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Former NFL star J.J. Watt cautioned against reporters and fans taking too much stock in training camp stats on Thursday morning. That is wise advice for those checking in on Aaron Rodgers’s first training camp practice with the Steelers. Rodgers made his long-anticipated Pittsburgh training camp debut Thursday afternoon, making a dramatic march down the hill to the practice field …

When lightning struck on 4 July along the remote North Rim of Grand Canyon national park, sparking a small wildfire in a patch of dry forest, few predicted the terror and loss that lay ahead. Fire managers decided that conditions seemed ideal to let the blaze burn at a low intensity – a practice known as “control and contain” that …

There was a point in the mid-19th century when the state of the citadel of Carcassonne fell into such disrepair that the French government decided that it was time to demolish the 700-year-old fortress. Fortunately, for those into medieval architecture, after public outcry the citadel was rebuilt and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. On a hot …

For the first four years of Justin Herbert’s career, Mike Williams was a pillar of the Chargers’ receiving corps. After spending 2024 elsewhere, Williams had returned to Los Angeles on a one-year deal in March. But the true reunion was not to be, as Williams elected to retire at the onset of training camp. Williams had been placed on the …

Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell ready for a tough new project. The duo are in talks to star in and produce Tough Guys, an action-comedy being set up at Amazon MGM Studios. Longtime Workin’ Moms scribe Daniel Gold penned the script as a spec, which has the following logline: “Fed up with being ‘disposable,’ two henchmen break free from the …

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, President Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, attends his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on July 15. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former national security adviser Mike Waltz faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday during his Senate confirmation …

Capitol agenda: A tough week for Susan Collins  Politico A Senate vote this week will test the popularity of DOGE spending cuts  AP News GOP infighting over Trump’s DOGE cuts to take center stage as deadline looms  CNN GOP leader faces showdown with Republicans on Trump-backed funding cuts  The Hill Trump’s push to claw back funding ignites a fight that threatens a government shutdown  NBC …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much, but they share a conviction that the government should help American manufacturers, one way or another. Democratic President Joe Biden handed out subsidies to chipmakers and electric vehicle manufacturers. Republican President Donald Trump is building a wall of import taxes — tariffs — around the U.S. economy to protect domestic …

Germany urges tough EU response if ‘fair deal’ cannot be reached on US tariffs  France 24 Amid Tariff Chaos, U.S. Allies Try to Redraw the Trade Map  The New York Times The EU is delaying retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, in hopes of reaching a deal by Aug. 1  Yahoo Trump demands more concessions as EU holds off on US tariff countermeasures  Reuters EU …