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Weather, Environment, & Infrastructure
Lessons learned from a decades-old heat tragedy help Chicago and other cities
Alex Degman
A heat dome has sent temperatures spiraling in rural and urban areas. Local governments have issued warnings and set up ways for residents to cool off in an effort to prevent heat-related deaths.
Residents on Tuesday search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in the June 24 earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela.
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Untold casualties and humanitarian needs: What to know a week from Venezuela's quakes
Fatima Al-Kassab
Weather, Environment, & Infrastructure
Lone star ticks are covering much of the U.S. Here's what you need to know
Terry Gross

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Mexico fans reacts to its national team scoring against the Czech Republic during a watch party at Shell Stadium in Houston on June 24.
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Health and Sports
Americans are showing up for the World Cup in record-breaking numbers
Juliana Kim
While the U.S. isn't a bona fide soccer nation yet, the past three weeks have perhaps shown what it would feel like if it were.
Books, shoes and other stuff of victim children are seen at the site of Tuesday's roof collapse at a tutoring center roof, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
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Funerals held for 14 Pakistani children killed in tutoring center collapse
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Visitors wait to enter U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Justices released several opinions before departing on traditional summer recess.
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Policy and Politics
SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship. And, key results from Colorado's primaries
Brittney Melton

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If you're struggling to use up leftovers like a half-eaten rotisserie chicken, turn the assignment into a creative exercise, says chef Margaret Li. It'll make the cooking process more fun and less guilt-driven.
  1. This mindset shift can help you get better at using up your leftovers
  2. The "Garden Variety" podcast offers tips and tricks for plant parents of all levels
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Business & Economy
  1. If wars are so costly, why do we keep fighting them?
  2. Baseball player Bobby Bonilla retired in 2001. Why is he still getting more than $1M per year from the Mets?
  3. Trump wants 3 new nuclear reactors built by July 4. Can U.S. companies do it?
Education & Community Culture
  1. 'Workforce Pell' kicks off, but colleges find that few programs qualify
  2. Scientists volunteer their time to document biodiversity in the Smokey Mountains
  3. Kurt Vile's been good to Philadelphia
Health & Sports
  1. North Carolina's mountainous hills become proving ground for downhill skateboarding
  2. For this family, attending a World Cup match is a generational dream
  3. Team USA faces off against Bosnia and Herzegovina in World Cup match
Policy & Politics
  1. Democratic socialists are on a winning streak. Here's what that means for Democrats
  2. Trump's crypto earnings far outpace the businesses he spent decades building
  3. How is the Trump family making all its money?
Public Safety & Social Justice
  1. Recapping the Supreme Court's busy term full of major decisions
  2. A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it
  3. SCOTUS upholds bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls' sports
Environment & Infrastructure
  1. People are learning to coexist with black bears as their population grows and habitat shrinks
  2. Dangerous heat wave to last through Fourth of July weekend
  3. World Cup's knockout rounds collide with a massive heat wave