These were the news stories that mattered most to you, presented by The Conversation Project for the week ending 7/8/2023.

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Top Ten Stories:
1 Woman's leg amputated after becoming trapped in Thai airport moving walkway (Friday - 6/30/2023)
https://t.co/39mYl35gvZ

2 Heavy rains flood Chicago roads and force NASCAR to cut short a downtown street race (Sunday -7/2/2023)
https://t.co/IGghA3E4zC

3 Bowen Yang Stepping Away from Podcast for 'Bad Bouts of Depersonalization' (Tuesday - 7/4/2023)
https://t.co/fWs4avIbni

4 Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case (Thursday - 7/6/2023)
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/walt-nauta-arraignment-00104926

5 Neighbours say Rudy Farias had been living at home during eight years family claimed he was missing (Wednesday - 7/5/2023)
https://news.yahoo.com/neighbours-rudy-farias-had-living-124958612.html

6 Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour Pittsburgh show canceled (Thursday - 7/6/2023)
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/beyonce-renaissance-world-tour-show-canceled-in-pittsburgh/

7 California Black reparations task force concludes historic 2-year work (Friday - 6/30/2023)
https://t.co/0m43cjEw9y

8 3 dead, 8 injured in shooting at ComoFest in Fort Worth (Tuesday - 7/4/2023)
https://t.co/zhpFf6fmRa

9 dating rumors intensify after July 4th White Party actions (Friday - 7/7/2023)
https://bolavip.com/en/offside/kim-kardashian-and-tom-brady-dating-rumors-intensify-after-july-4th-white-party-actions-20230707-BUS-24838.html

10 Macron Postpones State Visit To Germany Amid France Riots (Saturday - 7/1/2023)
https://t.co/n89OxCWDfb

The 'Almost-Rans' (11-15)
11 Britney Spears Slapped in Face by NBA Star Victor Wembanyama Security (Thursday - 7/6/2023)
https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/06/britney-spears-slapped-in-face-victor-wembanyama-spurs-security/?adid=share-tw

12 OceanGate 'suspends' all exploration, commercial operations in aftermath of Titan sub implosion (Thursday - 7/6/2023)
https://www.wcvb.com/article/oceangate-suspends-operations-titan-sub-implosion/44463895

13 Meta launches Instagram Threads in a direct challenge to Twitter (Wednesday - 7/5/2023)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/05/meta-launches-instagram-threads-messaging-app-challenging-twitter.html

14 Dozens Of Sources Claim Jonathan Majors Has History Of Violence (Saturday - 7/1/2023)
https://t.co/8a7gcwbAmy

15 Joey Chestnut shakes off rain delay and defends title at Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog contest (Tuesday - 7/4/2023)
https://t.co/eH7RZt12NX

The 'Almost-Irrelevant' Story Of The Week
249 The First 'Flying Car' Was Just Approved by the FAA (Saturday - 7/1/2023)
https://t.co/zcHMT48uBO

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