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Comprehensive coverage of the day\u2019s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.\n\n\nFormer president Donald Trump to be arraigned on charges that he participated in a conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.\nThe probe into the January 6th insurrection at the nation\u2019s capital has turned into an indictment for former President Donald Trump and fodder for partisan squabbling. Democrats say the indictment follows the narrative laid out by the House January 6th Committee\u2019s investigation, while former Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani is blasting the federal prosecutor as an \u201cunethical lawyer\u201d.\nRussian drone strikes hit a Ukrainian port on Romania\u2019s border that is key to grain exports\nChinese capital of Beijing reports heaviest rainfall in 140 years.\nPittsburgh synagogue gunman to be sentenced to death.\nFitch Ratings downgrades the United States government\u2019s credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and a \u201csteady deterioration in standards of governance.\u201d\nHundreds of demonstrators rallied in front of the Philippines Consulate in San Francisco to protest against what they said is an increased government surveillance in their communities, and to demand a better government responses to their concerns about the political and economic crisis in the Asian nation.\nLawsuit charges a San Francisco State University employee was subjected to racist comments and treatment by a superior, and university officials knew for years but did nothing about it.\n\n\xa0\nThe post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays \u2013 August 2, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.