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![35 passengers a second as screening tops mark set two weeks previous 35 passengers a second as screening tops mark set two weeks previous](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24185795271204.jpg?w=132)
3 million in a day: U.S. airport security hits milestone on Sunday
35 passengers a second as screening tops mark set two weeks previous
![Most say U.S. higher education is heading in the wrong direction. Most say U.S. higher education is heading in the wrong direction.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24187484218166.jpg?w=132)
Is college worth it? Poll finds Americans increasingly skeptical
Most say U.S. higher education is heading in the wrong direction.
![The earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, Beryl caused at least 11 deaths as it passed through the Caribbean islands. The earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, Beryl caused at least 11 deaths as it passed through the Caribbean islands.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/beryl-0706.png?w=137)
Beryl expected to regain hurricane strength before Texas landfall
The earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, Beryl caused at least 11 deaths as it passed through the Caribbean islands.
![The interview appeared unlikely to fully tamp down concerns about his age and fitness for another four years and his ability to defeat Donald Trump in November. The interview appeared unlikely to fully tamp down concerns about his age and fitness for another four years and his ability to defeat Donald Trump in November.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24188022193993.jpg?w=132)
Biden TV interview: ‘Bad episode’ in debate, but ‘I’m running the world’
The interview appeared unlikely to fully tamp down concerns about his age and fitness for another four years and his ability to defeat Donald Trump in November.
![Starmer acknowledged in his first speech outside 10 Downing St. that many people are disillusioned and cynical about politics, but said his government would try to restore faith in government.
Starmer acknowledged in his first speech outside 10 Downing St. that many people are disillusioned and cynical about politics, but said his government would try to restore faith in government.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24187405713755.jpg?w=126)
British elections: Keir Starmer becomes prime minister in Labour landslide
Starmer acknowledged in his first speech outside 10 Downing St. that many people are disillusioned and cynical about politics, but said his government would try to restore faith in government.
![Here's a look at the false and misleading claims on Thursday night by the two candidates. Here's a look at the false and misleading claims on Thursday night by the two candidates.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24180088129986.jpg?w=132)
Debate fact-check: What Trump and Biden got wrong
Here's a look at the false and misleading claims on Thursday night by the two candidates.
![The document suggests the court will conclude that it should not have gotten involved in the case so quickly and will reinstate a court order that had allowed hospitals in the state to perform emergency abortions to protect a pregnant patient’s health. The document suggests the court will conclude that it should not have gotten involved in the case so quickly and will reinstate a court order that had allowed hospitals in the state to perform emergency abortions to protect a pregnant patient’s health.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Supreme_Court_32982-1.jpg?w=132)
Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions, a Bloomberg News report says
The document suggests the court will conclude that it should not have gotten involved in the case so quickly and will reinstate a court order that had allowed hospitals in...
![He embraced his wife, Stella Assange, and father, John Shipton, who were waiting on the tarmac. He embraced his wife, Stella Assange, and father, John Shipton, who were waiting on the tarmac.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24178361738255.jpg?w=132)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man
He embraced his wife, Stella Assange, and father, John Shipton, who were waiting on the tarmac.
![The princess was walking within the protected perimeter of the estate when the incident occurred, Britain's Press Association said.
The princess was walking within the protected perimeter of the estate when the incident occurred, Britain's Press Association said.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24176417366302.jpg?w=132)
Britain’s Princess Anne in hospital after ‘incident,’ possibly involving a horse
The princess was walking within the protected perimeter of the estate when the incident occurred, Britain's Press Association said.
![It's the latest in a series of mysterious shiny columns popping up around the globe since 2020. It's the latest in a series of mysterious shiny columns popping up around the globe since 2020.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24170422504322-copy.jpg?w=140)
Another mysterious monolith appears, this time in Nevada desert
It's the latest in a series of mysterious shiny columns popping up around the globe since 2020.