The Ongoing Battle Over American Storytelling
Two perspectives on America's historical narrative persist.
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Horror Film 'Obsession' Surpasses $400 Million
Curry Barker's film hits major box office milestone.
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England Triumphs, Mexico's World Cup Ends
England secures 3-2 win over Mexico in knockout stage.
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Fashion's Fall 2026 Couture Highlights
Intricate designs showcased by top fashion houses.
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Starmer Blocks FIFA's Kick-off Time Change
Starmer intervenes in FIFA scheduling proposal.
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Watch Portugal vs Spain for Free
Live stream details for Portugal vs Spain match.
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Cyborg Cockroaches Can Breathe Underwater
Cyborg cockroaches equipped with printed suits emerge.
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Kawhi Leonard Secures New Agent Ahead of Talks
Kawhi Leonard switches agents before contract negotiations.
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A Rarely Used Cholesterol Test Could Prevent More Heart Attacks, Study Finds
A Northwestern Medicine study finds apoB — a blood test measuring the number of harmful cholesterol-carrying particles — outperforms standard LDL testing for deciding who needs intensive treatment.
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Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs in AI-Era 'Reset,' Gutting Xbox
Microsoft is eliminating about 4,800 roles — roughly 2.1% of its global workforce — in its latest cost-cutting move of the AI era.
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Trump Blends Patriotism and Politics in July 4 'Salute to America 250' Speech
President Trump marked the 250th anniversary of American independence with a keynote on the National Mall, after storms forced a roughly two-hour evacuation of the crowd.
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NASA's Perseverance Finds Most Complex Organic Molecules Yet on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover detected the most extensive evidence of complex organic molecules on Mars, in rocks from the Bright Angel formation in Jezero Crater.
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Dow Tops 53,000 for the First Time as AI Stocks Rebound
The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly crossed 53,000 for the first time ever on Monday, July 6, 2026, before slipping back from its intraday record.
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'Toy Story 5' Smashes Franchise Record With $159.7M Opening
'Toy Story 5' opened to $159.7 million domestically — the best weekend in franchise history, topping Toy Story 4's $120.9M debut in 2019.
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2026 World Cup Reaches Round of 16 as Hosts Chase Glory
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, has reached the Round of 16 with all eight knockout matchups set.
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Russia-Ukraine War Enters New Phase as Deadly Kyiv Strikes Precede NATO Summit
Russia launched its second large-scale attack on Kyiv in under a week, killing 11 and injuring 60, on the eve of the NATO summit.
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Google's Electricity Use Jumps 37% in a Year as AI Buildout Accelerates
Google's 2026 Environmental Report shows electricity consumption rose 37% in 2025 — its largest single-year jump — driven mainly by AI infrastructure.
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Astronomers Unveil 161 New Black Hole Collisions in Largest Catalog Ever
A new gravitational-wave catalog adds 161 black hole mergers detected between April 2024 and January 2025, pushing the all-time total to 390.
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A Stretchy AI Skin Patch Spots Deadly Heart Rhythms in Milliseconds
University of Chicago engineers built a stretchable, skin-like patch that runs cardiac AI directly on the body — in about 10 milliseconds, with no server or wireless link.
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'Michael' Becomes the Highest-Grossing Biopic of All Time
The Michael Jackson biopic 'Michael' has grossed about $977 million worldwide, surpassing 'Oppenheimer' as the highest-grossing biopic of any kind.
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Europe's Worst Heat Wave on Record Kills Thousands, Scientists Blame Climate Change
By July 5, more than 5,600 excess deaths were reported across Europe during a 14-day heat wave; France alone recorded roughly 1,000 excess deaths since June 24.
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OpenAI Floats Handing the US Government a 5% Stake
OpenAI has proposed giving the US government a roughly 5% stake — worth about $42.6 billion at its recent $852 billion valuation — the Financial Times reported.
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China's Investment Slump Deepens as Property Drags On
China's fixed-asset investment fell 4.1% year-on-year in January–May 2026, more than double the expected 2.0% drop and worse than the 1.6% decline through April.
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits on Party Campaign Spending
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court erased federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates.
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Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Rejecting Trump Order
In a 6-3 opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court ruled the Constitution guarantees automatic birthright citizenship to virtually all children born in the US.
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Supreme Court Expands President's Power to Fire Agency Officials
The Supreme Court overturned a 91-year-old precedent that had shielded members of independent agencies from at-will removal by the president.
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Knicks Win First NBA Title Since 1973, Toppling Spurs
The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 4-1 to win the 2026 NBA Finals — their third championship and first since 1973.
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GLP-1 Weight-Loss Pills Take Off With 170,000 Prescriptions
By July 5, 2026, newly approved oral GLP-1 weight-loss pills had been prescribed to about 170,000 people, outpacing earlier injectable adoption.
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Medicare Will Cover Weight-Loss Drugs for $50 a Month for the First Time
Starting July 1, 2026, Medicare covers Wegovy and Zepbound for weight loss at a flat $50 monthly copay through a temporary 'GLP-1 Bridge' program.
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Summer 2026 Shatters Air-Travel Records as TSA Tops 3 Million in a Day
TSA screened 3,096,797 people on June 22 — its busiest day ever — one of six days in 2026 to top 3 million travelers.
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Astronomers Confirm a Third Galaxy With Almost No Dark Matter
A Yale-led team using the W. M. Keck Observatory confirmed NGC 1052-DF9, the third known galaxy that appears to lack dark matter.
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Supreme Court Lets States Bar Transgender Girls From School Sports
The Supreme Court ruled that states may ban transgender girls from participating in sports at publicly funded schools.
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Iran War's Fragile Ceasefire Holds by a Thread After Versailles Deal
A US-Iran ceasefire brokered in April 2026 and extended indefinitely has been repeatedly violated by both sides amid strikes in Lebanon and missile exchanges.
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Canada Braces for a Fourth Straight Brutal Wildfire Season
Canada entered summer 2026 off three consecutive severe fire years, with dozens of wildfires already burning across Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan by late May.
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'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Is 2026's First $1 Billion Film
'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' crossed $1 billion globally in its tenth weekend, becoming the first 2026 release to hit the mark.
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Hubble Marks America's 250th With a 500,000-Star 'Red, White and Blue' Portrait
NASA released a Hubble portrait of Messier 3 — an ancient globular cluster of more than 500,000 stars — rendered in red, white and blue to mark the US 250th anniversary.
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Anthropic Launches Claude Science and Its Own Drug-Discovery Program
Anthropic released Claude Science in beta on June 30, 2026 — an AI 'workbench' for researchers with 60+ curated skills across genomics, proteomics, structural biology and cheminformatics.
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Gas Prices Tumble Nearly 60 Cents Before a Record July 4 Getaway
US gas prices fell sharply ahead of the July 4 holiday — down nearly 60 cents from a month earlier — giving travelers notable relief.
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Nvidia Reigns as the World's Most Valuable Company Near $4.7 Trillion
Nvidia is the world's most valuable public company, with a market capitalization around $4.7 trillion as of July 2026.
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US Hiring Slumps to Just 57,000 Jobs in June
US employers added only 57,000 jobs in June 2026, well below the ~115,000 economists expected and down from a downwardly revised 129,000 in May.
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Homebuyers Get a Break as the Market Rebalances — but Rates Stay Near 6.5%
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hovered near 6.5% in June 2026, and forecasters no longer expect sub-6% rates in the near future.
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Bird Flu Spreads to More Species and Continents, Renewing Pandemic Fears
H5N1 avian flu is circulating in more species across more continents than ever, with US outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows and sporadic human cases among farm workers.
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Fusion Records Tumble: Korea's Reactor Holds 100-Million-Degree Plasma for 102 Seconds
South Korea's KSTAR tokamak held plasma at 100 million °C for a record 102 seconds in February 2026 — more than doubling its previous 48-second mark, verified by the IAEA.
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Antarctic Sea Ice Rebounds Slightly — but Scientists See a 'Structural Change'
Antarctic summer sea ice bottomed at about 996,000 square miles on Feb 26, 2026 — a partial rebound from four unusually low years, yet still ~100,000 sq mi below the 1981–2010 average.
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Apple Overhauls Siri and Debuts iOS 27 at WWDC 2026
At WWDC 2026 on June 9, Apple unveiled iOS 27 with a major Siri overhaul, including a dedicated conversational Siri app for questions, text and image generation, and file analysis.
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Tesla Robotaxis Now Blanket All of Austin — With Only ~20 Cars
Tesla expanded its unsupervised Robotaxi service to the entire Austin metro on June 3, 2026 — roughly 245 square miles — though only about 20 driverless cars are running.
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Hamas Dissolves Its Gaza Government Under US-Backed Ceasefire
Hamas announced on July 6, 2026 that it had dissolved its Gaza government and would transfer power to a UN-backed technical committee under a US-brokered ceasefire.
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Sinner and Djokovic Reach Wimbledon Quarterfinals as Alcaraz Sits Out
Defending champion and world No. 1 Jannik Sinner reached the Wimbledon 2026 quarterfinals on July 5, beating Japan's Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
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'Bridgerton' Season 4 Is Netflix's Most-Watched Show of 2026
'Bridgerton' season 4 is Netflix's most-watched original of 2026 so far, drawing 130.8 million views over nine weeks in the top 10.
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Trump Lets USMCA Deadline Lapse as EU's 15% Tariff Takes Effect
The US declined to extend its USMCA trade pact with Canada and Mexico by a July 1, 2026 deadline, opening a process that could mean a renegotiated deal or a run of annual reviews.
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