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MONDAY, JULY 29, 2024

Good Morning! On this day in 1981, Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in a grand ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, one of the most-watched TV events in history.

Skywatcher alert: The night sky will be filled with several different meteor showers over the next few weeks, culminating with the Perseid shower, which peaks in mid-August. Check out our Science section today for helpful information on how best to view them.

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Crews Slow California Fire

Crews are making progress containing the California wildfire that became the largest active blaze in the U.S. over the weekend and the seventh largest in state history, ravaging over 350,000 acres.

Cooler temperatures and increased humidity assisted thousands of firefighters in slowing the wildfire, which is one of several currently spreading in the western U.S. and Canada.

The blaze, dubbed the Park Fire, began on Wednesday when a now-imprisoned man pushed a burning car into a gully in Chico, California.

Olympics Under Fire for Mocking Last Supper

A Mississippi tech company pulled all its Olympics advertising this weekend in response to the opening ceremonies’ depiction of the Last Supper featuring heavily costumed drag queens.

Faced with global criticism from Christian leaders around the world, the Paris 2024 organizers issued an apology Sunday, saying they were sorry if any group felt insulted. They didn’t apologize for staging the show itself.

The French organization of Catholic bishops denounced the performance as “scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity, which we deeply deplore.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson weighed in as well: “Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and insulting to Christian people around the world.”

Map: Ranking Every State's Tax Burden

New York hits its residents with the highest overall tax burden of any state, taking 12.0% of a person’s income, while Alaska has the lowest at under 5%, according to this map ranking every state's taxes.

The “tax burden” measures the percent of an average person’s income that is paid towards state and local taxes. It considers property taxes, income taxes, and sales & excise tax.

Most states have a tax burden between 7% and 9%, though Wyoming has an overall tax burden under 6%, and Florida, Tennessee, and the two Dakotas have a tax burden under 7%. Every state’s tax load can be seen on the map here.

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➤ Vice President Kamala Harris raised $200 million in her first week as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, outpacing what Joe Biden and Donald Trump raised in the month of June combined. (More)

➤ G20 finance ministers discussed a proposal in Rio De Janeiro this week that would require people worldwide with over $1 billion in total assets to pay 2% of their wealth to income tax. (Details)

➤ Google is facing criticism because its autocomplete feature doesn't include the shooting of Donald Trump as a suggested result when users search "attempted assassination." The search engine does suggest the attempts on Presidents Truman and Reagan. (More)

➤ The North Carolina Democratic Party is suing the state to reverse Robert Kennedy Jr.’s inclusion on the state’s presidential ballot, alleging Kennedy’s campaign evaded stricter standards for independent candidates. (Details)

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➤ Baseball star Jazz Chisholm was traded from the Miami Marlins to the New York Yankees on Saturday in exchange for three prospects. (More)

➤ F1 driver George Russell was stripped of his Belgium Grand Prix win after a bizarre rule caused him to be disqualified after the race's completion. (More)

➤ 2023 New York Mets top pitcher Kodai Senga was injured in his first game back after recovering from a separate injury. Senga will likely be sidelined for the rest of the regular season. (More)

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The USA Men’s basketball team opened their Olympics competition with a 110-84 win over a Serbian team led by Denver Nugget Nikola Jokic. The U.S. team saw top performances from LeBron James and Kevin Durant. (More)

Gymnast Simone Biles pushed through calf pain to qualify for five Olympics finals, topping the all-around standings. She’ll go head-to-head against Suni Lee, another all-around champion, for a possible gold medal on Thursday. (See Video)

Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal won his Olympics’ opening match and will face another superstar, Novak Djokovic in his second match. In head-to-head matchups throughout their careers, Djokovic leads Nadal 30-29. (More)

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➤ The Justice Department has accused TikTok of gathering user data from Americans on social issues like abortion and gun control to inform engineers at its Chinese parent company. (More)

➤ Disney’s “Deadpool and Wolverine” film raked in $205 million in its opening weekend in U.S. theaters, the highest-grossing debut ever for an R-rated movie and the highest overall in 2024. (Details)

➤ Donald Trump headlined the Bitcoin 2024 conference Saturday night in Nashville, vowing that the federal government would never sell its Bitcoin holdings if he retakes office. (More)

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➤ New blood tests may accelerate the ability to diagnose Alzheimer's, replacing expensive scans and spinal taps. This could enable earlier treatment and more efficient drug trials for millions of patients. (See Details)

➤ Here's how to watch two meteor showers coinciding in late July through mid-August: No equipment is needed; just find a dark area. The best viewing is between midnight and predawn, with peak activity early Tuesday morning. (See Details)

➤ Construction of the world's largest telescope is underway. Recent photos show protective cladding installation and support structure assembly for its massive 128-foot-wide primary mirror. (See Photo)

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➤ Israel launched airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including weapons caches and terrorist infrastructure, in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed at least 12 children in Golan Heights on Saturday. (More)

➤ The Pentagon plans to elevate U.S. Forces Japan from an administrative to a war-fighting command, moving operational control eastward and deepening cooperation with the Japanese military. (See Details)

➤ Venezuela held presidential elections on Sunday, with incumbent President Nicolás Maduro seeking a third term amid widespread accusations of electoral interference. (See Details)

➤ Actor Robert Downey Jr., whose long-running "Iron Man" character was killed off years ago, surprised fans by announcing his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play the iconic villain "Doctor Doom" in "Avengers: Doomsday." (See Details)

➤ A mama bear and cub snuck into a parked car in Connecticut, surprising the owner. The bears trashed the interior while the radio blared and the horn honked. (Watch Video)

➤ Australia's Taronga Western Plains Zoo opened the world's largest platypus conservation center, welcoming four platypuses--two females and two males. (See Photos)

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