July 14, 2023
National News
One-third of Americans under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California
More than a third of Americans are under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings as a blistering heatwave continues across the Southwest and California.
apnews.com/article/california-southwest-heat-wave-6403f01428a04e23a251c5394f001505
Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll finds that only about 1 in 10 U.S. adults give high ratings to the way democracy is working in the United States or how well it represents the interests of most Americans.
apnews.com/article/poll-democracy-partisanship-trump-biden-trust-221f2b4f6cf9805f766c9a8395b9539d
The US sets a grim milestone with a new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
Unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. this year has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.
apnews.com/article/mass-killings-record-gun-violence-0174103c37756fe4d247fd15cd3bc009
State News:
Tennessee Children's Services to open new transitional facility for kids coming into custody – Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee lawmakers approved a plan by Department of Children's Services to open a new transitional facility for kids coming into custody.
tennesseelookout.com/2023/07/14/tennessee-childrens-services-to-open-new-100-bed-transitional-facility
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