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• Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testifies at Senate Committee hearing on company safety issues.
• Record setting heatwave bakes parts of Midwest and Northeast.
• Labor and Environmental groups petition FEMA for extreme heat and wildfire some disaster status.
• California wildfires continue to burn, firefighters manage to gain some ground.
• Consumer spending up only slightly from April to May.

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