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New York City hits 100 degrees under extreme heat wave baking Eastern U.S.

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77% Informative

Kennedy International Airport recorded 100 degrees Fahrenheit ( 38 Celsius) at midday .

Large swaths of the country were broiling under a heat dome, worsened by a humid atmosphere that’s circling the East .

Amtrak reports delays Tuesday due to speed restrictions caused by the heat on routes that went through Washington , Philadelphia and New York .

Two 16-year-old hikers were rescued from a mountain in Jaffrey , New Hampshire , late Monday afternoon .

VR Score

80

Informative language

79

Neutral language

72

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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