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Summertime pattern of heat & daytime thunderstorms return to Sunshine State this week

As summer-like heat builds this week across the Sunshine State, an approaching cold front is expected to result in widespread storms by Wednesday.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., arrives for President Biden's State of the Union address earlier this week. Fetterman was hospitalized on Wednesday and discharged on Friday.

Sen. John Fetterman is discharged from the hospital and will return to work Monday

Tests ruled out a stroke and found no evidence of a seizure. Fetterman went to the hospital after feeling lightheaded at a Senate Democratic retreat.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai speaks with students at Denver South High School, in October 2016.

Malala Yousafzai Returns To Pakistan For First Time Since 2012 Attack

The education advocate and human rights campaigner became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate after being shot in the head at age 15 by a Taliban gunman.

Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu sits outside the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 space mission after landing at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday.

3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6 months in space

The astronauts landed in the Gobi desert after six months aboard their country's newest orbital station. During the mission, astronaut Wang Yaping carried out the first spacewalk by a Chinese woman.

Starbucks President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson speaks at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle, Washington on March 20, 2019. The company announced his departure just hours before the 2022 shareholders meeting.

Starbucks CEO is stepping down. Howard Schultz returning as interim boss

On the day of its annual shareholder meeting, Starbucks announced its CEO Kevin Johnson is retiring, effective April 4. Howard Schultz, who led the company for two decades, will return as interim CEO.

One of two eaglets missing from the North Fort Myers nest since Friday returned to the site Wednesday.

Wayward eaglet E21 returns to North Fort Myers nest

Both eagles vanished, E21 for nearly five days and E22 overnight. But both are now back in the nest.

Record heat returns to Florida, followed by big rain -- not all over

Get ready for record heat temperatures to return to much of Florida starting on Thursday and staying through the weekend. Rain chances also ramp up, but not for everyone... for now.

Donald Trump has won the presidential election and will return to the White House

Becoming just the second president to be defeated and then reelected to a subsequent term, former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Harris and will be the 47th president.

President Trump is visiting one of his golf course this weekend, his first apparent golf outing since declaring a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump Returns To Golf Course For 1st Time Since March

The president visited his Virginia resort Saturday. Trump — whose time on the links has been a point of criticism ⁠— hasn't played a round since declaring a national emergency in March.

The Democratic Republic of Congo saw the end of its second worst Ebola outbreak in June. More than 2,000 people died in that outbreak. Burial workers, seen above in 2019, follow safe burial practices to mitigate the spread of the virus.

2nd Person Dies Of Ebola In Congo, Marking Virus's Return

The Democratic Republic of Congo beat its second-worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in June. The new victims indicate the disease's resurgence in the area.

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