St. Louis (AP) — The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks.

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Authorities are investigating the death of a person found on a pedestrian pathway in El Cerrito Thursday morning. The El Cerrito police and fire departments responded at 9:54 a.m.