A collection of founding myths related to events surrounding America's Independence Day.

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A collection of founding myths related to events surrounding America's Independence Day.

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Law enforcement conduct a search after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Police Find Man Suspected in Shooting at Chicago-Area Parade

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WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 1, 2022. U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner is set to go on trial in a Moscow-area court Friday. The proceedings that are scheduled to begin Friday come about 4 1/2 months after she was arrested on cannabis possession charges at an airport while traveling to play for a Russian team. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Brittney Griner Sends Letter to President Biden Pleading for His Help

4 July 2022

The WNBA star pleaded that she and other Americans imprisoned in Russia be brought home.

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This combination of photos shows actor Johnny Depp testifying at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., on April 21, 2022, left, and actor Amber Heard testifying in the same courtroom on May 26, 2022. The judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial made a jury's award official Friday with a written order for Heard to pay Depp $10.35 million for damaging his reputation by describing herself as a domestic abuse victim in an op-ed piece she wrote. (AP Photo)

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FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jan 6 Panel: More People Turn Up with Evidence Against Trump

4 July 2022

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FILE - This Jan. 28, 2020, photo shows the Tower theatre located in downtown Bend, Ore. The Planned Parenthood clinic in Bend serving the eastern half of the state, is bracing for an influx of patients particularly from neighboring Idaho, where a trigger law banning most abortions is expected to take effect this summer following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

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4 July 2022

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Police: 5 Dead, 19 Hospitalized in Shooting at July 4 Parade

4 July 2022

The shooting started just minutes after the parade began in Highland Park, north of Chicago.

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FILE - Fireworks explode over Baltimore's Inner Harbor during the Ports America Chesapeake 4th of July Celebration, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Baltimore. The city of Baltimore is resuming its Independence Day celebrations after a two-year hiatus. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

July 4 Celebrations Marred by Illinois Shooting

4 July 2022

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Video Shows Akron Police Kill Black Man in Hail of Gunfire

4 July 2022

Jayland Walker, 25, was unarmed.

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FILE - Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, second from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Uvalde Schools’ Police Chief Resigns from City Council

3 July 2022

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A rumor said that US President Joe Biden made a secret deal with Mitch McConnell meaning that he nominated a Republican anti-abortion lawyer to be a federal judge in Kentucky.

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2 July 2022

In exchange, McConnell reportedly wouldn't hold up future federal nominations by the Democratic president's administration.

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FILE - Hells Angels founder Ralph "Sonny" Barger and his wife Sharon are shown after his release on $100,000 bond in San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1980. Barger, the leather-clad figurehead of the notorious Hells Angels motorcycle club, has died at age 83. Barger's death was announced late Wednesday, June 29, 2022, on his Facebook page. Barger composed the post placed on the Facebook page managed by his current wife, Zorana. (AP Photo/Robert Houston, File)

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1 July 2022

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From left, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Information and Culture of Nigeria Lai Mohammed, Nigerian Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Zubairo Dada and German Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Claudia Roth pose for the media near two Benin Bronze sculptures after signing an agreement in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 1, 2022. Germany and Nigeria signed an agreement in Berlin Friday paving the way for the return of centuries-old sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa in the 19th century and displayed in German museums and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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