America N


N.Y. OUTLAWS BODY SIZE BIAS


ew york city has banned dis- crimination based on body size


— adding weight and height to a list of protected categories such as race, sex, and religion. “We all deserve the


same access to employ- ment, housing, and public accommodation, regardless of our appear- ance, and it shouldn’t matter how tall you are or how much you weigh,” said Mayor Eric Adams. Adams, a Democrat, published


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a book about reversing his diabetes through a plant-based diet. He said the ban “will help level the playing fi eld for all New Yorkers.” Some business leaders expressed opposition, arguing that compliance could become an onerous burden. Several other cities have taken simi- lar action including San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Madison, Wisconsin.


WATER SAVER PLAN A


rizona, california, and nev- ada proposed a plan to signifi -


cantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years. The plan would conserve an addi- tional 3 million acre-feet of water


78 YEARS AGO


JULY 16, 1945 The first atomic bomb was set off at 5:30 a.m. in the New Mexico desert, creating a mushroom cloud rising 41,000 feet. The Trinity Test detonation emitted heat three times the temperature of the interior of the sun and wiped out all plant and animal life within a mile.


from the 1,450-mile river that pro- vides water to 40 million people in seven U.S. states, parts of Mexico, and more than two dozen Native American tribes.


RUSSIA BANS OBAMA F


ormer president barack Obama, MSNBC host Rachel


Maddow, late-night host Stephen Colbert, and several members of Congress from both parties are among 500 U.S. citizens barred from entering Russia, the Kremlin said. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said


in a news release the moves were in response to sanctions the Biden administra- tion announced at the G7 summit in Japan to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.


TRANSIT CRIME SOARS U


rban areas nationwide have experienced a crime surge on pub-


lic transportation since COVID-19. On the Los Angeles Metro,


violent assaults and robberies increased 24%. Crime on New York City public


transit surged more than 40%. National Police Association spokeswoman Betsy Brantner Smith said she has one golden rule when


THIS MONTH IN HISTORY 27 YEARS AGO


JULY 17, 1996 TWA Flight 800 bound for Paris exploded in mid-air 12 minutes after takeoff from JFK Airport. The 747 jet plunged into the Atlantic, killing its 212 passengers and 18 crew members.


76 YEARS AGO


JULY 18, 1947 President Harry Truman signed the Presidential


Succession Act determining the line of succession if the president becomes


incapacitated or dies in of ice. Following the vice president, the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate are next in succession.


26 NEWSMAX | JULY 2023 54 YEARS AGO


JULY 20, 1969 A global TV audience watched Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong as he took his first step onto the moon, proclaiming, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”


BOOKSTORES BOOMING I


ndependent bookstores are booming, with member-


ship in the American Book- sellers Association reach- ing its highest levels in more than 20 years. The ABA added 173


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members last year, and now has 2,185 book- store businesses and 2,599 locations. Three years after the pandemic shut down most of the physical bookstores in the U.S., and the independent community feared hundreds might close permanently, the ABA has nearly 300 more members than it did in 2019.


riding public transportation: no phones. “The biggest priority is just to be


aware of what’s happening around you,” she said. “Put the phone away and pay attention.”


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