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Live fact check: Night 4 of the Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention will kick off its final night Thursday with a speech from Vice President Kamala Harris, who will officially accept the party’s presidential nomination. The third night of the convention featured former President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and VP nominee Gov. Tim Walz. Walz spoke about...
WATCH: Trump uses stretch of border wall to draw immigration contrast with Democrats in Arizona
The visit on Thursday was the fourth in a series of events held in battleground states this week to try to draw the focus away from Democrats' celebration of Harris' presidential nomination in Chicago.
WATCH: U.S. indicts Guatemalan national in smuggling case over deaths of 53 migrants in Texas truck
U.S. authorities on Thursday announced the indictment of a Guatemalan national who they say helped coordinate a human smuggling effort that ended with 53 migrants dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas. Watch the news conference in the player above. Rigoberto Román Mirando Orozco is charged with six counts of...
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion ballot measure
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state’s rejection of signature petitions for an abortion rights ballot initiative on Thursday, keeping the proposal from going before voters in November. The ruling dashed the hopes of organizers, who submitted the petitions, of getting the constitutional...
WATCH: JD Vance talks border security, immigration at Georgia campaign stop
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is making a campaign stop in south Georgia on Thursday to talk about border security and immigration -- counterprogramming to Vice President Kamala Harris' keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Live updates: Kamala Harris will accept her party's nomination on Day 4 of the DNC
After a week of Democrats' most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Vice President Kamala Harris will accept her party's nomination for president during a speech in which she's widely expected to offer her vision and policy agenda to the American people.
Canada’s 2 major freight railroads at a full stop as government officials scramble
TORONTO (AP) — Business and consumers throughout Canada and the U.S. were in danger of suffering significant economic harm after Canada’s major freight railroads came to a full stop Thursday because of a contract dispute with their workers. Canadian government officials met urgently to discuss the shutdown. Canadian...
At least 8 people drown after migrant boat overturns while crossing Drina river from Serbia to Bosnia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — 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. Serbian police received a call around 5 a.m. from their counterparts in Bosnia and a citizen who...
School choice, history of segregation collide as Florida county consolidates rural schools
MADISON, Fla. (AP) — 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. As some districts are being forced...
Floods cause at least 15 deaths, strand hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh and India
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, causing at least 15 deaths as rescuers struggled to reach those who needed help, officials and media reports said Thursday. At least 11 people were killed and...
Zelenskyy visits northeastern border for the first time since Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region
Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces have claimed control of another settlement in the Russian region of Kursk and taken more Russian prisoners of war whom he hopes to swap for captured Ukrainians, adding to what he calls an "exchange fund."
WATCH: Tim Walz delivers pep talk in full speech at 2024 Democratic National Convention
On the third night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Walz spent time telling the audience more about his personal story, including the difficulties he and his wife Gwen faced when starting a family.
WATCH: Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Harris has 'long history of fighting for families'
"Kamala has a long history of fighting for families, and particularly fighting for women and access to health care overall," Warren said in an interview with PBS News on Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
WATCH: Walz is an 'incredible partner to women leaders,' says Minnesota Lt. Gov. Flanagan
"I have just watched him lead with courage and with heart, and his whole lived experience is about public service," Flanagan said in an interview with PBS News on Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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