Columbus, OH

New York City, NY

NBC News

Wealthy businessman Timothy Mellon and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wrote huge, eight-figure checks in July to support major Republican and Democratic super PACs, respectively, gearing up for the 2024 election. Mellon, who donated $50 million in May to Make America Great Again Inc., the super PAC that supports...

Billionaires Timothy Mellon and Mike Bloomberg inject massive sums into 2024 super PACs

The Motley Fool

Bitcoin could soar in price over the next decade. But that's not the only reason billionaires are buying Bitcoin.

Billionaires Are Buying This Cryptocurrency That Could Soar 20,000%, According to MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor

Georgia State

Vice President Kamala Harris has dropped her first two presidential campaign ads speaking to Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voters, and they focus on health care and anti-Asian hate. The two spots, shared first with NBC News, are airing both digitally and on television and are part of...

Harris-Walz campaign releases first ads targeting Asian Americans in battleground states

Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, said in a new interview that the Kennedy-Shanahan campaign faces a choice between staying in the presidential race — which would "risk" helping Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris win — or dropping out to "join forces" with former President Donald Trump.

RFK Jr.'s running mate outlines 'two options': Drop out and back Trump or 'risk' Harris win

Phoenix, AZ

PHOENIX — Rodrigo de la Rosa was only 5 years old when he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with his father and three brothers. Growing up in South Phoenix, he had what he calls “just a regular American life” — until, as a teenager, he learned he was undocumented.

Biden's immigration plan for undocumented spouses could transform lives — and the election

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday. The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a...

Biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats

KINMEN, Taiwan — Taiwan wants to continue its free way of life and rejects being ruled by China’s Communist Party, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Friday, visiting a frontline island between the two sides to mark a key battle with Chinese forces. China’s military carried out another round...

On frontline island, Taiwan president rejects China’s rule for freedom

Kansas State

Elkhart, KS

The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million — which he sent to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had duped him in a “pig butchering” scheme that appealed to his greed, federal prosecutors said.

Cryptocurrency 'pig butchering' scam wrecks Kansas bank, sends ex-CEO to prison for 24 years

Both Bitcoin and Ethereum hiked by over 3% in the last trading session. Compared to ETH, BTC seemed overvalued at press time. Bitcoin and Ethereum have long been two of the market’s biggest cryptos. However, tribalism within the community has often placed them at opposite ends of any spectrum, which is why comparisons are common.

Bitcoin vs Ethereum – Every $1 invested in either of these cryptos will…

Former first lady Michelle Obama told the audience at the DNC that "hope is making a comeback" and shared her opinion that "Kamala Harris is more than ready for this moment" while also leading the crowd in a chant "do something" over the last weeks of the campaign.

'Kamala Harris is more than ready for this moment': Michelle Obama endorses VP at DNC

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Former President Barack Obama attacked former President Donald Trump in his speech at the Democratic National Convention. Obama used humor to criticize Trump for his name calling and spreading of misinformation, while also questioning his “weird obsession” with crowd sizes.

Obama calls Trump a ‘78-year-old billionaire’ with a leaf blower outside America’s window

The Argentine Central Bank is considering lifting the existing ban on cryptocurrency services for banks and wallets. It is expected that companies in the country will also include Bitcoin in their treasuries. In Argentina, the cryptocurrency ecosystem is eagerly awaiting a potential lifting of the ban on cryptocurrency services for...

Argentina Opens Doors to a New Relationship Between Banks and Bitcoin

DETROIT — Ford Motor’s profit engine for decades has been large trucks and SUVs in the U.S. So it might surprise investors that the automaker believes its new path to profitability for electric vehicles will first be led by smaller, more affordable vehicles. The new plan is an...

Why Ford believes its $1.9 billion shift in EV strategy is the right choice for the company

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The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

India's Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war and offered to act as a “friend” to help bring peace as the two leaders met in wartime Kyiv. The first visit by an Indian prime minister in...

In Ukraine, India's Narendra Modi urges Zelenskyy to sit down for talks with Russia

New York-based financial giant BlackRock has warned about cryptocurrency scams. Financial behemoth BlackRock has issued a warning about cryptocurrency-related scams on its social media account. "We urge caution in dealing with individuals, websites or social media platforms using our brand and offering training or investments," BlackRock said. BlackRock has stressed...

BlackRock Issues Major Crypto Warning

Detroit, MI

The family of a Michigan teen who was handcuffed and jailed after she fell asleep in a Detroit courtroom earlier this month sued the judge who presided over the measures, accusing him of violating her civil rights in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. The 56-page complaint, filed in U.S. District...

Family of Michigan teen sues judge who ordered her handcuffed after she fell asleep in courtroom

Maine State

Phillips, ME

PHILLIPS, Maine — As most of his fellow Democrats prepared to gather in Chicago to celebrate the historic nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Jared Golden was looking for empty hands to shake or ply with cold beer along a small-town parade route Friday. “You got my vote!”...

Far from the convention, a Democrat runs from Harris and hands out beer in rural Maine

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Crypto industry accounts for almost half of corporate donations in 2024 election, report says

As the 2024 U.S. elections reach their home stretch, crypto companies are opening their wallets to try and influence the results. Nearly half of all the...

Crypto industry accounts for almost half of corporate donations in 2024 election, report says

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