The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, July 6, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers.
1. WHO STRUCK BACK AT US RIGHT AWAY
Beijing said it immediately retaliated in a trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies after Washington hiked tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese imports.
2.WHO WAS EXECUTED IN JAPAN
Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and six followers have been executed for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes.
3. EPA ROLLBACKS ALREADY AFFECTING AMERICANS’ LIVES
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease.
4. WHO THE US ARMY IS DISCHARGING
The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship, The AP finds.
5. HOW A THAI CAVE RESCUER DIED
Thai authorities say a former navy SEAL working to rescue 12 boys and their coach trapped in cave has died from lack of oxygen, and that they have a “limited amount of time” to get the stranded out.
6. ANOTHER DISASTER GRIPS THAILAND
Divers scoured the wreckage of a boat with Chinese tourists that sank in a storm off Thailand’s southern resort island of Phuket, as the death toll rose to 21 with about 35 others missing.
7. POMPEO BACK IN PYONGYANG
The U.S. Secretary of State began his first trip to North Korea since the Singapore summit with a vow to nail down the specifics of Kim Jong Un’s commitments on denuclearization.
8.WHAT TRUMP SAID IN MONTANA CAMPAIGN STOP
The president targeted Democrat Jon Tester in a bid to get more Republicans elected to the Senate, unleashed a vigorous campaign-season attack on some of his most strident Democratic critics and leaned heavily into the roiling immigration debate.
9. WHOSE FAMILY FELL FOUL OF US IMMIGRATION POLICY IN WWII
Research suggests the family of Anne Frank, the world-famous Jewish diarist who died in the Holocaust, attempted to immigrate to the U.S. and later to Cuba, but their efforts were thwarted by America’s restrictive immigration policy and the war.
10. STRAP IN, IT’S THE QUARTERFINALS
It’s down to the last 8 in a roller-coaster World Cup tournament – some big names have gone, but several remain. Today, it’s France vs Uruguay and Brazil vs Belgium.