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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, convened a meeting of top House Democrats on Sunday as the party continues to grapple with serious questions about President Biden's future as the party's nominee for president.

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  • Politics

Amid growing calls for Biden to pull out, congressional Democrats remain split

Democrats continue to grapple with serious questions about President Biden's future as the party's nominee for president.

July 07, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Claudia Grisales
In this image made from video provided by NASA, CHAPEA commander Kelly Haston speaks in front of other crew members at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Saturday.

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  • Space

Volunteers who lived in a NASA-created Mars replica for over a year have emerged

The four crew members entered the 3D-printed Mars replica on June 25, 2023, as part of a NASA experiment to observe how humans would fare living on the Red Planet.

July 07, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Bolivian women skateboarders — wearing traditional garb — demonstrate their skills on the half pipe.

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  • Global Health

Indigenous pride. Bowler hats. Meet an all-female Bolivian skateboarding crew

This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy skirts.

July 07, 2024
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By:
  • Marc Silver and
  • Kahwit Tela
A voter stands in the polling booth during the second round of the legislative elections in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, on Sunday.

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  • World

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far right

Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead appeared on track for a third-place finish.

July 07, 2024
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  • Nick Spicer
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, right, celebrates on the podium after winning the British Formula One Grand Prix race at the Silverstone racetrack in Silverstone, England, on Sunday.

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  • Sports

Lewis Hamilton edges Max Verstappen for a thrilling win at the British Grand Prix

Hamilton's victory — by just 1.5 seconds — helped him become the first F1 driver to win on any track nine times. It also extended his F1 record to 104 wins.

July 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Palestinians look at the aftermath of the Israeli airstrike on a U.N.-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on July 6.

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  • Middle East

Talks for a cease-fire in Gaza appear set to resume as the war reaches 9 months

Hamas now appears closer to accepting a more gradual approach to its core demands, including a permanent end to the fighting and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, according to multiple officials close to the talks.

July 07, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez,
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • and 1 more
A member of a Nepal government-funded team uses a spade to remove frozen trash on Mount Everest in Nepal in 2021. In the seven decades since Mount Everest was first conquered, thousands of climbers have scaled the peak, and many have left behind more than just their footprints.

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  • Asia

Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage. The cleanup will take years

A Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton during this year's climbing season. It's estimated that 40 to 50 tons remain.

July 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A worker adjusts his helmet on a construction site under the sun as southern California faces a heat wave, in Los Angeles, on Wednesday.

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  • Weather

Temperature records are shattered as extreme heat grips the West and East coasts

The heat wave in the U.S. is far from over. Parts of both coasts are bearing the brunt of the heat with record-breaking temperatures. The heat will continue its grip over the next few days.

July 07, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
 Jon Landau stands for a portrait at the 95th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in February 2023 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on “Titanic" and the “Avatar” series, has died.

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  • Obituaries

Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning 'Titanic' and 'Avatar' producer, dies at 63

Landau's partnership with James Cameron led to a best picture win for 1997's "Titanic." Together they account for some of the biggest blockbusters in movie history, including "Avatar" and its sequel.

July 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Greenbrier Farms on June 28 in Chesapeake, Va. The judge in the classified documents case against him has paused some deadlines.

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  • Law

Judge pauses deadlines in Trump classified documents case over immunity questions

Trump has argued that him taking classified documents to his Mar-a-Lago home constituted an official act — and that the Supreme Court's ruling means the charges against him should be dropped.

July 06, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Mistich
Yellow police tape is seen around the perimeter of a home where a shooting took place on Saturday in Florence, Ky.

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  • National

Shooting at a birthday party in northern Kentucky leaves 4 people dead, 3 wounded

Police officers discovered seven people shot during a 21st birthday party in Florence, Ky., shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday. The suspected shooter later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

July 06, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel in New York on March 7, 2006.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering the star screenwriter Robert Towne

NPR's Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.

July 06, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
President Biden speaks with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Friday.

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  • Politics

6 takeaways from Biden's high-stakes interview

In an effort to quell calls for him to quit the race, Biden sat for a network TV interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Friday night. Did it work?

July 06, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
A man unclogs a drain in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, in Tulum, Mexico, on Friday.

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  • Weather

Beryl churns in the Gulf of Mexico as Texas braces for a potential hit

After battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Beryl moved back into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to regain hurricane strength Saturday.

July 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Randee Noggle stands in front of her home in Taylor, Mich., on June 30, 2024. She sold the house to the sale-leaseback company EasyKnock, which announced Thursday it's going out of business.

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  • Investigations

Courts, regulators tackle whether 'sale-leaseback' deals are actually loans

Courts are tackling the question of whether sale-leaseback deals function more like a mortgage than an outright sale — and therefore should be regulated like a loan.

July 06, 2024
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  • Caitlin Thompson
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