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Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths (apnews.com)

Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death over the weekend....

Las Vegas eyes record of fifth consecutive day over 115 degrees as heat wave continues to scorch US (apnews.com)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer as the desert city is on track Wednesday to set a record for the most consecutive days over 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) amid a lingering hot spell that will continue scorching much of the U.S. into the weekend....

Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (apnews.com)

The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny....

In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids' hospital (apnews.com)

U.N. Security Council members confronted Russia on Tuesday over a missile strike the previous day that destroyed part of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, pouring out condemnations at an emergency meeting chaired by Moscow’s own ambassador....

Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe (apnews.com)

Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases....

Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds (apnews.com)

A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer....

New Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget. But Pentagon says it must go forward (apnews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget and is now estimated to cost nearly $141 billion, but the Pentagon is moving forward with the program, saying that given the threats from China and Russia it does not have a choice....

Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia (apnews.com)

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia....

Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East (apnews.com)

A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley and held the East in its hot and humid grip....

French court rules American man detained after ‘So I raped you’ Facebook message can be extradited (apnews.com)

A French court ruled on Monday that the American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” can be extradited to the United States....

Boeing accepts a plea deal to avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says (apnews.com)

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two deadly crashes of 737 Max jetliners after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years, the Justice Department said Sunday night....

France’s Macron keeps prime minister in place for “stability of the country” after chaotic election (apnews.com)

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo....

A study finds Indonesia’s deforested land is often left idle. But some see potential in that (apnews.com)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after being felled, vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left sitting idle. And when the land is finally put to use, it’s most often for new palm oil plantations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

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