A massive Lego man named Dada has welcomed visitors to the new Legoland resort in Shanghai

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Hurricane season can be stressful for millions of Americans living in coastal areas, as powerful winds and heavy rain can cause widespread damage, cut power for days or weeks and otherwise upend people’s lives

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Heavy rains have caused devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, killing at least 24 people and leaving many others missing

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Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome

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England and Wales get under way at Euro 2025 in Switzerland.

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Novak Djokovic is one away from a century of Wimbledon match wins.

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Estevao Willian had equalised for Palmeiras against the club he will join after the tournament.

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Art is doing ‘extremely well,’ his new owner said on social media

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Independence Day fireworks shows have kicked off across the East Coast

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Rockaway Beach in Queens was closed after shark sightings on Friday

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Jacksonville, Florida was rated the most boring city in the U.S., according to one analysis

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Hundreds of protesters in Mexico City have destroyed businesses and harassed tourists in the city’s touristic hub in a march railing against mass-tourism and gentrification

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Universities use their endowments to fund critical operations and to provide services, such as tuition assistance to low-income students

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Cal Raleigh tied Ken Griffey Jr. for the franchise record for home runs before the All-Star break with 35 with a pair of blasts in Seattle's 6-0 win.

It's clear that Emma Raducanu was not happy about Wimbledon's electric line calling on Friday.

Texas officials said between 23 to 25 kids from Camp Mystic remain unaccounted for as the Guadalupe River swelled above its banks during a freak early morning rainstorm.

Camp Mystic — where a frantic search is underway for survivors of a catastrophic flood — has been a destination for the daughters of Texas’s political elite since it was founded in 1926.

IAEA chief says electricity restored after 3½ hours as Ukraine blames Russian shelling for outage; Kyiv accuses Putin of ‘humiliating’ Trump with attack on capital. What we know on day 1,228

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The annual extravaganza featured 80,000 total shells firing off 1,000 feet over the Brooklyn Bridge and East River.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed his US$3.4 trillion budget bill into law Friday, enshrining an extension of tax cuts, temporary new breaks for tipped workers and funding to crack down on illegal immigration. Read More

Bill Belichick is not afraid to rip a player a new one, and Stephon Gilmore was no exception.

"Mind u, this is an ACTUAL convicted felon. but go off," one commenter wrote of Joe who served 41 months behind bars for fraud and failure to pay taxes.

The Citi Field crowd was large and loud.

“I was thinking about that last pitch,’’ Domínguez said. “I should have waited for another strike, but I swung.” 

The Australian actor broke into Hollywood playing suave villains in Nip/Tuck and Fantastic Four – but one of his final roles was some of his best work

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The Australian-American actor Julian McMahon, who has died from cancer aged 56, had a long and accomplished career. Like many Australian actors, it began with a soap opera – McMahon played Ben Lucini in 150 episodes of Home and Away – but he soon broke free to pursue a more ambitious and challenging oeuvre.

McMahon, the son of former prime minister Sir William “Billy” McMahon, made a name for himself overseas through US television in his 30s. On supernatural drama Charmed he played Cole Turner, a half-human, half-demon assassin turned love interest for one of the witches he was hired to kill. McMahon took to the show’s campy tone with aplomb, delivering lines like “I’m going straight to hell, cause it’s got to be a sin to look this good” with a twinkle in his eye.

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The Mets’ new-look top of the order has settled in and is showing potential few teams can match. The bottom of the order, though, has been a problem. 

"[W]hose elbow is that at the right[?]" jeered one X user.

About 23 girls are missing after torrential rains flooded the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, washing away cabins and buildings at Camp Mystic.

The Yankees’ best reliever before he landed on the injured list last month — not to mention most of last season — he has returned with a long-ball issue that is not going away. 

Multiple shark sightings in Far Rockaway on July 4th led to temporary beach closures as NYC officials deployed drones and lifeguards to monitor and protect beachgoers.

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Zohran Mamdani’s responses on a 2009 college application were criticized by his mayoral rivals. The blowback was dismissed by his supporters as a politically motivated attack.

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With the president’s domestic policy law signed, states will have to administer many of the cuts and decide how much they can spend to keep their citizens insured and fed.

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Search activity for American listings has plummeted in the wake of President Trump’s unpredictable trade war, according to new data.

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Caitlin Clark remains sidelined with groin injury as Indiana Fever prepare to face Los Angeles Sparks, despite participating in limited practice drills.

One ESPN analyst stirred the pot on "SportsCenter" after the Fever's win on Thursday.

"But he’ll do what he’s doing. And I’ll send him peace and love.”

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3 min: A surging run in the penalty area for Pedro Neto, perhaps reassuring anyone that he will indeed be able to play despite grieving for his close friend Diogo Jota.

1 min: Palmeiras win a corner quickly. (Ignore my previous comment that Chelsea won it. I am not yet in Da Zone.)

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In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, the regime appears to be turning inward — escalating repression with chilling speed.