Nation and World
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Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover
Aug 06, 2024 12:37 pm - WICHITA FALLS, Tex. — Elon Musk's social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions o...
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Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif claims to undermine the OlympicsAug 06, 2024 11:08 am - WASHINGTON — The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, ...
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Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate
Aug 06, 2024 9:17 am - Some 20 years ago, a lawyer named Kamala Harris won her first political race, becoming the first Black and South Asian woman elected district attorney of San Francisco in...
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A ‘Textbook Turnaround Tuesday’ doesn’t mean meltdown is over
Aug 06, 2024 7:53 am - It’s an old cliché but the phenomenon known as Turnaround Tuesday — when markets rebound from a sell-off at the start of the week — is an opportunity that shows up time a...
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Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate, aiming to add Midwest muscle to ticket
Aug 06, 2024 7:44 am - Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, according to three people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
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For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend
Aug 06, 2024 7:01 am - Overcome with emotion, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif left the ring in tears after a resounding victory this weekend. Khelif has faced days of hateful comments and false acc...
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Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby bringing torrential rains, major flood threat to southeastern U.S.
Aug 06, 2024 6:59 am - CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tropical Storm Debby drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina, stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets with waist-high floodwaters Tues...
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Calm returns to Wall Street, and stocks bounce back after their worst drop in nearly 2 years
Aug 06, 2024 6:56 am - Stocks rose on Wall Street as calm returned to the market a day after its worst drop in nearly two years. The S&P 500 rose 1% Tuesday to break a brutal three-day losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite added 1%.
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Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
Aug 05, 2024 2:54 pm - WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a s...
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Olympics security means minorities and others flagged as potential terror threats can’t move freely
Aug 05, 2024 8:05 am - PARIS — They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France's government barred them from getting anywhere close...