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A family’s beloved pet cat, Rowdy, escaped her carrier on June 24 in pursuit of some birds at Boston’s Logan International Airport. She’s managed to evade airport personnel, airline employees, and animal experts until finally being caught on Wednesday. https://t.co/5tAKi9poYE https://t.co/9KamRXf0UI

JUST IN: A judge has denied Amber Heard's request for a new trial in her case against ex-husband Johnny Depp. https://t.co/NF5LJLuHjM

Amber Heard's bid for Johnny Depp defamation re-trial thrown out by judge https://t.co/87kTMyZN7j

#BREAKING Judge rejects Amber Heard demand for new trial in Johnny Depp defamation case https://t.co/jr4n6cr7aK

Ghana is seeking support from the IMF as inflation scales a new peak https://t.co/2c8Ax8t6t2 https://t.co/q0rN6AL6Ql

Amazon provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user’s permission, a revelation that’s bound to raise more privacy and civil liberty concerns about its video-sharing agreements with police departments in the U.S. https://t.co/40VzhjGmYX

Binman dons hi-vis kilt in protest at ban on shorts https://t.co/M5VliGlDtd

Astronomers detect strange 'heartbeat' signal billions of light-years from Earth https://t.co/77qoRtGAPt

Meet 13-year-old Egyptian developer, Omar. Inspired by the sci-fi film ‘Ready Player One’ he created his own version of the metaverse, all from the comfort of his home 👇 https://t.co/kp78CWipKV

A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune has been unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. "She will now represent the state of Florida and she will be the first African American to have a state-commissioned statue in [Statuary] Hall," says Ashley Robertson Preston, Howard University historian. https://t.co/gb7pNtdSXd

Penny Mordaunt is on course to become PM if she reaches the final two candidates to succeed Boris Johnson, a new YouGov poll reveals https://t.co/i6IlzdsPgi

Pres. Biden visited Israel's national Holocaust memorial, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, and spoke intimately with two American Holocaust survivors. Read more: https://t.co/ODqr6Hufsn https://t.co/jxuxn9v3UT

“I will move down and eventually off of the list of the world’s richest people,” Bill Gates wrote. “I have an obligation to return my resources to society in ways that have the greatest impact for improving lives.” https://t.co/gJcO6CLxqz

A Maryland man who used a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag to shove a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced to five months in prison. https://t.co/vFlYX7kMQg

The longest serving African-American elected official in Mississippi, Rep. Bennie Thompson started his political career just four years after the Civil Rights Act of 1965 granted him access to his local government. https://t.co/mO6bvMloos