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July 3, 2025
North Carolina governor vetoes anti-DEI and transgender rights bills, calling them ‘mean-spirited’
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed on Thursday three anti-DEI bills and another measure that in part woul...
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July 3, 2025
Supreme Court to consider reviving lawsuit restricting evangelizing in small Mississippi town
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it will consider whether to revive a lawsuit from a man barred from evangelizing outside a...
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July 3, 2025
Supreme Court to consider reviving evangelist’s lawsuit over restrictions in small Mississippi town
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it will consider whether to revive a lawsuit from a man barred from evangelizing outside a...
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July 3, 2025
Brazil’s Lula visits Fernández de Kirchner under house arrest in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited former Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her home...
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July 3, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries took his ‘sweet time’ holding the floor to delay Trump’s tax bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s no filibuster in the House, but Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries essentially conducted one anyway.
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July 3, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries takes his ‘sweet time’ holding the floor to delay Trump’s tax bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s no filibuster in the House, but Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries essentially conducted one anyway.
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July 3, 2025
Denny’s and Waffle House remove egg surcharges as prices fall
Denny’s and Waffle House have removed surcharges that the two restaurant chains added to their menus when U.S. egg prices spiked earlier in...
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July 3, 2025
Canada to take steps to protect vanishing North Atlantic right whales from ships
The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with ships in its...
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July 3, 2025
California’s largest blaze explodes in size as dry, hot weather raises wildfire risk statewide
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire in a wilderness area of central California exploded in size as dry, hot weather Thursday raised the fire risk...
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July 3, 2025
Alberta reaches settlement with two coal companies suing over policy flip-flop
EDMONTON - Two coal companies suing Alberta's government over its mining policy flip-flop say they've reached a settlement agreement with th...
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July 3, 2025
Wheel fell off RCMP trailer, igniting Lytton, B.C., fire that triggered evacuations
Mounties say a wildfire that has triggered evacuations near Lytton, B.C. was caused when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer in a "tremendously...
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July 3, 2025
Cooler conditions forecast for much of B.C., expected to aid in fire fight
British Columbia's wildfire service says cool conditions and thunderstorms are in the forecast for much of the province as nearly 90 wildfir...
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July 3, 2025
Wheel fell off RCMP trailer, sparking Lytton, B.C., fire that triggered evacuations
Mounties say a wildfire that has triggered evacuations near Lytton, B.C., was caused when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer in what was a "tr...
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July 3, 2025
‘Political petting zoo’: Politicos arrive to flip pancakes at Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - The first political pancakes have been flipped as party leaders from around Canada gather for the Calgary Stampede.
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July 3, 2025
Mother who allegedly abandoned Montreal girl charged with criminal negligence
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her daughter in a field in Ontario last month has been charged with c...
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July 3, 2025
Crown appeals ruling that tossed gun case, blamed ‘systemic and intractable’ racial profiling inside Peel police
The Crown argues Superior Court Justice Renu Mandhane made errors in law and engaged in “speculative reasoning and relying on generalization...
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July 3, 2025
Israeli drone strike kills 1, injures 3 near Beirut
KHALDEH, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli drone strike hit a car on a highway in the town of Khaldeh just south of Beirut, killing one person and i...
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July 3, 2025
First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alc...
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July 3, 2025
Muslim woman’s hijab ripped off in attack involving 10 people at Oshawa Pizza Pizza, anti-Islamophobia group says
Police say the incident was captured on store surveillance video, and they are working with Hate Crime and Equity and Inclusion units to inv...
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July 3, 2025
Firefighters race to contain wildfires in Greece as thousands evacuated, elderly man dies in Turkey
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters raced Thursday to contain wildfires that forced thousands to flee holiday resorts on the southern Greek i...
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July 3, 2025
Rogers Stadium is here for at least the next five years. But will a permanent venue follow in its place?
The temporary venue will host major acts for several years, but plans for a permanent facility remain off the table.
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July 3, 2025
Hundreds of Palestinian families flee West Bank camp ahead of Israeli demolition orders
TULKAREM REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have fled a section of the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank...
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July 3, 2025
Search continues for 7 missing after huge explosion at California fireworks factory
ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — Rescue crews were searching on Thursday for seven people still missing days after an explosion at a fireworks warehou...
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July 3, 2025
Search continues for 7 missing after huge explosion at California fireworks warehouse
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Rescue crews were searching on Thursday for seven people still missing days after an explosion at a fireworks ware...
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July 3, 2025
Weak tornado touched down in southwestern Ontario on Monday: researchers
LUCAN, ONTARIO - Severe weather researchers say a weak tornado touched down in a community north of London, Ont., on Monday afternoon.
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July 3, 2025
NASA identifies newly discovered object as an interstellar comet that will keep a safe distance
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard.
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July 3, 2025
New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard.
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July 3, 2025
David Mabuza, a former South African deputy president, has died at age 64, his party says
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — David Mabuza, a former deputy president of South Africa from the African National Congress party, died Thursday at age 6...
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July 3, 2025
Third person dies after highway crash that killed Manitoba musician
SWAN RIVER - A third person has died following a highway crash that killed the bassist for a well-known Winnipeg band.
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July 3, 2025
Melania Trump meets with patients, visits garden at Washington children’s hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump was set to visit with sick patients at Children’s National hospital in Washington on Thursday as...
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July 3, 2025
Chaotic scene recalled in wake of skydiving plane crash in New Jersey that injured 15
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Three men remained in critical condition at a New Jersey hospital Thursday afternoon and five others were liste...
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July 3, 2025
Finnish media says several people have been stabbed in the southern city of Tempere
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — An assailant in Finland stabbed several people near a shopping center in the southern city of Tempere on Thursday a...
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July 3, 2025
Finnish police say stabbing that wounded 4 people at mall in Tampere not a terror or racist attack
HELSINKI (AP) — A stabbing attack that wounded four people Thursday outside a mall in Finland wasn't believed to be a terror or racist attac...
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July 3, 2025
Putin and Trump to speak by phone in their 6th conversation this year
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they will speak by phone Thursday, their sixth publicly...
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July 3, 2025
Putin and Trump discuss Iran and Ukraine in phone call, Kremlin official says
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Iran, Ukraine and other issues by phone on Thursday...
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July 3, 2025
Myanmar military fighter jet disappears as resistance group claims to have downed it
BANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar military fighter jet crashed in a combat zone in the country’s east, according to an anti-military resistance organ...
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July 3, 2025
Supreme Court rejects Montana’s bid to revive parental consent law for minors’ abortions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it will not hear a case involving a push to revive a law that minors must have their paren...
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July 3, 2025
How a tear or two spooked markets and dominated UK’s political narrative
LONDON (AP) — The weekly session in which the British prime minister is questioned by lawmakers in Parliament can be an ordeal for the gover...
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July 3, 2025
Tears of the UK’s treasury chief spooked financial markets
LONDON (AP) — The weekly session in which the British prime minister is questioned by lawmakers in Parliament can be an ordeal for the gover...
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July 3, 2025
Police say a man injured 4 with an axe on a German train before he was detained
BERLIN (AP) — German police say a man attacked and slightly injured four people with an axe on a long-distance train in Bavaria on Thursday...
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July 3, 2025
Police say a man injured 4 with an axe on German train before he was detained
BERLIN (AP) — German police say a man attacked and slightly injured four people with an axe on a long-distance train in Bavaria on Thursday...
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July 3, 2025
Police say a man injured at least 1 with an axe on German train
BERLIN (AP) — German police say a man attacked and injured at least one person with an axe on a long-distance train in Bavaria on Thursday b...
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July 3, 2025
Supreme Court will take up a new case about which school sports teams transgender students can join
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case over state restrictions on which school sports teams transgender students...
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July 3, 2025
Western Balkans face severe drought and water restrictions during heatwave
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Western Balkans faces a severe drought after a heatwave hit the region, disrupting daily life and creating issues...
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July 3, 2025
Travellers warned of delays at 6 Canadian airports after bomb threats disrupt flights, Pearson says it was unaffected
In a statement posted on social media Thursday morning, NAV Canada said that they were made aware of bomb threats affecting facilities in Ot...
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July 3, 2025
6 Canadian airports implement temporary ground stops after bomb threats affect air traffic control service
In a statement posted on social media Thursday morning, NAV Canada said that they were made aware of bomb threats affecting facilities in Ot...
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July 3, 2025
Elderly man dies as wildfires rage in Turkey, forcing evacuations and road closures
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Firefighters on Thursday discovered the body of an elderly man after dousing a wildfire near a village in western Turk...
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July 3, 2025
Ethiopia says a controversial power dam on the Nile that’s opposed by Egypt has been completed
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Thursday that his country’s controversial power dam on the Nile has been complet...
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July 3, 2025
The Latest: House leaders rush toward a final vote as Democrats hold the floor
House Republicans are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill early Thursday after staying...
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July 3, 2025