From Kansas to NYC, record-breaking heat is going to bake the US into 4th of July weekend
The extreme heat expected to push "real-feel" temperatures to 100 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit across much of the region.

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The extreme heat expected to push "real-feel" temperatures to 100 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit across much of the region.
A record number of Americans are expected to travel over the Independence Day holiday, with transportation analysts warning that drivers who wait until the afternoon could face the longest delays of the week. The American Automobile Association projects 72.2 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home during the July Fourth travel period, […]
Angela Nikolau, 33, and her beau Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, the daredevils who got engaged atop the Empire State Building’s antenna were sprung Wednesday after getting hit with a slew of charges for the cringe Instagram stunt.
With wildfires raging across the western U.S., cities and states are restricting fireworks just as the nation gears up for one of its biggest Fourth of July celebrations in decades.
Washington is experiencing a surge in tourism ahead of Independence Day as visitors from across the country head to the capital during America’s 250th anniversary celebrations. Hotel bookings for the July Fourth holiday are up 17.1% from last year, according to CoStar data shared with Axios. Marriott also expects strong demand across its Washington-area properties, […]
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that the federal government cannot cap how much a political party spends in direct coordination with its own candidates. National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission struck down a Federal Election Campaign Act provision that had limited coordinated party expenditures since 1974, overruling the court’s 2001 decision […]
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Frederick Douglass's 1852 Fourth of July speech highlighted the hypocrisy of celebrating independence while slavery still existed, and today Black Americans still face economic and social discrimination, but despite setbacks, progress towards racial justice and equality continues.