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The remnants of the storm Beryl brought heavy rain and wind to Puerto Rico, creating flash-flood conditions on the island and exacerbating power outage issues that have remained since last year's devastating hurricane season.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/us/puerto-rico-beryl-flood-wxc/index.html


A honeymoon turned fatal when an Israeli couple collided while ziplining in Honduras.
Newlyweds traveling on Royal Caribbean Cruises' Allure of the Seas crashed into each other on a zipline ashore in Roatan, Honduras, last week. The husband and wife were sent to a local hospital, where the husband died from his injuries, Royal Caribbean Cruises spokesperson Owen Torres told USA TODAY.
The wife was apparently hanging at a halfway point on the cable when her husband zoomed into her, fire chief Wilmer Guerrero told La Prensa. They suffered a number of serious injuries, including broken ribs, Guerrero told The Washington Post.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/10/honeymoon-couple-fatally-collides-zipline-honduras/770648002/


Behind Bars, Mentally Ill Inmates Are Often Punished For Their Symptoms
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/10/627519801/behind-bars-mentally-ill-inmates-are-often-punished-for-their-symptoms


The latest long-range climate models continue to show a 50 percent chance of El Nino development by this fall and a 65 percent chance of El Nino development by this winter.
https://www.elp.com/Electric-Light-Power-Newsletter/articles/2018/07/el-nino-still-forecast-for-this-fall-and-winter.html


October 17, 2016
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) said Monday that if Hillary Clinton is elected, Republicans will unite to block anyone she nominates to the Supreme Court.
Speaking on WPHT-AM radio's "Dom Giordano Program" in Philadelphia, McCain pledged to obstruct any Clinton Supreme Court nomination for the current or any future vacancy.
"I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up," he declared.
McCain said that's why it is so important that Republicans retain control of the Senate.
https://www.npr.org/2016/10/17/498328520/sen-mccain-says-republicans-will-block-all-court-nominations-if-clinton-wins


If appointed, Kavanaugh will be part of a Catholic majority on the court. The bench’s Catholic contingent includes chief justice John Roberts as well as justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Sonia Sotomayor. Anthony Kennedy, whom Kavanaugh would be replacing, is also Catholic, while Neil Gorsuch was raised as Catholic but most recently attended a progressive Episcopalian church in Denver, Colorado.
Meanwhile, justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan are all Jewish.
https://qz.com/1324757/supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-is-religious-just-like-all-the-sitting-justices/