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Rosselló’s office denies resignation Governor’s spokesman: Puerto Rican leader is ‘listening to the people’ SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO More than 100 protesters gathered around the Puerto Rico governor’s mansion Wednesday in a renewed push to oust Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, while his spokesman stressed that he has not resigned. In response to local media reports that Rosselló was on the verge of leaving Puerto Rico, Public Affairs Secretary Anthony Maceira said the governor “has not resigned and remains in Puerto Rico. As he said yesterday, he’s in a process of reflecting, and listening to the people.” A little before 7 p.m. Wednesday, Maceira said the governor was working on a message that he would present to the public later Wednesday night. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans have been outraged by leaked, obscenity-laced online chats between Rosselló and his advisers, and have protested for nearly two weeks demanding his resignation. On Tuesday, officials announced that a Puerto Rican judge had issued search warrants
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Protests continue Wednesday next to police barricades in San Juan.
for the cellphones of government officials involved in the chat as part of an ongoing investigation. One of the Rosselló search warrants said officials used the chat to transmit official and confidential information to private citizens in potential violation of ethics laws. More than a dozen government officials have resigned since the leak earlier this month. A report issued Wednesday by a special committee tasked with investigating whether legislators could proceed with an impeachment process against Rosselló recommended that Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives do so. DÁNICA COTO (AP)
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“That senator, whose name I have forgotten, is now himself dead, and I am very much alive.” JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG, recalling
to NPR a comment made by the late Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., in 2009 that Ginsburg’s pancreatic cancer was the kind “you don’t get better from.” Bunning died in 2017.
Lightning storm kills 20 in eastern India
Record-setting heat spell roasts Western Europe WEATHER A historic heat wave is bringing unprecedented temperatures to Western Europe, and is poised to expand northeastward to Scandinavia and into the Arctic by late this weekend. Once above the Arctic Circle, the weather system responsible for this heat wave could accelerate the loss of sea ice, which is already running at a record low for this time of year. Already, residents of Paris, London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Munich, Zurich and other locations are suffering through dangerously high temperatures. On Wednesday, all-time national heat records in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany had fallen, right on the heels of a late June heat wave that broke similar records in France and other countries. The German meteorological agency noted that Wednesday’s national record of 104.9 degrees might last just a day before being broken today. It’s difficult to beat all-time heat records in mid-July, considering this is the hottest time of year. It’s even more unusual to beat such records by a large margin, which is what is occurring now. The weather is also aggravating droughts since it hasn’t rained much in many parts of Europe this summer. The combination of heat, wind and possible lightning from thunderstorms also increases the risk of wildfires. (THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)
Judge temporarily blocks 3 new Arkansas anti-abortion laws