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» The union representing film and television actors says no deal has been reached with studios and streaming services and its leadership will vote on whether to strike later Thursday.
» The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights.
» A heat wave that’s been scorching much of the U.S. Southwest is bringing triple digit temperatures and an increased risk of wildfires to California.
» A Russian general in charge of forces fighting in southern Ukraine has been relieved of his duties after speaking out about the problems faced by his troops.
» Ukrainian officials said air defenses shot down 20 Iranian-made drones fired by Russia mostly at the Kyiv region.
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» U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Beijing next week to discuss strategies for limiting global warming.
» Vice President Kamala Harris has tied the record for the most tiebreaking votes in the U.S. Senate. The only other vice president to play the role of tiebreaker so many times was John C. Calhoun. However, Harris reached the record in two and a half years, compared to Calhoun's eight.
» It'll be another year without a U.S. Wimbledon champ, the Celtics lock up their new center, the 2024 MLB season will open in South Korea and the Pro Football Hall of Fame names its 2024 semifinalists.
» U.S. President Joe Biden is declaring “we will not waver” in defense of Ukraine. He made the pledge Wednesday in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he was attending this week's NATO summit.
» A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match.
» A Florida judge says the 2018 Parkland high school massacre can be reenacted on campus by both sides in lawsuits against former Broward Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson, the sheriff's office and others.
» HBO dominates this year's Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of “Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” combining for a whopping 74 nods.
» Volunteers have showed up with snow shovels across Vermont to help communities clear the mud from epic floods.
» Spain is sweltering under an unrelenting heat wave as temperatures start to build toward what is forecast to be a torrid weekend across southern Europe.
» Sen. Dick Durbin, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says it's time for Supreme Court justices to bring their conduct in line with the standards of other branches of government.
» FBI Director Chris Wray defended what he calls the “real FBI” before a contentious hearing of the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee.
» Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute intervention from federal mediators.
» Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred will consider increasing time on the pitch clock for the postseason but is reluctant to adjust an innovation the sport considers a great success.
» A PGA Tour executive has told Congress that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund agreed to invest more than $1 billion in a new commercial entity controlled by the tour.
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