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Lionel Messi celebrates the game-winning goal after defeating Cruz Azul on Friday.

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  • Sports

Will Lionel Messi finally make the U.S. a soccer nation?

After a move to Inter Miami, the world's biggest soccer star has more than a new team to take on — he's being counted on to popularize Major League Soccer too.

July 26, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo,
  • Scott Detrow,
  • and 1 more
A homeless person adjusts a friend's tent to help increase shade cover in a section of The Zone, Phoenix's largest homeless encampment.

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  • Weather

Phoenix melts in a record streak of days over 110 degrees. And it's not over yet

Tuesday marks 26 consecutive days in Phoenix, Az. with a temperature over 110 degrees, and it doesn't look like it will let up any time soon.

July 25, 2023
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By:
  • Megan Lim and
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse
A UPS delivery truck drives through an intersection in San Francisco.

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  • Business

Delivery drivers are forced to confront the heatwave head on

For many, the key to avoiding these record high temperatures is staying inside and blasting the AC. But what about the people whose work keeps them outside for hours at a time?

July 21, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kaye and
  • Manuela López Restrepo
New Zealand's CJ Bott, left, and Norway's Julie Blakstad battle for possession at the first game of the Women's World Cup soccer game at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, July 20, 2023.

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  • Sports

The 9th Women's World Cup has kicked off – and it's on track to set records.

The FIFA Women's World Cup has started, this year with new countries and more teams than ever.

July 20, 2023
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
An image from Day 5 of the strikes in Burbank, California.

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  • Pop Culture

Universal Studios might have invoked the wrath of California's Tree Law

As the saga behind an unsanctioned tree-trimming unfolds, the legal protections surrounding trees in California are made clear.

July 19, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
DJ Deonn poses in an image for <em>Dancemania Delights Volume 4!!! </em>released on Bandcamp.

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  • Music

DJ Deeon, influential and iconic Chicago house music DJ, dead at 56

A pioneer of the raw house music sub-genre "ghetto house" has died.

July 18, 2023
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
Carlos Alcaraz with his shiny new trophy.

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  • Sports

Carlos Alcaraz' Wimbledon win and a new era of tennis

The match between the young Alcaraz and the seasoned Novak Djokovic symbolizes what many say is a changing of the guard.

July 18, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Michelle Buteau at the premiere of her new show, <em>Survival Of The Thickest.</em>

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  • Television

Michelle Buteau is creating the empowering TV series she wanted to see growing up

In her new Netflix series Survival of the Thickest, Buteau's character tackles life as a fat and fabulous New York stylist after a messy breakup.

July 14, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Kira Wakeam
GPB News NPR

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  • Weather

A Vermont farmer faces the aftermath of massive flooding

A Burlington-area man says his small organic farm sustained $350,000-$400,000 in crop damages alone — and was canoeing through his fields after heavy rains earlier this week.

July 13, 2023
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By:
  • Megan Lim
A portrait of the artist.

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  • Music

Pierre Kwenders sings about love — in all of his languages

A year after releasing an award-winning album that touched on deeply personal subject matter, Kwenders looks back on his origins in Central Africa, and his path as a musician.

July 12, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Kira Wakeam
Giraffes wait in a truck before they are unloaded at Iona National Park in Angola.

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  • Animals

For the first time in decades, Angolan giraffes now populate a park in Angola

After a logistically complicated journey of over 36 hours, 14 juvenile giraffes have made it to their subspecies' native homeland in Iona National Park.

July 11, 2023
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By:
  • Megan Lim
(L-R) Survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher, and Hughes Van Ellis sing together at the conclusion of a rally during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 2021.

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  • Race

Ruling raises another hurdle for Tulsa Race Massacre victims seeking reparations

Over 100 years ago, one of the deadliest race riots in American history destroyed the prosperous neighborhood of Greenwood, in Tulsa, Okla. Will victims ever get justice?

July 10, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Betsy King in 2018.

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  • Sports

A women's golf OG on the sport's rise in popularity

Legend Betsy King reflects on her legacy and how women's golf has evolved in her lifetime

July 07, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
A corpse flower blooms at the Belgian National Botanic Gardens in 2020.

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  • Strange News

Unspeakably stinky and unpredictable: two corpse flowers are blooming in the U.S.

The Titan Arum has become a rockstar in the plant world for its unpredictable displays, and more notoriously, its putrid stench of rotting flesh.

July 06, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Gnarled, tall and all-seeing.

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  • Environment

Joshua trees are dying. This new legislation hopes to tackle that

The iconic spindly plants are under threat from a variety of factors, including climate change and development, and the California legislature is stepping in to help.

July 06, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
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