• Several European NATO members have expressed concern that the fallout from a massive online leak of confidential U.S. documents on the Afghan war could extend well beyond the Internet — and could even affect the war itself. According to combined report from CTV news, Associated Press and Canadian Press, the U.S. records cover six years of the war in Afghanistan, including previously unknown accounts of civilian deaths and targeted attacks on Taliban members. (See item 34)
• The Associated Press reports that flooding from the Maquoketa River after the Lake Delhi dam failed has damaged dozens of homes and businesses, causing millions of dollars in damage in Monticello, Iowa officials said July 25. The dam in eastern Iowa failed July 24 as rising flood water from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in it. (See item 60)
