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Video appears to show someone kicking sea lion in California; authorities investigating

Federal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea lion at a beach in California.

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Trip.com struck with $765 million penalty from China over monopoly allegations

China alleges Trip.com prohibited hotels from collaborating with competing platforms and entered exclusive partnerships.

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U.S. and Iran edge toward talks as Hormuz shipping hits three-week low, regional officials say

Qatar- and Pakistan-led mediators are pushing the U.S. and Iran to return to an interim ceasefire deal that had collapsed after the exchanges of fire

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Fuel prices stemming from a war in Iran is reshaping daily life for people in the U.S. and Chile to Turkey and Nepal

A Santiago cabdriver, an Istanbul carpet seller and a Lagos printer are among those absorbing fuel costs that have doubled since the war began.

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Canada’s awkward tariff summer: Gordie Howe Bridge opens for traffic a week after Michigan and White House officials got uninvited

Trump slapped 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, then posted "We changed the terms" as Windsor celebrated the new Gordie Howe crossing without him.

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NYC stabbing suspect charged with hate crimes over 2 attacks

Raul Morales allegedly stabbed an Asian man and a Jewish man near a synagogue, as officials say Jewish New Yorkers face disproportionate hate crime...

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‘There are no rules. It is the wild west of data centers’: Texas Democratic candidates pounce on AI data center projects in Republican strongholds

AI data center projects have divided the Republican rural community in states like Texas, and Democratic nominees are taking advantage.

24.07.2026 1

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EU strikes Google with $1 billion fine in major crackdown on antitrust regulations even as Trump threatens retaliation

Despite warnings from US President Trump about penalties on American tech companies, the European Union issued a $1 billion fine on the tech giant...

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Two gun rights groups are suing the U.S. Virgin Islands over concealed carry for nonresidents

The lawsuit is the second challenge to the territory's gun laws, following a Justice Department suit filed in December.

24.07.2026 1

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Salman Rushdie describes a ‘lake of blood’ as his convicted attacker faces terrorism charges tied to the 2022 stabbing

Hadi Matar, who stabbed Rushdie 15 times and blinded him, faces life in federal prison if convicted of terrorism charges tied to a 1989 Iranian fatwa.

24.07.2026 2

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The Secret Service is investigating a member of JD Vance’s detail over a suspected news leak

The probe follows a report that agents privately griped about last-minute travel requests from Vance and his family.

24.07.2026 1

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Nun detained by ICE on her way to Mass speaks out for first time: ‘For me, a nun, not to go to Mass…it was very, very heartbreaking’

Officers gave little explanation for detaining Sister Leticia Ugboaja despite her years of compliance with immigration requirements

24.07.2026 1

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Nearly 150,000 California mail ballots rejected in June primary, a record high thanks to late-arriving ballots

Experts point to USPS postmark changes as a possible cause for the ponderously slow vote counts and even missing or late-arriving ballots.

24.07.2026 1

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Hollywood’s iconic Cinerama Dome to reopen under deal with Sony, Alamo Drafthouse

Shut since 2021, the 86-foot curved dome that ran three-projector 70mm gets a 2028 reopening — minus Alamo's usual dine-in seats.

24.07.2026 9

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China adds 14 European firms to export control list in tit-for-tat over EU’s Russia sanctions

The move blocks dual-use exports to firms including Tatra Trucks and Cavok UAS after the EU sanctioned Chinese companies over Russia's war.

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Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russia’s Amazon rival’s warehouses hit military supply chain and shake public morale

The retailer Wildberries handles 52% of Russian online orders and its marketplace lists body armor and helmets.

24.07.2026 10

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South Korea’s ‘divorce of the century’ results in order for SK chair to pay ex-wife $640 million

Chey Tae-won's payout to Roh So-yeong shrank after Korea's top court rejected slush-fund claims tied to her father, ex-President Roh Tae-woo.

24.07.2026 10

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Trump admin deferring $1 billion-plus Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota amid ‘suspected fraud’

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the deferrals are part of a strategy to 'stop the fraud before it happens'.

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Nearly 1,000 people dead from Ebola outbreak in Congo amid health worker strike

Healthcare workers in Congo have faced local resistance, unpaid labor, and physical assault during the declared fastest Ebola outbreak in history.

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Trump approves Saudi nuclear deal that could allow uranium enrichment as U.S. wages war to end Tehran’s program

The 30-year agreement would let the kingdom enrich its own uranium—a capability nonproliferation experts warn could open a path to weapons.

22.07.2026 9

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Tiny Texas town sues to block Trump’s border wall that it says threatens the Rio Grande’s flood levees

The town of Presidio argues that the administration's $46 billion wall could compromise Rio Grande levees and skirts the Rivers and Harbors Act.

22.07.2026 10

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Trump Accounts draw 6.5 million sign-ups, but some families are still waiting on the promised $1,000 funding

The baby investment accounts seed $1,000 for babies born 2025-2028, though some parents report waiting weeks past the promised 10 days.

22.07.2026 10

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Mamdani fails to arrest Netanyahu while insisting ‘war criminal’ isn’t welcome in New York City

“It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant,” the New York mayor said in a video posted on X.

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In Lesotho, the country’s only fully operational ski resort offers snowy slopes for Africa’s ski enthusiasts

A small landlocked south African nation became the hub of snowy recreation in the continent, with 7% of its GDP coming from tourism.

21.07.2026 3

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‘Without these funds, we face critical shortfalls’: Hegseth on additional defense spending following $37.5B Iran War price tag

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified at a Senate hearing that Donald Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget would be a necessary...

21.07.2026 3

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Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion over pirated books used to train Claude in first major AI copyright settlement

Anthropic will pay roughly $3,000 per book to thousands of writers in what plaintiffs call the largest copyright recovery ever.

21.07.2026 2

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Seeds, schmear, sesame: How a bagel’s toasted crunch that became a reflection of America’s identity

New York’s immigrant neighborhoods turned the bagel into a ticket to the American table.

21.07.2026 1

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U.N. reports Southeast Asia’s criminal networks are using tech to build a global illicit economy

Scams caused an estimated $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in losses last year as criminal groups increasingly turned to AI, deepfakes, and...

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Smithsonian director derides a White House report branding the museum as ‘woke’

Anthea Hartig rejected a White House report accusing the Smithsonian of “ideological capture” and anti‑American bias.

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‘It is a failure by AliExpress’: European Commission fines the Chinese marketplace $629 million for not blocking counterfeit goods

The online retailer allegedly breached the European Union's Digital Services Act, mainly through the spread of "counterfeit clothing" and "illegal and...

20.07.2026 3

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FIFA President Infantino spent over 100 hours in the air during the 2026 World Cup amid pledge to reduce carbon emissions

Flight logs show the FIFA President utilized a private jet gifted by World Cup sponsor Qatar Airways to travel to 21 different airports throughout the...

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A passenger brought a 6-pack of beer on an Alaskan pilot’s plane. He now has to defend his plane’s seizure in front of the Supreme Court

An Alaskan pilot cites "excessive fines" to protect his aircraft from seizure by Alaskan state authorities following a passenger bringing alcohol...

20.07.2026 3

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Trump admin attempted to uncover phone records of NYT journalists and sources related to coverage of Qatari-gifted Air Force One

New York Times journalists and their relatives were targeted in a motion to unmask the confidential sources behind Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One...

20.07.2026 1

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Three women chop their way into the record books at Lumberjack World Championships

Competitors from nine countries gathered in Wisconsin, where three women set world records in chopping and boom running.

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Gas prices snap back to $4 as Trump’s Iran truce unravels

Prices are up from $3.14 a year ago as Brent crude jumps 3.2% to $90.95 a barrel amid renewed U.S.-Iran attacks.

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The cheapest resale ticket price for the World Cup final tops $6,400, while special hospitality seats are nearly $60,000 each

Sunday's final in East Rutherford, New Jersey is one expensive ticket.

18.07.2026 3

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Europe’s lack of preparation for the brutal heat wave this year killed an extra 10,000 people, records show

Measures of what researchers call “excess mortality” — the difference between the normally expected number of deaths and the actual — spiked in June.

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‘We shouldn’t be playing the game’: athletes sound off as smoke chokes U.S. sports

Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast.

17.07.2026 10

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Adam Silver: It’s ‘incredibly unfair’ Caitlin Clark has become a ‘political football’

Since she entered the league, Clark has helped significantly increase WNBA ticket sales and television ratings, but hard fouls keep happening.

17.07.2026 10

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Texas flash floods leave at least 2 dead in region devastated a year ago

Some spots of the Guadalupe River rose by more than 30 feet.

17.07.2026 10

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‘We absolutely screwed up’: JD Vance blames Pam Bondi for the Trump administration’s miscommunication around the Epstein files

The vice president went on Joe Rogan's podcast on Wednesday and said the former DOJ head "overstated" what was in the Epstein files.

16.07.2026 10

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EU orders Google to share search data with rivals by 2027; search giant complains about ‘unfamiliar companies’ in your grill

Brussels wants rival AI agents to book restaurants on Android just like Gemini does — Google says that means handing over user privacy.

16.07.2026 10

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United Airlines’ new ‘Economy Plus’ offering is an empty middle seat next to you

The perk debuts on one row of the A321XLR, following United's new "Relax Rows" couch seating announced months earlier.

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U.S. reimposes naval blockade as strikes intensify and Iran threatens to stop all Mideast energy exports

U.S.-Iran strikes and renewed threats to the key global oil route have derailed the interim peace deal, raising fears of a wider war in the Middle...

15.07.2026 10

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This marine biologist warned that coral loss could collapse the oceans. Then 3 men walked into his house and shot him

Months before Kent Carpenter's planned retirement, a masked trio killed the Old Dominion professor in his home in the Philippines.

15.07.2026 10

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Inside ICE’s ‘weaponized vehicle’ defense: why cars as weapons don’t automatically justify deadly force

Courts may treat cars as weapons after the damage is done, but training manuals say the answer in the moment is almost always to move—not shoot.

15.07.2026 10

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Trump reduces size of two national monuments by 90% in efforts to expand land development

President Trump issued proclamations to remove protections and roll back rules for conservation to open up property development in taxpayer-owned land

14.07.2026 3

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The AI boom drove China’s 27% export jump in June as AI and the Iran war reshape global trade

China's exports of vehicles, especially EVs, and other tech-related products have boomed as rapid adoption of AI increases the need for semiconductors...

14.07.2026 10

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Judge said Trump’s $10 billion leaked IRS tax return lawsuit was filed for ‘improper purpose’ and referred one of his lawyers for disciplinary action

The judge said the government cannot claim in official proceedings that the agreement was the result of a legitimate legal process.

14.07.2026 10

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Justices ask Congress for more security funding as Barrett reveals she wore a bulletproof vest: ‘Performing this service… put me in this position’

The hearing before Congress comes two weeks after the Supreme Court helped increase Trump’s power over agencies and rejected his tariffs.

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