A Vermont man who was 17 when he and a friend killed a pair of married Dartmouth College professors 25 years ago will have a chance at parole in about 20 years, when he reaches the age of one of his victims, a judge ruled Monday.

Lawyers for Robert Tulloch, now 43, and prosecutors reached an agreement, avoiding a three-day planned resentencing hearing. In court Monday, a shackled Tulloch held his head down and appeared to breathe heavily as the horrific details of the stabbings were recounted.

Tulloch was automatically sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the 2001 stabbing deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop. But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that mandatory sentences of life without parole are unconstitutional for juveniles, and later applied that decision retroactively.

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The rulings gave hundreds of juvenile lifers a shot at freedom, including five men serving life sentences in New Hampshire for murders they committed as teenagers. Tulloch's resentencing hearing, the last of the five, would have begun Monday in Grafton County Superior Court in North Haverhill, New Hampshire.

A daughter of the victims requests the longest possible sentence

Tulloch apologized to one of the professors' two daughters, Veronika Zantop, who joined the hearing remotely, and talked about how she and her family were affected by the death of her parents.

A psychiatrist with two sons, one of them the same age Tulloch was when he committed his crimes, she said she can appreciate that brain functioning can change over time. But she does not believe it's true for Tulloch, saying he meticulously planned the killings and followed through in a cold, predatory manner.

"This wasn't a crime of passion or retribution," she said. "He wasn't using substances, he wasn't psychotic. There was just sheer depravity." She urged that he stay in prison "for the longest possible sentence."

Tulloch abandoned his prepared statement.

"After listening to that, I feel disgusted by even thinking I could say anything that would mean anything," he said.

Tulloch's lawyers asked for a 30-to-40-year minimum sentence

In a court filing last week, Tulloch's lawyers argued that a minimum sentence in the range of 30 to 40 years is appropriate, based on a review of other murders committed by juveniles in New Hampshire and cases nationwide that were affected by the Supreme Court rulings.

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Judge Lawrence MacLeod resentenced Tulloch to a minimum of 45 years to life. He could be considered for parole in 2046 when he's 62 years old, the same age Half Zantop was when he was killed.

MacLeod said he reviewed the applicable law, the circumstances of Tulloch's offenses, his conduct while in prison, the outcomes of the other New Hampshire cases and Veronika Zantop's statement.

"The agreed upon sentence provides certainty that Tulloch will remain incarcerated for a substantial period of time, allows Tulloch to pursue some measure of rehabilitation, and it secures important protections for the community," New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said in a statement.

Attorneys Richard Guerriero and Oliver Bloom said Tulloch's prison records show he has matured, and that after some initial misconduct early on, he's had no major infractions since 2012 and no minor infractions since 2017.

Quoting from Tulloch's therapy records, they said he has expressed "significant remorse" for what he sees as a heinous and unforgivable crime, his "warped youthful thinking," and his "good capacity for empathy."

The teens came up with a plan to kill, steal money and live overseas

According to Tulloch's friend, James Parker, the teens were bored with their lives in Chelsea, Vermont, when they concocted a plan to kill strangers, steal their money and move to Australia. For several months, they knocked on doors in New Hampshire and Vermont pretending to be conducting a survey on the environment before being let in by the Zantops. Susanne Zantop, 55, was head of Dartmouth's German studies department and her husband, Half Zantop taught Earth sciences.

Parker, who was 16 at the time, told prosecutors Tulloch stabbed Half Zantop and then directed Parker to attack Susanne Zantop. Tulloch also stabbed her. Fingerprints on a knife sheath and a bloody boot print linked the teens to the crime, but after being questioned by police, they fled Vermont and hitchhiked west. They were arrested at an Indiana truck stop weeks later.

Parker, who cooperated with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to second-degree murder, was released from prison on parole in 2024 at age 40, having served nearly the minimum term of his 25-years-to-life sentence.

"I think it's unimaginably horrible," Parker said during his parole hearing when asked by a board member what he thought of what he did. "I know there's not an amount of time or things that I can do to change it, or alleviate any pain that I've caused."

Many states have banned life sentences for juveniles

The Supreme Court rulings addressed only mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles, leaving the U.S. the only country that allows discretionary life sentences for minors. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have banned the practice, while another five states allow it but have no one serving such a sentence, according to the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth.

New Hampshire lawmakers have rejected attempts to end life sentences for juveniles, but Tulloch's case could bolster future attempts. After Tulloch argued in 2018 that sentencing juveniles to life without parole violated the state constitution, the judge asked the state Supreme Court to weigh in, but it declined. Last July, MacLeod agreed with Tulloch, finding that the constitution categorically prohibits such sentences as "cruel or unusual" punishment.

Among the juvenile lifers nationwide who have been resentenced after the U.S. Supreme Court rulings, more than 75% have received sentences of less than 40 years, according to a study published in 2024 in the Journal of Criminal Justice.

In New Hampshire, one man was resentenced to life without parole after refusing to attend his hearing or authorize his attorneys to argue for a lesser sentence. Others received sentences of 25-, 40- and 45-years-to-life.

Twelve states have sued to block Paramounts takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, kicking off a high-stakes antitrust battle that could impede the media mega-merger.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the antitrust lawsuit, filed Monday in the Northern District of California, is necessary because the merger would lead to higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the U.S.

Paramount is prepared to fight the suit vigorously. The company has said the merger is lawful and pro-competitive, creating a stronger challenger to dominant global streaming and technology platforms.

Paramount has also pointed out that regulators in markets around the world have already approved the merger, including the US Department of Justice.

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The DOJs review was clouded by allegations of political favoritism, given Paramounts close ties to President Trump and members of his administration. This reeks of corruption, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said when the DOJ approved the deal in June.

Thus Mondays lawsuit is a high-profile example of state-level officials trying to block a merger that has already been blessed by the federal government.

California was joined by Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington. All twelve states have Democratic attorneys general.

In conversations with CNN ahead of the filing, state-level officials said they believe the Trump administration has largely abdicated its antitrust enforcement responsibilities. So, as one of the officials said, Someones gotta do it.

A similar coalition of states sued to block Nexstars pending acquisition of Tegna, a deal that would merge two rival owners of local TV stations. The states succeeded in convincing a judge to pause the merger while the litigation proceeds.

In this case, the coalition said it has asked Warner Bros. and Paramount not to close the merger until after the judicial process concludes, and if they do not agree, the coalition will be filing a temporary restraining order.

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Warner Bros. Discovery is the parent company of CNN, and many critics of the deal have raised concerns about the prospect of Paramount owning the cable news network and combining it with CBS News.

However, the states antitrust lawsuit is primarily about the mergers potential impacts on the entertainment industry, not news.

The suit points to three specific areas of competition: Wide release film distribution, anticipated blockbuster film distribution, and cable channel licensing.

Combining Paramount with Warner will lessen competition in those areas, threatening viewers with higher prices, the decline of theatrical exhibition of films, and a reduction in the variety, quality, and amount of content distributed, the California attorney generals office charged.

While bracing for the expected lawsuit, Paramount executives and allies have argued that the legal action is a Democratic campaign stunt, noting that some of the attorneys general are up for reelection this year.

Paramounts critics charge that politics have been at play all along, asserting that the merger is a politically loaded move that hands control of CNN and other media assets to a Trump-aligned family.

A prominent global press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, issued a statement on Monday morning supporting the state action.

This monopolistic merger would devastate American journalism by driving deep newsroom cuts, reducing editorial diversity, and further concentrating media in the hands of oligarchs who have already made damaging editorial and personnel decisions at CBS, Ben Grazda, advocacy manager for the organizations North America arm, said.

Paramount did not immediately comment on the lawsuit on Monday. The company has said throughout the process that it is committed to completing the merger this summer, and will have to pay more for Warner Bros. if it doesnt do so by the end of September.

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Wildfires raging across Europe have killed hundreds of people over the last decade, and climate change is set to push the death toll even higher in the coming years.

A wildfire in southern Spain killed at least 11 people overnight into Friday morning, making it one of the country's deadliest on record, as soaring temperatures gripped much of the country.

In France, a rock fall Wednesday killed a 22-year-old volunteer firefighter who was helping battle a hard-to-reach forest fire in the mountains of the Alpine Savoie region of southeast France, as extreme high temperatures turned parched woodlands and scrub into tinderboxes.

Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. Globally, 2025 was the third-hottest year on record, bringing several intense heat waves across Europe.

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Scientists warn that climate change caused in part by the burning of fuels like gasoline, oil and coal is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, making certain regions more vulnerable to wildfires.

Greece's deadliest wildfire was in 2018, when a massive blaze swept through the seaside town of Mati, east of Athens, trapping people in their homes and on roads as they tried to flee. More than 100 people died, including some who drowned trying to swim away from the flames.

In 2023, more than 20 people died in Greek wildfires, including 18 migrants who became trapped by the flames of what became Europe's largest single recorded wildfire as they crossed through a forest in northeastern Greece.

More recently, a wildfire in northern Greece killed a 12-year-old boy and his father last week.

Last July, 10 firefighters and rescue workers were killed while trying to put out a wildfire that raged in a forested area of Eskisehir province in northwestern Turkey. The victims were forestry workers and members of the AKUT rescue organization.

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Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said at the time that winds suddenly changed direction, causing the flames to shift and surround the forestry workers.

One of them was a 28-year-old man who had returned to work from his honeymoon just two days earlier. And one AKUT volunteer had spent a month rescuing the victims of a catastrophic earthquake that struck southern Turkey in February 2023.

Portugal's deadliest wildfire left 66 people dead in 2017 in Pedrogao Grande, 200 kilometers (120 miles) northeast of Lisbon. Most of the victims died on one road while trying to flee in cars.

Additional late-season wildfires brought 2017's annual wildfire-related death toll in Portugal even higher, to more than 120 people, making it the deadliest year for such fatalities. The victims included a 1-month-old infant and the baby's parents.

The Portuguese government went on to enact a range of measures to prevent and contain wildfires.

Reforms included public education campaigns on how fires start, establishing a rapid reaction force of firefighters and cutting several thousand kilometers (miles) of firebreaks, as well as making available a large number of firefighting assets.

In Cyprus, many officials have pointed to climate change for the ferocity and speed of recent wildfires that have claimed at least six lives over the last five years.

In July 2021, the charred remains of four Egyptian laborers were discovered outside a fire-swept mountain village in what one official called the "most destructive" blaze the east Mediterranean island nation had ever seen.

Last July, rescue crews found the bodies of an elderly couple inside a gutted car on the shoulder of a mountain road. The speed with which the wildfire scorched roughly 50 square miles of forested hillsides prompted President Nikos Christodoulides to remark that "there's never been anything like this before in Cyprus."

Very strong winds, high temperatures and very arid conditions after three winters of minimal rainfall created a perfect storm at the wildfire's peak.

In August last year, a study by World Weather Attribution said climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus burn much more fiercely that summer.

A federal judge has found that President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns was filed for an improper purpose.

Judge Kathleen Williams found that President Trump effectively controlled the IRS and treasury as head of the Executive Branch, which means the parties were not "truly adverse" and that there was "never a case or controversy."

According to the judge, the case was used to obtain "judicial legitimacy" for a settlement that otherwise lacked a legal basis and the plaintiffs acted in bad faith.

The nature of the suit itself and the conduct of the Parties and counsel from its filing make plain that this was an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the President and to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law, the judge wrote.

There have also been sanctions imposed on Trump's attorneys. Trump's Florida lawyer, Alejandro Brito, was referred to the Florida Bar. Daniel Epstein is barred from pro hac vice admission in the Southern District of Florida for one year.

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The parties are also prohibited from citing, offering, or relying on the purported settlement agreement as evidence that a settlement was reached in this case.

In abdicating its responsibility to zealously defend the interests of the United States, the Government entered into a settlement that deviated from its litigation posture in similar actions, disregarded DOJ policies, and accomplished objectives beyond those authorized, as well as those specifically prohibited, by law, Williams wrote.

The U.S. government has since dropped tax claims against President Trump as part of the settlement deal meant to resolve the lawsuit.

According to a one-page document posted to the Justice Department's website, the U.S. is forever barred and precluded from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organizations current tax issues.

The American Red Cross said it has an emergency blood shortage and is asking for donors to give now.

According to the Red Cross, the blood supply fell nearly 25% in June. The shortage is especially serious for types O positive and B negative blood.

Officials say Red Cross distributions to hospitals are nearly 3,500 units higher per week than expected, and hospitals are seeing higher demand for blood products because we're in the height of trauma season.

Donors can book an appointment using the Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-733-2767.

A readily available blood supply serves as the backbone of modern medicine. Without it, lifesavingtreatments andcritical access points to care are not possible, said Dr. Courtney Lawrence, the medical director for the Red Cross. Emergency departments, operating rooms, and labor and delivery units can't support patients with the most urgent needs, and cancer patients must wait. Were asking donors to give now before doctors are forced to make those difficult decisions.

A potential suspect was cleared in the death of a newborn baby who was found in a porta-potty at Electric Forest, said Michigan State Police.

Investigators received a tip at the start of July identifying a woman from the Muskegon area who attended the festival and might have information about the case. Detectives interviewed her, and she fully cooperated, police said.

The newborn's body was recovered June 28 after a maintenance worker found it in a porta-potty in the festival's camping area.

No arrests have been made in the case.

Retired Michigan State Police detective Lew Langham told FOX 17 detectives will likely be handling the case similar to a missing person's investigation, combing through surveillance video and photos from the festival to identify anyone who might have information on the child's birth.

In 2010, a 2yearold boy was critically injured after a large rock fell and struck him in the head during a family visit to a Tennessee state park.

Now, more than a decade later, his family is celebrating a major milestone and a remarkable new chapter.

"It's hard to explain, but I do think about it quite often," said Michael Tagert. "I almost didn't go that day."

16 years ago, Tagert was a volunteer firefighter for the Gallatin Fire Department. He was visiting Fall Creek Falls State Park with family. Then, he heard it. A rock about the size of a basketball fell and hit a two-year-old in the head.

Tagert ran over to race the child up a long trail to emergency crews.

"It's just go-time," Tagert said. "I know people were screaming. I [wrapped my shirt] to control the bleeding a little bit. His mouth was black and blue, barely breathing. I just didn't know how it was going to turn out."

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That child was Caleb Brown. His parents, Timothy and Tiffany Brown, spoke to Scripps News in 2010 from the hospital.

"Faith, I think, has grounded us with the ability to get through this," Timothy Brown said in 2010. "From many types of church backgrounds, people have just united for him."

At the time of the interview, Caleb was still in a coma, living with brain swelling and heart and lung complications.

"This is with his mommy holding him," Timothy Brown said, holding up a picture on his phone. "He's just a precious little boy."

Good news came. Caleb began talking and walking again.

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Tagert was given honors for what he did that day, and people pulled together with events to raise money to help Caleb. All this was 16 years ago. The Brown family later moved to Snyder, Texas. In the past few days, they reached out with an update on Caleb.

"This is my mom, this is my dad," Caleb said on a Zoom call, introducing his parents and his siblings all crowded around the computer.

Caleb has just graduated high school.

"What do you want to do with your life now that you've graduated high school?" Timothy Brown asked.

"I want to work at Walmart and Roblox," Caleb answered.

"There's actually a place here in town that works with kids who are special needs, and they help them get jobs," Timothy Brown continued. "Walmart is one, so he's going to do that in the near term. One day, he has a big dream of being a game developer for Roblox."

"All the milestones that he's made along the way, learning how to walk again, how to talk again, to here, it doesn't seem real," added Tiffany Brown.

"His faith and his joy is infectious, honestly," Timothy Brown said. "It's been an inspiration to walk with him. It's given us faith, honestly."

The Brown family told me they wanted to say one more thing.

"I still get choked up because I don't think it was an accident that Michael Tagert was there," Timothy Brown said. "That young man will always be our hero."

"Knowing what miracles can happen and take place in life is just awesome," Tagert said.

This story was originally published by Forrest Sanders with the Scripps News Group station in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ukraine as well as 9 other countries have announced a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles.

This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Paris to ask European leaders for help against Russia's missiles which have targeted his country for more than four years now.

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During the NATO summit, President Trump told Zelenskyy that the U.S. would grant Ukraine a license to manufacture its own Patriot missile interceptors the system that, more than any other, has kept Russian ballistic missiles from finding their targets in Ukrainian cities across more than four years of war.

"We're going to give a license to you to make Patriots," Trump said. "That's pretty cool, right? This way, he can't complain that we're not giving them enough. I say, make them yourself."

The Patriot is among the few weapons that is proven to stop Russia's ballistic missiles.

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"Our top priority is anti-ballistic defense," Zelenskyy said on social media after arriving in Paris.

The countries said in a statement on Monday that "our goal is to build a shared ballistic missile defense capability for Europe."

The number of cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan has jumped to more than 2,600 since June 22, according to the latest information from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

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According to the MDHHS, there are 2,640 cases as of Monday, July 13, at 9:30 a.m. That's up from 1,562 cases on July 10, 1,251 on July 9 and 992 on July 8.

The MDHHS reports 44 hospitalizations to date.

Here's a breakdown of the cases by county:

County/Jurisdiction Number Cyclosporiasis Cases Reported Allegan 2 Barry 1 Benzie 1 Calhoun 2 Cass 2 Charlevoix 2 Clinton 12 Detroit City 12 Eaton 12 Emmet 1 Genesee 35 Grand Traverse 1 Gratiot 17 Hillsdale 6 Houghton 1 Huron 26 Ingham 55 Ionia 14 Isabella 2 Jackson 56 Kalamazoo 6 Kent 9 Lapeer 4 Leelanau 1 Lenawee 105 Livingston 40 Macomb 15 Manistee 1 Mason 2 Midland 2 Monroe 215 Montcalm 6 Muskegon 25 Oakland 88 Otsego 1 Ottawa 15 Saginaw 13 Sanilac 21 Shiawassee 82 St. Clair 4 St Joseph 3 Tuscola 12 Washtenaw 159 Wayne 160

The Centers for Disease Control is also tracking cyclosporiasis cases, but acknowledged last week that their data is behind the states. They say they have received 843 confirmed domestic cases since May 1, with another 1,500 cases that require further analysis to confirm the illness as domestically acquired cyclosporiasis. They also say multiple states have reported an increase in cases in the last two weeks compared to the same period in 2025. For Michigan, they are reporting 161 to 300 cases, while also acknowledging their numbers are lagging.

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The CDC says that as of July 9, 31 states are reporting cases, with 86 cases requiring hospitalization. The CDC is reporting the outbreak as beginning May 1. According to the CDC, sick people ranged in age from 5 to 88 years, with a median age of 44, and 59% were female. The median illness onset date was June 18, 2026 (range: May 1 July 5).

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Right now, the state health department said they have no specific produce grower, supplier or type of produce that has been identified as the source of the outbreak.

"Every summer, we see cyclospora disease, but we dont see as many cases as we are seeing this year. But usually theres contaminated produce," said Dr. Teena Chopra with Wayne State University.

Chopra is a professor of infectious disease at the university. She says tracking down the source of cyclosporiasis can be challenging because of its incubation period.

"Usually after infection, it can take anywhere from one to two weeks for the symptoms to be seen and by that time, the patient forgets what they ate," Chopra said.

She says the single-cell organism exists in the environment and can contaminate food at any time during harvesting or growing or poor sanitation during agricultural methods.

"The one thing about this organism is theres no human-to-human transmission, which is a good thing to know but at the same time, we are seeing a lot of cases," Chopra added.

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Foods that have been linked to previous cyclospora outbreaks in the U.S. and Canada include:

Bagged salad mixes and kits (pre-cut lettuce blends with romaine, iceberg, red cabbage, carrots) Fresh cilantro (coriander leaves) Fresh basil Raspberries Snow peas Green onions (scallions) Watch below: Search intensifying for source of Cyclosporiasis Search intensifying for source of Cyclosporiasis

Because of the uncertainty, the MDHHS is recommending extra caution with fresh produce. They recommend that entities in Michigan who are preparing, processing or serving raw produce take these steps:

Lettuce/leafy greens: buy whole heads of lettuce (rather than prewashed, bagged lettuce or salad mixes), throw away the outer 23 layers of leaves and wash the inner leaves under running water. For leafy greens that can be cooked, cooking is the safest option. Cilantro, basil: Wash thoroughly under running water, separating the leaves. Safest when cooked. Green onions: Trim the root end and remove the outer layer, wash thoroughly under running water. Safest when cooked. Raspberries: Their bumpy surface makes them especially hard to clean; the parasite can hide in the tiny crevices. Safest when cooked (pies, jams etc.). Consider frozen raspberries as an alternative (freezing may reduce but does not guarantee elimination of the parasite). Snow peas: Wash under running water and rub the surface. Safest when cooked.

Last Wednesday, 7 News Detroit checked back in with Monroe County resident Lindsay King, who had been battling the food-borne illness for weeks.

"The first couple of days, I had a fever and the cold chills and I had originally thought it was the flu and then the other symptoms set in," King said. "Im actually doing really great today. Im on my last day of antibiotics."

"There are food service deliveries and is this something that has been spread out from them or is it something that were picking up at the grocery store? What is the source? Its scary when you dont know," King said.

If you or someone you know is experiencing symptoms, contact a physician, get tested and report it to MDHHS.

President Donald Trump said Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is open and will remain open, as he ordered the U.S. military to reinstate a blockade on Iranian ships and ports.

"We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Irans ships or customers from entering or leaving," President Trump said in a statement. "All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait. The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the World. The process and formation will begin immediately."

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The announcement comes a day after the U.S. renewed strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate against Gulf nations in a flare-up that put a temporary agreement aimed at easing the Middle East conflict at risk. The ongoing exchanges of attacks have repeatedly put the fragile ceasefire at risk and fueled worries about the safety of vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route that carries roughly 20% of the worlds oil supply.

U.S. Central Command said Sundays operation struck roughly 140 targets, including missile and drone launch locations, weapons storage facilities, communications systems and other military infrastructure. The military said the broader assault, which was more extensive than recent strikes, was intended to reduce Irans capacity to endanger civilian maritime traffic.

"Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations," CENTCOM said in a statement. "Last nights strikes degraded Irans ability to continue attacking commercial shipping."

Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea pic.twitter.com/bOM2kmgRxz U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 13, 2026

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Iranian media outlets said a naval officer was killed in the early morning strike. Iran responded by targeting countries in the region that host U.S. military bases, though a CENTCOM spokesperson told Scripps News that no U.S. bases or personnel sustained significant injuries or damage.

With tensions still elevated, fuel prices climbed over the weekend. According to AAA, the national average price for gas in the U.S. now stands at $3.87 per gallon, about eight cents higher than a week ago, though still below the highs reached after fighting between the U.S. and Iran erupted.

Restaurants throughout metro Detroit are participating in Detroit Burger Week, which kicks off on Monday.

The event celebrates the hamburger, and restaurants will highlight their burgers, alongside off-menu specials and more.

There are 24 restaurants throughout metro Detroit that are offering specials.

People can download the app and check in for burger week. You can learn more on the website.

Check out the restaurants and deals below.

Blind Owl in Royal Oak

Boom Shakalaka Cheeseburger - $10

Brome Modern Eatery in Dearborn, Novi, Westland and Sterling Heights

Super Smash Burger - $8

Brown Iron Brewhouse in Washington Township & Royal Oak

Spicy Pig Burger - $8 (Washington Township only) Whiskey Brisket Burger - $8 (Royal Oak only)

Bunk House Burgers in Clarkston

Bunkhouse Baseline Deluxe - $8.25

Chaos Burger in Detroit

Jalapeo BC - $8

Gilly's Clubhouse in Detroit

Gilly's Griddle Burger - $8

Great Dane in Royal Oak

French Onion Burger - $8

Gus' Snug in Clawson

Candy Bacon Cheeseburger - $8

Hamlin Pub in Richmond, Chesterfield, St. Clair, Clinton Township, Davison, Shelby Township, Rochester Hills and Independence Township

The Local Legend burger - $9

High Pointe Burger Jointe in Grosse Pointe

Chicken Bacon Ranch - $8 Chili Crunch Smasher - $6 Hot Honey Smasher - $8

Johnny Blacks in Waterford Township, Rochester Hills, Sterling Heights, Orion Township, Lake Orion, St. Clair Shores and Auburn Hills

The Johnny Smash Burger - $10 The Smash Burger - $10

Kozy Lounge in Hazel Park

Kat Burger - $8 Kozy Burger - $8

Motz's in Detroit and Southgate

2 doubles - $8

Novi Craft House in Novi

Crafthouse Stack Burger - $10 Mighty Mac Burger - $10 Truffle Butter & Mushroom Burger - $10

O'Connor's Public House in Rochester

Candy Bacon Cheeseburger - $8

Oak House Deli in Royal Oak

Traditional or Vegan Big Mick - $7.99

Republica in Berkley

The Nomad - $10

Table No. 2 in Detroit

BBB Smash - $9 Surf & Turf smash burger - $10

The Old Shillelagh in Detroit

The Shill Smash - $10

Vinsetta Garage in Berkley

Mechanics Burger - $10

Zo's Good Burger in Canton, Detroit, Dearborn, Garden City, Livonia and Royal Oak

Zo's Classic Cheeseburger - $8

Police said Monday they are investigating the death of South Africa World Cup soccer player Jayden Adams, after his body was discovered this weekend at a property in the city of Cape Town.

The 25-year-old Adams died two weeks after helping South Africa reach the knockout stage of a World Cup for the first time.

Authorities have not released a cause of death.

"Cape Town central police registered an inquest for investigation following the discovery of the body of a 25-year-old male on Saturday," police said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. "Circumstances surrounding this incident are under investigation."

Police said the body was discovered at a property in the Cape Town neighborhood of Schotsche Kloof at around 11 a.m. on Saturday, but gave no more details.

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Adams' father, Juanito Adams, told South African TV news station eNCA on Sunday that the family were waiting for the results of an autopsy and had not yet made any funeral plans.

"As you all know, it was an untimely death. The family is struggling to process it," Juanito Adams said. "It won't be easy to carry on. People say it will become easier, but it won't. You just learn to live with it."

Adams played in all three of South Africa's group games as it produced its best performance at the World Cup. He did not feature in the 1-0 loss to Canada in the round of 32 on June 28.

South Africa Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie said Adams had played in his team's group game against Czech Republic hours after learning that his grandmother had died. McKenzie asked the public and media to "exercise restraint and compassion" and not speculate on the cause of Adams' death while authorities conduct an investigation.

There were moments of silence and tributes for Adams at the England vs. Norway and Argentina vs. Switzerland World Cup quarterfinal games on Saturday.

A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the states speaker of the house just days after a federal agent fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, sparking mass protests and demands for transparency and accountability.

A person was killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well, Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau said in a statement on Facebook. These are the details that I have at this time. I will provide further updates, as they are relayed to me.

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Biddeford police told CNN there was a police incident in the area, about 18 miles south of Portland, and said there is no threat to the public at this time, but declined to provide additional details.

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said in a statement that she had been briefed on the fatal shooting and that federal officials were cooperating with state leaders.

"I know that situations like these are alarming and frightening," Mills said. "The Maine State Police are at the scene supporting and working cooperatively with the Attorney General's Office, Maine's Office of Chief Medical Examiner, and Federal officials to determine the facts of what occurred this morning."

The incident comes less than a week after a man on his way to work in Houston was shot and killed by an ICE agent. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed during a traffic stop in what ICE initially described as a targeted enforcement operation, though a source later said Salgado Araujo was not the target of the operation.

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The shooting has reignited calls for accountability among ICE agents, which reached a fever pitch earlier this year after 37-year-old mother Renee Good and 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti were killed by federal immigration agents during the Trump administrations operation in Minneapolis.

The administration dubbed a similar surge in immigration enforcement across Maine in January Operation Catch of the Day. The ACLU and other advocates filed a lawsuit against federal immigration agents for abducting a lawful immigrant during the surge.

Some community groups and advocates that rallied against the surge earlier this year have already started to organize in response to Mondays shooting. The group Maine Resists has planned an emergency community rally in the city at noon. The racial justice and immigrant rights group Project Relief said it is in touch with the victims family.

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Dozens of people working at an Ebola treatment center in northeast Congo went on strike Monday over unpaid salaries and bonuses.

The striking staff at Rwampara General Hospital in Ituri province includes epidemiologists, case investigators, drivers and gravediggers who say they have not been paid by the Congolese authorities.

The hospital was shuttered by protesting staff, who blocked the road leading to the medical facility.

Some of the center's health workers and those working on the ground began striking last week, accusing authorities of failing to pay their wages since the outbreak began in May.

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"We don't know how it is possible to not have been paid for two months," Bahati Claude, a health worker in the Rwampara health zone, told The Associated Press. "We don't want to give up the job."

The Congolese authorities declared a new Ebola outbreak on May 15, after the disease had been transmitting for weeks without official detection, according to the World Health Organization. The latest outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved vaccine or treatment.

During a visit to Ituri last week, the Congolese health minister, Roger Kamba, said the government is verifying a list of those working to control the outbreak as some unrelated names have been added to the payroll.

"We must ensure that these payments reach the right people," Kamba said. "We have faced a few challenges, notably changes to the lists, which have led to complaints from people saying they are not being paid even though they are working. We have the means to sort this out."

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There are 1,926 confirmed cases so far in the country, including 702 deaths, according to Congolese authorities.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted Monday on X that a second U.S. citizen, a humanitarian worker in eastern Congo who had contracted Ebola, was transferred to Germany. The first American to test positive for the virus was a doctor working in Congo during the early weeks of the outbreak.

Last week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said that the outbreak is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded on the continent.

Dowagiac residents who say a massive data center has made their homes nearly unlivable will get a rare opportunity Monday to confront representatives of the company behind it.

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The third annual Detroit Sandwich Party is coming to Eastern Market on Labor Day weekend, bringing a massive free festival for sandwich lovers.

The festival is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 6 at Eastern Market. It's organized by Carlos Parisi, Will McDowell and Bekah Galang.

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Organizers are looking for vendors, volunteers and sponsors for the 2026 event. You can learn more and sign up to be a vendor, volunteer or sponsor here.

The event is free to enter, and each vendor will be selling smaller-sized sandwiches for purchase, so people can try as many sandwiches as they want.

Below are some sandwiches from the 2025 festival from Lea, Tall Trees Cafe, Bar Chenin and more

Jay Farner, the founder of Ronin Capital Partners and former Rocket Mortgage CEO, is investing in Detroit City FC.

The investment will be the largest single investment in the club's history, and will come through Ronin Sports & Entertainment Group, which is the sports investment division of Ronin. Farner will also join DCFC's board of directors.

According to an announcement by Ronin and the club, the investment will help fuel the construction of AlumniFi Field, the new 15,000-square-foot stadium set to open in the spring of 2028.

Detroits been a large part of my life for many decades, and Im excited to support DCFCs growth here in our hometown, Farner said in a statement. What the founders, supporters and ownership group has built is extraordinary: a passionate supporter culture, a deep connection to the community and a bold vision for the clubs future.

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The $150 million soccer-specific stadium is located at the site of the former Southwest Detroit Hospital in Corktown. Along with the stadium, there will be a $200 million mixed-use development that includes a parking garage and residential building.

As longtime residents of this neighborhood, we are profoundly grateful for the opportunity to bring this site back to life with a community-rooted stadium that will be the forever home for professional soccer in this region, DCFC CEO Sean Mann added in a statement. Jays investment and belief in this project and in Detroit is exactly the kind of partnership that accelerates what were building. He understands this city, has built something lasting here, and were thrilled to have him at the table.

This is the latest sports investment for Ronin Sports & Entertainment. Other investments include Student Athlete Score, a sports marketing intelligence platform for high school & college athletes; DUPR, the a pickleball ratings system; and both the TGL and Motor City Golf Club, the indoor golf league and a team inside the TGL.

Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in Jurassic Park and played Holly Hunters husband in The Piano, has died. He was 78.

In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actors social media page.

His death was sudden and unexpected, the statement said, adding that he remained cancer free when he died. A cause of death wasnt specified.

Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life, his family wrote.

Actor came to world's notice with Dead Calm and My Brilliant Career

Neill was one of a host of actors and directors who achieved international fame after an explosion of Australian films that began in the late 1970s, a list that includes Paul Hogan, Mel Gibson, Geoffrey Rush, Russell Crowe, Jane Campion, Peter Weir and Gillian Armstrong. His range was remarkable, playing opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the Alan Ayckbourn comedy Sweet Revenge to chopping off Hunters finger in The Piano to poking his own eyes out in the sci-fi horror Event Horizon.

In Omen III: The Final Conflict, he played Damien the Antichrist and he also played Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors.

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The actor first came to the attention of international audiences in Armstrongs 1979 film My Brilliant Career, which also introduced Judy Davis. He later appeared in Phillip Noyces Dead Calm, a classy thriller set at sea and co-starring the then-relatively unknown Nicole Kidman.

Neill twice co-starred with Meryl Streep, in Australian director Fred Schepisis Plenty and again for Schepisi in A Cry in the Dark, a film about the sensationalized aftermath of a dingo killing a baby in the Australian Outback. He earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the title role of the 1998 miniseries Merlin and another as narrator of 2017s Wild New Zealand.

Jurassic Park was his best-known film

Perhaps Neill achieved his highest level of fame in Jurassic Park playing paleontologist Alan Grant, who is summoned to an island off Costa Rica where a theme park has been built to house herds of cloned dinosaurs. He co-starred alongside Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough.

His character was thoughtful and reasonable, a scientist who warned the mastermind of the theme park before the chaos: Dinosaurs and man, two species separated by 65 million years of evolution have just been suddenly thrown back into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea what to expect?

Grant survived the harrowing events when the creatures get loose, but didnt return for The Lost World: Jurassic Park II in 1997. He came back for the third episode in 2001 and Jurassic World: Dominion in 2022.

Its probably a little late to learn these things, he told the Daily New of New York in 2001, but I finally feel Ive worked out how to be an action hero. Im happier with Grant this time. Hes gnarly and grizzled, but he looks like he knows what hes doing.

Neill grew up in Northern Ireland, then New Zealand

Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, Neill emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 7. He was born Nigel Neill, but told interviewers he started to go by Sam because there were too many Nigels at his school.

His family settled in Dunedin on the South Island and he was sent to boarding school in Christchurch. After college, he took the lead in Sleeping Dogs in 1977, the first feature made in New Zealand in more than a decade.

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Neills other film roles included playing a Soviet submarine officer who memorably dreams of a home in Montana in The Hunt for Red October and an investigator in director John Carpenters In the Mouth of Madness.

On the small screen, Neill played the malign Chester Campbell in TVs Peaky Blinders and Thomas Jefferson in the four-hour CBS miniseries, Sally Hemings: an American Tragedy. On Apple TV+, he was on Invasion, playing Oklahoma Sheriff John Bell Tyson, a man late in his career searching for his purpose. In 2024 he starred opposite Annette Bening in the Peacock series Apples Never Fall.

Actor beloved in New Zealand as an unassuming celebrity

The actor became known in New Zealand as a modest and unassuming person who didn't embrace celebrity. On social media, he often posted images of his farm animals, many of them affectionately named after celebrities and friends, like Laura Dern the chicken, Kylie Minogue the duck and Helena Bonham Carter the cow.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon mourned Neill as one of the greats in a statement posted to social media.

He started out when there was barely a film industry to speak of, Luxon wrote. For more than fifty years he took New Zealand stories to the world and his talents helped make our film industry into what it is today.

Neill was also a vintner and under his Two Paddocks brand, he produced pinot noir and riesling wines from his winery in the Central Otago region of New Zealands South Island.

His memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? came out in March 2023 and he was awarded a knighthood in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film, a title approved by the late Queen Elizabeth II.

I cant pretend that the last year hasnt had its dark moments, Neill told The Guardian in 2023, referring to his cancer diagnosis and treatment. But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends.

He is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.