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U.S. Embassy Warns Americans About Taxi Safety in Dominican Republic
Times News Global
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July 5, 2025
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — The U.S. Embassy has issued new transportation safety advice for American citizens traveling to the Dominican Republic. This guidance aims to enhance safety during their stay, particularly regarding the use of...
U.S. Navy Set to Procure Up To 6,000 Active Expendable Decoys for F-35s and F/A-18s
The Aviationist
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July 5, 2025
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) will soon negotiate and award a contract to Leonardo UK for up to 6,000 Active Expendable Decoy (AED) to equip the U.S. Navy’s F-35 and F/A-18 fighter jets. The development, first reported by Breaking...
U.S. completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 5, 2025
WASHINGTON — Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have reached the Trump administration’s...
Northbound U.S. 41 ramp to westbound State Road 2 will be closed for reconstruction starting Monday
WEVV 44 - Indiana
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July 5, 2025
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced a ramp closure for U.S. 41 in Vanderburgh County. Starting Monday, July 7, the northbound U.S. 41 ramp to westbound State Road 62 in Evansville will be closed for...
Box Office: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Keeps Dino Franchise Alive With $141M U.S. Opening, $312M Globally
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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July 5, 2025
The dinos have a new lease on life. Universal and Amblin’s Jurassic World Rebirth is coming in ahead of expectations at the Fourth of July box office to hatch a new era for the Steven Spielberg-created franchise. In North America, the holiday...
Losing the long game: China advances as U.S. refocuses on Middle East
WorldNetDaily
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July 5, 2025
A Chinese navy vessel For more than a decade, American defense and foreign policy leaders have declared China the top long-term competitor — what the Pentagon refers to as the “pacing threat” — and the Indo-Pacific the priority theater. From the...
U.S. completes deporting 8 men from various nations to South Sudan after weeks of legal battles
PBS Frontline
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July 5, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump...
U.S. plans AI chip curbs on Malaysia, Thailand over China concerns
Los Angeles Times
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July 5, 2025
President Trump’s administration plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. to Malaysia and Thailand, part of an effort to crack down on suspected semiconductor smuggling into China. A draft rule from the Commerce...
Trade minister says S. Korea looks to maximize 'practical interests' in trade talks with U.S.
Yonhap News Agency
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July 5, 2025
By Song Sang-ho and Cho Joon-hyung WASHINGTON, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo on Saturday stressed Seoul's focus on maximizing "practical interests" in ongoing trade talks with the United States, as he arrived in...
This tiny U.S. state is the most chaotic place to drive, study says
The Manual - Oregon
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July 5, 2025
Think your daily commute is bad? According to a new study, Rhode Island has officially been crowned the most chaotic place to drive in the U.S. The team at eSpatial crunched the numbers using government data and real-time traffic insights,...
U.S. Air Force F-16C and F-15E Control Multiple XQ-58 Drones in Groundbreaking Test
The Aviationist
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July 5, 2025
In a groundbreaking test which has been defined as “a major leap in human-machine teaming,” the U.S. Air Force recently demonstrated the ability to have multiple autonomous collaborative platforms (ACPs) flying alongside crewed fighter aircraft....
Ship named for Vietnam POW christened in front of family members
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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The U.S. Navy christened the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), a Flight III Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, during a June 28 ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. (U.S. Navy via Facebook) (Tribune News Service) — In 2018, a U.S....
American veterans attacked, injured while distributing aid in Gaza
WorldNetDaily
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July 5, 2025
An aid truck rolls off the U.S.-built floating pier on its journey to a U.N. warehouse in Gaza. (CENTCOM photo) Two American veterans working with the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) have been injured in an attack while...
U.K. police arrest over 20 supporters of now banned pro-Palestine group
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 5, 2025
1/2 Swipe or click to see more REUTERS/Carlos Jasso Lisa Minerva Luxx of the pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action delivers a speech outside the High Court in London, Britain. 2/2 Swipe or click to see more REUTERS/CARLOS JASSO...
As Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the U.S., Google’s brief effort building smartphones in Texas 12 years ago offers critical lessons
Fortune
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The executives were well aware of the difficulties they would face in manufacturing a smartphone in the U.S. As with any great tech industry moonshot, the challenge was part of the appeal—and they embraced it. “Conventional wisdom said it wasn’t...
Flooding damages U.S. 180
Silver City Daily Press - New Mexico
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July 5, 2025
Posted on July 5, 2025 Posted on July 5, 2025 Written by Juno Ogle on July 5, 2025 (Courtesy Photo) Crews with the N.M. Department of Transportation work Thursday morning to repair large portions of the shoulder of U.S. 180 north of Deming. The...
Americans may be seeing the first glimmers of a civic revival | Vince Bzdek
The Gazette - Colorado
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Two weeks every June in Boston, you’ll find thousands of young folks between 12 and 25 gathering in schools, parks, malls and libraries to practice the art of democracy. Thanks to the mayor, young Bostonians get to decide how nearly $1 million of...
Ship named for a Vietnam POW christened before Virginia family members
The Virginian-Pilot
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July 5, 2025
In 2018, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer was named for Rear Adm. Jeremiah Denton Jr., one of many honors he earned for his heroism as a Vietnam prisoner of war. Last weekend, the USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) was christened, taking the...
Rep. Bresnahan explains his vote for President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
Times Leader - Pennsylvania
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July 5, 2025
WILKES-BARRE — When U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. voted on President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, it was his 180th day in Congress. The freshman Congressman said it was a whirlwind week as the House of Representatives had to review and...
Ukraine’s Rudik to Newsmax: We Don’t Want ‘Charities’
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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July 6, 2025
Ukrainian Parliament member Kira Rudik told Newsmax Saturday that her country does not need U.S. “charities” for weapons and that Ukraine will come up with the money needed for missiles and munitions. “We are not asking for charities here,” Rudik...