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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s never too late for a good belly laugh. July 1 was International Joke Day. The origins of the day remain unclear, but one thing is for certain: we all could use a good laugh about now.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Few things in life, besides a glass of water when you are crossing the desert, offer as much immediate relief as air conditioning. You’re boiling outside, you pull open a door, you step into a paradise of 68-degree air, and your body all but screams “Hallelujah!” In years past, businesses used to boast that their confines were chilled. Movie marquees used to promote “manufactured weather!” Roadside motels would flash “A.C.” in neon.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By LAURA TURBAY and CLAUDIA LAUER Attorneys for Nolan Wells’ family said they will work with the local district attorney’s office investigating his death to inspect the contents of his cellphone. The family recovered the phone from his friends after he was reported missing during a July 4 boat trip to an island off the Mississippi coast.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration “absolutely” mishandled the communications surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SAN FRANCISCO — A memorial service on San Francisco Bay became its own tragedy Tuesday when a three-story boat carrying 20 people capsized in rough waters near Alcatraz Island, killing one person and leaving three others unaccounted for more than a day later.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PHILIPP JENNE SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Visitors to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s hometown can see the composer — and his dog — in miniature as Salzburg celebrates the 270th anniversary of his birth. But they shouldn’t wait too long. The Mozarteum Foundation on Wednesday unveiled 300 gold-colored statuettes of Mozart, which are barely 50 centimeters (less than 20 inches) tall. They were designed by German concept artist Ottmar Hörl. Mozart was born on Jan.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JOSH FUNK OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett said Wednesday that his decision to cut the Gates Foundation out of his charitable giving is more about believing his three kids are ready to handle giving away his entire fortune than it is about Bill Gates ‘ ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By HOWIE RUMBERG NEW YORK (AP) — The anticipation. The chase. The powdery, sugar-coated board of gum! For generations of baseball card fans, there was nothing like scrounging up some change and sprinting to the store to buy a wax pack.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Ryan Gould, Vinicy Chan and Paige Smith, Bloomberg News PayPal Holdings Inc. has been working with advisers to review strategic options, people familiar with the matter said, as Stripe Inc. and private equity firm Advent pursue a $50 billion-plus takeover of the fintech pioneer. The San Jose, California-based company has been working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Evercore Inc.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians.