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Maduro taps a hard-line loyalist to oversee Venezuela's police, raising fears of a further crackdown 08/28/2024 02:46am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� Venezuelan President Nicol��s Maduro on Tuesday appointed a ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country���s police forces, empowering a hard-line loyalist who has vowed to pursue government opponents as part of a crackdown that has alarmed human rights groups. Madu Two sworn enemies hold the key to ending the war in Gaza. Does either man want a deal? 08/28/2024 01:24am • The latest flurry of Gaza cease-fire talks ��� the back-and-forth over now-familiar sticking points and appeals from around the world ��� obscures a grim truth about the monthslong efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war and free scores of hostages. Any deal requires the signatures of two men: Israeli P Kamala Harris' election would defy history. Just 1 sitting VP has been elected president since 1836 08/28/2024 12:04am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope for better luck than others in her position who have tried the same. Since 1836, only one sitting vice president, George H.W. Bush in 1988, has been elected to the White H Haiti's army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer 08/28/2024 12:01am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� The announcement that Haiti's military wanted recruits crackled through a small radio perched on a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince where Maurenceley Clerge repairs and sells smartphones. It was early morning, and the 21-year-old paused, eager to hear the detail Today in History: August 28, MLK delivers ���I Have a Dream��� speech 08/28/2024 12:00am • Today is Wednesday, Aug. 28, the 241st day of 2024. There are 125 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ���I Have a Dream��� speech before an estimated 250,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog. False GOP claims could cause real damage 08/27/2024 10:59pm • Republicans turned Tim Walz���s outing at a dog park nearly three years ago into an attack on the Democratic vice presidential nominee this week, working on a false online narrative to paint Walz as a liar. The intended takeaway was that Walz somehow lied about the identity of his dog, Scout, by des Kadarius Toney and Caleb Farley, 1st-rounders from 2021, let go on NFL roster cutdown day 08/27/2024 10:27pm • Kansas City receiver Kadarius Toney and Tennessee cornerback Caleb Farley, both first-round picks in the 2021 NFL draft, were among the cuts Tuesday as teams trimmed their rosters for the regular season. Toney, who figured to be on the roster bubble, was on his second team since the New York Giants San Diego police officer killed and another critically injured in crash with fleeing car 08/27/2024 09:34pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� A San Diego police officer was killed and another was critically injured when a speeding vehicle crashed into their patrol car, the police chief said Tuesday. The speeding driver also was killed. The crash occurred late Monday after a vehicle was spotted traveling at high speed on US Postal Service is abandoning a plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento 08/27/2024 08:48pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it is abandoning a plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento that had created an uproar among northern Nevadans concerned it could delay local deliveries and jeopardize on-time arrival of mail-in election ballots. USPS said in a Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations 08/27/2024 08:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on f 6 Sustainable Banking Options 08/27/2024 08:00pm • Your bank is more than a place to put your money. Banks can use the funds you deposit to create loans or make investments. And in some cases, that may mean using your money to invest in fossil fuels that can harm the environment. Sustainable banks are working to change this model, giving consumers t Don't Let a Premature Discharge Put Your Health at Risk 08/27/2024 08:00pm • "The doctor just wrote your discharge orders -- you're ready to leave the hospital and go home." That's great news to hear -- if you're actually prepared. However, what if you're stunned at the notion that you're well enough, or well-prepared enough, to leave? This exact scenario happened to a clien 6 of the Best Quant ETFs to Buy 08/27/2024 08:00pm • Investors may analyze many stocks as they carefully construct an investment portfolio. Fund managers do this for a living, but even the top professionals make mistakes. Emotions can lead people astray from making investment decisions based on logic and data. Some fund managers prefer to swap human b How Much Does Memory Care Cost? 08/27/2024 08:00pm • Everyone forgets things from time to time. For many older adults, however, cognitive decline and dementia can become problematic later in life. These conditions don't just affect memory, but often, the care a person with such issues receives is called memory care. 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