WNBA synergy shines during US Olympic basketball team's 59th straight win
Many eligible items are already on sale, and saving an extra 8% in tax is a great deal. On large purchases, especially for families with several children, it can be a big savings. It’s not worth fighting the packed parking lots and crowded stores to save $8 on $100. There are too many ineligible items on the tax-exempt list. It depends on how well back-to-school shopping goes in the meantime.
Source:Los Angeles Times
August 08, 2024 02:11 UTC
Video Boeing's Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft
Boeing's Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft NASA officials announced that the two astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing's Starliner may need to return to Earth on a different spacecraft.
Source:ABC News
August 08, 2024 02:10 UTC
Sherman on prisoner swaps: ‘These trades are very tough’
Washington Post LiveSherman on prisoner swaps: ‘These trades are very tough’“All of these trades are very tough … We’re trying to do everything we can to create a norm that people shouldn’t do these kinds of things. One of the things that happened when I was deputy is we created a new designation on travel advisories. A “D”-[indicator] for detainees. And countries that have a “D” [indicator] means you may get taken, so please do not travel to that country because you’re putting yourself at risk. Individual Americans have a responsibility too, not to go places where they may be picked up.” - Wendy R. Sherman
Source:Washington Post
August 08, 2024 01:43 UTC
Romanian oligarch hired Hunter Biden to influence US policy, special counsel says
MORE: Timeline: Hunter Biden under legal, political scrutinyPopoviciu was at the time facing corruption charges in his home country. PHOTO: Hunter Biden departs the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in WIlmington, DE, June 03, 2024. However, Wednesday's filing was the first to suggest that Hunter Biden was compensated in a lobbying capacity. A representative for Hunter Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News. Romanian oligarch hired Hunter Biden to influence US policy, special counsel says originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
Source:ABC News
August 08, 2024 01:43 UTC
Tim Walz Joins Kamala Harris On 2024 Ticket
Tim Walz Joins Kamala Harris On 2024 Ticket Political shifts intensify as progressive candidates face tough primary battles and Olympic excitement buildsAnother significant chapter unfolded this week as Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States, officially announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the upcoming presidential election. Harris's choice of Walz, who has served as Minnesota's governor since 2019, represents a strategic move for the Democratic ticket. At their debut event, held at Girard College in Philadelphia, Harris and Walz spoke energetically about their plans and visions for the future, hoping to unify disparate factions within the Democratic Party. These outcomes signal critical shifts within both the Democratic Party and the electorate as issues of foreign policy clash with domestic priorities. This contest illustrates the growing divisions within the Democratic Party as progressive candidates clash with more centrist figures.
Source:New York Times
August 08, 2024 01:31 UTC
These US figure skaters won gold in 2022. They finally got medals 2 1/2 years later in Paris.
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Source:Los Angeles Times
August 08, 2024 01:12 UTC
Ill Literacy, Episode 154: The Hollow Parties (Guest: Sam Rosenfeld)
In Episode 154 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Sam Rosenfeld, co-author of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sam Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative at Colgate University, to discuss his new book, co-authored with Daniel Schlozman, The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. They discuss how party hollowness lies at the heart of our democratic discontents and how the nation’s parties became so dysfunctional. They also chat about the history of the party system in the United States, how today’s fractious party politics arose from the ashes of the New Deal order in the 1970s, how the 1968 DNC transformed presidential nominations but failed to lay the foundations for robust, movement-driven parties, and how, in Rosenfeld’s estimation, modern American conservatism hollowed out the party system, deeming it a mere instrument for power.
Source:New York Times
August 08, 2024 01:08 UTC
Video Tropical Storm Debby intensifying as it prepares to make its 2nd landfall
Tropical Storm Debby intensifying as it prepares to make its 2nd landfall Tropical Storm Debby is expected to make a second landfall between Charleston and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Wednesday night.
Source:ABC News
August 08, 2024 01:08 UTC
Video Taylor Swift shows in Vienna canceled after 2 arrested for possible planned terror attack
Taylor Swift shows in Vienna canceled after 2 arrested for possible planned attack Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shows in Vienna have been canceled due to a planned terrorist attack targeting the concerts, according to Austrian police.
Source:ABC News
August 08, 2024 01:04 UTC
Iran Update, August 7, 2024
Iran Update, August 7, 2024Johanna Moore, Andie Parry, Kelly Campa, Alexandra Braverman, Katherine Wells, Ria Reddy, Siddhant Kishore, and Brian CarterInformation Cutoff: 2:00pm ETThe Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. The United States, Israel, and partners in the region collectively intercepted approximately 99% of all munitions launched by Iran during its April 2024 attack. [10]Unspecified Arab sources cited by the Jerusalem Post on August 6 reported that Pakistan plans to provide Iran with Shaheen-III medium-range ballistic missiles if conflict between Iran and Israel escalates. [22] The Houthis confirmed that the strike killed the commander, who had traveled to Iraq to train other Iranian-backed Iraqi militias in drone tactics. [54] Israeli forces located several underground lathes in a Hamas weapons production workshop, along with tools, and weapons storage rooms.
Source:Washington Post
August 08, 2024 00:35 UTC
Video Vance, Harris and Walz campaigning in several battleground states
Vance, Harris and Walz campaigning in several battleground states On Wednesday, the planes carrying Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. JD Vance to separate Wisconsin campaign events were on the same tarmac.
Source:ABC News
August 08, 2024 00:32 UTC
U.K. Business Owners Prepare For Potential Riots
“We’re shut down. If this gets torched or whatever else happens, whatever else happens — destroyed — I’ve got 30 years gone up in smoke.” “I want my environment to be safe. I want my children to be safe, grandchildren to be safe, etc. So as long as it’s peaceful, there’s no issues, there’s no problems. Everyone’s got a right to do what they need to do, yeah?”
Source:New York Times
August 08, 2024 00:19 UTC