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    A woman was about to give birth. A nurse had arrived an hour early for her shift. Just then, the hospital in Beirut was plunged into chaos when a massive explosion rocked the city’s nearby port.

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    Gov. Andrew Cuomo said workers in New York City's airports and public transit system will have to get coronavirus vaccinations or face weekly testing. Cuomo stopped short of mandating either masks or inoculations for the general public.

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    A Sudanese official says more than 40 bodies, apparently people fleeing the war in neighboring Ethiopia’s Tigray region, have been found in the river between the countries, some with gunshot wounds or their hands bound.

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    SHOWBIZ MINUTE: Kris Wu - DaBaby - US Box Office

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    Kathy Griffin has revealed that she is undergoing surgery for lung cancer. The comedian took to Instagram and Twitter Monday to say her cancer was caught early and confined to her left lung. The surgery will result in half her left lung being removed.

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    Japan came from behind to beat the U.S. 7-6 in 10 innings to reach the baseball semifinals. Yuki Yanagita tied it with an RBI grounder in the ninth and Takuya Kai hit a single in the 10th as Japan advanced to the semifinals against South Korea.

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    A midsummer race for Ohio's traditionally Republican 15th Congressional District has become a high-stakes test of former President Donald Trump's endorsement power, which he has wielded as a cudgel to silence opposition in the GOP.

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    ON THIS DAY – In 1999, Bruce Willis, Toni Collette and premiered ’s sleeper hit of the year “The Sixth Sense” in Philadelphia.

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    A French zoo says a giant panda on loan to France from China has given birth to two female twin cubs. The zoo says the baby pandas “are very lively, pink and plump.”

    Giant panda in French zoo gives birth
    : A French zoo says a giant panda on loan to France from China has given birth to two female twin cubs. The zoo says the baby pandas “are very lively, pink and plump.”
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    Sifan Hassan's gold-medal run in the women’s 5,000 meters came a mere 11 hours after the Dutch runner picked herself up from a scary fall on the final lap of her 1,500-meter heat to not only finish that race — but win it, as well.

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  11. 3 hours ago

    A heat wave baking southeast Europe has fueled wildfires in Turkey and threatened the national grid in Greece. Temperatures reached 45 C (113 F) in Greece and nearby countries. Governments are trying to find resources needed to cope with the emergency.

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  12. 3 hours ago

    Housing advocates fear the end of the federal eviction moratorium will result in millions of people being evicted. They fear removing people from their homes as coronavirus cases rise will lead to more exposure, particularly for low-income populations.

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    The U.S. women’s soccer team has had an uncharacteristically uneven tournament, starting with a 3-0 loss to Sweden that snapped a 44-game win streak, and a draw with Australia in the group stage. But they still have a chance for bronze.

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    A French zoo says a giant panda on loan to France from China has given birth to two female twin cubs. The zoo says the baby pandas “are very lively, pink and plump.” They will not be named for 100 days.

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  15. 4 hours ago

    Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand made a heart gesture to the audience and thanked international sports officials for working to allow transgender athletes to compete in the Olympics after her run in Tokyo came to an end.

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    A German court has set an October trial date for a 100-year-old man who is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin during World War II.

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  17. 5 hours ago

    After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, wrapping up days of painstaking work and launching what is certain to be a lengthy debate over President Joe Biden’s big priority.

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    BREAKING: Belarus Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has received a humanitarian visa from Poland, where she plans to seek asylum, a Polish official says.

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    Jessie Feming scored on a penalty kick in the 74th minute and Canada knocked the United States out of gold medal contention in women’s soccer competition with a 1-0 semifinal victory.

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    In Iran, more brinkmanship with the West as hard-liners take control of all parts of the Islamic Republic’s civilian government with the swearing in of Ebrahim Raisi, a protégé of the country's supreme leader, as president on Thursday. By .

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