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    News July 4 parade funerals to conclude with tribute to slain dad

    Funeral services for the seven people killed by a gunman at an Independence Day parade will conclude Monday as family and friends gather in suburban Chicago to remember Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy’s funeral service is scheduled for Monday afternoon in Skokie, Illinois. In an obituary, he is...
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    News Trial expected to begin for ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon

    Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump who faces criminal contempt of Congress charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection...
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    News GOP establishment steps up push to block Trump ally in Ariz.

    Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has already helped block one of former President Donald Trump’s allies from winning the Republican nomination for governor in a crucial battleground state. Now he’s hoping for a repeat in his own backyard. Ducey is part of a burgeoning effort among establishment...
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    News Asian shares gain, lifted by strong consumer sentiment data

    Shares were higher in Asia on Monday after Wall Street capped a week of losses with a broad rally for stocks Friday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index surged 1% to 20,507.34, while the Shanghai Composite index gained 0.7% to 3,251.54. In Seoul, the Kospi jumped 1.4% to 2,363.36. Australia'sS&P;/ASX...
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    News 4 dead after small planes collide at North Las Vegas Airport

    Four people died Sunday after two small planes collided at North Las Vegas Airport, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration said a single-engine Piper PA-46 and a single-engine Cessna 172 collided around noon Sunday. “Preliminary information indicates that the Piper PA-46 was...
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    News 2 killed in shooting at Indiana mall, many hurt, police say

    Two people were killed in a shooting Sunday evening at a mall in Greenwood, Indiana, and multiple other people were taken to hospitals with injuries, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police said. Officers were called shortly before 6 p.m. to Greenwood Park Mall, where gunshots were reportedly fired in...
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    News Kanye West drops out of headlining Rolling Loud music festival just days before performance

    Rolling Loud is losing one of its biggest acts less than a week before the music festival takes over Hard Rock Stadium. Superstar Kanye West abruptly dropped out of headlining Friday’s show. Event organizers were also blindsided by the decision, citing circumstances outside of their control...
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    News Extradition process begins for Mexico drug lord wanted in US

    Drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, captured by Mexican forces, was notified this weekend that a process to extradite him to the United States for crimes including the murder of a DEA agent in 1985 has begun. A Mexican federal official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to make...
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    News ‘Not even the death penalty is enough’ says Parkland parent on eve of shooter’s trial

    It’s been more than four years since confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz unleashed a hail of bullets at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Senior High, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others. On Monday, opening arguments will be made in the penalty phase of his trial. Manny Oliver, who lost his...
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    News City of Miami Police Department mourns death of sergeant

    The City of Miami Police Department is mourning the death of a fellow officer. According to Miami PD, Sergeant Shantavia Burnes has passed away. Assistant Chief Armando Aguilar said in a tweet that Burnes worked as a police academy instructor, “molding the next generation of police officers in...
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    News Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck obtain wedding license in Nevada

    Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have obtained a marriage license in Nevada, according to Clark County records posted Sunday. The Clark County clerk's office in Nevada showed the pair obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday. A marriage license is not proof of marriage...
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    News Panel: Hearing to show Trump 'dereliction of duty' on Jan 6

    A House committee’s prime-time hearing Thursday will offer the most compelling evidence yet of then-President Donald Trump’s “dereliction of duty” on the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection, with new witnesses detailing his failure to stem an angry mob storming the Capitol, committee members said...
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    News Leading official of South Africa's ruling ANC party dies

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the long-serving deputy secretary-general of his ruling African National Congress party Jessie Duarte, who died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Duarte, 68, was elected to the leading position in the ANC in 2012 and had been...
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    News 'Thor' stays No. 1, while 'Crawdads' opens strong

    The Marvel sequel “Thor: Love & Thunder” dropped a hefty 68% in its second weekend of release but still held the top spot at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday, while the bestseller adaptation “Where the Crawdads Sing” debuted with a better-than-expected $17 million. Taika...
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    News Police: Charlotte comedy club empties before man fires gun

    A man fired a gun inside a comedy club in North Carolina on Saturday night shortly after it was evacuated and before actor and comedian Craig Robinson was set to perform, police said. The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. at The Comedy Zone in Charlotte, media outlets reported. No one was...
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    News 500 flights scrapped in Italy by 4-hour aviation strikes

    Several hundred flights were canceled in Italy on Sunday, a peak vacation travel day, because of four-hour walkouts involving employees of low-cost airlines as well as air traffic controllers. A union official, Fabrizio Cuscito, told Italian state TV that some 500 flights were scrapped. Airline...
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    News Prosecutors try to prove 1996 killing with body missing

    The smiling face of Kristin Smart still looks out from a billboard in front of attorney James Murphy Jr.’s law office more than 25 years after the college freshman vanished from a campus on California's picturesque central coast. It once offered a $75,000 reward to help find the college...
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    News Uvalde families to receive new report on police failures

    Uvalde families awaited a new report Sunday that was expected to outline police failures in the May school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, after weeks of conflicting and inaccurate statements from authorities surrounding why law enforcement waited so long to confront the...
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    News Man shot during Miami-Dade carjacking in critical condition, police say

    Officers in Miami-Dade County are investigating a shooting that sent one man to the hospital. It happened along the 8700 block of Northwest 34th Avenue. Police hurried to the scene after receiving reports of a shooting. When they arrived, officers found a man who had been shot in the neck...
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    News Drought in northern Mexico threatening livelihoods

    Restaurant owner Leticia Rodríguez celebrated the construction late last year of a new lakeside boulevard in this northern Mexico town that she hoped would draw more people to her business. But now with La Boca reservoir nearly empty, tourists have stopped coming to boat, water ski or just eat a...
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