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The Latest: Walz accepts the party’s nomination for vice president at DNC Day 3 08/21/2024 11:56pm • Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton headlined the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the third day of the party’s choreographed rollout of a new candidate, Kamala Harris, and her pitch to voters. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Transportation Secretary P Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US 08/21/2024 11:16pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger. The Mexican government now says it is bringing charges against Joaquín Guzmán López, but not because he was a leader of the Sinaloa drug carte Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her 'Is this America?' speech 60 years ago 08/21/2024 08:59pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats' presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a televised speech that challenged the seating of Mississippi's all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic Nationa Multiple Jewish organizations and doctors across Canada receive identical emailed threats 08/21/2024 08:30pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — More than 100 synagogues, Jewish organizations and doctors in multiple cities across Canada were on high alert after they received the same threatening email Wednesday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed threats were made to “a number of institutions, including sy Babysitter pleads guilty to manslaughter for death of man she injured when he was a baby in 1984 08/21/2024 08:14pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former babysitter pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday for the 2019 death of a man she was accused of disabling as an infant 40 years ago and was sentenced to three years in prison, finally admitting that she hit him numerous times. Terry McKirchy, 62, accepted a When to Get a Second Opinion 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Anytime you receive a new diagnosis, have a surgery coming up or get a recommendation for a major treatment plan, it's really important to feel confident about it. If you have doubts about your diagnosis or treatment plan, or if the doctor-patient relationship doesn't feel right, it might be time to Hacker tried to dodge child support by breaking into registry to fake his death, prosecutors say 08/21/2024 05:37pm • LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man attempted to fake his death to avoid paying child support obligations by hacking into state registries and falsifying official records, federal prosecutors said. Jesse Kipf, 39, of Somerset, was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison after reaching a ple Montana asbestos clinic seeks to reverse court finding that it submitted hundreds of false claims 08/21/2024 04:21pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for a health clinic in a Montana town polluted with deadly asbestos asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reverse a lower court determination that it submitted hundreds of false claims on behalf of patients. That judgment came last year in a jury trial fo Music Review: Electro-pop duo Sofi Tukker dances to own beat on new energetic album 'BREAD' 08/21/2024 01:26pm • Electro-poppers Sofi Tukker's third studio album, “BREAD,” is an acronym for “Be Really Energetic and Dance,” a mantra that the Grammy-nominated American duo of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern have long embraced. But before it was an abbreviation, “BREAD” was a literal reference. T It’s not just IUDs. Gynecologists and patients are focused on making procedures less painful 08/21/2024 12:59pm • Federal officials affirmed this month that the pain people might feel when getting an IUD can be more than doctors' promises of “just a pinch." The local anesthetic lidocaine “might be useful for reducing patient pain” when inserting intrauterine devices, according to new guidance from the U.S India's top court creates task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed 08/21/2024 08:32am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplace, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests. The Supreme Court said the do FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made during the second night of the Democratic National Convention 08/21/2024 05:55am • The second night of the Democratic National Convention was filled with excitement as a celebratory roll call marked Vice President Kamala Harris' nomination to be the party's candidate for president. As speaker after speaker addressed the convention extolling her qualities to lead the country, they Disney drops bid to have allergy-death lawsuit tossed because plaintiff signed up for Disney+ 08/21/2024 05:55am • NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+. The company filed a notice in Orange County court on Tuesday to withdraw the motion, which had drawn swift ba Fairfax Co. reports most single-year whooping cough cases in over a decade 08/21/2024 05:00am • Fairfax County has reported 44 cases of pertussis, commonly known as "whooping cough," so far this year — the most cases of the virus the Northern Virginia suburb has had during a single year in over a decade. Alex Seifert, an epidemiologist with the county's health department, said whooping co Yankees starter Luis Gil exits in 4th inning against Guardians with lower back tightness 08/21/2024 12:36am • NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees rookie Luis Gil exited Tuesday night’s start against the Cleveland Guardians in the fourth inning with lower back tightness. After throwing an 89 mph changeup to Jose Ramírez, the right-hander called for an athletic trainer. Following a brief meeting on the mound that in