Clinicians at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital are celebrating after discharging their 1,000th and 1,001st patients on the same day as receiving a new knee or hip.

Amtrak passengers were stuck for over an hour without power or air conditioning during an East Coast heat wave, as temperatures soar to century-high levels. Amtrak apologized to customers.

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