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Families packed the streets of Kenai last weekend to celebrate America's 250th birthday at the city's annual Fourth of July parade. A float representing Epperheimer, Inc., who were awarded best business in the Independence Day parade, proceeds down North Willow Street in Kenai, Alaska, on July 4, 2026. The streets of Kenai were a sea of spangly red, white and blue. Kids chase candy while patriotic floats rolled by under overcast skies.

BANGKOK — A huge fire engulfed a pub in Bangkok early on Monday morning, killing at least 27 people before firefighters brought the blaze under control, officials said. Footage shared online by first responders shows a huge blaze raging and plumes coming out of the front door of the Na Ladprao pub in the northern part of the Thai capital. People are seen trying to flee as thick black smoke billows into the sky. Rescuers said the fire was reported around midnight.

At least two people are dead and at least four people are injured after a shooting at a festival in Toronto on Saturday night. Toronto Police Service Deputy Chief Frank Barredo said Saturday night that gunfire was exchanged between two people at Salsa on St. Clair festival, an annual two-day event celebrating Latin culture held in Canada's biggest city. Two firearms were recovered and police are working through at least three crime scenes, Barredo told reporters on Saturday.

Ann DeField is grateful her two sons and their fellow campers are home safe after they were evacuated from a Missouri summer camp that became flooded during severe weather across the central U.S. this week. Benjamin, 11 years old and Teddy, 9, were among the more than 200 children and counselors who were airlifted from Camp Taum Sauk on Friday in Lesterville, Mo., after the region saw historic rainfall.

An outbreak of an intestinal illness that causes diarrhea, nausea and fatigue has been detected in 31 states, according to federal health authorities, but the source is still under investigation. As of Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had received reports of 843 cases of cyclosporiasis, the gastrointestinal affliction caused by the parasite Cyclospora.

Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake served in congress alongside Lindsay Graham from 2013-2019. Despite moments of tension and disagreement, he says he and Sen. Graham were "friends to the end."

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Andrew Iden, Executive Producer of , which examines Georgia's role in America's revolutionary period through the 2,000 roadside historical marker.

Based on the clue, name two words that have the same number of letters and begin and end with the letters provided. (Ex. Rocks / five letters / S and E —> Slate, Shale) 1. European languages in 7 letters starting with S and ending with . 2. Ancient stringed instruments / 4 letters / L and E 3. Birds / 6 letters / P and N 4. Parts of the body / 5 letters / T and H 5. Things seen in a classroom / 5 letters / C and K 6. Newsstand magazines / 7 letters / E and E 7. Books of the Bible / 4 letters / A and S 8.

Momy Seck Ndao has been planning for this day for months. The environmental engineer is standing beside two swimming-pool sized ponds, each lined with a black tarp and full of hundreds of tilapia. Two of her colleagues trudge through the pond in waders, trying to corral the fish with a net. "For this project, we need a lot of tilapia, about 1,900," says Ndao, as she eyes the horizon. They're in a race against the rising sun.