A SHOOTING IN BALTIMORE KILLS TWO VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE IN FRANCE. THESE STORIES AND MORE HIGHLIGHT THE RUNDOWN FOR MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023. 

31 PEOPLE SHOT AT BALTIMORE BLOCK PARTY

IN BALTIMORE — A MASS SHOOTING AT A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION LEFT TWO YOUNG PEOPLE DEAD — AND ANOTHER 28 PEOPLE SHOT AND INJURED.

JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY – TWO PEOPLE STARTED SHOOTING INTO AN ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY. AN 18 AND 20 YEAR OLD WERE SHOT AND KILLED. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN OTHERS WERE SHOT AND INJURED – MANY OF THEM WERE MINORS WITH THE YOUNGEST BEING JUST 13 YEARS OLD.

POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS.

MASS SHOOTING IN KANSAS, EXPLOSIVES DETONATED IN D.C.

IN CHICAGO — 31 PEOPLE WERE SHOT — 3 FATALLY OVER THE WEEKEND.

IN WICHITA KANSAS – SEVEN PEOPLE WERE SHOT — AND TWO MORE WERE INJURED WHEN THEY WERE TRAMPLED IN A NIGHTCLUB.

IN WASHINGTON D.C. – POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PEOPLE RESONSIBLE FOR SETTING OFF MULTIPLE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AROUND THE CITY. THREE BUSINESSES WERE TARGETED INCLUDING A SUPERMARKET, A NIKE STORE, AND A BANK —

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

HUNDREDS ARRESTED AS FRENCH RIOTS RAGE IN STREETS

VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUED IN FRANCE OVER THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING THE DEADLY POLICE SHOOTING OF A TEENAGER POLICE FATALLY SHOT THE TEENAGE-DRIVER WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE AWAY FROM POLICE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.

ANGRY CROWDS LAUNCHED FIREWORKS AT POLICE – AND SET FIRE TO FRANCE —

LARGELY IN PARIS. DOZENS OF POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INJURED – MORE THAN 500 VEHICLES AND 74 BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN SET ON FIRE – ALONG WITH MORE THAN 800 FIRES SET ON PUBLIC ROADS. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED DAILY SINCE THE SHOOTING LAST TUESDAY.

THE POLICEMAN WHO FIRED THE FATAL SHOT HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER FORMAL INVESTIGATION FOR MURDER. HE HAS APOLOGIZED TO THE FAMILY. AND THE GRANDMOTHER OF THAT 17-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS KILLED CALLED FOR CALM AND ASKED PROTESTERS TO END THE RIOTING.

U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY TO VISIT CHINA THIS WEEK

U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN WILL TRAVEL TO CHINA LATER THIS WEEK – SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS ON A RANGE OF ISSUES —

INCLUDING U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT A NEW CHINESE COUNTER-ESPIONAGE LAW —

THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE CONSEQUENCES ON U.S. FIRMS OVERSEAS.

THIS TRIP COMES JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER SECRETARY OF STATE “ANTONY BLINKEN” VISITED BEIJING IN ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SHORE UP BATTERED-RELATIONS BETWEEN THE WORLD’S TWO LARGEST ECONOMIES.

CHICAGO FLOODS, EXTREME HEAT SPANS THE U.S.

HEAVY RAINS OVER THE WEEKEND FLOODED THE STREETS OF CHICAGO —

PROMPTING NASCAR OFFICIALS TO EVEN **POSTPONE A RACE BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. CARS WERE STRANDED AS UNDERPASSES FLOODED —

BASEMENTS ACROSS THE CHICAGO AREA HAD INCHES OF RAIN WATER RUSH IN.

SOME AREAS RECEIVED MORE THAN FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY —

BREAKING PREVIOUS RECORDS IN THE CITY.

MEANWHILE – 110 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNDER EXTREME WEATHER ALERTS —

AS A SCORCHING HEAT WAVE IS SPANNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY – FROM THE WESTCOAST THE SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST – AS FOURTH OF JULY IS SET TO BE STEAMY ACROSS THE U.S.

ROLLER COASTER SHUT DOWN AFTER VISITOR SPOTS CRACKED BEAM

A NORTH CAROLINA  AMUSEMENT PARK SHUT DOWN ONE OF ITS LARGEST ATTRACTIONS OVER THE WEEKEND – AFTER A VISITOR SPOTTED A CRACKED SUPPORT BEAM ON A ROLLER COASTER RIDE.

THE VISITOR — JEREMY WAGNER — TOOK A VIDEO OF THE THE ROLLER COASTER IN ACTION – WHERE HE DESCRIBED THE BEAM AS MOVING TWO TO FOUR FEET WHEN THE COASTER’S CAR FULL OF PEOPLE SPED PAST IT ON THE TRACK.

WAGNER REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND THE AMUSEMENT PARK SHUT THE RIDE DOWN IMMEDIATELY FOR REPAIRS.

AN INSPECTION IS TAKING PLACE AND THE RIDE WILL BE CLOSED INDEFINITELY UNTIL THE ISSUE IS FIXED.

TWITTER LIMITS TWEETS

TWITTER USERS WILL NOW BE LIMITED IN HOW MANY TWEETS THEY CAN VIEW PER DAY. THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS ARE DESCRIBED AS AN ATTEMPT TO “PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED SCRAPING OF DATA”  – SOMETHING THAT WAS SLOWING DOWN AND GLITCHING THE PLATFORM FOR USERS.

HERE’S THE NEW DAILY LIMITS —UNVERIFIED ACCOUNTS NOT PAYING FOR THE PLATFORM –CAN READ ONE THOUSAND POSTS PER DAY. VERIFIED ACCOUNTS WILL BE ABLE TO SCROLL THROUGH 10 THOUSAND.

ACCORDING TO MUSK. THE RESTRICTIONS COULD RESULT IN USERS BEING LOCKED OUT OF TWITTER FOR THE DAY AFTER SCROLLING THROUGH THEIR LIMIT.

THOUSANDS OF USERS RAN INTO THE ISSUE ON SATURDAY.