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Man shot at
rally dies
(AP) -- James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died. His lawyer announced the man’s death on Thursday. Copenhaver was 76.
He was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop, grazing Trump's right ear with one bullet.
Copenhaver was struck in the arm and in the abdomen, wounds that left him with lingering injuries and walking with a cane.
Polo drenches
Mexico’s coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Powerful Hurricane Polo is sending bands of heavy rain across Mexico’s Pacific coast, while a separate storm is approaching Hawaii and could bring catastrophic flooding.
Polo is forecast to maintain major hurricane strength as it skirts Mexico’s coast with rain and strong winds. Forecasters warn the heavy rains could cause flooding and landslides. Farther west, Tropical Storm Nolo is forecast to become a hurricane by late Thursday and approach Hawaii’s Big Island Friday night.
Nolo could drop as much as a foot or two of rain on the Big Island and cause flash flooding. Maui is also likely to see extremely heavy rains through Saturday.
Senate rejects
war resolution
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite increasing political anxiety over Iran war, senators narrowly rejected a war powers resolution. Thursday’s vote was the 14th time the Senate sought to halt President Donald Trump’s military action. More Republicans are breaking with the president over the war, which has been largely blamed for the spike in fuel prices and become a flashpoint in the midterm election.
As resolutions, the measures do not go to the president’s desk for his signature, but largely stand as a statement from the Congress. The Senate vote is likely to be the last chance for lawmakers to go on record about the war ahead of November. It comes after the House has three times voted to end the war.
Warning issued
over kratom
(AP) -- A drug task force in Mississippi is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students.
Lafayette County Metro Narcotics issued the warning Tuesday, though it said it had no “confirmed information” that kratom contributed to either death. Kratom has come under increasing scrutiny over the past decade from U.S. health officials and states.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends against using it. An industry group says the FDA and states that have banned kratom are conflating the natural product with synthetic and chemically manipulated ones.