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WASHINGTON — The Great American State Fair being held on the National Mall as part of the celebration of America's 250th birthday was temporarily shut down Friday afternoon due to extreme heat. The ...

It blew up in her face. A West Virginia teen had to be hospitalized after getting scalded by a squishy toy — akin to the viral mystery dumplings or NeeDoh cubes — that had been mistakenly left in a ...

WASHINGTON — A replica Liberty Bell, a Knoebels amusement park bench, hundreds of bags of potato chips, and dozens of sweating tourists packed into Pennsylvania’s location at President Donald Trump’s ...

Donald Trump intends to leave a lasting mark on the historic White House grounds with all his unnecessary changes. However, one newly installed feature has become the focus of online discussion for ...

As attendees were escorted out of the Great American State Fair on Sunday because of inclement weather, guests noticed an unfortunate typo displayed on a digital ...

President Donald Trump must be getting used to throwing parties that not many people show up for, as the crowd for the days-long Great American State Fair, meant to celebrate the country’s 250th ...

President Donald Trump said the Great American State Fair was “packed with happy people,” but a USA TODAY visit to the National Mall event on Monday, June 29 found light crowds, short lines and plenty ...

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A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type Ia supernovae and modeling their environments in unprecedented detail, ...

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