August 22, 2024, 9:10am Latest News
Vice President Kamala Harris closes out the Democratic National Convention Thursday night when she accepts her party’s historic presidential nomination and seizes one of her few remaining opportunities to appeal to an audience of millions. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:51am Nation & World
At least eight people drowned after a boat carrying migrants overturned while crossing the Drina river from Serbia to Bosnia, officials in the two Balkan countries said Thursday. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:50am Nation & World
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a historic visit Friday to Ukraine, a month and a half after he traveled to Moscow to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:49am Business
Safety regulators are requiring inspections of Boeing 787 planes following an issue with the engine anti-ice system, according to an airworthiness directive published Tuesday. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:47am Nation & World
The Democratic National Convention’s third night showcased a familiar former president, Bill Clinton, and introduced more Americans to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, little known outside his state until Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:47am Nation & World
In his first words to a jury, a former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official declared Wednesday that he didn’t kill an investigative reporter who wrote articles critical of him and his workplace conduct. Then he promised to tell them his story. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:46am Nation & World
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s nomination for vice president Wednesday night, using his Democratic National Convention address to thank the packed arena for “bringing the joy” to an election transformed by the elevation of his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:41am Nation & World
Gus Walz sat in the front row for the biggest moment of his father’s life, and his pride exploded out of him. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:41am Nation & World
Tens of thousands of students have left Florida’s public schools in recent years amid an explosive expansion in school choice. Now, districts large and small are grappling with the harsh financial realities of empty seats in aging classrooms. Read story
August 22, 2024, 7:37am Business
A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that tribal leaders say will harm land they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries. Read story
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