The original design featured 13 stripes representing the colonies and 13 stars arranged in a circle to symbolize equality among them.
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Pete Cuddihy,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2026
But with the righty and the Yankees donning stars and stripes themed jerseys, bombs began bursting in the humid Bronx air shortly after Saturday’s game began.
Three firefighters were killed and two injured battling fast-moving blazes on the Colorado-Utah border.
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Ty ONeil,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Both fires have been overtaken by the Jones and Snyder Mesa blazes that started on the western side of the Colorado-Utah border Saturday and burned their way into Colorado.
When World Cup season descends upon soccer-mad Brazil, green and yellow banners decorate restaurants, bars and apartment buildings, streets are painted with flags and soccer balls, and discussions of the beloved national team's games are ubiquitous.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
The dynamic duo of Jonda Valentine, an artist and daughter of a Pentecostal preacher, and her longtime friend Christa Suppan, who started as a bartender when Lipstick first opened, share co-ownership of the two bars.
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