On This Day: July 12

10 years of headlines that grabbed us.
July 12, 2024
Bad News, AT&T Wireless Customers
AT&T delivered some stunning news to customers on Friday morning: "Nearly all" of its wireless subscribers were caught up in a data breach, in which hackers swiped call and text metadata from a third-party cloud system, reports the Wall Street Journal.  Keep reading >>
 
July 12, 2023
Feds Do a 180 on Trump Lawsuit
In a move that will allow E. Jean Carroll's original defamation lawsuit against former President Trump to proceed, the Justice Department on Tuesday said Trump is actually not entitled to immunity in that lawsuit.  Keep reading >>
 
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July 12, 2022
On This Prime Day, 'Pain Is Considerable' for Amazon
Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day on Tuesday much differently than how it entered the pandemic.  Keep reading >>
 
July 12, 2021
Summer Skies Are About to Put On a Big Show
It’s summer in the US—time to find a park, a yard, a dark, quiet place, and look at the stars.  Keep reading >>
 
July 12, 2020
30-Year-Old Dies After 'COVID Party'
If going to a party at all seems like a bad idea these days, going to one in which attendees try to contract the coronavirus proved a fatal one for a Texas man, reports NEWS4SA.  Keep reading >>
 
 
July 12, 2019
Mom Arrested After Daughter Licks Tongue Depressor
A Florida mom says she was "just being silly" with her kids after waiting a long time at a Jacksonville medical center.  Keep reading >>
 
July 12, 2018
Kavanaugh Disclosure Reveals Big Baseball-Related Debt
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appears to have had something of a soft spot for the Washington Nationals, to put it mildly: He went tens of thousands of dollars in debt buying baseball tickets over the last decade, according to the White House.  Keep reading >>
 
July 12, 2017
Trump Fuming About More Leaks Over Russia Story
President Trump returned to a familiar phrase Wednesday morning in tweeting about the Russia investigation that has now enveloped his oldest son.  Keep reading >>
 
July 12, 2016
One Defining Trait Helps Explain Clinton
Ezra Klein at Vox writes that he's been puzzled by something about Hillary Clinton for years: Those with whom she works closely express an extraordinary admiration for her, both personally and professionally, that is rare in DC.  Keep reading >>
 
July 12, 2015
Trump 'Ready to Go Right at' Mexico, $25K per Immigrant
As Donald Trump continues to trade volleys with Latinos, he took his unrepentant show to Phoenix last night, where he told an enthusiastic crowd that waited hours in 100-degree temps that "we have to take back the heart of our country" and that he was "ready to go right at the Mexican government."  Keep reading >>