Ukraine president all smiles about F-16s, new polls show Trump's lead widening, judge sets Trump bond at $200K, and a new poll shows Dallas and Boston are considered safest cities in the U.S.

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Ukraine president all smiles as delivery of F-16 fighter jets is promised …

New poll shows Trump widens lead against Republican rivals — because of flurry of criminal indictments, voters say …

• Different poll shows ex-president has built commanding lead among Iowa voters … 

• Georgia judge sets Trump’s bail at $200,000 and reveals conditions for release …

• Trump skipping 1st GOP debate in Milwaukee …

Biden visits Maui to survey wildfire devastation …

• 850 people still missing …

• Hawaii official concerned with ‘equity’ reportedly delayed releasing water for more than 5 hours as wildfires raged …

Tropical Storm Hilary drenches Southern California, Nevada leaving flash floods and mudlsides in its wake …

• ‘Hurriquake’! Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles parts of SoCal as tropical storm lashed region …

• Los Angeles suffers ‘minimal impacts’ from storm …

New GALLUP poll shows Americans think Dallas and Boston are America’s safest big cities …

Community group asks Chicago gangs to stop engaging in gun fights during hours between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. …

Court filings reveal what prompted police to raid newspaper in Kansas last week …

Author ‘furious’ over schools banning ‘Friday Night Lights’ book …

Why lightning bug populations are in decline across the U.S. this summer …

Spotless giraffe, believed to be only one in the world, born at zoo in Tennessee …

Russia’s moon lander spacecraft ends up crashing into moon instead of landing on it …

NISSAN recalls nearly 250,000 cars over steering issues …

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OVERNIGHT FOLK HERO: Who is Oliver Anthony, the singer from Appalachia whose gritty ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ is topping global charts right now? …

• Song makes historic debut at No. 1 on HOT BILLBOARD 100 …

GLAMMED OUT: ‘Crazy plane lady’ rebranding herself as self-help guru … 

CUT OUT: Classic QUEEN song ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ quietly left off reissued version of greatest hits album …

DISPOSABLE INCOME: Burned-out shell of old FERRARI sells for nearly $2 million at auction …

ROCK OF AGES: Exchange between singer and little girl at heavy metal concert caught on video goes viral … 

DISCOUNT PICTURES: Movie ticket prices set to be dropped to $4 apiece …

END OF AN ERA: Voice behind NINTENDO’S beloved Mario character announces retiremement …

MONEY MARKET: American workers want average of nearly $80,000 annual salary to leave job and take new one …

UNDER WRAPS: Rihanna secretly gave birth to 2nd child weeks ago …

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MIRACLE HOME: Owner speaks out and reveals the real story behind the red-roofed house in Maui that survived the wildfires completely unscathed …

MAKING PEACE: Shattered family somehow finds resolve to forgive MLB pitcher who killed beloved father and husband … 

PHARMA, BRO: Reporter opens up about stories that inspired latest NETFLIX drama ‘Painkiller’ about the OXYCONTIN crisis …

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