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More than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters rallied Wednesday evening just a half mile from a Chicago park where pro-Israel demonstrators gathered on the third night of the Democratic National Convention.

Protests outside DNC continue after violent clashes the previous night led to 56 arrests

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Fox News

A total of 12 people were wounded and one person was murdered in shootings across Chicago on Tuesday, the second day of the Democratic National Convention.

DNC in Chicago: 12 shot, 1 murdered in Windy City shootings on day 2 of convention

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NewsNation

More than 70 demonstrators were arrested Tuesday after a protest that started outside the Israeli Consulate.

Your Morning: Protesters clash with police on DNC’s second night

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Nevada State

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Gunnar Gaudin has two signatures under the brim of his cap: New York Yankees outfielder Jazz Chisholm’s and his own. “I’m not trying to brag,” Gunnar said, “but I feel like I’m famous.”. When you strike out five batters...

Unbeaten so far in the Little League World Series, Nevada and Texas will play for a semifinal spot

Survivors and family members of victims of gun violence attested at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday to the ways shootings impacted their lives and spurred them to advocacy. One of the most potent speeches came from Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic congresswoman who was wounded in a 2011 shooting in her Arizona district. Giffords, who was shot in the head while out greeting constituents, spoke Thursday about her long road to recovery. “I learned to walk again, one step at a time. I learned to talk again, one word at a time,” said Giffords, who appeared with her husband, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.

At DNC, Gabrielle Giffords joins survivors of gun violence and families of those killed in shootings

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Vice President Kamala Harris flies to Chicago next week to accept her party's nomination for the presidency, she will be met head-on with voters protesting one of her thorniest electoral issues: the Biden administration's aid to Israel.

Pro-Palestinian activists plan to march on the DNC, hoping Harris will hear them

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A house fire in a northern Serbian city early Friday killed six people, including four children, police said. The fire erupted around 3 a.m. in Novi Sad, some 90 kilometers (54 miles) north of Belgrade, the capital, said the Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. An emergency doctor told state television channel RTS that all the victims were already dead when the medical team reached the scene.  Dacic said in a statement that initial findings suggest the cause could have been a charging electric scooter.

House fire in northern Serbia kills 6

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. The Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, who was given a two-year suspended sentence in December 2022 by a state court in Itzehoe in northern Germany.  She was accused of being part of the apparatus that helped the camp near Danzig, now the Polish city of Gdansk, function. She was convicted of being an accessory to murder in 10,505 cases and an accessory to attempted murder in five cases. At a federal court hearing in Leipzig last month, Furchner’s lawyers cast doubt on whether she really was an accessory to crimes committed by the commander and other senior camp officials, and on whether she had truly been aware of what was going on at Stutthof.

A German court upholds the conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

CNN’s Daniel Dale fact-checks President Joe Biden’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Dale says parts of Biden’s DNC speech were misleading

Kamala Harris called on Americans to “let us write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told.” (AP produced by Javier Arciga)

Kamala Harris closes DNC asking supporters to fight and vote for the next chapter in US history

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A young humpback whale was freed from fishing tackle that had entangled its tail during an almost 24-hour rescue operation in Sydney Harbor. The juvenile whale immediately began swimming toward the Sydney Heads and the open Pacific Ocean after government wildlife rescuers removed the ropes late Friday morning, Macquarie University whale expert Vanessa Pirotta said.

Young humpback whale freed from fishing tackle that had entangled its tail in Sydney Harbor

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

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Apache County, AZ

PHOENIX (AP) — The top prosecutor in Arizona’s Apache County and his wife, the county’s school superintendent, have been indicted on charges of misusing public funds, authorities said. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Michael Whiting is also accused of eight other charges including theft and altering...

Top prosecutor in Arizona’s Apache County and his wife indicted on charges of misusing public funds

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Johnston, RI

JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — Eleven police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Rhode Island man last year have been cleared of any wrongdoing, the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office said in a report released Thursday. James Harrison of Johnston was shot after he fled the scene...

Report clears nearly a dozen officers involved in fatal shooting of Rhode Island man

The Democratic National Convention transformed what should have been the driest part of the evening – the roll call – into a party Thursday, complete with lively music and several celebrity appearances.  ▶ Follow The AP’s live coverage and analysis from the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Although the Democratic party previously held a virtual vote on Aug. 6 that made Harris the party’s official nominee, they held a “celebratory” roll call vote to reaffirm her nomination. As each state called out the number of delegates who cast votes for Harris, several states boasted appearances from their famous residents and natives. The evening already included several headliners, with Patti LaBelle and Common performing and Barack and Michelle Obama set to speak. 

Here are all of the celebrities at the Democratic convention's starry roll call

WASHINGTON (AP) — The final night of the Democratic National Convention included a tutorial on pronouncing Kamala Harris’ name — featuring none other than the candidate’s great nieces. The actress Kerry Washington introduced the girls by saying “it’s come to my attention that there are some...

How do you pronounce Kamala? Her grandnieces explain at the DNC

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A few dozen protesters clashed briefly with Chicago police on the edge of Union Park during the final hours of the Democratic National Convention.

Protesters clash with police during final hours of the DNC

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