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  1. Trump Media unveiled a premium data service that gives banks and trading firms the fastest access to Truth Social posts that can move markets.
  2. Smoke from hundreds of active Canadian wildfires is drifting into the US, creating hazardous air quality across the Northeast and Upper Midwest through the weekend.
  3. Catastrophic flash floods have returned to Texas Hill Country, where rescuers are racing to save stranded residents one year after last summer’s deadly disaster.
  4. A photo of Lionel Messi bathing a baby Lamine Yamal has taken on new meaning ahead of Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and Spain.
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The US slashed air pollution over the past 60 years. But on Thursday, US cities suffered some of the world’s worst air.

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  1. Trump Media unveiled a premium data service that gives banks and trading firms the fastest access to Truth Social posts that can move markets.
  2. Smoke from hundreds of active Canadian wildfires is drifting into the US, creating hazardous air quality across the Northeast and Upper Midwest through the weekend.
  3. Catastrophic flash floods have returned to Texas Hill Country, where rescuers are racing to save stranded residents one year after last summer’s deadly disaster.
  4. A photo of Lionel Messi bathing a baby Lamine Yamal has taken on new meaning ahead of Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and Spain.
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