Tuesday Morning Topline: Oakland Goes 25 Days Without a Homicide
Briefly

Oakland police reported a notable decrease in violent crime during June, achieving a streak of 25 consecutive days without a homicide, a first in five years. In Texas, the death toll from recent floods has increased to 104, with political tensions surrounding the impact of funding cuts to the National Weather Service. Additionally, charges have been filed against 11 individuals linked to an alleged ambush on ICE officers in Texas. In corporate news, Meta has hired Ruoming Pang, Apple's senior AI executive, amidst a broader recruitment effort by Mark Zuckerberg.
For the first time in five years, the city went 25 days in June without a homicide, from May 30 to June 25.
The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 104, and Senator Ted Cruz is pushing back on "political fights" over whether cuts to the National Weather Service impacted how information went out about potential flooding.
11 people have been charged in an alleged "planned ambush" on ICE officers at an immigration detention facility in Alvarado, Texas on July 4.
Apple's top executive in charge of AI, Ruoming Pang, has been poached by Meta amid Mark Zuckerberg's hiring spree.
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