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The 7

Monday, July 17, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

News, Daily News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Monday briefing: Pennsylvania floods; Georgia shooting; student loan forgiveness; Jane Birkin’s legacy; Wimbledon; and more


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Flash floods in Pennsylvania,

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President Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan,

0:06.0

and a changing of the Guard at Wimbledon.

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That sum of what will get to on the 7 seven from the Washington Post. I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Monday, July 17th.

0:17.0

Let's get you caught up for today's seven stories. Number one, flash flooding in Pennsylvania has left five people dead.

0:30.0

A sudden deluge of rain flooded a road north of Philadelphia on Saturday.

0:35.0

The current was strong enough to wash cars away.

0:37.8

A baby and a toddler were missing after the storm.

0:41.4

It followed more than a week of flooding and thunderstorms in the northeast.

0:45.0

Vermont and New York's Hudson Valley were hit especially hard.

0:48.6

Farther south, a historic heat wave across the southwest southwest reached its maximum intensity yesterday.

0:55.0

Death Valley in California, which is infamous for its heat, hit 128 degrees.

1:00.6

Extreme temperatures of forecast to shift east in the coming days.

1:04.0

Number two, four people were killed in a shooting near Atlanta on Saturday.

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The shooting took place in Hampton, Georgia. It's a city of about 8,000 people,

1:16.4

25 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta. Three men and one woman were killed in the shooting.

1:21.8

The 40-year-old gunman was killed yesterday

1:24.4

after running away from police. Authorities said he died during a shootout that

1:28.4

also left two officers injured.

1:33.0

Number three, the Biden administration said it'll forgive $39 billion in student life.

1:39.0

Number three, the Biden administration said it'll forgive $39 billion in student loans.

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The plan was announced Friday.

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