- Darlene Graham, sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, wins Republican nomination for South Carolina Senate seat.
- Dolly Parton, country music icon and literacy advocate, dies at 80; her Imagination Library has delivered over 330 million books.
- Global ocean surface temperatures hi
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