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Fourth of July breaks record for highest temperature ever measured
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The planet reached the highest temperature ever recorded by human-made instruments during one of America’s most quintessential summer holidays. The average global temperature reached 17.18 degrees Celsius, or 62.92 [Read More…]
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Seven-year-old boy fatally shot in head by stray bullet amid altercation over jet skis
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — A 7-year-old bystander was fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet amid an altercation over jet skis on the July 4 holiday, according to Tampa, Florida, police. [Read More…]
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Secret Service test confirms cocaine found at White House, spokesman says
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. Secret Service spokesman on Wednesday confirmed that testing shows it was cocaine found in the White House West Wing Sunday evening. The investigation into how it got there [Read More…]
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The director of ‘Secret Invasion’ on the series’ “boots on the ground” take on the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Selim on set – Marvel Studios Disney+ dropped the third installment of Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion on Wednesday, July 5. While the six-part series deals with Samuel L. Jackson‘s Nick Fury untangling a shape-shifting alien [Read More…]
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Former ‘Smallville’ actress Allison Mack released from federal prison for her part in NXIVM scandal
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Former Smallville actress Allison Mack was released from federal prison in California on Monday, July 3, after serving a sentence for her part in the NXIVM scandal. NXIVM was a purported women’s [Read More…]
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In Brief: Netflix’s ‘Extraction 2’ breaks 100 million views, and more
Netflix celebrated the July 4 weekend by releasing the new trailer for season 3 of Sweet Magnolias. The 10-episode season, per the streamer, will picks up in the aftermath of JoAnna Garcia Swisher‘s Maddie’s wrestling [Read More…]
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Philadelphia mass shooting leaves investigators searching for answers
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Investigators are searching for answers as to why someone wearing a ski mask and body armor went on a shooting spree in Philadelphia on the eve of the Fourth of [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 7/4/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 1 Houston 4, Colorado 1 Seattle 6, San Francisco 0 San Diego 8, LA Angels [Read More…]
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‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ digs up $71 million through Fourth of July
Lucasfilm Disney’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is expected to keep up with box office expectations that predicted it would gross somewhere between $80 and $85 million through July 4. The latest and final chapter [Read More…]
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UN nuclear watchdog green-lights Fukushima water release plan
Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images (TOKYO) — The United Nation’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), approved plans by Japan to release water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: 43 injured in shelling on Kharkiv
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]
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Nine injured in drive-by shooting in DC during July 4 celebrations, police say
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nine people were injured in a drive-by shooting in Washington, D.C. early Wednesday as residents were still celebrating the Fourth of July, police said. The shooting occurred shortly before 1 [Read More…]
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El Paso Walmart gunman’s federal hate crimes sentencing hearing begins Wednesday
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The sentencing hearing for the El Paso Walmart gunman on dozens of federal hate crimes and firearms charges is set to begin Wednesday. Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty [Read More…]
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BelVita Breakfast Sandwich biscuits recalled following possible peanut contamination, company says
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A pair of belVita Breakfast Sandwich products have been voluntarily recalled because they have potential “undeclared peanut,” according to the company that makes the biscuits. Mondelēz Global announced the [Read More…]
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Four bodies, including infant, pulled from Rio Grande over 3-day span: Official
Mona Makela Photography/Getty Images (TEXAS) — Four bodies, including that of an infant, have been recovered from the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, since Saturday, according to Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesperson with the [Read More…]
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125 injured after Israeli forces attack hospital
Boy_Anupong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israeli forces fired tear gas inside of a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday that injured 125 people as a two-day raid on the city continued, [Read More…]
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Joey Chestnut wins 16th hot dog eating contest after storm delays event
oscar acosta / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 16th time on Tuesday, adding to his record for the most career championships of any [Read More…]
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Highland Park gathers to remember parade shooting victims 1 year later
larrybraunphotography.com/Getty Images (ILLINOIS) — It was a somber Fourth of July for the residents of Highland Park, Illinois, as they gathered to mark one year since the mass shooting that took the lives of seven [Read More…]
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Secret Service investigating suspected cocaine found inside White House complex
Barry Winiker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Secret Service investigating suspected cocaine found inside White House complex The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it was investigating an “unknown item” found inside the White House complex [Read More…]
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Israeli forces fire tear gas inside hospital as raid continues
Boy_Anupong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israeli forces fired tear gas inside of a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday that injured 125 people as a two-day raid on the city continued, [Read More…]