As the first weekend after July 4 approaches, here's a bit of what's going on the world:
From The Washington Free Beacon, Iranians burn American and Israeli flags in support of Quds Day. (Yes, this is the country which Secretary of State has been negotiating with.)
From The Hollywood Reporter, actor Omar Shariff, who starred in Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, has died of a heart attack in his hotel room at age 83.
American Thinker asks if President Obama is trying to "love ISIS to death".
From the Washington Examiner, the Confederate battle flag has been removed from the South Carolina statehouse grounds.
From Crain's Chicago Business, McDonald's swears that its talking toys, based on the movie Minions, do not say curse words.
From AOL, Katherine Archuleta, the head of OPM, will not step down in the wake of the recent hack, in which information on 21 million people was stolen.
UPDATE: From Fox News, she has resigned, effective at today's close of business.
From The Washington Times, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WS) has accused the Inspector General's office of the Department of Veteran's Affairs of a cover-up and "smearing whistleblowers".
From FrontpageMag, the recently murdered Kate Steinle is just one of many victims of illegal immigration.
From National Review, Michelle Malkin thinks that Ariana Grande "needs her diaper changed".
From The RightScoop, radio talking head Mark Levin thinks Hillary Clinton should be "in an orange jumpsuit".
From The Hill, former Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) joins the presidential race.
From Fox News, a Civil War-era soldier, who was born in Germany, received the Medal of Honor, and was buried in an unmarked grave, was given full military honors and reburied at the San Diego national cemetery.
From LifeNews, TV personality Rachel Campos Duffy calls pro-abortion feminists "science deniers".
From ABC News, the Women's World Cup champions get a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
And from WGN, Pope Francis stops at a Burger King in Bolivia, to change his clothes.
UPDATE: From MyFoxChicago, more on the Pope's travels in South America.
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