The Daily Populous

A New Jersey native is being called "an American hero" for rescuing nearly 200 people out of flood waters in Texas.

"United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer and petty officer Scott [Ruskan] directly saved an astonishing 165 victims in the devastating flooding in central Texas," Homeland Security Secretary Krisi Noem said Saturday on X.

"We are very proud of our nephew Scott Ruskan, helping to rescue 165 people in the Texas floods as a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. »

The Trump administration has said letters will go out notifying trading partners without a deal by 9 July of higher tariffs that would take effect on 1 August.

“No, there are going to be tariffs, the tariffs, the tariffs are going to be, the tariffs,” the president began uncertainly.

Sensing the confusion, his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, jumped in to add: “But they go into effect on August 1. »

Romero Games, the Ireland-based studio founded by celebrated designers John and Brenda Romero, has now completely closed following this week’s Microsoft cuts, it’s claimed.

Now, one employee has claimed the studio has been closed entirely, with all of its over 100 staff members losing their jobs.

Romero Games is the latest casualty in a week that has seen mass job losses at Microsoft and high-profile cancellations across Xbox. »

Psych-rock band The Velvet Sundown have garnered over 500,000 monthly Spotify listeners and released two full-length records in a single month, with a third on the way this July.

While it’s possible that The Velvet Sundown’s more than half a million monthly listeners could be bots, their most popular song on Spotify, “Dust on the Wind,” is closing in on 500,000 streams as of publishing.

The Velvet Sundown’s music isn’t restricted to Spotify, appearing on other streaming platforms like Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Deezer. »