- The Senate GOP vote to defund Planned Parenthood was unable to clear a Democratic filibuster, with Republicans vowing to block any future budget bill that funds the organization.
- Puerto Rico has defaulted on a bond payment on its $73 billion in debt due Monday, the first default in what bond ratings agency Moody's terms "broad defaults on commonwealth debt."
- Three major US airline carriers will no longer transport large game animals killed as trophies in the latest corporate reaction to the outrage over the death of Zimbabwe's Cecil the Lion.
- The reaction by Greek citizens to not having cash during the country's recent financial crisis has been Greeks lining up to get at least one million bank-issued debit cards.
- Homeland Security is concerned with hobbyist drones possibly being used by terrorists to harm the US, issuing an advisory on recreational drones to the nation's law enforcement agencies.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
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