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Days after shootings that traumatized residents in southwestern Philadelphia, community leaders gathered to discuss plans to heal and move forward after the tragedy. (July 6) (AP Video:Tassanee Vejpongsa)

Newark’s fire chief says two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that began deep inside a cargo ship at the New Jersey port. The ship is carrying 5,000 cars. (July 6)

The planet’s temperature spiked this week to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer. (July 6)

Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria on Wednesday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers, the Air Force said. (July 6)

Five years after her death, the final wishes of music superstar Aretha Franklin are still unsettled. The latest: A trial next week to determine which handwritten document will guide how her estate is handled (July 6)(AP video: Mike Householder)
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says a bystander’s cellphone footage showing a deputy violently tackling a woman while she filmed her husband being handcuffed and then pepper-spraying her in the face is “disturbing'” (July 5)
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Nine people, including a 10-year-old, were shot in Washington early Wednesday as they enjoyed the Independence Day festivities, police said, the latest in a string of mass shootings over a violent July Fourth weekend. (June 5)
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The Israeli military withdrew its troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank, ending an intense two-day operation that killed at least 13 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its w…

The President and The First Lady hosted a Fourth of July celebration for military and veteran families caregivers, and survivors on the White House South Lawn Tuesday evening. (July 4)