Ukraine’s foray into Russia’s border region embarrasses Putin. How will it affect the course of war?
A swift Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region marks the largest such cross-border raid by Kyiv’s forces in the nearly 2½-year war, exposing Russia’s vulnerabilities and dealing a …
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By The Associated Press
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8/10/24
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Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Abraham Shafi, the founder and former CEO of Get Together Inc., a privately held social media startup known as “IRL,” with defrauding investors by making false and misleading statements about the company’s growth and concealing his and his fiancée’s extensive use of company credit cards to pay for personal expenses.
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From Times Sources
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8/9/24
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Vice President Kamala Harris and her new running mate will hold a rally in Arizona as part of their tour of electoral battlegrounds, visiting a state where Harris passed over a prominent Democrat in …
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By The Associated Press
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8/9/24
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It’s been 15 years since a teenage runner from South Africa was publicly scrutinized over her sex at a major sports event. The lesson everyone was meant to take from that was: never again. Yet the …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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8/9/24
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Aug. 2–8, 2024
Severe drought returned to Brazil, the 2024 Paris Olympics entered their last week and people in Bangladesh staged massive protests that drove Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from …
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By The Associated Press
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8/9/24
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Missouri voters have narrowly passed a constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to spend a quarter of its budget on police. Tuesday's vote highlights tensions between Republicans in power …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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8/8/24
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Police are investigating how a woman died in a baggage room at O'Hare International Airport. Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford said emergency responders called to the airport around …
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By TODD RICHMOND
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8/8/24
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that US residential electricity prices will increase by about 1% in 2024, the slowest rate of year-over-year growth since 2020. Natural gas prices have been falling since late 2023, and those lower prices are now being factored into retail electricity rates. Natural gas provides the largest share of U.S. electricity generation.
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From Times Sources
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8/8/24
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U.S. death rates fell last year for all age groups compared with 2022. That’s according to federal health data released Thursday. COVID-19 fell to the 10th leading cause of death. A couple years …
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By The Associated Press
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8/8/24
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Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, looking to strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states. With both major party tickets now decided, the …
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By The Associated Press
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8/8/24
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Filling out forms that ask for racial and ethnic identification can be a struggle for many Latinos, especially when there is not one box that reflects their identity. Because of this, Latinos are …
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By FERNANDA FIGUEROA
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8/8/24
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Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end in July. That's according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The agency said July 2024’s average heat …
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN
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8/7/24
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