World Jul 04 Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity By Nicole Winfield, Andrea Rosa, Associated Press
Nation Jul 04 Searing heat and storms mar holiday with 3 children dead in Wisconsin and utility outages widespread The tragedy in Wisconsin’s Walworth County in a part of Southern Wisconsin that has long served as a favorite vacation getaway for residents of the Chicago area came with a storm that downed trees, ruptured power lines and made transportation… By Associated Press
Nation Jul 04 Fireworks, heat and drought put this Fourth of July at high risk for wildfires Fireworks, from bottle rockets to Roman candles, start a lot of fires in the U.S. every year – 32,000 of them in 2023 alone. And each year there is a clear spike in human-caused fires on July 4. By Lauren Lowman, The Conversation