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Thursday, July 4, 2019
1) From ABC News, I’m Daria Albinger. Will there be a
citizenship question on the 2020 census? Yesterday the Justice Department said printing
had started without the question, but now a court’s been told that they’re
gonna try to figure out what’s going on. “A federal judge meeting by phone with
Justice Department and civilian lawyers saying it is up to them to either go
back to court and agree not to include the citizenship question or schedule a trial.
The President tweeting that the fight isn’t over, but his own government has already
begun printing census forms without the question asking if the person
responding is an American citizen. Andy
Field, ABC News, Washington.”
2)
A reduction in rank and four months confinement. That’s the sentence a military
jury handed to Navy SEAL Special Ops
Chief Edward Gallagher for
posing with the corps of an ISIS prisoner. His attorney Tim Parlatore called it an unusual case. “Gallagher is charged like
this because it’s attached to a larger case. It’s given a lot more importance than
would otherwise be. If you look across the services, the Army, the Navy, Marine
Corps when they have this type of incidents they normally handle them in non-judicial
punishment.” Gallagher was acquitted of murdering the ISIS prisoner. A judge credited
for time spent in his custody.
3)
A prosecutor in Alabama decides not to follow through on the case against a
woman who was shot and lost her unborn child. Twenty-seven-year-old Marshae Jones didn’t have a gun. She
didn’t pull a trigger but because, police say, she started the fight that led
to the shooting death of her unborn child. A grand jury indicted her for manslaughter,
but now the prosecutor in this case says that won’t stand. She’s dropped the
charges against Jones, saying this case is over.” ABC’s Pete Combs.
4)
The federal judge temporarily blocked an Ohio law banning abortions after a fetal
heartbeat is detected. The ruling stops the July 11th enforcement of the law.
5)
The market closed at record high on Wall Street after a holiday-shortened day.
The Dow gaining 179 points. You’re listening to ABC News.
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From
the Fox Business Network; stocks finished on a strong note with all three major
indexes reaching new highs, the Dow rising 179 points, the S&P closed up 22
points, the NASDAQ gained 61 points. Markets are closed tomorrow for the July
4th holiday but resume normal hours on Friday. // Netflix shares closed higher heading into the midnight launch of
the third season of “Stranger Things”, also back soon on Netflix’s “Orange is
the New Black.” // Tesla shares
closed higher after the electric car maker reported it delivered more than
92,000 vehicles in the recent quarter. This is in contrast to most automakers
whose sales prompted in quarter. Tesla set new productions and delivery record.
With the Fox Business Report, I’m Carole Zimmer.
