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One-third of U.S. under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California

by EUGENE GARCIA and JANIE HAR Associated Press July 13, 2023July 14, 2023

Phoenix hit 110 degrees for the 14th consecutive day Thursday, putting it on track for a possible new record next week.

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House Republicans interrogate FTC’s Khan over regulation of Big Tech

by MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT O'BRIEN Associated Press July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

The hearing comes as the agency has been embroiled in several legal cases against technology companies.

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Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

by ANDREW DALTON and LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

This marks the first time since 1960 that actors and writers will picket film and television productions at the same time.

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Kevin Spacey fights back tears as he testifies how sex abuse allegations ‘exploded’ his career

by BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

The allegations that sent Spacey’s film and stage career into a spiral came in 2017 when a fellow actor accused him of sexually inappropriate behavior 3 decades earlier.

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No leads from cocaine found at the White House, the Secret Service says

by COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

It’s likely the bag was left behind by one of the hundreds of visitors who traveled in and out of the building over the weekend.

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Biden says he’s serious about pursuing prisoner exchange for WSJ reporter held in Russia

by SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

Evan Gershkovich, a 31-year-old Bowdoin College graduate, was arrested on espionage charges while on a reporting trip.

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First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval

by MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

U.S. officials cleared a once-a-day pill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter.