Record rainfall in Japan’s Chiba prefecture killed at least four people, flooded roads and rail lines, and stranded thousands of travelers. Authorities downgraded the highest-level rain warning Friday but said flooding and landslide risks remained.
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A baby boy with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was born to an Alaska surrogate in Texas amid a legal fight over his care. A Texas court ordered lifesaving treatment and barred the child from being taken out of state.
A Maumelle High School football player in Arkansas found a 2-foot cottonmouth hidden inside his helmet after wearing it for nearly an hour during practice. The player was not bitten, and animal services removed and relocated the snake.
Russia has released former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who had been detained since 2022 and was reported to be in severe medical distress. Advocates said he is headed for medical and psychological care in the United States.
Jackie, the well-known Big Bear bald eagle followed by livestream viewers around the world, died after more than three weeks of intensive care at Ojai Raptor Center. The center said her condition worsened despite a blood transfusion, oxygen therapy and round-the-clock monitoring.
A federal appeals court ruled that more than 3,000 lawsuits alleging addictive social media design can proceed against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap. The court rejected the companies’ early Section 230 argument and declined to delay a trial brought by 29 state attorneys general against Meta.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for fewer universally recommended childhood vaccines and separate MMR shots. The order seeks to revive vaccine policy changes previously blocked in court, though school vaccine requirements are set by states.
NOAA said July was the hottest month ever recorded in the contiguous United States, with an average temperature of 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit. The month brought widespread heat alerts, record warm nights, drought, wildfires and flooding despite below-average national precipitation.