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It was a busy week in Washington, as well as abroad. Here's a look back at the week's top news, in the form of five charts.

The incident at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay resulted in patrons being cleared from the area and the animal being tranquilized, officials said.

Tate's sister said she has delivered more than a 138,000 signatures to the governor asking him to block the parole of Leslie Van Houten.

Devinder Sandhu says he found his beloved walking horse dead from a gunshot wound to the temple. He now wonders whether what happened to his horse is a hate crime. WSMV's Forrest Sanders reports.

Federal health officials widened an already big recall of flour after four more people got sick from E. coli food poisoning linked to the flour.

Less than a week after their Supreme Court victory, abortion rights advocates are counting more wins and picking new fights.

On Independence Day, Americans will eat 150 million hot dogs-- and there's a lot more food and fireworks to go with them.

Lawmakers hope that the ban will keep people from using these products entirely.

NBC News reported last week that the total in an official tally released today would be from 80 to 120.

"I expect Congress to get this funding done before they leave for vacation."