The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – July 8, 2026: Survivors speak out in San Francisco; Cuba’s power crisis reaches the United Nations; a Houston family seeks answers after an ICE shooting; Trump and Zelenskyy meet at NATO, Michigan Democrats battle for their party’s future, and Planned Parenthood warns of the impact of new federal funding cuts.

Ronaldo Salgado, right, son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, speaks as his brother, Lorenzo Jr. holds family photographs during a news conference Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Survivors, advocates and city leaders rally in San Francisco to break the silence around sexual assault and support survivors. President Trump announces Ukraine will be allowed to manufacture Patriot air defense systems A Houston family demands answers after an ICE officer fatally shoots a Mexican father during an early morning traffic stop. As a nationwide blackout deepens in Cuba, the United Nations again debates the decades-old U.S. embargo, but the session ends without action. Michigan Democrats clash over the party’s future as progressive and establishment candidates square off in a closely watched U.S. Senate primary. Q&A: Planned Parenthood says a surprise federal funding cut is forcing it to end relationship education programs in schools serving young people. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – July 8, 2026: Survivors speak out in San Francisco; Cuba’s power crisis reaches the United Nations; a Houston family seeks answers after an ICE shooting; Trump and Zelenskyy meet at NATO, Michigan Democrats battle for their party’s future, and Planned Parenthood warns of the impact of new federal funding cuts. appeared first on KPFA.