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By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — Residents of Washington, DC, on Sunday briefly experienced the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a company that ranks pollution globally, as the capital reckoned with the aftermath of a massive, 40-minute Fourth of July fireworks show. City officials issued a Code Red
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan on Sunday, narrowing the field to two as the party faces a crucial choice next month in picking a nominee to defend a must-win seat. That leaves Rep. Haley Stevens facing Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate running
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By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to move quickly to advance President Donald Trumpโs signature voter ID legislation through the arduous budget reconciliation process once the House returns to Washington, downplaying the heightened tensions within the GOP after he sent lawmakers home early for the holidays after a
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By Sneha Dhandapani, CNN The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a seaplane with eight people onboard made a hard landing in the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan on Sunday, causing โsubstantial damageโ to the aircraft, a spokesperson tells CNN. The New York Fire Department received a call at 12:01 p.m. about the
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By Kara Nelson, Karina Tsui, Diego Mendoza, Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines flight that reported being hit by a firework as it descended into Chicago Midway International Airport on July 4 had โminor paint damage,โ the Chicago Police Department confirmed Monday. โWe just had a firework hit our plane,โ the pilot
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Much like his ally, US President Donald Trump, Nigel Farage has enjoyed a political career seemingly coated in Teflon, his straight-talking, combative communication style brushing off any potential scandal. Throughout his rise to become the voice of Britainโs populist hard-right, architect of Brexit and chief anti-immigrant activist, any accusations
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old man was killed and six others were injured in an overnig๏ปฟht shooting after hundreds of teens filled downtown Pensacola, Florida, for the Fourth of July, police said. Phillip Devon Monte Sheppard Jr. was killed in the shooting, Pensacola Police Chief Eric Winstrom said at a Monday news
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ)ย โ A 75-year-old woman is dead after she was hit by a vehicle on the Fourth of July in Indio. Around 10:58 p.m. on Saturday, the Indio Police Department responded to a report of a crash involving a vehicle andย a pedestrian at the intersection of Golf Center Parkway and Avenue 44. Upon arrival,
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By Chris Boyette, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people, including four children, were shot during a July 4 barbecue in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday, according to police. As a family celebrated in the front courtyard of a high-rise apartment building near Surf Avenue, an unknown man dressed in
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By Anabella Gonzalez, Alessandra Freitas, CNN Sniffing and burrowing his way through the rubble of Venezuelaโs devastating earthquakes, Tsunami the mixed-breed border collie was out on one last job before retirement. Recognizable by his heterochromia โ with one eye brown and the other blue โ he has helped locate several people trapped beneath the debris
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By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Before the sun has fully risen, Dr. Heather Schwartz is already warming up a bottle. A clouded leopard cub no bigger than her hands wiggles impatiently, waiting to be fed by the Nashville Zooโs animal health director. Cradled in her arms, the newborn suckles eagerly, its tiny paws paddling
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By Joanย Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — In 2020, when the Supreme Court declared that transgender workers were covered by federal anti-discrimination law, the opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch marked a legal breakthrough. The case extended Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to gay and lesbian workers as well transgender
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By Sana Noor Haq, Ibrahim Dahman, Sarah Tamimi, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Fourteen-year-old Karam dribbles a blue, yellow and white football down a sandy path in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. โMy dream was to become a footballer,โ said Karam, who is displaced with his two brothers and sister. โI used to play with my
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By Tim Lister and Daria Tarasova Markina, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump on a July 4 call lasting nearly 90 minutes in which the US leader again offered to help end the Ukraine war, according to Russiaโs foreign ministry. The call came ahead of a critical NATO summit in
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A pastor who founded one of Chinaโs most prominent underground churches has been released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States, his daughter told CNN. Ezra Jin, the founder of Zion Church, was among dozens of members caught up in a
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) โ All lanes are back open after a crash on Date Palm Drive left at least one man injured Saturday afternoon. A two-car crash happened just before 4:00 p.m. at the intersection of Via Colusa and Date Palm Drive. The collision blocked all southbound lanes as crews worked to clear the
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) โ Families gathered at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens for a one-day-only Fourth of July celebration. Zoogoers observed unique red, white and blue exhibit enrichments and had the opportunity to enjoy red, white and blue treats. Discounted admission gave families a budget-friendly option to kick off the nations 250th anniversary.
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By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The Duchess of Sussex, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not be accompanying Prince Harry when he visits London next week, as a disagreement over his familyโs police protection continues. It is, however, still possible that the Sussex family could join him at engagements elsewhere in
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN Lampedusa, Italy (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV marked July 4 with an appeal to Americans to receive immigrants with โcompassion and generosityโ as he made a visit to the frontlines of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. In a letter released soon after he arrived on the southern Italian island Lampedusa,
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Update (7/3/26) The suspect, Adolfo Suarez Lopez, 50, was arrested on Thursday by Mexican authorities in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Authorities said Lopez was turned over to the Riverside County Gang Impact Team at the San Ysidro Port of Entry and was later booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center. Jail records show he is
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