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[6] It's Friday, July 19th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[7] A drone from the Yemen -based Houthi terrorist group struck a building in Israel near the U .S. Embassy this morning.
[8] Daily Wire senior editor, Cabot Phillips, says, the details.
[9] The 3 a .m. strike shook Tel Aviv, Israel's largest city, leaving one dead and 11 more injured.
[10] It marks the Houthi's first lethal attack on the Jewish state.
[11] Successful drone strikes against Israel are exceedingly rare given the country's notoriously strong Iron Dome defense system.
[12] Israeli officials said they're investigating what went wrong and why the drone was not intercepted earlier.
[13] The attack underscores a growing Houthi threat as they receive more military resources from Iran.
[14] Top U .S. commander in the Middle East told Defense Secretary Lloyd the military operations are failing to deter Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
[15] Those attacks target shipping vessels and have plagued international supply chains since November.
[16] U .S. military officials are now urgently seeking a broader plan to combat Houthi attacks.
[17] That includes stopping a shipment of Russian missiles to Yemen, which would likely be used by the Houthis against the U .S. and other allies in the region.
[18] Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who's been detained by Russia since March of last year, has been sentenced to 16 years in an isolated forced labor camp.
[19] Gershkovich was charged with espionage, though Russia has not provided any public evidence to support their allegations.
[20] Russian officials have signaled a desire to use Gershkovich in a prisoner swap, like the 2022 deal that traded Russian arms dealer Victor Bout for American basketball player Brittany Griner.
[21] Other Americans imprisoned in Russia include Marine veteran Paul Weillan, who's been detained since 2018 on similar espionage charges.
[22] A federal appeals court has dismissed a challenge to a Tennessee bill banning drag performances in front of minors.
[23] The court ruled that a Memphis LGBT theater lacked standing as its performances are not banned under the law, which bars adult -oriented performances that are harmful to minors.
[24] The court specifically cited Tennessee laws that define the term harmful to minors, noting that the theater shows do not meet that definition.
[25] State Attorney General Jonathan Scurmetti voiced support for the ruling, saying it's proof that the law will not be used to target the LGBT community.
[26] Critics of the bill have long said that the words are too vague and that they would target groups based on sexuality.
[27] Bud Light sales continued to slip more than a year after a partnership with a transgender influencer sparked a nationwide backlash.
[28] Here with Morris Daily Wire contributor Matt Sinovsky.
[29] According to the Wall Street Journal, Bud Light has been passed again in total sales, this time by fellow Anheuser -Busch product to Mickelope Ultra.
[30] Bud Light is now the third most popular beer in America, also behind top -selling Modelo.
[31] The light lager had comfortably held the top spot for two decades before being boycotted last year in response to the brand's partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
[32] Since then, Bud Light has lost over a third of its market share, falling from over 10 % of total beer sales down to six and a half.
[33] The brand has attempted to make a comeback this year, partnering with the UFC, which has a primarily right -leading fan base, and even receiving a nod from Donald Trump on Truth Social.
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[38] A global cyber outage is disrupting airlines, banks, and even hospitals.
[39] Daily Wire Senior Editor Ash Short has more.
[40] The IT issues stem from just one company.
[41] Austin -based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
[42] The outage was caused by a software update, not from a cyber attack or virus.
[43] That update caused Microsoft Windows, an operating system used by over 70 % of the world's desktop computers to malfunction.
[44] While CrowdStrike CEO George Kurt said the problem has been fixed, many industries which use the software have struggled to recover.
[45] More than 20 ,000 flights have been delayed so far.
[46] hospitals around the world are canceling non -urgent surgeries, some public media companies have been unable to broadcast, and many financial institutions are limiting online account access.
[47] Tech experts say the outage is a reminder of just how fragile the world's internet infrastructure can be.
[48] New data released this week by the Department of Labor shows jobless claims continue to stay high.
[49] Here's Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce with the latest.
[50] The latest Labor Department data show that jobless claims, a common proxy for layoffs, rose by roughly 20 ,000 last week.
[51] This also marks the eighth straight week that jobless claims have come in over 220 ,000.
[52] The number of Americans collecting jobless benefits is the highest it has been since November of 2021, about $1 .87 million for the week of July 6th.
[53] A New York City Councilwoman has been charged with assault after allegedly biting a police officer earlier this week.
[54] Susan Zhuang, who represents parts of Brooklyn, had one arm handcuffed and was fighting with officers from over a barricade.
[55] Though when asked about the attack by local news, she said this.
[56] Did you bite the police officer?
[57] That to you.
[58] That we'll talk to our lawyer.
[59] The truth will come out.
[60] The alleged incident happened during a protest against the creation of a men's homeless shelter in the area.
[61] When asked if Zhuang had bitten the officer, her lawyer said, quote, a lot of times during the course of arrests, things happen.
[62] The councilwoman has been condemned by, most elected New York Democrats, though the Brooklyn Democratic Party chair called Zhuang's arrest unlawful, saying she didn't intend to hurt anyone.
[63] Meanwhile, the NYPD chief of patrols did the following about the incident during a press conference.
[64] The actions today of assaulting one of our police officers, deputy chief, by biting him viciously in the arm, I can't explain it right now.
[65] Whole Foods is joining Too Good to Go, an app that offers users deals on food that's about to expire.
[66] Enough food is wasted every year in the U .S. to make about 145 billion meals, and the Too Good to Go app aims at cutting that number down.
[67] Whole Foods will offer on the app two different surprise bags, a prepared food bag and a bakery bag.
[68] The bags will cost about one -third to one -half of what the items would have retailed for.
[69] Only four prepared food bags and two bakery bags will be sold at each Whole Foods location per day.
[70] Those are your drive -home update this afternoon.
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