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As America began celebrating its 250th birthday Saturday, 842,000 homes reported power outages, notes ABC News. Figures from tracking site PowerOutage showed states in America's Northeast and Midwest were impacted by severe weather and extreme heat.
That number, which will fluctuate throughout the day as crews work to restore power, is for households, meaning that the number of people impacted by these outages is likely to be much larger... Millions of Americans, however, will be contending with a heatwave that is blanketing much of the country, including in Philadelphia where the Salute to Independence Semiquincentennial Parade that had been set for Friday was canceled due to the dangerous heat wave, according to Philadelphia ABC station WPVI. Elsewhere, America's Independence Day Parade, which was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on July 4 in downtown Washington, D.C. was canceled by organizers late Friday evening due to the extreme heat in the District of Columbia... Amtrak announced it will be canceling a number of trains due to heat-related conditions.
The outages seemed to last throughout the day, with 790,103 household outages still in effect by 4:30 p.m. EST. Ironically, the power outages hit several American states that were among the country's original 13 freedom-declaring colonies, including New Jersey (143,072 outages), Pennsylvania (40,944 outages), and Virginia (27,392 outages).
CNBC adds that America's largest power grid operator said Friday "it was under a federal alert to cut electricity consumption across its territory as it battled generator outages, massive overloading on its transmission lines and a surge in air conditioning use from prolonged sweltering heat."
PJM said it told utilities to reduce electricity to customers who are under contract to reduce consumption during emergencies. PJM serves 67 million people in the Mid-Atlantic, South and Washington, D.C., area. Spot wholesale electricity prices in northern Virginia, home to the largest collection of data centers in the world, have surged beyond $2,000 per megawatt hour this week. That compares to about $40 per MWh when PJM is not in distress.
That number, which will fluctuate throughout the day as crews work to restore power, is for households, meaning that the number of people impacted by these outages is likely to be much larger... Millions of Americans, however, will be contending with a heatwave that is blanketing much of the country, including in Philadelphia where the Salute to Independence Semiquincentennial Parade that had been set for Friday was canceled due to the dangerous heat wave, according to Philadelphia ABC station WPVI. Elsewhere, America's Independence Day Parade, which was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on July 4 in downtown Washington, D.C. was canceled by organizers late Friday evening due to the extreme heat in the District of Columbia... Amtrak announced it will be canceling a number of trains due to heat-related conditions.
The outages seemed to last throughout the day, with 790,103 household outages still in effect by 4:30 p.m. EST. Ironically, the power outages hit several American states that were among the country's original 13 freedom-declaring colonies, including New Jersey (143,072 outages), Pennsylvania (40,944 outages), and Virginia (27,392 outages).
CNBC adds that America's largest power grid operator said Friday "it was under a federal alert to cut electricity consumption across its territory as it battled generator outages, massive overloading on its transmission lines and a surge in air conditioning use from prolonged sweltering heat."
PJM said it told utilities to reduce electricity to customers who are under contract to reduce consumption during emergencies. PJM serves 67 million people in the Mid-Atlantic, South and Washington, D.C., area. Spot wholesale electricity prices in northern Virginia, home to the largest collection of data centers in the world, have surged beyond $2,000 per megawatt hour this week. That compares to about $40 per MWh when PJM is not in distress.
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Na de overtuigende overwinning van maandag op het Nederlands elftal had Marokko zaterdag aanmerkelijk meer moeite om te domineren. Toch won het, en staat de ploeg voor de tweede keer in de geschiedenis in de kwartfinale van een WK.
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The Kremlin aide said Putin gave Trump a realistic assessment of the battlefield situation in Ukraine.
MOSKOU (ANP) - De Russische president Vladimir Poetin en de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump hebben volgens het Kremlin zaterdag bijna anderhalf uur lang gebeld. Dat melden Russische media. De twee bespraken de situatie in Oekraïne in de aanloop naar de NAVO-top in Ankara komende week.
Trump zou tijdens het telefoongesprek zijn hulp hebben aangeboden om tot een oplossing te komen voor de oorlog in Oekraïne, aldus het Kremlin. Volgens de Amerikaanse president blijven Amerikaanse gezanten Steve Witkoff en Jared Kushner betrokken bij de onderhandelingen en zijn zij bereid nog een bezoek aan Moskou te brengen.
Volgens Kyiv heeft de Oekraïense president Volodymyr Zelensky zaterdag ook met Trump gesproken. Zelensky en Poetin feliciteerden de VS op X al met het 250-jarig jubileum van de Amerikaanse onafhankelijkheid.
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The tree branches and red berries are an interesting compliment and contrast to the natural wood grain in the exterior wall of the building. The bright sunlight also makes the colors pop out.
Match at Burnopfield near Newcastle called off after 800kg young bull escaped from farm and stormed playing field
A cricket match had to be abandoned after a runaway bull stormed the playing field and charged at players.
The North East Premier League fixture at Burnopfield Cricket Club near Newcastle was called off on Saturday evening despite efforts to remove the animal from the ground.
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Chris Medland picks out five key things to keep an eye on when the lights go out on race day at Silverstone.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc bagged an impressive second place in Silverstone Qualifying, edging out team mate Lewis Hamilton who took third.
George Russell will start his home Grand Prix at Silverstone fourth on the grid, three places behind team mate and polesitter Kimi Antonelli.
Lando Norris says McLaren's pace in Qualifying at Silverstone was disappointing despite some car improvements, and highlighted areas that need work.
Emma Felbermayr claimed her second win of the 2026 F1 ACADEMY season in the Reverse Grid Race at Silverstone
Matt Youson takes a look at the different pit stop and tyre options that are available to the teams on race day at Silverstone.
The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the Sprint and Qualifying at Silverstone ahead of the 2026 British Grand Prix.