that refused to provide their voter rolls to the federal government.

Mullin's letter to Pennsylvania acknowledged that the figure of non-citizens on voter rolls is unverified.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 17

Gravity from Entropy theory connects thermodynamics with cosmic structure emergence

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The study shows that while the total entropy of the universe increases over time, the entropy per unit volume decreases over time.

Beyond the weak limit, the GfE equations include the emergence of a dynamical dark energy term.

The paper was published in Physical Review D in 2026.

On the record
“This work reveals how the Gravity from Entropy theory can tackle the challenging question of reconciling the second law of thermodynamics with the emergence of complexity in our universe. These results may open new avenues for investigating the long-standing problem of reconciling the foundations of cosmological irreversibility, the emergence of complex structures and ultimately life with fundamental gravitational dynamics,”
Ginestra Bianconi Said DATE NOT STATED Reported JUL 17 verbatim · 1 source

Bianconi comments on her study published in Physical Review D investigating how the Gravity from Entropy theory reconciles the second law of thermodynamics with the emergence of complexity in the universe.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 17

2026 Lucid Gravity Touring reviewed by Ars Technica

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The Lucid Air electric sedan was introduced in late 2021.

Dream Drive 2.0 Pro is an optional package offering hands-free driving assist, automatic lane change assist, and a curb rash warning alert while parking.

The Gravity Grand Touring has a power output of 828 hp (617 kW).

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 16

Flooding hits Texas Hill Country

25 verified facts from 2 sources.

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Texas game wardens conducted 147 rescues and 83 evacuations across eight counties as of 3 p.m. Thursday.

Four locations in Uvalde and Kerr counties measured more than 2 feet of rain between Monday and Friday.

The U.S. 90 corridor reopened after closing earlier in the week due to deteriorating weather conditions.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

China's Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3 model rivaling US AI firms

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Moonshot is backed by Alibaba and Tencent.

The US government forced Anthropic to temporarily withdraw its Fable and Mythos models due to cybersecurity concerns.

Moonshot is a Chinese AI start-up.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

Portland sends first term sheet to Trail Blazers for arena deal

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The council is scheduled to have at least one more public meeting in July to discuss the deal ahead of a possible August 12 vote on a more formal term sheet.

The draft term sheet was sent ahead of a scheduled council vote on August 12 to approve a tentative term sheet.

Trail Blazers spokesperson Charles Boyle said the team is ready to begin formal negotiations immediately using the framework set by SB1501 and the $365 million already made available for the project.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

Quote of the day
“This work reveals how the Gravity from Entropy theory can tackle the challenging question of reconciling the second law of thermodynamics with the emergence of complexity in our universe. These results may open new avenues for investigating the long-standing problem of reconciling the foundations of cosmological irreversibility, the emergence of complex structures and ultimately life with fundamental gravitational dynamics,”
Ginestra Bianconi Said DATE NOT STATED Reported JUL 17 verbatim · 1 source

Bianconi comments on her study published in Physical Review D investigating how the Gravity from Entropy theory reconciles the second law of thermodynamics with the emergence of complexity in the universe.

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