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DEADLY STORMS NOW BATTERING THE NORTHEAST. THE RESCUE EFFORT FOLLOWING TODAY'S DEADLY MAGNITUDE 6.8 EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN. AND FOR THE GOOD STUFF, THE UNEXPECTED BASEBALL PLAYER WHO STOLE THE SPOTLIGHT AT LAST NIGHT'S TIGERS-ORIOLES GAME.

Dangerous rip currents and huge waves are hitting parts of the California coast. There's deadly wildfires raging across Spain and France and hundreds of thousands of people have already been evacuated, leaving tourists stranded. And an increasingly desperate search is ongoing on the Caribbean island of Grenada.

A sea plane made a fiery crash landing in Washington's Puget sound. All eleven on board survived, but what went wrong?A teen school shooter switched his plea to guilty after admitting to killing four people at a Georgia High School.And, Lebron James announced today that he's bound for the city of Brotherly Love.

Protesters stormed a news conference in Madison, Wisconsin, after a police officer shot and killed a man with a knife while resisting arrest on Wednesday. In total, four officers were involved or witnessed the shooting and have been put on leave. Body cameras were not on the officers. A suspect is in custody after two people were stabbed on Manhattan's Upper West Side, police say. The victims — one Asian and one Jewish — are both expected to survive as investigators work to determine a motive. Federal health officials have identified a new cyclospora outbreak stemming from an unspecified product. The FDA said the source of the outbreak was "not yet identified."

Dozens in West Virginia were rescued from raging flash floods.A rocket launcher hoax at LaGuardia airport prompted a very real security sweep.And, a major new lawsuit against OpenAI. The makers of ChatGPT are accused of giving a man in Florida dangerous medical recommendations that could have killed him in the process. Accused of negligence and the unauthorized practice of medicine, OpenAI says it's not intended to be a replacement for medical advice.

Dangerous weather is impacting much of the U.S., with Tropical Storm Bertha nearing the Gulf Coast while severe storms trigger flooding and possible tornadoes across parts of the East Coast. Federal health officials say iceberg lettuce grown by Taylor Farms in central Mexico has been linked to this summer's Cyclospora outbreak. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last year's budget cuts had no impact on the outbreak or investigation as questions continue over the federal response. New video of what appears to be Nolan Wells before his death following a Fourth of July boat trip with friends in Mississippi. Authorities say there's been no indication of foul play.

Police identified the suspect who ignited fireworks and started a fire outside a federal building in Manhattan as 43-year-old Andrew Arrabaca. Authorities said the anti-ICE activist was armed with two axes, a machete, three knives, fireworks and other destructive devices. Dangerous weather is impacting communities across the U.S., from tropical flooding threats along Florida's Gulf Coast to deadly flash floods in Utah and severe storms across the Northeast. Nearly 100 U.S. service members have been injured in multiple Iranian airstrikes on bases across the Middle East this month, U.S. officials told CBS News. As the U.S. launches a 10th straight night of strikes on Iran, two U.S. soldiers were killed over the weekend in Jordan and another remains missing in action.

Heavy smoke from wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota is engulfing large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this week, impacting air quality as millions of people are exposed to hazardous levels of air pollution. Taylor Farms on Friday said it is "voluntarily removing" iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after it was linked to one of the largest outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. in recent years. President Trump addressed the nation Thursday night, in which he raised new allegations regarding China's access to U.S. voter data. He revisited accusations about voter registration fraud in the U.S., exaggerated claims about dead and noncitizen voting and claimed voting machines are "easily compromised.” And he made other pronouncements about the state of voting in America.

Heavy smoke from wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota is engulfing large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this week, impacting air quality as millions of people are exposed to hazardous levels of air pollution. A bird strike most likely caused the helicopter crash in the Hudson River that killed six people near New York City last year, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report released Thursday. President Trump's speech tonight is expected to touch on previously unreported alleged Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Coast Guard to suspend search for missing boaters in San Francisco Bay; victim from sunken vessel identified. GPS data tracks boat Mississippi teen Nolan Wells was on before he went missing. Blanche faces questions on DOJ fund, Epstein files at attorney general confirmation hearing.