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Early Harris-Walz rallies feature big crowds, talk of 'joy' and unsolicited GOP counterprogramming 08/11/2024 03:46pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Big crowds, go-to applause lines, talk of joy ��� and some unsolicited Republican counterprogramming. These were common themes during the first big campaign swing for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as the new Democratic ticket barnstorm McDowell suspended 1 event by LIV for taking decongestant on banned drug list 08/11/2024 02:59pm • Graeme McDowell has become the first LIV Golf player to be suspended under its anti-doping policy for using an over-the-counter decongestant that contained a banned substance. The Saudi-funded league said McDowell, a former U.S. Open champion, would be suspended for one tournament and fined $125,000 Latinos are excited about Harris, but she has work to do to win the crucial voting bloc, experts say 08/11/2024 08:02am • Latino voters and leaders say they are enthusiastic about Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, but for her to win their crucial support, they want to know where she stands on issues like the economy, immigration and education. Vanessa Cruz Nichols, an assistant professor of politica 'It's that easy': Homeland Security official warns that some teens are illegally buying prescription drugs online 08/11/2024 06:44am • As school gets back in session for many D.C.-area students this month, authorities have a warning for parents: The new school year often brings a spike in dangerous illegal online drug sales. "Parents are unaware," said Mike Prado, deputy assistant director for Homeland Security Investigation Harris pledges to work to end taxes on tips for service industry employees, echoing Trump vow 08/11/2024 02:15am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris promised Saturday to work to eliminate taxes on tips paid to restaurant and other service industry employees, echoing a pledge that her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, has made, and marking a rare instance of political overlap from both sides. Ha Russia tightens security in Kursk region, as fight continues against Ukraine's surprise incursion 08/10/2024 02:59pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russia on Saturday announced increased security measures in the border region of Kursk, where an incursion this week by Ukrainian forces caught Russian troops off guard and exposed its military vulnerabilities in the nearly 2��-year-old war. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appe The Latest: Harris and Walz hold rally in Arizona, while Trump visits Montana 08/09/2024 11:06pm • Vice President Kamala Harris and her new running mate held a rally in Arizona as part of their tour of electoral battlegrounds, visiting a state where Harris passed over a prominent Democrat in favor of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a former astronaut and gun control advocate, ha Microsoft exposes Iran���s efforts to influence US elections 08/09/2024 07:41pm • In a new assessment, Microsoft revealed that Iran���s attempt to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election ���started off slowly but has steadily picked up pace over the last six months." The report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) said, ���we have seen the emergence of signif U.S. Track has dramatic night in 4x100 relay, Khelif gets her gold 08/09/2024 06:11pm • PARIS (AP) ��� It was a dramatic Friday night for the United States in track and field at the Paris Olympics, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex. Sha���Carri Richardson got her first gold medal while a U.S. men���s relay team fumbled a All 4 Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder in Black man's death now in custody 08/09/2024 04:01pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� The last of four hotel workers charged in connection with D���Vontaye Mitchell���s death was taken into custody Friday, more than five weeks after he and the others allegedly piled onto the Black man while trying to remove him from a Milwaukee hotel. Herbert Williamson was taken i Russia declares an emergency in Kursk, under attack by Ukraine. 14 die in a Russian strike on a mall 08/09/2024 03:42pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russia declared a ���federal-level��� emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there on Friday, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured across the border in what appeared to be Kyiv���s biggest attack on R Maduro goes after X and WhatsApp as pressure mounts to back up his claim to victory in Venezuela 08/09/2024 03:31pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� Venezuela's President Nicol��s Maduro is trying to accomplish something that seems impossible in the South American country: steer people away from WhatsApp and X. Maduro's announcement this week that he had ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela is the latest Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Bernie Moreno faults rival for distancing himself from Harris 08/09/2024 03:19pm • LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) ��� Republican Bernie Moreno blasted Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown as he followed his campaign bus on its tour across Ohio Friday, accusing his rival of trying to distance himself from Vice President Kamala Harris despite many shared policy positions. Speaking to about 75 p 3rd person in custody over foiled plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna 08/09/2024 02:21pm • VIENNA (AP) ��� Austrian authorities on Friday announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts, even as disappointed fans charmed Vienna by trading friendship bracelets and singing the pop star���s songs in the streets. The main su Editorial Roundup: United States 08/09/2024 11:29am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 2 The Washington Post says high interest rates could be killing job gains The post-pandemic hiring surge is over. Job seekers in nearly every industry are having a harder time finding employment. As the latest jobs report showed o