MICHAEL SISAK

Associated Press
Visitors arrive for the evening visitation session for Corey Comperatore at Laube Hall, Thursday, July 18,2024, in Freeport, Pa. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Thousands gather at banquet hall to celebrate life of former fire chief killed at Trump rally
Thousands of mourners are filing into a Pennsylvania banquet hall to remember the former fire chief who was fatally shot during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
 
Logan Check, left, junior firefighter, and Randy Reamer, president and rescue captain at the Buffalo Township Fire Company 27, hang bunting on the fire station in memory of fellow firefighter Corey Comperatore, in Buffalo Township, Pa., Sunday, July 14, 2024. Comperatore was killed during a shooting at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. The flag at the station house flies at half staff at left. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Hundreds gather to remember former fire chief fatally shot at Trump rally in Pennsylvania
Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday to remember the former fire chief shot and killed at a weekend rally for former President Donald Trump in the rural area of Pennsylvania shaken by violence perpetrated by a local 20-year-old man.
 
Investor group cancels deal to buy Weinstein Co.
A group of investors says it has pulled out of a deal to buy the beleaguered Weinstein Co., citing “disappointing information” about the viability of the sale. Businesswoman Maria Contreras-Sweet made the announcement in a statement Tuesday.
 
FEMA auctioned disaster trailers before Harvey made landfall
The federal government auctioned off disaster-response trailers at fire-sale prices just before Harvey devastated southeast Texas, reducing an already diminished supply of mobile homes ahead of what could become the nation’s largest-ever housing mission.
 
Global marches draw attention to climate change
Starting along Central Park West, most came on foot, others with bicycles and walkers, and some even in wheelchairs. Many wore costumes and marched to drumbeats. One woman played the accordion.