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Donalds wins GOP nod for Florida governor; ex-Rep Jolly wins for Democrats
ORLANDO, Fla. -- U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has won the Republican nomination for Florida governor and former Rep. David Jolly has picked up the Democratic nod, setting the stage for a fall campaign to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Donalds says he wants voters to elect him Florida's first black governor. Jolly is a former Republican congressman who switched parties last year. Also Tuesday, state Rep. Angie Nixon won the Democratic nomination and Sen. Ashley Moody the GOP nomination for a special U.S. Senate election.
Voters will decide in November which one of them gets to fill the last two years of Marco Rubio's Senate term after he became secretary of state.
Voters in the Alabama, Florida, and Wyoming primary are deciding which candidates to advance to the general election in races for governor, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House. California is holding a special election to fill U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell's seat after his resignation.
Alaska voters are narrowing down candidates for a competitive U.S. Senate seat. Wyoming's primary features open-seat races after two prominent Republican officials announced their retirements. Alaska uses ranked choice voting, which supporters say encourages more moderate candidates.
Trump threatened to bomb
Oman over deal with Iran
CAIRO -- U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. That's what two regional officials said on Tuesday, a day after Trump leveled the threat.
The officials said the Trump administration has told Oman it is opposed to parts of the yet-to-be-announced deal, including the joint Iranian and Omani management of the exit route out of the passage. The strait is critical to global supplies of oil and natural gas. The officials were briefed on the U.S. position and how the administration views Oman's position.
US, Canada have last-minute
talks to stop Trump's tariffs
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and Canada are negotiating in an effort to reach a truce on tariffs before a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump. If no deal is reached, Trump has threatened to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products, ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Monday that negotiations were ;ongoing. Carney's office said Carney and Trump spoke by phone Monday, underscoring the last-minute push to reach a deal before Wednesday's deadline.
Hayden Panettiere's on/off
boyfriend was at residence
REENVILLE, S.C. -- Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend. That is according to a police report released Tuesday. A Greenville police officer who responded to the residence Sunday afternoon was met by the brothers and then observed paramedics performing CPR on an unresponsive woman. No cause has been determined, and her death remains under investigation. An autopsy found no signs of trauma, and officers saw no signs of foul play. The onetime child star, who soared to fame in the TV shows "Heroes" and "Nashville" while enduring struggles with addiction, would have turned 37 on Friday.
ABC sues FCC over
challenge to its licenses
ABC has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission, alleging violation of its First Amendment rights. Tuesday's lawsuit was a sharp escalation of the network's battle against what it sees as the administration's efforts to police its content. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has defended his agency's actions against ABC, saying broadcasters have a duty to "operate in the public interest." The FCC launched a review in April of eight ABC-owned broadcast licenses years before they expire. The order came after a joke by ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel infuriated President Donald Trump.
Liberia agrees to take
deportees from the US
MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, according to authorities in the West African country. The deportees will be received within a year, with the first group of 20 expected on Thursday. Liberia's Information Minister, Jerolinmek Piah, said the deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America, and the Caribbean.
Navy destroyer breaks down
WASHINGTON -- The Navy has confirmed that a destroyer with about 300 sailors aboard suffered a major breakdown in the Pacific Ocean last month that left it without power for four days. Navy spokesman Cmdr. Matthew Comer said in a statement that the USS Benfold "reported an engineering casualty involving its generators, causing a loss of power" on July 24. The breakdown meant the crew went without drinking water, meals, functioning toilets and air conditioning for four days. The incident only became public on Friday when it was first reported by USNI News.
Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket. The space agency on Tuesday released before-and-after photos of the impact area. The Falcon rocket's upper stage plowed into the moon two weeks ago after drifting through space for more than a year. It launched a pair of private moon landers in 2025 as part of NASA's push to commercialize lunar exploration. Scientists say based on these new photos, the fresh crater appears to be 60 feet across and less than 10 feet deep.
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