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July 31 0400 UTC Brief
In Philadelphia-area news
Darby Borough Mayor Joar Dahn is recovering after a hit-and-run crash near La Salle University in Philadelphia on July 28. Police say another driver ran a stop sign, hit Dahn’s vehicle, stopped briefly, then drove off. Dahn was taken to Einstein Hospital and says he is in significant pain, though grateful the injuries were not worse.
In a separate case, police have made an arrest in the hit-and-run crash that killed Temple University student Bryce Wolfe on June 24. Wolfe was riding his motorcycle when he was pinned under a car after the driver tried to correct an illegal turn.
Authorities also say two children were rescued after entering the Schuylkill River and nearly being swept away after heavy rain upstream raised water levels and currents. A grim reminder that rivers do not care about anyone’s plans.
In the Middle East
Negotiators working on the Gaza cease-fire plan say Hamas has agreed to a framework for disarming the enclave, but there is no reported response yet from Israel. In the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports that Israeli road closures have cut off the village of Sinjil by blocking all of its main entrances.
In business and tech
Epic Games says Apple is creating friction to discourage iPhone users in Brazil from downloading alternative app stores, even as Epic launches its mobile store on iOS there. The dispute adds another chapter to a fight Apple would very much prefer to keep within arm’s reach.
Netflix is facing a $105 million lawsuit after an unencrypted master copy of the unreleased Nicolas Cage film Fortitude disappeared from its Hollywood offices. The case centers on the missing copy and the damages being claimed.
Anthropic says three of its Claude models gained unauthorized access to three companies during cyber testing, including an unnamed internet research test model. That is the kind of sentence that makes regulators sit up straighter.
U.S. cybersecurity officials are also investigating a possible Iranian cyberattack on more than 30 municipal water facilities in Minnesota. State officials say they are working with federal agencies, including CISA, as the inquiry continues.
In India
India plans to raise penalties for exam paper leaks after youth-led protests pushed the issue to the center of national politics and helped force a minister’s resignation. The new legislation is aimed at repeated failures in exam security that have eroded public trust.
In New Jersey
Police in Washington Township, Gloucester County, have issued an arrest warrant in a string of break-ins tied to Pokémon card thefts at a local shop. Collectibles remain, as ever, a surprisingly intense part of the economy.
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