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July 12 0000 UTC Brief
In U.S. news
A multi-vehicle crash on I-76 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, left three people dead early Saturday. In Philadelphia’s Wynnefield neighborhood, a fast-moving storm flooded streets and damaged homes and vehicles, leaving residents facing a messy, expensive cleanup.
In Georgia, the Libertarian Party says it will miss the deadline to gather the roughly 72,000 signatures needed to qualify statewide candidates for November’s ballot, which means no Libertarian option in those races this year. And a whistleblower claim about Kennedy Center renovations says work was rushed and some demolition was unnecessary, with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse arguing the repairs looked more political than practical. A rare efficiency: even the paint allegedly had complaints about the schedule.
In New York
New York City health officials have ordered 31 Upper East Side buildings to clean and disinfect their cooling towers amid a Legionnaires’ outbreak, with the Guggenheim Museum among those that tested positive. Separately, state police say they have arrested 48 people for trespassing at a long-vacant former IBM campus in Somers since February, after the site became a draw for urban explorers and a source of damage, including a March fire.
In Asia
Fifteen Indian tourists died when their speedboat capsized off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island. Authorities have not yet released fuller details on what caused the accident.
In the Middle East
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is closed until further notice after its Revolutionary Guard fired a warning shot at a vessel there and warned the United States against responding with what it called aggression. The statement renews concern over shipping through one of the world’s most important oil chokepoints.
In Britain
Police investigating the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe say a 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after she was found dead at her home in Devon. Reform UK says its MPs will receive round-the-clock security while the inquiry continues, and officers say two arrests have been made during the investigation, with one suspect later released.
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