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(AP) — Swift water rescue teams and local officials across Vermont braced for more precipitation and flooding Tuesday after persistent heavy rains drenched the state and other parts of the Northeast, unleashing fast-moving waters that washed out roads, trapped residents in their homes and disrupted travel.

One person was killed in New York as she tried to leave her inundated house.

The shooting happened Sunday after a Fourth of July holiday weekend party, police said.
Police said an 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed, and nine people were hospitalized, including several in critical condition.
"Among the injured are 14 victims under the age of 18," said Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated another .7bn  to a range of charities.

Ms Scott said in a blog post that she wanted to give the money to those "that have been historically underfunded and overlooked".

She wrote that she had chosen 286 organisations working on racial inequality, the arts and education.

The United States logged a record new daily virus caseload as Joe Biden slammed the Trump administration's vaccine roll-out as a "travesty" and millions in Asia woke up to new lockdowns.

Scott points out that this phenomenon is most common when it comes to reporting on Russia compared to the United States.

Scott also pointed out that United States still recognize European Union as the "leader" in this dialogue.
When asked whether US will exert its authority over Prishtina to force it to commence negotiations, Scott confirmed that US still recognize EU's leading role in this process, adding that it is most important for the parties to return to the negotiation table.

Kosovo is Serbia's southern province where ethnic Albanians 11 years ago unilaterally declared independence, which Serbia considers to be a violation of its Constitution and territorial integrity.

Stefanovic, deputy PM and interior minister, and Scott concluded that it is necessary to continue cooperation in the fight against organised crime, human trafficking, money laundering and border management, the Serbian government has announced.

Index.hr, Zagreb-based portal writes this and adds that Croatian Wikipedia cites as a relevant source Igor Vukics new book, Labour Camp Jasenovac

Answering to Tanjug's question regarding the topics of the upcoming talks Ambassador Scott will have in Pristina, the American embassy in Belgrade replied that he would meet with them in order to hear their opinions and learn more about the situation in the region.