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July was Earth’s third-warmest on record, EU scientists sayAug 07, 2025 4:10 pm - The world experienced its third-warmest July on record this year, the European Union agency that tracks global warming said Thursday, with temperatures easing slightly for the month as compared with the record high two years ago.
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Soldiers hailed as heroes for tackling armed assailant at Georgia Army baseAug 07, 2025 3:51 pm - Sgt. Aaron Turner was helping lock down a supply warehouse on Fort Stewart after gunshots were reported in a neighboring office building. Then he saw a fellow soldier walking past, wearing a hooded sweatshirt over his uniform and holding a handgun.Instead of ducking for cover, Turner said, he approached the gunman and started talking — asking what he was doing there and where he was heading.
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Dean Cain, former TV Superman, will be sworn in as honorary ICE officerAug 07, 2025 3:30 pm - Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman on a 1990s television show, wants to join the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
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Britain’s Royal Mail celebrates Monty Python with stamps featuring iconic sketches and charactersAug 07, 2025 2:35 pm - And now for something completely different: Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python.
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Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and former manager, dies at 48Aug 07, 2025 2:26 pm - Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and talent manager, has died of cancer, his family said Thursday. He was 48.
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Two die when helicopter crashes into a barge in the Mississippi RiverAug 07, 2025 1:35 pm - Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Wall Street drifts as stock markets worldwide take Trump's new tariffs in strideAug 07, 2025 11:57 am - Stocks are slipping on Wall Street Thursday after President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs took effect on dozens of countries.
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‘Weapons’ spins small town into chaos that mirrors real life, humor and allAug 07, 2025 11:31 am - If there’s one thing Zach Cregger learned while writing and directing his upcoming horror movie “Weapons,” it’s that the best laughs won’t come from the jokes he writes.
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Book Review: Following a vicious attack, a woman solves her own murder in Holly Jackson novelAug 07, 2025 10:44 am - After the shattering conclusion of “Not Quite Dead Yet,” author Holly Jackson addresses her readers this way: “... and breathe. Sorry. I know that was intense.”
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The Bank of England cuts its main interest rate to 4%, the lowest level since March 2023Aug 07, 2025 6:50 am - The Bank of England cut its main interest rate Thursday by a quarter percentage point to 4%, as policy makers seek to bolster the sluggish U.K. economy.