That car is history

For some it was a landmark. For some it was an eyesore. But finally the 1971 Cadillac parked on a Brooklyn, N.Y., side street for decades has been towed. Residents of the Windsor Park neighborhood expressed shock to the New York Daily News when they learned the car had been towed. After all, the rusted vehicle hadn’t moved since 1994 and appeared packed to its ceiling with coffee cups, old newspapers, and other trash. A street cleaner finally ticketed the car in July, and authorities towed it to the Erie Basin Auto Pound.

Not forgotten

[ June 8 ] Thanks for Jamie Dean’s article. We lost my husband to Lewy body dementia at age 56. In that dark time our church was a bright light for us. The pastors’ weekly visits, the deacons’ aid, and the congregation’s prayers all helped to bear us up. The church was a constant reminder that Christ is our only comfort in life and in death. —Roxanne Ivarson / Lakewood, Colo.

14.3 million

The approximate number of Americans who tuned in to Fox on July 7 to watch the U.S. beat the Netherlands 2-0 at the Women’s World Cup final match, according to the broadcaster.

$0

The new price of tuition for certain students at the University of Texas at Austin. The free ride will apply to in-state students who have financial need and come from families making under $65,000.

Something to crow about

‘We’re almost extinct.’

Liu Hu, an independent journalist in China, on investigative journalists under the government of President Xi Jinping. “The government has made its citizens ignorant,” Liu said of the harassment of reporters and sources. “The public’s eyes are blind, their ears are deaf, and their mouths have no words.”

Enforced

‘It is our fault.’

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, taking responsibility for migrants fleeing his country to the United States, including those who have died in the process. “People don’t flee their homes because they want to,” he said. “They flee their homes because they feel they have to.”