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• Photos of flooded Texas Hill Country, a region dotted with century-old summer camps - AP News

  1. Photos of flooded Texas Hill Country, a region dotted with century-old summer camps  AP News
  2. Live updates: Rescuers search for over 20 girls from Texas camp as flooding death toll rises to 27  CNN
  3. Timeline: Catastrophic flooding in Texas claims the lives of 27  Yahoo
  4. At least 27 people are dead in Texas floods as the search continues for the many missing  AP News
  5. Texas flooding: Kerrville continues rescue efforts amid catastrophic flooding  FOX 7 Austin

• States Brace for Added Burdens of Trump’s Tax and Spending Law - The New York Times

  1. States Brace for Added Burdens of Trump’s Tax and Spending Law  The New York Times
  2. The next megabill Congress needs to worry about  Politico
  3. What’s in the tax and spending bill that Trump has signed into law  AP News
  4. Will Trump's megabill help Democrats win the House?  NPR
  5. Playbook: A reality check for Trump’s megalaw  Politico

• Tropical Storm Chantal Forms And Is Headed For The Carolinas - The Weather Channel

  1. Tropical Storm Chantal Forms And Is Headed For The Carolinas  The Weather Channel
  2. Tropical Storm Chantal forms off South Carolina coast, impacts to be seen across Southeast  FOX Weather
  3. FIRST ALERT: Tropical Depression strengthens to Tropical Storm Chantal  Live 5 News
  4. Beach weather: tracking the tropics in the Carolinas from Myrtle Beach to the Outer Banks  WXII
  5. Numerous showers and storms Saturday  WPEC

• Trump warns a dozen countries will get tariff letters Monday - Axios

  1. Trump warns a dozen countries will get tariff letters Monday  Axios
  2. Trump says tariff letters to 12 countries signed, going out Monday  CNBC
  3. Trump says he is about to raise tariffs as high as 70% on some countries  CNN
  4. Trump says US to start sending out tariff letters to trade partners  BBC
  5. Tariffs could surge on July 9 with 90-day pause set to end. Here's what experts think could happen.  CBS News

• Joyful Parisians take a historic plunge into the Seine after 100 years - NBC News

  Joyful Parisians take a historic plunge into the Seine after 100 years  NBC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News

• Hamas says ready to enter Gaza ceasefire talks ‘immediately’ - politico.eu

  1. Hamas says ready to enter Gaza ceasefire talks ‘immediately’  politico.eu
  2. Hamas Accepts Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal With American Assurances Over Talks to End War  WSJ
  3. Hamas prepared to negotiate over implementation of ceasefire proposal  The Washington Post
  4. Hamas says it has given a ‘positive’ response to the latest ceasefire proposal in Gaza  AP News
  5. Trump says ceasefire deal is near as Israeli strikes kill 138 Palestinians in Gaza  NPR

• Heat, storms, mosquitos the big threats at Alligator Alcatraz, experts say - The Washington Post

  1. Heat, storms, mosquitos the big threats at Alligator Alcatraz, experts say  The Washington Post
  2. Lawmakers who tried to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid humanitarian concerns were denied entry  CNN
  3. Florida Democrats denied entry to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after Trump visit  The Hill
  4. Alligator Alcatraz came together quickly thanks to GOP donors and state's disaster response  CBS News
  5. New aerial photos of 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center show detainees  USA Today

• 3 family members struck by lightning on Florida beach; 17-year-old girl hospitalized - CBS News

  1. 3 family members struck by lightning on Florida beach; 17-year-old girl hospitalized  CBS News
  2. Family struck by lightning on St. Pete Beach on July 4  Tampa Bay Times
  3. Lightning strikes family of 3, multiple others at St. Pete Beach’s Dolphin Beach Resort  WFLA
  4. Florida beachgoers injured by lightning strike on Fourth of July  New York Post
  5. Family of 3 struck by lightning on St. Pete Beach, teen hospitalized as trauma alert  ABC Action News

• Flooded Areas of Texas Could Get Several More Inches of Rain - The New York Times

  Flooded Areas of Texas Could Get Several More Inches of Rain  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News

• Trump got $170 billion for immigration. Now he has to enact it. - Politico

  1. Trump got $170 billion for immigration. Now he has to enact it.  Politico
  2. How Donald Trump’s spending bill could kick US deportations into overdrive  Al Jazeera
  3. Senate Approves Unprecedented Spending for Mass Deportation, Ignoring What’s Broken in our Immigration System  American Immigration Council
  4. GOP tax bill bets big on Trump’s immigration agenda despite poll warnings  The Washington Post
  5. In Trump’s new budget bill, Latinos pay a hefty price  Los Angeles Times

• Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: US aid workers wounded in attack - BBC

  1. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: US aid workers wounded in attack  BBC
  2. 2 American aid workers injured at food distribution site in Gaza; Palestinians die amid airstrikes and attempts to find food  CBS News
  3. 32 said killed in IDF Gaza strikes; GHF says 2 US workers injured in attack on aid site  The Times of Israel
  4. Lefty groups are actually blaming Israel and Gazan aid heroes for Hamas’ evil  New York Post
  5. Hamas warns Palestinians against cooperating with U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation  Reuters

• BRICS Set to Condemn ‘Coercive’ Tariffs, Draft Statement Shows - Bloomberg

  1. BRICS Set to Condemn ‘Coercive’ Tariffs, Draft Statement Shows  Bloomberg
  2. An Isolated Iran Looks to BRICS for Allies, Testing a New World Order  The New York Times
  3. Never mind what you heard — the BRICS summit failed before it began  The Hill
  4. Rio mounts major security operation for Brics summit  South China Morning Post
  5. Israel's war on Gaza has exposed 'deep divide' within Brics, experts say  Middle East Eye

• Japan braces for more quakes, authorities dismiss doomsday hype - CNN

  1. Japan braces for more quakes, authorities dismiss doomsday hype  CNN
  2. Japanese airlines cancel flights after manga predicts disaster  NewsNation
  3. A Manga Is Causing Earthquake Panic in Japan  Time Magazine
  4. Will Baba Vanga’s 2025 predictions come true? Experts say panic over prophecies unfounded  Hindustan Times
  5. Japan Flights Cancelled Amid Impact of Manga Doomsday Prediction  Newsweek

• North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists - NPR

  1. North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists  NPR
  2. ​North Korea Opens Seaside Resort With Fanfare but No Foreign Tourists  The New York Times
  3. North Korea just opened a beach resort for 20,000 people. But who will visit?  CNN
  4. Welcome to North Korea’s Benidorm  The Economist
  5. North Korea will open its biggest tour site next week, though it still largely blocks foreigners  AP News

• OPEC Plus Agrees to Pump More Oil in August - The New York Times

  1. OPEC Plus Agrees to Pump More Oil in August  The New York Times
  2. OPEC+ members agree to larger-than-expected oil production hike in August  CNBC
  3. OPEC+ speeds up oil output hikes, adds 548,000 bpd in August  Reuters
  4. OPEC+ to Increase Output by 548,000 Barrels a Day in August. What it Means for Oil Markets.  Barron's
  5. OPEC+ Will Boost Supply Even Faster With Larger August Hike  Bloomberg

• China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths - The New York Times

  1. China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths  The New York Times
  2. China's foreign minister dismisses European worries over rare earths  Reuters
  3. China’s Rare-Earth Leverage Is Paying Off  Foreign Policy
  4. Rare earth exports should never come between us, China’s Wang Yi tells Europe  South China Morning Post
  5. China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained  The New York Times

• “We’re Watching a Brain Drain in Real Time”: OpenAI Hit Hard as 4 Top Researchers Defect to Rival Tech Giant Meta - Rude Baguette

  1. “We’re Watching a Brain Drain in Real Time”: OpenAI Hit Hard as 4 Top Researchers Defect to Rival Tech Giant Meta  Rude Baguette
  2. View / Meta’s new hires offer a peek into superintelligence plans  Semafor
  3. Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’  WIRED
  4. Meta Adds Startup Founder Gross to New AI Superintelligence Lab  Bloomberg
  5. Behind the Curtain: Zuck's AI moonshot  Axios

• China’s first Legoland builds Great Wall replica to lure under-pressure consumers - Financial Times

  1. China’s first Legoland builds Great Wall replica to lure under-pressure consumers  Financial Times
  2. China’s first Legoland opens to visitors in Shanghai  AP News
  3. First look at the world’s largest Legoland resort built with 85 million bricks  The Independent
  4. World’s Biggest Legoland Adds to China’s Amusement Park Glut  Bloomberg
  5. World's largest Legoland opens amidst Shanghai heatwave  Yahoo

• Sony is forced to stop selling the Xperia 1 VII because of worrying issues - PhoneArena

  1. Sony is forced to stop selling the Xperia 1 VII because of worrying issues  PhoneArena
  2. Sony stops selling the Xperia 1 VII to fix some issues - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.com
  3. Sony's got an Xperia 1 VII problem so bad, it had to temporarily halt sales  Android Authority
  4. Sony suspends Xperia 1 VII sales in Japan over weird shutdown issues  Notebookcheck

• Nintendo Switch 2 Q&A with Virtuos: ‘I Think We Will See It Surpass The Predecessor’ - Wccftech

  1. Nintendo Switch 2 Q&A with Virtuos: ‘I Think We Will See It Surpass The Predecessor’  Wccftech
  2. The Best Games for the Nintendo Switch 2  The New York Times
  3. The 12 best Switch 2 games  Polygon
  4. Get an inside look with Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour!  Nintendo
  5. Nintendo Switch 2 has a huge number of free downloads you can grab now  GAMINGbible

• Samsung is about to find out if Ultra is enough - The Verge

  1. Samsung is about to find out if Ultra is enough  The Verge
  2. Exclusive: One UI 8 gives us our first look at Samsung's upcoming tri-fold phone  Android Authority
  3. What to expect at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked next week  Engadget
  4. If the Samsung tri-fold takes this long to launch, I may get the Galaxy Z Fold 7 instead  TechRadar
  5. A Samsung Tri-Fold Phone Could Be in Your Future, if This Leak Is to Be Believed  CNET

• Xbox Producer Offers Laid-Off Devs to Use AI For 'Emotional Clarity & Confidence' - 80 Level

  1. Xbox Producer Offers Laid-Off Devs to Use AI For 'Emotional Clarity & Confidence'  80 Level
  2. How AI can help you navigate layoffs, according to one executive producer at Xbox  Engadget
  3. Xbox Producer Recommends Laid Off Workers Should Use AI To 'Help Reduce The Emotional And Cognitive Load That Comes With Job Loss'  aftermath.site
  4. Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec  The Verge
  5. Xbox exec suffers bout of terminal LinkedIn brain, suggests folks laid off by Microsoft use AI to 'reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss'  PC Gamer

• Julian McMahon, star of 'Nip/Tuck' and 'Fantastic Four,' dies at 56 - NBC News

  1. Julian McMahon, star of 'Nip/Tuck' and 'Fantastic Four,' dies at 56  NBC News
  2. Julian McMahon Dies: ‘Nip/Tuck’, ‘Fantastic Four’, ‘FBI: Most Wanted’ Star Was 56  Deadline
  3. ‘Charmed’ stars pay tribute to Julian McMahon after his death at 56: ‘One of a kind’  New York Post
  4. Julian McMahon Remembered by Ex-Wife Brooke Burns with Sweet Daughter Photo  People.com
  5. Julian McMahon, 'Nip/Tuck' and 'Fantastic Four' actor, dies at 56  USA Today

• Box Office: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Keeps Dino Franchise Alive With $141M U.S. Opening, $312M Globally - The Hollywood Reporter

  1. Box Office: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Keeps Dino Franchise Alive With $141M U.S. Opening, $312M Globally  The Hollywood Reporter
  2. How to Escape a T-Rex in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’  The New York Times
  3. The director of 'Jurassic World Rebirth', Gareth Edwards, explains why he put Steven Spielberg easter eggs in the film  Yahoo
  4. 'Jurassic' movies ranked from worst to best (including 'Rebirth')  USA Today
  5. A Modest Plea to the ‘Jurassic World’ Franchise: No More Mutant Dinosaurs  IndieWire

• ‘Devastated’ Kelly Clarkson abruptly cancels first shows of Las Vegas residency - New York Post

  1. ‘Devastated’ Kelly Clarkson abruptly cancels first shows of Las Vegas residency  New York Post
  2. Kelly Clarkson cancels Vegas residency opener just before showtime. Why?  USA Today
  3. Kelly Clarkson Last-Minute Postpones Opening of Las Vegas Residency to 'Protect' Her Voice: 'I Am Devastated'  People.com
  4. Kelly Clarkson’s Last-Minute Vegas Delay Has Fans Wondering if She’s Taking a Page From Adele’s Playbook  Yahoo
  5. Kelly Clarkson is 'devastated' as she shares health update: 'I need to protect myself'  hellomagazine.com

• Final Black Sabbath Concert Kicks off with Mastodon, Rival Sons, Anthrax, Halestorm & Lamb of God - Consequence of Sound

  1. Final Black Sabbath Concert Kicks off with Mastodon, Rival Sons, Anthrax, Halestorm & Lamb of God  Consequence of Sound
  2. Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s final gig – follow it live!  The Guardian
  3. Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show: Here's how to stream  USA Today
  4. Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning Will Be the ‘Most Important Day’ in Heavy Metal History, Tom Morello Teases  Billboard
  5. Black Sabbath farewell concert being held in Birmingham today - live updates  The Independent

• Thousands gather to bid farewell to Liverpool's Diogo Jota, brother André Silva at their funeral - Euronews.com

  1. Thousands gather to bid farewell to Liverpool's Diogo Jota, brother André Silva at their funeral  Euronews.com
  2. Oasis pays tribute to Diogo Jota during first gig of reunion tour  ESPN
  3. Liverpool squad bid emotional farewell to Diogo Jota at team-mate’s funeral  The Independent
  4. What we know about the death of Liverpool soccer star Diogo Jota and his brother  CNN
  5. Photos Show Diogo Jota's Grief-Stricken Parents, Family Arriving at Wake  Men's Journal

• Club World Cup 2025: How to watch PSG vs. Bayern Munich - New York Post

  1. Club World Cup 2025: How to watch PSG vs. Bayern Munich  New York Post
  2. PSG vs Bayern Munich: FIFA Club World Cup stats & head-to-head  BBC
  3. Paris Saint-Germain v Bayern Munich: Club World Cup quarter-final – live  The Guardian
  4. PSG vs Bayern Munich live updates: Jamal Musiala injury overshadows Club World Cup quarter-final match  The New York Times
  5. 📸 Two monster saves: Donnarumma and Neuer steal the show  Yahoo Sports

• NASCAR Saturday schedule at Chicago - NBC Sports

  1. NASCAR Saturday schedule at Chicago  NBC Sports
  2. NASCAR at Chicago Street Course: Key info, links, results for race weekend  NASCAR.com
  3. 2025 Chicago Street Race NASCAR odds, picks, props: Expert who nailed 17 winners backs 100-1 longshot  CBS Sports
  4. Chicago NASCAR race today: NASCAR Xfinity Series race The Loop 110 to take off in Grant Park Saturday; Cup Series happening Sunday  ABC7 Chicago
  5. How to watch Sunday’s Cup race at Chicago: Start time, TV info, weather  NBC Sports

• NHL free-agency report cards: Grading every team’s early offseason moves - The Athletic - The New York Times

  1. NHL free-agency report cards: Grading every team’s early offseason moves - The Athletic  The New York Times
  2. NHL Free Agent Tracker  NHL.com
  3. NHL free agency tracker: Updated list of the summer signings  ESPN
  4. Maple Leafs pending UFA Marner inks eight-year, $96M contract in sign and trade with Vegas  TSN
  5. The four biggest lessons of the 2025 NHL free agency first wave  ESPN

• Mars was once a desert with intermittent oases, Curiosity data suggests - theregister.com

  1. Mars was once a desert with intermittent oases, Curiosity data suggests  theregister.com
  2. Carbonate formation and fluctuating habitability on Mars  Nature
  3. NASA Discovery Could Explain Why We've Never Found Life on Mars  ScienceAlert
  4. Could signs of Mars life be hidden in its thick layers of clay?  Space
  5. Was Mars doomed to be a desert? Study proposes new explanation  Phys.org

• Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System - The Conversation

  1. Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System  The Conversation
  2. Astronomers spot an interstellar object zipping through our solar system  CNN
  3. Rare find: interstellar visitor seen blazing through our Solar System  Nature
  4. NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system  NPR
  5. Astronomers spot 'interstellar object' speeding through solar system  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

• 125,000-year-old ‘fat factory’ run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany - East Idaho News

  125,000-year-old ‘fat factory’ run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany  East Idaho NewsView Full Coverage on Google News

• New Horizons conducts first-ever successful deep space stellar navigation test - Phys.org

  1. New Horizons conducts first-ever successful deep space stellar navigation test  Phys.org
  2. Stellar Cartography: A Demonstration Of Interstellar Navigation Using New Horizons  astrobiology.com
  3. New Approach For Interstellar Navigation Was Just Tested On A Spacecraft 9 Billion Kilometers Away  IFLScience
  4. New Horizons images enable first test of interstellar navigation  New Scientist
  5. Cooking with Chef Roy Choi  Maine Public

• Medical Mysteries: He beat a fungal infection. So why was he so ill again? - The Washington Post

  Medical Mysteries: He beat a fungal infection. So why was he so ill again?  The Washington Post

• Can adults make new brain cells? New study may finally settle one of neuroscience's greatest debates - Live Science

  1. Can adults make new brain cells? New study may finally settle one of neuroscience's greatest debates  Live Science
  2. Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy  Scientific American
  3. Do we grow new brain cells as adults? The answer seems to be yes  New Scientist
  4. New neurons continue to form in the adult human hippocampus: Study  Medical Xpress
  5. Genetic evidence that our brains make new neurons in adulthood may close a century-old debate  Science | AAAS

• Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US - CNN

  1. Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US  CNN
  2. July Fourth, measles vaccines and healthy travel: The week in Well+Being  The Washington Post
  3. More measles outbreaks put US total within single digits of modern-day record  CIDRAP
  4. What to Know About Measles When Traveling  The New York Times
  5. Protect yourself and your family from measles  ABC4 Utah

• Massive Review Finds No 'Safe' Level of Processed Meat Consumption - ScienceAlert

  1. Massive Review Finds No 'Safe' Level of Processed Meat Consumption  ScienceAlert
  2. There is no safe amount of processed meat to eat, according to new research  CNN
  3. Health effects associated with consumption of processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids: a Burden of Proof study  Nature
  4. There's 'No Safe Amount' of Hot Dogs to Eat, New Study Finds  People.com
  5. Happy ultra-processed foods day!  vox.com