Beryl hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday.
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Hamas clears way for possible cease-fire after dropping key demand, officials say
Months of on-again off-again cease-fire talks have stumbled over Hamas’ demand that any deal include a complete end to the war.
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Records expected to shatter as blanket of heat threatens 130 million in U.S.
Oppressive heat and humidity could team up to spike temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the Pacific Northwest, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast.
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Trump denies knowing about Project 2025, his allies’ sweeping plan to transform government
The 922-page plan outlines a dramatic expansion of presidential power and a plan to fire as many as 50,000 government workers to replace them with Trump loyalists.
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To a defiant Biden, the 2024 race is up to voters, not to Democrats on Capitol Hill
The party has not fallen in line behind him even after the events set up as part of a blitz to reset his imperiled campaign and show everyone he wasn’t too old to stay in the job or do it another four years.
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A dangerous heat wave is scorching much of the U.S. – again
The National Weather Service said widespread temperature records are expected to be tied or even broken during the heat wave, with much of the West Coast likely to see triple-digit temperatures between 15 and 30 degrees Fahrenheit higher than average.
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NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table
President Biden and his counterparts meet in Washington for a three-day summit beginning Tuesday to mark the military alliance’s 75th anniversary as Russian troops press their advantage along Ukraine’s eastern front in the third year of the war.
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A bench and a grandmother’s ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy spreads overseas
In Zimbabwe, talk therapy involving park benches and a network of grandmothers has become a saving grace for people with mental health issues
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Who is Keir Starmer, the UK’s new prime minister?
His delivery of a landslide win for Labour is the latest reinvention for a man who went from human rights attorney to hard-nosed prosecutor and from young radical to middle-aged pragmatist.
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Federal Reserve highlights its political independence as presidential campaign heats up
Donald Trump, in his time as president, repeatedly badgered the Fed to do his bidding.