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Fireworks injuries are up 25% over the past 15 years. A pediatric ER doc weighs in on safety

James Reingold doesn’t want to snuff out anyone’s flame, but after too many summers treating emergency department patients at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, he has a special Independence Day message: For the love of whatever you hold dear, don’t give your kids sparklers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Hundreds of Flights Axed as US Kicks Off Long Holiday Weekend

Airlines cancelled several hundred US flights Saturday at the start of a long and almost certainly messy holiday travel weekend as carriers struggled to staff their planes. As of mid-day, with Americans gearing up for July 4 Independence Day celebrations, some 600 flights within, into or out of the United…

Asharq Al-Awsat

VIEWPOINT 2: On Independence Day, we could do better

Independence Day is recognized across America as the day to celebrate freedom. As the popular song says, “I’m proud to be an American/Where at least I know I’m free.” Yet many people don’t feel terribly free. Some think the traditional American way of life is under attack. Others think that…

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4th July Independence Day 2023: What is it and why is it celebrated?

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Evening Standard

Anyone for strawberries and cheese this Independence Day? - Roll Call

The Farm Bureau's menu for a Fourth of July cookout will cost 17 percent more this year than last, led by surging meat prices.

Roll Call

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to install CCTV at Idgah Maidan

BENGALURU: Amid a controversy over Idgah Maidan in Chamarajpet, BBMP has said it will install CCTV cameras at the ground. Right-wing organisations have sought permission to hold Yoga Day, Independence Day and Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav events at the ground, arguing that it belongs to the civic body. However, BBMP…

The Times of India

Governor seeks clarification on prisoner pardon

Clemency to 33 on the occasion of 75th Independence Day

The Hindu

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Israel scraps Independence Day fireworks after appeals from veterans

Cities to mark occasion without usual displays out of consideration for former soldiers with PTSD

The Guardian - UK

No Fireworks for Israeli Independence Day over PTSD Concerns

No Fireworks for Israeli Independence Day Over PTSD Concerns Israel’s raucous Independence Day celebrations will be a little quieter this year. Although fireworks are typically a mainstay at parties across the country, this year many of the glittering yet noisy displays have been cancelled over concerns by some military veterans…

Asharq Al-Awsat

No fireworks for Israeli Independence Day over PTSD concerns

Israel’s raucous Independence Day celebrations will be a little quieter this year

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of stealing line from Independence Day to rouse Jan 6 protesters

‘That’s not something that you came up with on your own, is it?’

The Independent UK

Commentary: Russia’s aggression makes the Baltics think they might be next. Here is how to avoid it

An elderly man in Vilnius was recently looking at the military vehicles parked on the city’s main street as a part of the Independence Day celebrations. Some of the vehicles were of the Lithuanian military. Others came from the U.S.

Chicago Tribune

The best sci-fi action movie on HBO Max reveals a real interstellar threat

Could we really beat aliens? Alien researchers break down the science — real or not — behind the classic science fiction epic 'Independence Day.'

Inverse

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka appeals to expats to send money

Sri Lanka has celebrated its Independence Day with an appeal by the president to the country’s expatriates to send money home as it struggles with the worst economic crisis in decades mainly due to depleted foreign reserves

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The Face of the Patriot: Bollywood on Independence Day 2019

Canadian citizen and the face of Indian nationalism in Bollywood Akshay Kumar has released his fifth film on India’s Independence Day this year. Previous releases include Brothers (2015), Rustom (2016), Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) and Gold (2018).

Newslaundry

‘Music is therapy’: how Tihar Jail’s inmates found solace in song

During Independence Day, no outsiders are allowed into Tihar Jail. But the inmates don’t need any VIP to deliver long-winded speeches. They have their own unique celebration, as prisoners who have been given training in music themselves take the stage to belt out songs, complete with instrumental backing.

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