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The heat could not stop revelers from taking part in the pageantry of aquatic weirdness. Read full article

Lawmakers struck a deal to close a state deficit estimated at $47 billion. State finances have fluctuated wildly in recent years. Read full article

Meet Wild Thang, an 8-year-old Pekingese from Oregon who had sought the title of “World’s Ugliest” for years. Now, it’s finally his. Read full article

A storm left about 9,000 people without power for three days. Read full article

The former president portrayed himself as having “wounds all over” while suggesting that he was being targeted for his support of religious freedoms. Read full article

In the dark months following the Jan. 6 attack, Donald J. Trump opened up to an entertainment journalist, revealing his fixation with celebrity, acceptance and the TV show that made him. Read full article

Regions that had “extremely high” rates of such illnesses included swaths of New England, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic, all areas that have been hit the hardest by the heat wave. Read full article

A park near the convention site will be off limits to protesters, according to the plans for the July gathering in Milwaukee. Read full article

The An family, whose ages range from 18 to 59, stopped the sexual assault of a woman in Katy, Texas, on Tuesday and handed the attacker over to the police. Read full article

A museum on the history of antisemitism will be part of the new building, alongside a memorial to the 11 worshipers killed in the 2018 attack in Pittsburgh. Read full article