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'Is this America?' Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her speech 60 years ago

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Aug 21, 2024 7:25 am - JACKSON, Miss. — Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats' presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nati...
Putin’s slow response to the Kursk attack could test the patience of some of his backers in Russia

By EMMA BURROWS
Aug 21, 2024 7:20 am - A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet army's proudest moments in ...
Fact-checking Day 2 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention

Glenn Kessler
Aug 21, 2024 7:10 am - The second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured former president Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama and second gentleman Doug ...
Yacht that sank off Sicily was carrying people celebrating tech magnate's acquittal; 6 missing

By SILVIA STELLACCI, ANDREA ROSA and NICOLE WINFIELD
Aug 20, 2024 1:46 pm - PORTICELLO, Sicily — Police divers resumed searching Tuesday for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank in deep seas off Sicily, including a Br...
August’s supermoon is the first of four lunar spectacles

By MARCIA DUNN
Aug 20, 2024 11:32 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Monday’s supermoon is the first of four this year. During a supermoon, the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth. A supermoon isn’t...
Disney drops bid to have allergy-death lawsuit tossed because plaintiff signed up for Disney+

By PHILIP MARCELO
Aug 20, 2024 11:21 am - 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 Tuesday to withdraw the motion, which had drawn swift backlash when it became public.
Kamala Harris eyes guardrails on plan to eliminate taxes on tips

Jacob Bogage, Jeff Stein
Aug 20, 2024 8:31 am - Vice President Kamala Harris is considering limits on her proposal to end the taxation of tips, exploring new details for her version of an idea first pushed by her Repub...
Alaska, Hawaiian Airlines merger clears antitrust hurdle, airline says

Lori Aratani, Aaron Gregg
Aug 20, 2024 8:27 am - Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines have cleared an important regulatory hurdle for their plan to combine operations, according to Alaska Airlines. The nearly $2 billio...
A massive fire rages for a third day at a Russian oil depot targeted in a Ukrainian drone attack

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Aug 20, 2024 8:05 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian authorities struggled Tuesday to put out a massive fire in the southern Rostov region for a third consecutive day after an oil depot was hit by Uk...
Fact-checking Day 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention

By Glenn Kessler
Aug 20, 2024 8:05 am - The first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention featured many attacks on former president Donald Trump, some of which quoted him out of context. Here’s a roundup of a dozen claims that caught our attention, in the order in which they were made.

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