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Author: Associated Press
Schools, parents and local officials clash over back to school COVID restrictions
Tensions are rising between parents and school boards across the country as kids return to school with a new set of COVID restrictions.
Death toll triples to more than 300 in recent China flooding
Record rainfall inundated the city on July 20, turning streets into rushing rivers and flooding at least part of a subway line.
Former President Trump sues Facebook, Twitter for ‘blacklisting and canceling’
Claims that tech companies are biased against conservatives have emerged as a top issue to rally the GOP base ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
New 40-foot bridge in Amsterdam made using robotics, welding techniques
The 40-foot bridge in Amsterdam was designed using a 3D printing technique.
Gas prices aren’t expected to dip below $3 per gallon during the summer travel season
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.16. Drivers were paying an average of $2.20 a gallon a year ago at this time.
Deadly floods leaves massive sinkhole in German town
Aerial footage shows what appears to be a massive sinkhole as flooding continues in western Germany.
Thousands of Cubans are protesting against the government
Thousands of Cubans protested food shortages, high prices and slow rollouts of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Mourners, workers and media pay tribute to lives lost in Surfside condo collapse site
One Surfside resident said he lost eight friends in the Florida condo collapse.
Man bitten by python in the toilet after it escapes from neighbor’s home
In Austria, a man was bitten by a python while on the toilet in his home. The reptile had escaped from his neighbor’s home.