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Houston Mayor John Whitmire, regarding his call for CenterPoint Energy, Houston’s biggest power utility, to do a better job providing service. The utility said about 500,000 customers will lack power into next week due to outages from Hurricane Beryl. After making landfall in Texas on Monday, Beryl knocked out power for around 2.7 million households. (Associated Press — July 11, 2024)
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“When there’s no minimum age, can a 9-year-old come into your store and buy a non-alcoholic Corona?”Darryl Collins, owner of a zero-proof bottle shop called Hopscotch in Baltimore, Md., regarding his decision not to sell to anyone under the age of 18. In Maryland, as in a majority of states, there are no state age restrictions on buying adult non-alcoholic beverages. (NPR — July 9, 2024)
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Drew Belt, a resident of Tupelo, Miss., regarding his recent stop in Death Valley, Calif., to experience extreme temperatures amid a heatwave over the Fourth of July weekend. A high temperature of 128 F was recorded Saturday and Sunday at Death Valley National Park. (Associated Press — July 9, 2024)
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng, regarding googly eye decals that have been attached to some subway trains in an effort to bring a smile to riders’ faces. (Associated Press — July 1, 2024)