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Bartender Rafaella Demelo adds sugar, 1.5 ounces of Leblon, and half a lime over ice in a shaker while preparing a caipirinha, Brazil's trademark cocktail.
Alan Diaz
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AP
Trade tensions shake up Brazil's caipirinha spirit
Catherine Osborn
U.S. tariff pressure is pushing Europe and Brazil closer—opening new global doors for everything from aircraft parts to Brazil's cachaça, the base of the caipirinha.
A helicopter drops water on the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver, Utah, on Saturday, June 27, 2026.
Ty ONeil
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AP
Three firefighters killed on Colorado-Utah border as wildfires intensify
Willem Marx
Kids from a local Scouting group helped the Rev. John Jackman celebrate at Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the church marked the end of its latest Debt Jubilee Project to buy up and retire medical debt.
Allison Lee Isley
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KFF Health News
These church members disagree on politics. Together they're wiping out medical debt
Noam Levey
Fireworks illuminate the skyline above the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol during U.S. Independence Day celebrations, as seen from Arlington, Va., on July 4, 2025.
Mohammad Reza Mousavi/Middle East Images
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July 4th fireworks in Washington: What's different for America's 250th?
Bill Chappell
Texas Standard
The only Declaration of Independence this side of the Mississippi
The copy now celebrates America’s 250th in Dallas — after centuries of adventure.
Texas asked data centers to report their water use. Most of them didn’t respond
Texas will require students to read Bible passages in new state curriculum
A player kicks a World Cup ball during a friendly match between Saudi Arabia and Puerto Rico at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, on June 5, 2026. Lorianne Willett/KUT News
US has a strong start while Messi and Mbappé eye records in opening rounds of the World Cup
A new poll shows a majority of Texans oppose having data centers in their community
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