Dozens of communities around Pittsburgh are scheduled to celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks and other festivities.
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Michael Guise,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Many fine festivities will take place on and around July 4, but compared with the years-long nationwide celebration that marked this country’s 200th anniversary, 250 feels like a nonevent.
Fireworks from formal rocket shows to impromptu street celebrations can create extremely unhealthy air quality, sometimes rivaling what comes from wildfires.
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Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
Fourth of July fireworks will light up the sky across South Florida, with a slew of celebrations offering residents the chance to observe them.
Baker, who missed part of the offseason program with an undisclosed injury, yielded 42 receptions in 58 targets for 621 yards and five touchdowns, with no interceptions.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
There’s a reason they’re strung along restaurant patios and hung for wedding receptions.
For Midsummer this June, traditional festivities celebrating the summer solstice across Europe featured flower crowns, dances around maypoles, and people in embroidered folk costumes.
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Francesca Perry,
Vogue,
29 June 2026
Arwood dances during the talent preliminary competition of the Miss Georgia Scholarship Competition.
The House of the Dragon Scorecard is an accounting of the events of this week’s episode, in which points are awarded to characters on a scale of 0 to 10.
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Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
6 July 2026
From royal events to sporting matches to gliding down ski slopes as kids on vacation, rarely did the public see one without the other.
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