News in brief
By Associated Press
Sen. Rick Scott wins Florida
GOP primary
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. | U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has handily won Florida’s Republican primary against two other opponents, moving on to face Democratic former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in November.
Mucarsel-Powell also won her election comfortably against three other candidates. This November, Scott has to first win a second term in the U.S. Senate before reaching his larger goal — winning Senate leadership, after retiring U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell steps down.
Scott acknowledged his win by posting on the social platform X, “Thank you, Florida! Looking forward to a BIG win in November.”
Mucarsel-Powell — who ran a campaign for the past year focused on abortion rights, gun safety and Latin American policy — said in a statement that she’s grateful for her primary victory.
“This victory isn’t just mine — it belongs to so many people who have stepped up to say that we deserve better here in Florida,” Mucarsel-Powell said.
Ukraine has destroyed or damaged all
three bridges
over Seym River
KYIV, Ukraine | Russian sources say that Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia as Kyiv’s incursion into western Russia enters its third week.
Kyiv’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk oblast is changing the trajectory of the war and boosting morale among Ukraine’s war-weary population, though the ultimate outcome of the daring incursion remains impossible to predict.
Meanwhile Tuesday a massive fire burned for the third consecutive day elsewhere in western Russia after an oil depot was hit by Ukrainian drones. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Ukrainians of “trying to destabilize our country” and vowed revenge.
—From AP reports
