US AND CANADA

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Crowds gathered in the sweltering heat Saturday to celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday by watching famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut defend his world hot dog eating championship in Coney Island, where he downed 66 hot dogs in just 10 minutes. Miki Sudo defended her title as well in the women’s division.

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OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is reportedly discussing handing the Trump administration a 5% stake in the company amid growing government scrutiny of artificial intelligence firms. The proposal would involve other US AI companies giving the government similar stakes, the Financial Times reported Thursday, July 2, citing two people familiar with what were described as “early conversations.”

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President Donald Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence on Friday with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about a sinister threat of communism that evoked one of the country’s ugliest chapters.

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A couple who climbed to the top of New York City's iconic Empire State Building ended their daring stunt with an engagement, and an arrest.

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As New York City prepares for what officials say could be its most severe heat wave in more than a decade, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is urging residents to help reduce pressure on the city's power grid by making a few simple changes at home.

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TikTok has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by a Florida teen who sued the company and other social media platforms, alleging they harmed his mental health, according to an attorney for the plaintiff. 

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Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defied party leadership with an endorsement of fellow leftist Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 30, struck down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the US.