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• Permian truckers fight for better pay, working conditions
  Permian Basin frack sand truckers, joined by local environmental activists,...
  Permian Basin frack sand truckers, joined by local environmental activists, blocked entrances to West Texas sand mines during a recent one-day protest against low wages and poor working conditions. Their demands include pay for wait times, which can extend up to 18 hours, and access to restroom facilities.
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• Update from the UK: Brits Oust Tories
  On July Fourth, voters in the UK declared their independence from government leaders they felt weren’t...
  On July Fourth, voters in the UK declared their independence from government leaders they felt weren’t working for them. After 14 years at the helm, the Conservative Party has been kicked out of power.
  
  Voters handed the Labour Party its biggest majority in history—it won 410 seats out of 650 in the House of Commons—while incumbent PM Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party got 131, the fewest in the party’s history. That means former government prosecutor Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, is the new prime minister, tasked with turning around a reeling economy.
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• ☕️What Else is Brewing Friday, July 5th
   Harris memes go viral as Biden pledges to stay in race. As...
   Harris memes go viral as Biden pledges to stay in race. As speculation mounts around President Biden’s candidacy post-debate, he vowed to stay in the race in a fundraising email on Wednesday. “I’m the Democratic Party’s nominee. No one is pushing me out. I’m not leaving,” he wrote. But that’s not stopping supporters of VP Kamala Harris (known as the #KHive) from flooding social media with memes about her. Should Biden step aside, Harris would be a shoo-in to replace him at the head of the ticket, Axios reports. Biden’s first TV interview since the debate will air on ABC tonight at 8pm ET.
  
  The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue is buying Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion.
  
  Delta switched to an only-pasta menu for roughly 75 international flights on Wednesday after reports of “spoiled food” forced a plane on its way to Amsterdam to divert to New York.
  
  A 16th-century masterpiece artwork that had been found at a bus stop sold for $22 million at auction.
  
  The Welsh government pledged to pass a law that would make lying in politics illegal.
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• 🇺🇸Little-Known Fact About America’s Founding Father, Ben Franklin
  In the mid-1700s, while spending time in Europe, Benjamin Franklin experienced...
  In the mid-1700s, while spending time in Europe, Benjamin Franklin experienced a popular musical performance at the time: singing glasses. Intrigued by the beautiful sound of a wet finger on glass, Franklin developed an instrument known as a “glass armonica” in 1761. Working with a glassblower in London, Franklin altered the thickness of glass bowls interlocked along a rod to produce a range of pitches. Franklin had his share of odd ideas over the years (such as his failed phonetic alphabet), but the glass armonica was an 18th-century sensation. Some of the era’s greatest composers, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, wrote music for the instrument. However, it was largely forgotten by the 1820s — many musicians complained of dizziness and other symptoms after playing it, which may have been due to lead poisoning (the instrument used lead paint to color code each bowl) or the instrument’s vibrations. Today, a few musicians still practice the subtle, ethereal art of the glass armonica. 
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• Closing Oil & Gas Prices
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose $1.07 to $83.88 per barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for September delivery rose $1.10 to $87.34 per barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for August delivery rose 3 cents to $2.60 a gallon. August heating oil was unchanged at $2.63 a gallon. August natural gas fell 2 cents to $2.42 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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