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79-year-old pedestrian struck, killed in Tesla crash outside Simi Valley, California restaurant
A 79-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed in a Tesla crash outside a Simi Valley, California restaurant.
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4th of July travel expected to hit record high: Busiest days to fly and drive
More than 72 million people are expected to travel over the week of the Fourth of July, setting a new record, according to AAA.
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Supreme Court will consider striking down assault weapons bans, in Connecticut and the Chicago-area
The justices said Tuesday they will take up appeals asking the court to strike down bans on the AR-15 and similar semiautomatic firearms in Connecticut and the Chicago area....
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Adolf Hitler baby photo in Paramus, New Jersey East Brook Middle School yearbook sparks investigation
An Adolf Hitler baby photo in a Paramus, New Jersey East Brook Middle School yearbook sparked an investigation.
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Could your job be on this list? AI ranked the careers it thinks it can replace
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape workplaces around the world, many workers are wondering whether their jobs could eventually be automated.A new study from IT Asset Management Group (IT-AMG) took an unconventional approach to finding out. Researchers asked Google’s ...
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LeBron James informs Lakers that he will play elsewhere during next NBA season, ESPN reports
Lebron James will continue his NBA career during the 2026-27 season but has informed the Lakers that the franchise can move on without him.
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Texas ranks among states where fireworks injure pets during Fourth of July celebrations
Fireworks are a staple of Fourth of July celebrations, but veterinarians say they can pose serious risks for pets.New data from pet medical insurance provider Trupanion found that hundreds of cats and dogs have been injured by fireworks around the Independence Day holiday over th...
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How to stay cool in a heat wave even without air conditioning
Heat can be dangerous, but health experts say there are ways to manage the threat. Scorching temperatures, especially combined with high humidity, pose risks particularly for children, older people and those with certain health conditions. Anyone can suffer from heat-related illn...
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Michigan parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 255 pounds
Prosecutors in Michigan say the parents of a 7-year-old boy who weighed 255 pounds when he died have been charged with murder.
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Vibration plates are trending for weight loss, but do they actually work? Houston doctor weighs in
Vibration plates have become the latest fitness trend on social media, with influencers claiming the machines can help people lose weight simply by standing on them.But do the devices actually live up to the hype?According to Dr. Haris Vakil, a primary care and sports medicine ph...
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New Jersey Republican Tom Kean Jr. said he was treated for depression during absence from Congress
Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who's been away from Congress for almost four months with an unspecified medical condition, has returned to say he had been treated for depression....
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Summer Safety alert: Beware of mosquito-borne illnesses in Houston
Mosquitoes are working overtime this summer season, so bad that Fort Bend County has started spraying from above to help control the population.And experts say they can leave you with much more than itchy bites and welts and make you really sick.Mosquitoes carry diseases like Wes...
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Roof of tutoring center collapses in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 14 children
A roof collapse at a tutoring center under-construction in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed at least 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue officials said.Eight other children were also injured and were being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal K...
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Ford recalls over 741,000 vehicles due to issue with park system
Ford’s latest recall covers certain Ford F-150, Lincoln Aviator, Ford Explorer, Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition vehicles manufactured between 2018 and 2021....
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What to expect from highly-anticipated 'X-Men '97' season 2 on Disney+
Season 2 of 'X-Men '97' streams July 1 on Disney+ with a special three-episode premiere.
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This new Texas law will impact how mobile food vendors operate
Several new laws across the country will be going into effect in July, but this one specific law will impact Texans.In January, more than 30 new laws went into effect in Texas, bringing significant changes that impacted Texans across business, law enforcement, housing, technology...
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Nursing gains 'professional' label for student loans after judge's ruling
Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will now be eligible for higher student loan limits
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Millions drop Obamacare health coverage after subsidies expire and costs rise
Experts share why millions of people lost their Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year after federal subsidies expired.
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The largest digital camera ever built begins decade-long survey of the universe
The largest digital camera ever built is starting to capture images of unseen corners of the universe.The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its cosmic survey, meant to capture swathes of the sky in more depth and detail. Perched on a Chilean mountaintop, the telescop...
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Supreme Court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that is more than 50 years old....
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shut down President Trump’s attempt to reverse a 170-year-old constitutional right that gives American citizenship to babies born to undocumented immigrants.In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court said that children born on American soil to undocumented...
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Aid workers warn of infectious diseases, overwhelmed hospitals after Venezuela quakes
Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela's fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes, with damaged and understaffed hospitals overwhelmed by the injured and deteriorating conditions in the disaster zone causing infectious...
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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied o...
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Consumer confidence ticks up as gas prices fall but Americans remain gloomy about the economy
Americans' attitudes toward the economy improved slightly this month as gas prices declined, but their outlook is still mostly negative by historical standards. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose 0.6 point to 91.2 in June, a figure that is s...
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Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls, women from athletic teams
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling Tuesday upholding state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams.
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Job openings stayed at a surprisingly strong 7.6 million in May; U.S. labor market proves resilient
U.S. job openings stayed at a surprisingly strong 7.6 million in May as the American labor market remains resilient in the face of the economic shock from the Iran war.Forecasters had expected employers to post just 7 million openings in May.The job market is sturdy but not exact...
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Major student loan changes take effect July 1: What to know
A major shakeup to the federal student loan system affecting millions of borrowers will take effect July 1.
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1 detained after 20 people rescued from balconies during SW Houston apartment fire: HFD
Officials said a person is in custody after 20 people, including one with a disability, had to be rescued from the 2-alarm fire Tuesday morning
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Trump signs memo supporting ‘right to repair’ movement. Here’s what it could mean for drivers.
President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum aimed at supporting Americans’ ability to repair their own vehicles, renewing attention on the ongoing debate over the “right to repair.”The memorandum, titled “Lowering the Cost of Living by Promoting the Freedom to Fix...
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Latest: AP-NORC poll shows who flies the American flag — and why
It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the world again awaits another round of some sort of talks, this time in Qatar, although President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree over what and even how they'll communicate.A new AP-NORC poll sho...
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Carnegie Foundation unveils 2026's 'Great Immigrants, Great Americans' list
This year’s class of “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” includes Citi CEO Jane Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza, and fashion designer Gabriela Hearst. The newly renamed Andrew Carnegie Foundation announced the honorees Tuesday as immig...
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Christina Grimmie's legacy shines bright 10 years after tragic passing
Christina Grimmie's life was cut short 10 years ago. Yet, the talented singer left a legacy of music, kindness, and charity.
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Sportsbooks say World Cup betting has surged past expectations, with US hype driving action
Sportsbook operators anticipated this year's World Cup would set betting records because the major elements were aligned.
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Houston law firm offers 500 free Lyft rides to FIFA World Cup fans over holiday weekend
As thousands of soccer fans descend on Houston for FIFA World Cup festivities, a local law firm is stepping up to help supporters celebrate safely.JD Silva & Associates is offering complimentary Lyft rides for fans departing Houston Stadium and the official FIFA Fan Fest through ...
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A heat dome will engulf World Cup games in the eastern US this week. Here's what to expect
A threatening heat dome will engulf the central and eastern U.S. this week with heat index temperatures soaring into the triple-digits in some areas.
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U.S. envoys arrive in Qatar for meetings on Iran amid tensions following weekend attacks
Two U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran, an official said.The visit by Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special Mideast envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, comes afte...
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The Latest: Supreme Court is set to rule on Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will rule on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.The decision comes on the final day ...
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Beyond Meat’s new plant-based steak filets are coming to H-E-B ahead of Fourth of July
If you’re planning a Fourth of July cookout and looking for a plant-based option, there’s a new item headed to H-E-B.Beyond Meat announced its new Beyond Steak Filet is making its retail debut at H-E-B stores, giving Texas shoppers a chance to try the product for the first time w...
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Cypriot natural gas could start flowing from ExxonMobil's discoveries by 2033
Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesday, helping to turn the east Mediterranean island nation into a new European energy hub.The largest U.S. oil company and its con...
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Gojek co-founder sentenced to 10 years in Indonesia over school laptops corruption case
Indonesia's anti-graft court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of ride-hailing and payments giant Gojek to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty in a high-profile corruption case stemming from his time as education minister.Nadiem Anwar Makarim was convicted of pu...
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Major federal student loan changes take effect July 1. Here’s what borrowers need to know
Millions of current and future student loan borrowers will see major changes beginning July 1 as a sweeping overhaul of the federal student loan system takes effect.The changes, included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, impact repayment plans, borrowing limits and loan forgiven...
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Screwworm: Fact vs. fiction
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state.LUBBOCK — Ever since the New World screwworm burrowed into the U.S. earlier this month, speculation follow...
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Anti-immigration protesters march in South Africa, as some immigrants leave the country
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in parts of South Africa to rally against illegal immigration on Tuesday in the biggest migration-related protests since the wave of anti-migrant violence in 2008. Authorities said the marches were largely peaceful despite isolated incidents of...
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Supreme Court to rule on Trump's birthright citizenship executive order
The order, signed on the first day of Trump's second term, would deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born in the United States if their parents are in the country unlawfully or are only in the U.S. temporarily....
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There are many questions about the Iran deal. Here are (some) answers.
The agreement struck between the United States and Iran aims to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ease sanctions on the Islamic Republic and relaunch nuclear talks with a 60-day deadline.But the brief document signed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Ma...
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Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off plan to consecrate its own bishops
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday begged a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its plan to consecrate new bishops without his consent, calling the move a schismatic act and a “sin of extreme gravity.”“I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!” Le...
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Who flies the American flag for holidays — and who never flies one, according to an AP-NORC poll
Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home. A few miles away, Yvonne Pistochini says there is no scenario under which she would allow the Stars and Stripes to cast its shadow where she lives.Both are Black.For Esters, the flag represents the oppo...
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Britain sets out a plan for future defense with a focus on drones and a fight over money
Self-flying fighter jets, uncrewed submarines and drones will be at the center of Britain’s future military under a defense plan being announced Tuesday that reflects a world of conflicts transformed by technology.The Defense Investment Plan has been repeatedly delayed as militar...
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He survived 2 natural disasters in Venezuela's La Guaira. Now he vows never to return
Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has survived two of the country's worst natural disasters: the devastating 1999 mudslides that ravaged the coastal state of La Guaira and, 26 years later, two powerful earthquakes that struck the same region.Bruised around his left eye and across...
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How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery
Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditional Palestinian patterns. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees, Kabouli had never seen her parent...
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Asian shares follow Wall Street higher, while the Japanese yen hits a 39-year low against the dollar
Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street gains, while the Japanese yen was trading near a 40-year low against the U.S. dollar. Shares in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan rebounded from earlier losses spurred by selling of technology companies due to concerns ...
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Republican Tom Kean Jr. set to return to Congress after long unexplained absence
Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who's been away from Congress for almost four months, is expected to re-emerge in public after months of speculation about the unspecified medical condition he says has kept him away from Washington. Kean, 57, a second-term lawmaker and sci...
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A Jefferson for every era, from Lincoln to Trump, and the contradictions that endure
He's a prize-winning presidential historian who wrote an entire biography of Thomas Jefferson. But even Jon Meacham needs to think for a moment before defining what it means to be a “Jeffersonian.”"Well for a long time, before the civil rights movement, it meant to be more inclin...
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Welcome home canceled for Houston-area pastor convicted in child sex sting set for parole release
A Houston-area pastor convicted in an online child sex sting is scheduled to be released from prison Tuesday after serving less than half of his 25-year sentence....
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Tejano singer warns of West Nile dangers after mosquito bite leaves him in wheelchair
A single mosquito bite two years ago changed Fernando Silva’s life forever and health officials are now warning that this summer’s record mosquito surge across southeast Texas could put thousands of others at risk.Fort Bend County has declared a public health emergency after conf...
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‘Like raw sh**’: Candlelight Oaks neighbors fed up with sewage backup after storms
Residents in a northwest Houston neighborhood say every heavy rain brings more than flooded streets—it brings raw sewage.Neighbors in the Candlelight Oaks community say they’ve dealt with repeated sewage backups over the past several months and even years, claiming wastewater has...
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Explosion in Monaco injuries 3 including Ukrainian tycoon, and suspected attacker flees to France
A blast from an explosive device has seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco, and the attacker fled to France, local authorities said. French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian magnate and his family were those injured.The unusual attack Mond...
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Houston doctor urges heat illness prevention as workers battle summer heat
The summer heat isn’t just uncomfortable. It can become dangerous fast.Whether you’re planning a Fourth of July barbecue, taking the kids to the splash pad or training for a marathon, timing can make a huge difference during a Houston summer.With temperatures regularly climbing i...
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Warming climate, pollution and unplanned growth push Kashmir’s lakes toward disappearance
Every morning, long, narrow wooden boats called shikaras move elegantly across expansive Dal Lake in a postcard-perfect scene framed by the Himalayan mountains. But all is not perfect in one of South Asia’s best-known lakes. Pollution from local buildings, invasive plant species ...