E-paper highlights: July 28-Aug. 3, 2022, headlines shared

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Here are highlights of what was published in the Echo Journal e-papers online in the past week. Each e-paper is seven to nine pages of bonus news from around the world, including national, state, business, entertainment and sports news.

• Thursday, July 28: The Federal Reserve unveils a 75-basis-point rate hike in an effort to combat inflation. U.S. presents "substantial offer" to Russia for WNBA star Brittney Griner. Russian forces redeploying in southern Ukraine.
• Friday, July 29: Ukraine bombs Russian forces in an effort to retake the nations southern region. Protest interrupts papal mass. Caterpillars are destroying Missouri fields, but pheromones might stop them.
• Saturday, July 30: The death toll climbs to 16 in Kentucky floods. Dozens are killed when a Ukrainian prison is destroyed. How can I pet-proof my home?
• Sunday, July 31: A Chinese rocket falls to Earth, but NASA says Beijing did not share necessary information. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces a mandatory evacuation of the Donetsk region.
• Monday, Aug. 1: Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough expressed confidence the Senate has the votes to pass a bill to provide health care to 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Grain silos in Beirut collapse almost two years after an explosion damaged them and killed 215.
• Tuesday, Aug. 2: President Biden declares “Justice has been delivered” after Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is killed in a U.S. air strike. U.S. accuses Russia of using Ukraine power plant as a "nuclear shield." Death toll up to 37 in Kentucky floods.
• Wednesday, Aug. 3: Find this week’s Echo Journal pages, along with extra pages of state, national, world, sports, business and entertainment news.