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Crowds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally and march outside Democratic convention's 3rd night 08/21/2024 09:43pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched Wednesday past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier and toward the arena hosting the third night of the Democratic National Convention. The demonstration, which stayed largely peaceful, came a day after violent Miles from her collapsed home, flood victim's sonograms of son found on Connecticut beach 08/21/2024 09:34pm • Devastated after her home collapsed in the aftermath of Sunday's deadly flooding in Connecticut, Randi Marcucio got some good news this week that warmed her heart and eased her despair. Sonograms of the single mom's now-3-year-old son that washed away in the swollen brook next to her home in Oxford Arrest made in Seattle carjacking that killed a beloved 80-year-old dog walker 08/21/2024 08:22pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Seattle police arrested a suspect Wednesday who they say carjacked a beloved 80-year-old dog walker who died after she struggled to protect the dogs, was pushed out of her car and was struck by the vehicle as the suspect fled. The 48-year-old suspect was identified after someone re Sam Sam the Kittycat Man ran away. Thanks to a microchip, he was found close by ��� 11 years later 08/21/2024 08:08pm • After Sam Sam the Kittycat Man disappeared 11 years ago, Jennifer Ravenel couldn't hold another cat in her lap. Her heart never could overcome the loss of that feral kitten she had rescued from the crook of a tree on her South Carolina farm. But Sam is now back in Ravenel's lap, thanks to her decisi The 10 Most Valuable Car Companies in the World By Market Capitalization 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Electric vehicle (EV) momentum generated automaker growth in 2023 and EV sales globally jumped 35% over 2022, according to the IEA. Companies made deep investments, retooled production lines and incorporated new battery technology. Social messaging supported the endeavor to combat climate change. It Remains found on Michigan property confirmed to be from woman missing since 2021 08/21/2024 07:45pm • ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) ��� More than three years later, investigators have solved the disappearance of a Michigan woman after tests confirmed her remains were found on property owned by her husband, state police said Wednesday. Dee Warner's death "has been ruled a homicide. ... Although there has been p Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli tank and drone strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza 08/21/2024 07:18pm • Israeli tank and drone strikes in Gaza on Wednesday killed at least 17 people, according to hospital staff and Associated Press journalists who counted the bodies. The strikes happened in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and Khan Younis in the south. Lebanon���s Hezbollah on Wednesday launched more tha Man wanted on murder charges is apprehended at Chicago restaurant just blocks from DNC 08/21/2024 07:11pm • A man wanted on murder and armed robbery charges was taken into custody Wednesday after a 15-hour standoff with police at a Chicago restaurant just blocks from the Democratic National Convention, authorities said. Joshua Zimmerman had been sought by the U.S. Marshals Service since his escape from a Biden speaks with Netanyahu as US prods Israel and Hamas to come to agreement on cease-fire deal 08/21/2024 06:45pm • BUELLTON, Calif. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday as the United States presses Israel and Hamas to agree to a ���bridging proposal��� that could lead to a cease-fire in the war in Gaza. Hamas and Israel have signaled that challenges remai Divers recover 5 bodies from wrecked superyacht off Sicily; 1 still missing 08/21/2024 06:35pm • PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) ��� Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday, leaving one still missing as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed. Rescue crews brought f Democrats set their convention roll call to a soundtrack. Here���s how each song fits each state 08/21/2024 05:36pm • The traditional roll call at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago turned into a boisterous dance party Tuesday, with each delegation announcing their votes for presidential nominee Kamala Harris to a fitting song. The musical nods spun by DJ Cassidy were mostly obvious. Massachusetts went w Hurricane Gilma now a Category 2 and expected to intensify, forecasters say 08/21/2024 04:54pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Gilma strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday afternoon in the eastern Pacific Ocean and was forecast to become a major hurricane as soon as Thursday. Hurricane Gilma was located about 975 miles (1,570 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja Califor Scottie Scheffler and PGA Tour's best players face a new course in mile-high Castle Pines 08/21/2024 04:51pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) ��� Scottie Scheffler could easily have chosen to sit out the BMW Championship to boost his chances of capping off his sensational season with the FedEx Cup. Barring a victory by Xander Schauffele at Castle Pines, Scheffler is assured of being the No. 1 seed who starts the To Illinois banking on transfers, experience to erase the memories of a frustrating season 08/21/2024 04:24pm • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) ��� Illinois��� shot at playing in a bowl game last season evaporated with two-point losses in the final two games. Coach Bret Bielema is confident of a happier ending this fall. ���There isn���t a more exciting time for me in my life than to be the coach at the University of Il Today in History: August 21, Nat Turner launches rebellion 08/21/2024 03:50pm • Today is Wednesday, Aug. 21, the 234th day of 2024. There are 132 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the afterm