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Lifeguard running for Ormond Beach mayor hospitalized after lightning strike

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) -- A Volusia County Beach Safety lifeguard who's also a candidate in the Ormond Beach mayoral race was hospitalized after a lightning strike Saturday near the Seminole Approach, according to a Beach Safety spokesperson.Damien Curry told WESH 2 News before 7 p.m. that he had been discharged from the hospital."Just got out of the hospital! Toes still tingling! Crazy day!" he said via text.A patrol vehicle was struck while Curry was standing next to it, the Volusia County Beach Safety spokesperson said in a statement, adding the strike tran

NATO chief demands allies present credible plans to reach defense spending targets

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Trump rings opening bell to mark first day of trading for Trump Accounts

A year after becoming law, the new savings and investment vehicle for children known as the Trump Accounts officially became operational on Saturday, July 4.President Donald Trump rang the opening bell for Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange from the Oval Office on Monday to mark the first day of trading.Trump Accounts now join the list of other existing tax-advantaged accounts intended to benefit kids’ futures (eg, custodial Roth IRAs, 529 plans, etc.), each of which has its own rules, limitations and benefits.While Trump Accounts do nothing to lessen the complexity for families deciding

Microsoft joins AI-driven tech layoff wave with 4,800 job cuts

TeraWulf jumps on $19 billion data center lease deal with Anthropic

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Honeywell spinoff Solstice to buy Element Solutions for $14.5 billion

Honeywell spinoff Solstice Advanced Materials said on Monday it will buy Element Solutions at about $14.5 billion, including debt, in a cash-and-stock deal.The deal comes less than a year after Solstice completed its spin-off from industrial conglomerate Honeywell International. The combination would create a larger supplier of materials used in semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and industrial applications. Shares of Element Solutions rose 3.5% in premarket trading, while those of Solstice were down 3%.Solstice said the transaction would strengthen its exposure to AI infrastructure by

War threatens Russian banking crisis, European intelligence report says

Hamas dissolves Gaza government, presses for progress on stalled peace plan

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‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: Johnson’s growing crisis over his unruly majority

Speaker Mike Johnson had just delivered President Donald Trump his biggest legislative win of the year, but as he sat in his office in mid-June surrounded by a group of furious senior Republicans, the mood was sour.To secure that win, Johnson had been forced to make a deal with a gang of hardliners, led by firebrand Rep. Chip Roy, to help bring a bill cracking down on border security to the floor. Roy and others said he’d vowed to do so before the July 4 recess.But now, just ahead of that deadline, Johnson was receiving a stark warning from his powerful center-right faction, including severa

Trump rings opening bell to mark first day of trading for Trump Accounts

Trump to meet leaders of Ukraine, Syria alongside NATO summit

Suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing appears in court for multiday hearing that will preview prosecutors’ evidence

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National Guard members on patrol in Memphis fatally shoot man during pursuit, police say

Two Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man Sunday who turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit, authorities said. The Guard members are part of a federal task force in Memphis created by President Donald Trump, who last year sent troops and federal agents to Democrat-run cities that he described as overrun with crime. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, had deployed the Guard to support the effort. Authorities said the soldiers in Memphis were responding with local

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Mallory McMorrow drops out of Michigan’s crucial Democratic Senate primary

Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan on Sunday, narrowing the field to two as the party faces a crucial choice next month in picking a nominee to defend a must-win seat.That leaves Rep. Haley Stevens facing Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate running from the Bernie Sanders wing of the party who is trying to extend the momentum progressives have seen in recent primaries across the country.McMorrow’s exit ahead of the early August primary doesn’t just reflect her own struggles, but also an emphasis among many Democrats to stop El-Sayed, out of fear he would be a

Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump’s voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt

Democrat Mallory McMorrow suspends her Michigan Senate campaign and scrambles the pivotal race

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Australian PM Albanese apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ comments about Kylie Minogue

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized after naming singer Kylie Minogue in response to a question about who he would, theoretically, “shag, marry, date.”Albanese appeared on the “Bush Deep” podcast on Thursday, hosted by comedian Nikki Osborne, who asked him whom he would choose out of Minogue, actress Nicole Kidman or performer Rhonda Burchmore.“I’ve just got married, I’m only six months in,” said Albanese, but Osborne insisted he choose.“Oh, Kylie, clearly,” he said.“You’d marry Kylie and shag her and date her?” Osborne said.“All of the above.

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Cuba’s hotels sit empty as US pressure campaign drives tourists away

Cuba’s tourism sector seems to have everything from white sandy beaches to Spanish colonial forts.Everything except for tourists.The island’s economy has been caught in a death spiral following a barrage of sanctions levied by the Trump administration against the communist-run government.As services break down and shortages worsen, foreign visitors –– and the income they bring — have vanished faster than the ice in a mojito on a summer day.Former tourism hot spots are now ghost towns, including Old Havana, the original settlement of the Cuban capital which was founded in the 16th cen

Trump won big spending promises from NATO last year. This week in Turkey, he'll try to enforce them

Hamas says it will dissolve Gaza government as US-brokered ceasefire plan stalls

ITV and Comcast's Sky reshape British TV landscape with $2.1 billion deal

Comcast's Sky has agreed to buy the broadcast channels and streaming service of Britain's ITV for £1.6 billion ($2.13 billion), creating a British champion to compete with global players YouTube, Netflix, Amazon and Disney.Sky CEO Dana Strong said the deal, announced on Monday and confirming a Reuters story, was a "defining moment" in British broadcasting.The combination of Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, home of "Coronation Street", and pay-TV company Sky would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, but the rise of YouTube and the streaming giants has left traditi

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Prince Harry told he replied too late to stay at Buckingham Palace amid confusion over UK visit

Prince Harry will not be able to stay at Buckingham Palace when he visits London this week, despite his team appearing to confirm earlier Monday that he had accepted an invitation to stay there.The Duke of Sussex had not provided a formal response to King Charles’ offer of royal accommodation by the required deadline, which was at the end of last week, a royal source said.There has been confusion and contradictions in the lead up to the visit over accommodation arrangements for the Sussex family.The offer for a royal residence for the family was initially turned down on Saturday, before a su

Ancient DNA reveals clues about mysterious ‘Golden Man’ and rise of the Scythian elites

Almost every Russian region hit by fuel crisis, as Ukraine escalates drone attacks

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‘I didn’t think it was a foul’: Trump says he asked FIFA president for review of controversial red card

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Three sons of Iran's slain leader Khamenei appear at funeral, not his successor

Three sons of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four other family members on Sunday, but Mojtaba, the son who succeeded him

1 killed in attack on Crimea as Putin and Zelenskyy hold separate Trump calls

A Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea has killed one person, according to Moscow-installed officials

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Founder of one of China’s biggest underground churches freed, reunites with family in US

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Putin and Trump held ‘businesslike’ 90-minute July 4 call, Moscow says

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Suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing appears in court for multiday hearing that will preview prosecutors’ evidence

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Khamenei's other sons appear at his funeral in Iran as new supreme leader remains in hiding

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Bodies lie unclaimed and rats run rampant as months on Gaza’s ceasefire remains unfulfilled

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Jet fuel prices are dropping but airfares aren’t. Here are 10 reasons to stay home in the US

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150 people from 50 countries become US citizens at Mount Vernon on America's 250th birthday

A group of 150 people from 50 countries has become U.S. citizens at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls