About 1.65 million customers lost power in Texas after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, as progress to restore electricity was slow, hampering efforts to quickly restart critical oil infrastructure.

A New Jersey man is accused in a plot to sabotage PSE&G substations. Authorities said Andrew Takhistov took an undercover law enforcement employee to two electrical substations in North Brunswick and New Brunswick on two separate occasions in June and July, discussed how to conduct an attack on an electrical substation, and asked the undercover employee to take photos of the substations so Takhistov could send them to a Russian friend for additional advice on how to sabotage the stations.

United Airlines is suspending its daily flights to Israel, beginning with the July 31st night flight from Newark to Tel Aviv, as tensions in the Middle East escalate. Delta Air Lines will also cancel flights between New York (JFK) and Tel Aviv through at least August 2nd.

A Nebraska teenager has been charged with two felony counts of criminal mischief after he was accused of causing a train to derail, recording the crash and posting the video on YouTube, according to court records. He is accused of tampering with a rail and causing two locomotives and five loaded BNSF cars to jump the rails in Bennet on April 21. One railcar crashed into an empty coal car, causing $350,000 in damage, an investigator for the rail company said in court records.

After Hurricane Beryl caused widespread power outages and destruction across Southeast Texas, 160 boil water notices were in effect across eight Southeast Texas counties, including dozens in Harris County, as of July 11, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief.

A Do Not Drink Water Advisory has been issued for an area of Washtenaw County, Michigan by the sheriff's office after a break-in at the Sylvan Township water treatment plant. Not only were the plant’s controls messed with, but so were some water valves and the scale that weighs chemicals added to the water. Michigan State Police say they found the suspect, a 33-year-old Belleville man, and arrested him on scene.

When confirming details of a massive data breach of about 110 million customers, AT&T also revealed that it became apparently the first enterprise to be given permission to initially keep breach details secret, and then was cleared to publish. The incident itself — which AT&T said stemmed from a series of Snowflake attacks — revealed call data, but not the particulars of those calls. AT&T reported that at least one person has been arrested in connection with the incident.

The Justice Department has charged a former Verizon employee for working for the Chinese government to spy on political dissidents in the United States. Investigators unsealed an indictment against Florida resident Ping Li for allegedly carrying out the espionage since at least 2012. Federal agents uncovered emails that Li allegedly sent to officers at China’s Ministry of State Security. The communications show the Chinese agency requesting information about the “surveillance capabilities” of the U.S. government, details about Verizon branch offices, and hacking activities targeting U.S. companies. 

The chaos that froze digital systems around the world on July 19 is exactly the kind of crisis that financial regulators have been fretting about in recent years. US bank supervisors have recently criticized leading lenders for poor management of such operational risks in private report cards. Together they’re a wake-up call about the dangers of a few dominant third-parties providing critical services to the industry.

For more than a month now, scores of activists have mounted near-daily protests outside the Manhattan headquarters of Citigroup Inc., with video footage showing tense scenes and a memo to staff urging employees to stay cool. The campaign — dubbed “Summer of Heat” — promises a steady escalation of disruptions and says its ultimate goal is to “shut down Wall Street.”

Tesla is recalling nearly 1.85 million vehicles in the U.S. due to concerns over a hood issue that could cause the vehicle's driver to crash. The recall pertains to certain 2021-2024 Model 3, Model S, Model X, and 2020-2024 Model Y vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Homeland Security’s Detroit office said a criminal investigation that sent investigators to Fuyao Glass America and more than 20 other Dayton-area locations “remains active and ongoing.” Questions remain after multiple law enforcement agencies investigated allegations of “financial crimes and labor exploitation” at Chinese-owned automotive glass maker Fuyao in Moraine.