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Men’s mile record broken for first time since 1999

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Josh Kerr, the British runner who helped stoke a revival in middle-distance drama on the track, added a new chapter Saturday by running the mile in 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds to break the 27-year-old world record for the distance. At a Diamond League meet in London, Kerr broke Moroccan great Hicham El Guerrouj’s mark of…

Canadian wildfire smoke blankets parts of U.S. as Texas floods turn deadly

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires still shrouds huge swathes of the U.S., from the Great Lakes region to the Mid-Atlantic. Down south, torrential rain brought flooding to Texas Hill Country. Plus, a look at the air quality forecast. Source link